• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.8-12
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• 2012

Application for laser welding have increased steadily in recent years due to its benefits such as high speed, high productivity and high density energy heat source. In this study, the influence of welding parameters was investigated on penetration characteristics, mechanical properties including formability test in disk laser welded 1000MPa class steels. A shielding gas was used and bead-on-plate test was performed with various welding speeds. The main welding test was performed by butt welding with various welding speeds at 2.5 kW laser power.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.242-244
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.193-195
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• 2007

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.90-98
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• 2011

Al-Si coated Boron steel and Zn coated DP steel were welded using DISK laser and the microstructure and hardness of the weld were investigated. Full penetration was obtained, when the welding speed was lower than 4m/min. In the specimen welded with laser power of 3 kW and welding speed of 2 m/min, the hardness was the highest in the heat affect zone in the boron steel (HAZ-B) and that of the heat affect zone in the DP steel (HAZ-D) was lower than HAZ-B. The hardness of fusion zone was in between those of HAZ-B and HAZ-D. The decreased hardness from each HAZ to base metal(BM) could be explained that ferrite contents increases when access to the BM. The variation of hardness in the welds could be explained by the difference of microstructure, that is, full martensite in HAZ-B, mixture of martensite and bainite in the fusion zone, and the mixture of martensite, ferrite and bainite in HAZ-D.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1299-1306
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• 2007

The combination of laser beam and electric arc sharing common weld pool has widely been investigated since the late seventies, but it is beginning of the industrial uses. Recently, laser-GMA hybrid welding process showed possibility to overcome the tight gap tolerance with improved productivity. The laser-arc hybrid welding process is inherently complex because it has three kinds of process parameters: arc welding, laser welding and hybrid welding parameters. In this study, the optimum range of the process parameters were determined by high speed image analysis which could unveil the welding phenomena in laser-arc hybrid welding. The laser-arc hybrid welding was applied for position welding from the flat position to the overhead position and the welding characteristics were investigated.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.54-61
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• 2015

In this study, effect of laser power on hardness and microstructure of SKD61 Hot Die steel of which surface was melted and hardened with Yb:YAG disk laser was investigated. Beam speed was fixed at 70 mm/sec and distance between them was 0.8 mm about Laser surface melting. The only thing that was changed laser power. Laser powers were 2.0, 2.4 and 2.8 kW. No defect was found under all conditions. As the laser power increased, the penetration depth were deepened and the bead width was also widened. There was no hardness deviation of fusion zone at same laser power and it was higher than that of heat affected zone. In addition, the more laser power increased, the more hardness in fusion zone decreased. Fusion zone was macroscopically dendrite structure. However, core matric in dendrite was lath martensite of 100 nm size. There were $M_{23}C_6$ of 500 nm and the VC and $Mo_2C$ of a nano meters on boundary of dendrite.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.107-114
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• 2011

CP steel was developed to reduce the weight and increase the strength of car body. When it was welded using state-of-the-art disk laser welding, the effected of boron on the microstructure and hardness were investigated. Welding power was fixed at 3.5kW and welding speeds were 4,8 and 12m/min. Full penetration occurred in welding speed of 12m/min and weld bead was almost unchanged with boron contents. But the welding speed increased, the upper and lower bead were narrowed. In a welding speed of more than 8m/min, underfill defects were formed on the bead bottom. The hardness of weld zone was somewhat fluctuation in fusion zone and HAZ showed the highest hardness values. The hardness of each region showed little change with the boron contents, and softening phenomenon occurred in the HAZ near the base metal regardless of the boron contents.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.29-29
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• 2010

레이저 용접은 고밀도 에너지빔을 이용하는 용접방법으로 아크용접에 비해 빠른 용접과 깊은 용입이 가능하며, 낮은 열이력을 가지는 장점이 있다. 때문에 열에 의해 연화되는 고강도강의 용접에 큰 이점을 가지고 있다. 차체경량화 추세와 더불어 차량에 고강도강의 적용이 늘어나고 있는데 충돌시 차량 구조를 유지시켜주는 범퍼나 B-필러와 같은 부품에 적용되는 무도금 보론 합금강과 알루미늄 코팅 보론 합금강은 핫스템핑(Hot Stamping) 기술에 의해 제조된 소재로 약 1.5GPa의 인장강도를 가진다. 알루미늄 코팅 보론 합금강의 경우 제조공정과 이송 중 소재 표면산화에 의한 산화철발생 또는 표면 탈탄 현상을 방지하기 위해 알루미늄 코팅 처리를 하는데 이러한 코팅층이 용접시 용접부의 물성을 저하시키는 역할을 한다고 보고되어 있다. 본 연구에서는 1.5GPa급 무도금 보론 합금강과 알루미늄 코팅 보론 합금강을 대상으로 레이저 용접을 적용하여 용접부 특성을 파악하고자 하였다. 실험은 겹치기 형상으로 Fiber Laser, Disk Laser를 적용하여 진행하였으며 빔Size, 용접속도, Gap등을 변경하며 해당조건에서의 용입특성, 파단모드, 기계적특성 등을 알아보았다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.4-15
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• 2013

The laser/arc hybrid welding process is a new process combining the laser beam and the arc as welding heat source. The laser beam and arc influence and assist one another. By application of hybrid welding, synergistic effects are achievable, and disadvantage of the respective processes can be compensated. The laser-arc hybrid welding process has good potential to extend the field of applications of laser technology, and provide significant improvements in weld quality and process efficiency in manufacturing applications. This review analyses the recent advances in the fundamental understanding of hybrid welding processes using the works of the data base of Web of Science (SCI-Expanded) since the 2000 year. The research activity on the hybrid welding has been become more actively since 2006, especially in China, presenting the most research papers in the world. Since the hybrid welding process was adopted in manufacturing of the automobile in Europe in the early of 2000's, its adopting is widely expanded in the field of manufacturing of automobile, ship building, steel construction and the other various industry. The hybrid welding process is expected to advance toward higher productivity, higher precision, higher reliability through the mixing of high power and flexible fiber laser or disk laser and digitalized pulsed arc source.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.91-96
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• 2015

The laser-arc hybrid welding of SS400 steel was carried out with the use of disk laser equipment of 6.6kW maximum power and MAG equipment of pulse mode. Parameter regarding heat input is one of the most important factors that directly affect penetration characteristics and welding defect. Therefore in this study, the effects of laser power, welding speed and current, voltage and pulse correction were investigated. As experiment result, it was found that the lower heat input, the more likely humping bead is formed at the back, and such humping bead could be suppressed by increasing laser power and arc current or decreasing welding speed, thus increasing heat input. Also deep penetration could be achieved by reducing arc voltage or pulse correction parameter in the same welding condition.