A laser lap welding process for zinc-coated steel has a well-known unsolved problem-porosity formation. The boiling temperature of coated zinc is lower than the melting temperature of the base metal, which is steel. I...A laser lap welding process for zinc-coated steel has a well-known unsolved problem-porosity formation. The boiling temperature of coated zinc is lower than the melting temperature of the base metal, which is steel. In the autogenous laser welding, the zinc vapor generates from the lapped surfaces expels the molten pool and the expulsion causes numerous weld defects, such as spatters and blow holes on the weld surface and porosity inside the welds. The laser-arc hybrid welding was suggested as an alternative method for the laser lap welding because the arc can preheat or post-beat the weldment according to the arrangement of the laser beam and the arc. CO2 laser-micro plasma hybrid welding was applied to the lap welding of zinc-coated steel with zero-gap. The relationships among the weld quality and process parameters of the laser-arc arrangement, and the laser-arc interspacing distance and arc current were investigated using a full-factorial experimental design. The effect of laser-arc arrangement is dominant because the leading plasma arc partially melts the upper steel sheets and vaporizes or oxidizes the coated zinc on the lapped surfaces. Compared with the result from the laser-TIG hybrid welding, the heat input from arc can be reduced by 40%.展开更多
TRIP590 advanced high strength steel sheets were heated by laser with different powers.Changes of the microstructure and the hardness of TRIP590 steel under laser heating with different powers were investigated by met...TRIP590 advanced high strength steel sheets were heated by laser with different powers.Changes of the microstructure and the hardness of TRIP590 steel under laser heating with different powers were investigated by metallographic microscope,scanning electron microscope,and hardness tester.The purpose was to study the effect of laser power on microstructure and hardness of TRIP590 steel.It is shown that the power of laser plays an important role on the microstructure and hardness of heated steel sheets.The results are helpful to determine suitable power for the laser auxiliary forming of Trip590 steel in order to obtain uniform microstructure and high hardness.展开更多
Power ultrasound is finding widespread applications in assisting conventional processes yielding products of better quality at lower processing power and temperature. Transmission of ultrasound is known to be affected...Power ultrasound is finding widespread applications in assisting conventional processes yielding products of better quality at lower processing power and temperature. Transmission of ultrasound is known to be affected by the boundaries between layers of different materials or same material but in different states （solid or liquid or gas）. This paper investigates the effects of ultrasound （US） on the surface of the solidified weld which has been subjected to ultrasonic vibrations of 20 kHz frequency during laser welding. Vibrations due to ultrasound normally exert a very high force which is usually hundred or thousand times the gravity. The transverse waves will also cause movement of molten material in the weld. As the surface of the weld beads were of interest and not the mechanical properties and the microstructure, investigation of bead on plate welds were found to be sufficient. High carbon steel plate was held at one end by the ultrasonic horn through which ultrasound was injected. A bead on plate weld using a CO2 laser （1 kW） was then performed along the center of the plate using three different welding speeds namely, 400, 1200 and 2000 mm per minute. The ultrasonic powers selected were 3 W and 6 W respectively for each welding speed as higher acoustical power was causing ejection of molten metal from the pool during welding. 3D surface measurements and analysis were then made on a section of length 20 mm using a Talysurf machine. The results show that the surface of the weld was affected to different extent depending on the positions being considered in the weld. Some regions were similar to the reference weld whereas some specific regions were heavily disrupted with deep valleys followed by high peak/s. This shows that US vibration of weld pools, even at very small acoustical power, is a more complex problem than other similar processes such as casting because of the very small volume of molten metal involved.展开更多
文摘A laser lap welding process for zinc-coated steel has a well-known unsolved problem-porosity formation. The boiling temperature of coated zinc is lower than the melting temperature of the base metal, which is steel. In the autogenous laser welding, the zinc vapor generates from the lapped surfaces expels the molten pool and the expulsion causes numerous weld defects, such as spatters and blow holes on the weld surface and porosity inside the welds. The laser-arc hybrid welding was suggested as an alternative method for the laser lap welding because the arc can preheat or post-beat the weldment according to the arrangement of the laser beam and the arc. CO2 laser-micro plasma hybrid welding was applied to the lap welding of zinc-coated steel with zero-gap. The relationships among the weld quality and process parameters of the laser-arc arrangement, and the laser-arc interspacing distance and arc current were investigated using a full-factorial experimental design. The effect of laser-arc arrangement is dominant because the leading plasma arc partially melts the upper steel sheets and vaporizes or oxidizes the coated zinc on the lapped surfaces. Compared with the result from the laser-TIG hybrid welding, the heat input from arc can be reduced by 40%.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51205004,51475003)Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.3152010)Beijing Education Committee Science and Technology Program(No.km201510009004)
文摘TRIP590 advanced high strength steel sheets were heated by laser with different powers.Changes of the microstructure and the hardness of TRIP590 steel under laser heating with different powers were investigated by metallographic microscope,scanning electron microscope,and hardness tester.The purpose was to study the effect of laser power on microstructure and hardness of TRIP590 steel.It is shown that the power of laser plays an important role on the microstructure and hardness of heated steel sheets.The results are helpful to determine suitable power for the laser auxiliary forming of Trip590 steel in order to obtain uniform microstructure and high hardness.
文摘Power ultrasound is finding widespread applications in assisting conventional processes yielding products of better quality at lower processing power and temperature. Transmission of ultrasound is known to be affected by the boundaries between layers of different materials or same material but in different states （solid or liquid or gas）. This paper investigates the effects of ultrasound （US） on the surface of the solidified weld which has been subjected to ultrasonic vibrations of 20 kHz frequency during laser welding. Vibrations due to ultrasound normally exert a very high force which is usually hundred or thousand times the gravity. The transverse waves will also cause movement of molten material in the weld. As the surface of the weld beads were of interest and not the mechanical properties and the microstructure, investigation of bead on plate welds were found to be sufficient. High carbon steel plate was held at one end by the ultrasonic horn through which ultrasound was injected. A bead on plate weld using a CO2 laser （1 kW） was then performed along the center of the plate using three different welding speeds namely, 400, 1200 and 2000 mm per minute. The ultrasonic powers selected were 3 W and 6 W respectively for each welding speed as higher acoustical power was causing ejection of molten metal from the pool during welding. 3D surface measurements and analysis were then made on a section of length 20 mm using a Talysurf machine. The results show that the surface of the weld was affected to different extent depending on the positions being considered in the weld. Some regions were similar to the reference weld whereas some specific regions were heavily disrupted with deep valleys followed by high peak/s. This shows that US vibration of weld pools, even at very small acoustical power, is a more complex problem than other similar processes such as casting because of the very small volume of molten metal involved.
