Welding Of Steel With A CO[sub]2[/sub]-Laser Of 20 Kw

M. Funk; U. Kohler; K. Behler; E. Beyer

doi:10.1117/12.961578

26 October 1989 Welding Of Steel With A CO₂-Laser Of 20 Kw

M. Funk, U. Kohler, K. Behler, E. Beyer

Proceedings Volume 1132, High Power Lasers and Laser Machining Technology; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.961578
Event: 1989 International Congress on Optical Science and Engineering, 1989, Paris, France

Abstract

Laser welding experiments of thick metal sheets with a thickness of up to 20 mm at high power levels up to 20 kW beam power are reported. Due to the high intensity of the laser beam exceeding 107 Wcm-2, the effect of plasma suppression by helium gas shielding was investigated. Furthermore, the welding parameters were determined for a laser beam power range between 10 and 20 kW. The first results indicate that an extrapolation of the laser welding parameters which already had been observed when welding at lower power levels < 10 kW, is not applicable for the 20 kW range. Moreover, the influence of the welding speed on the porosity of the welding seam in low carbon steels of 20 mm sample thickness was slightly different from results of thin sheet welding with a thickness of less than 10 mm.

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M. Funk, U. Kohler, K. Behler, and E. Beyer "Welding Of Steel With A CO₂-Laser Of 20 Kw", Proc. SPIE 1132, High Power Lasers and Laser Machining Technology, (26 October 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.961578

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