The conductive oxide impact on Aluminum alloy of YAG pulse laser welding
Few articles are reported about conductive oxide impacting on Aluminum alloy of Nd: YAG pulse laser welding at present. Therefore, this paper takes one typical Aluminum alloy as laser welding samples. Through SEM (scanning electron microscope) microscopic analysis and contrast, the comparative study between on with and without surface conductive oxidation impacting on laser welding samples have been conducted. The results show that the laser welding process parameters are needed, but the conductive oxide will bring no destructive effect on laser welding. Accordingly for this reason, it is thought that the conductive oxide will not bring substantial effect on Aluminum alloy of Nd: YAG pulse laser welding.
Study on Laser Welding of 1420 Aluminum-lithium Alloy
The reasons causing main defects of 1420 aluminum-lithium alloy were analyzed.The influences of the laser welding process parameters on the formation and welding were elaborated.The aluminum-lithium alloy development and the trend of the future were projected.
The effects of process variables on pulsed Nd:YAG laser spot welds: Part I. AISI 409 stainless steel
The weldabilities of AA 1100 aluminum and AISI 409 stainless steel by the pulsed Nd:YAG laser welding process have been examined experimentally and compared. The effects of Nd:YAG laser welding parameters, including laser pulse time and power intensity, and material-dependent variables, such as absorptivity and thermophysical properties, on laser spot-weld characteristics, such as weld diameter, penetration, melt area, melting ratio, porosity, and sur-face cratering, have been studied experimentally. The results of this work are reported in two parts. In Part I, the weldability of AISI 409 stainless steel by the pulse laser welding process is reported. In Part II, the weldability of A A 1100 aluminum under the same operating con-ditions is reported and compared to those of the stainless steel. When welding AISI 409 stainless steel, weld pool shapes were found to be influenced most by the power intensity of the laser beam and to a lesser extent by the pulse duration. Conduction mode welding, keyhole mode welding, and drilling were observed. Conduction mode welds were produced when power in-tensities between 0.7 and 4 GW/m2 were used. The initial transient in weld pool development occurred in the first 4 ms of the laser pulse. Following this, steady-state conditions existed and conduction mode welds with aspect ratios (depth/width) of about 0.4 were produced. Keyhole mode welds were observed at power intensities greater than 4 GW/m2. Penetration of these keyhole mode welds increased with increases in both power intensity and pulse time. The major weld defects observed in the stainless steel spot welds were cratering and large-occluded gas pores. Significant metal loss due to spatter was measured during the initial 2 ms of keyhole mode welds. With increasing power intensity, there was an increased propensity for occluded gas pores near the bottom of the keyhole mode welds.