• Title/Summary/Keyword: Laser micro joining

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Welding Characteristic of Super Alloys for Nd:YAG Laser (Nd:YAG 레이저를 이용한 초합금 소재의 용접 특성 연구)

  • Yu, Sang-Hyeon;Lee, Je-Hun;Seo, Jeong;Kim, Jeong-O;Lee, Yeong-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.158-160
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    • 2006
  • Super alloys are typically used for the liquid thruster in the aerospace industry. In this work, The bead-on-plate welding of Inconel 600, Inconel 625 and Haynes 230 using Nd:YAG laser are studied, in order to examine the effects of experimental parameters on their weldability. The micro-hardness and tensile strength of the specimens are also analyzed, to obtain the optimal welding conditions.

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High speed precision welding using by single mode fiber laser (파이버 레이저에 의한 고속정밀 용접)

  • Park, Seo-Jeong;Lee, Mok-Yeong;Jang, Ung-Seong;Kim, Gi-Cheol;Cheon, Chang-Geun
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.94-96
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    • 2005
  • Welding process of ultra thin stainless steel foil was investigated using a single mode Yb-fiber laser with a CW maximum output power 40W. In micro welding, critical power density for keyhole welding was 1 to 2 orders larger higher than in macro-welding due to larger thermal conduction, extremely high speed welding becomes possible.

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Nd-YAG LASER MICRO WELDING OF STAINLESS WIRE

  • Takatugu, Masaya;Seki, Masanori;Kunimas, Takeshi;Uenishi, Keisuke;Kobayashi, Kojiro F.;Ikeda, Takeshi;Tuboi, Akihiko
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.187-192
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    • 2002
  • Applicability of laser micro welding process to the fabrication of medical devices was investigated. Austenitic stainless steel wire (SUS304) was spot melted and crosswise welded, which is one of the most possible welding process for the fabrication of medical devices, by using a Nd-YAG laser. Effects of welding parameters on the microstructure, tensile strength and corrosion resistance were discussed. In the spot melting, melted metal width decreased with decreasing the input energy and pulse duration. Controlling the laser wave to reduce laser noise which occurred in the early stage of laser irradiation made reasonable welding condition wider in the welding condition of small pulse duration such as 2ms. The microstructure of the melted metal was a cellular dendrite structure and the cell size of the weld metal was about 0.5~3.5 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$. Tensile strength increased with the decrease of the melted metal width and reached to a maximum about 660MPa, which is comparable with that for the tempered base metal. Even by immersion test at 318K for 3600ks in quasi biological environment (0.9% NaCl), microstructure of the melted metal and tensile strength hardly changed from those for as melted material. In the crosswise welding, joints morphologies were classified into 3 types by the melting state of lower wire. Fracture load increased with input energy and melted area of lower wire, and reached to a maximum about 80N. However, when input energy was further increased and lower wire was fully melted, fracture load decreased due to the burn out of weld metal.

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Technology of Remote Bundle Welding for CANDU Fuels (중수로 연료용 원격다발 용접기술)

  • Kim, S.S.;Lee, J.W.;Park, G.I.;Koh, J.H.
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.33-33
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    • 2009
  • This study is to develop the resistance welding apparatus and investigate the welding characteristics of Zircaloy-4 end-plate of fuel bundle in the cases of the resistance welding and the laser beam welding. The welding parameters which affect the weld nugget and the torque values have been also compared. The effect of the torque strength of end-plate welding using by the resistance welding and the laser beam welding has been studied and optimum conditions of Zircaloy-4 end-plate welding have been found. Futhermore, micro-structures and micro-hardness of the resistance welded specimens have been also compared.

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Investigation of the Laser Welded Specimens of Zircaloy-4 Spacer Grids for PWR Fuel Assembly (경수로 연료용 지르칼로이-4 지지격자의 레이저용접부 조사)

  • Kim Su-Seong;Song Gi-Nam;Yun Gyeong-Ho;Lee Gang-Hui
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.39-41
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    • 2006
  • The weld quality of spacer grids in Pressurized Water Reactors(PWR) fuel is extremely important for the fuel assembly performance in the nuclear renter. The spacer grid welds are currently evaluated mainly by the metallographic examination although it reveals only cross-points which are welded by the laser beam. This experiment is also to compare the weldability of Zircaloy-4 spacer grids using by the GTA and laser beam. The effect of node geometries of spacer grids for GTAW and LBW has been studied and optimum conditions of spacer grid welding have been found. Microstructures and micro-hardness of GTA and laser beam welded zones have been also compared.

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A Study on the Weldability for Automobile Under body Center floor with Nd:YAG laser (Nd:YAG 레이저를 이용한 자동차 언더바디 센터플로어에 대한 용접성 검토)

  • Yu, Sang-Hyeon;Kim, Gwan-Hui;Yun, Jae-Jeong;Yu, Hyo-Jeong;Kim, Seong-Se
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.199-202
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    • 2007
  • The center floor is a part of underbody of cars. The assembling method is mostly a resistant spot welding. But the resistant spot welding has many demerits in productivity such as low welding speed, large spatter occurring, hard to verify the welding quality. The laser welding has many merits such as high welding speed, high static and dynamic weld strength. So the laser welding has been studied to substituted the resistant spot welding. Therefore, in this study, as a pre-evaluation stage for replacing the resistance spot welding with laser in production of automobile parts, the weldability of cold rolled and zinc coated steel sheets is studied and also evaluated the weld strength by the tensile shear test. And the shape of weld bead appearances and micro structure of the weld bead section is also evaluated.

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Laser Cladding with Al-36%Si Powder Paste on A319 Al Alloy Surface to Improve Wear Resistance (A319 알루미늄 합금 표면에 Al-36%Si 합금분말의 레이저 클래딩에 의한 내마모성 향상)

  • Lee, Hyoung-Keun
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.58-62
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    • 2017
  • A319 aluminum alloy containing 6.5% Si and 3.5% Cu as major alloying elements has been widely used in machinery parts because of its excellent castability and crack resistance. However it needs more wear resistance to extend its usage to the severe wear environments. It has been known that hyper-eutectic Al-Si alloy having more than 12.6% Si contains pro-eutectic Si particles, which give better wear resistance and lubrication characteristics than hypo-eutectic Al-Si alloy like A319 alloy. In this study, it was tried to clad hyper-eutectic Al-Si alloy on the surface of A319 alloy. In the experiments, Al-36%Si alloy powder was mixed with organic binder to make a fluidic paste. The paste was screen-printed on the A319 alloy surface, melted by pulsed Nd:YAG laser and alloyed with the A319 base alloy. As experimental parameters, the average laser power was changed to 111 W, 202 W and 280 W. With increasing the average laser power, the melting depth was changed to $142{\mu}m$, $205{\mu}m$ and $245{\mu}m$, and the dilution rate to 67.2 %, 72.4 % and 75.7 %, and the Si content in the cladding layer to 16.2 %, 14.6 % and 13.7 %, respectively. The cross-section of the cladding layer showed very fine eutectic microstructure even though it was hyper-eutectic Al-Si alloy. This seems to be due to the rapid solidification of the melted spot by single laser pulse. The average hardness for the three cladding layers was HV175, which was much higher than HV96 of A319 base alloy. From the block-on-roll wear tests, A319 alloy had a wear loss of 5.8 mg, but the three cladding layers had an average wear loss of 3.5 mg, which meant that an increase of 40 % in wear resistance was obtained by laser cladding.