TY - JOUR A1 - Schneider, André A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Mobile vacuum in pocket format, mobile local low-pressure cap for high power laser beam welding of thick materials N2 - The presented apparatus enables laser beam welding of thick materials under local reduced pressure conditions, thus improving the quality of welds and reducing the laser beam power necessary for complete penetration welding. The vacuum cap presented in this article uses a local reduced ambient pressure environment in a tight zone around the welding area and, in contrast to a conventional vacuum chamber, it is movable in the welding direction. The mobile installation is very compact and reaches pressure values of around 200 mbar. The reduced pressure in the vacuum cap is sufficient to generate 50 % higher penetration depth in comparison to welding under ambient pressure conditions. The low pressure around the keyhole reduces the vapour-plasma plume and therefore prevents a defocusing and scattering of the laser radiation. This allows to raise the amount of laser beam power entering the keyhole as well as the effective power density. KW - High power laser beam welding KW - Mobile vacuum KW - Local reduced pressure KW - Vapor plume KW - Keyhole PY - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/latj.201500025 SN - 1613-7728 SN - 1863-9119 VL - 12 IS - 4 SP - 43 EP - 44 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-34583 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schneider, André A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Mobile vacuum device for laser beam welding of thick materials N2 - The development of the vapour plume during the laser beam welding of metals with propagation directions along the laser beam axis leads to a reduction of the absorbed laser power in the keyhole. These unfavourable effects can be significantly mitigated by the application of a reduced ambient pressure thus decreasing the interaction between the laser beam and evaporation products, which leads to more stable welding process and results in increased penetration depth. A conventional technique use a vacuum chamber principle, similar to that, used for electron beam welding. Application of this technique is restricted by the camera size and reduces thus the advantages of this approach especially for large components. We demonstrate a possibility of mobile local vacuum application, which allows to generate a reduced pressure only in small region around the keyhole. By using of specially designed mobile pressure lock which can be moved along the welding direction absolute pressure of around 200 mbar could be obtained. This is sufficient to increase the welding depth by around 50%. Coupons from S355 were welded with an incremental laser power from 5 kW to 12 kW at atmospheric pressure and compared to those welded at ambient pressure of 200 mbar. The evaluation of the longitudinal section revealed an increase of the welding depth by about 35%. Furthermore, the welding trials in butt joint configuration on 15 mm thick plates at various laser beam power performed for atmospheric and reduced ambient pressure of around 200 mbar. The increase in welding depth up to 40% was established for reduced pressure. Particularly, low welding speeds under reduced pressure were especially advantageous in terms of increasing the welding depth. T2 - 3rd International conference in Africa and Asia "Welding and failure analysis of engineering materials" CY - Luxor, Egypt DA - 02.11.2015 KW - High power laser beam welding KW - Mobile vacuum KW - Local reduced pressure KW - Vapour plume KW - Keyhole PY - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 7 AN - OPUS4-35094 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schneider, André A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Lammers, Marco A1 - Malletschek, A. T1 - Laser Beam Welding of Thick Titanium sheets in the field of marine technology T2 - 8th International Conference on Laser Assisted Net Shape Engineering LANE 2014 CY - Fürth, Germany DA - 2014-09-08 PY - 2014 AN - OPUS4-32654 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schneider, André A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laser beam welding of thick materials under the influence of local reduced ambient pressure N2 - The development of the vapour plume during the laser beam welding of metals with propagation directions along the laser beam axis leads to a reduction of the absorbed laser power in the keyhole. The main reasons are the scattering of the laser radiation on the condensed phase of metallic vapour as well as the defocusing of the laser beam due to the density gradient in the vapour plume. These unfavourable effects can be significantly mitigated by the application of a reduced ambient pressure thus decreasing the interaction between the laser beam and evaporation products, which leads to more stable welding process and results in increased penetration depth, as known from previous studies. A conventional technique use a vacuum chamber principle, similar to that, used for electron beam welding. Application of this technique is restricted by the chamber size and reduces thus the advantages of this approach especially for large components. We demonstrate a possibility of mobile local vacuum application, which allows to generate a reduced pressure only in small region around the keyhole. By using of specially designed mobile pressure lock which can be moved along the welding direction absolute pressure of around 200 mbar could be obtained. This is sufficient to increase the welding depth by around 50%. Coupons from S355 were welded with an incremental laser power from 5 kW to 12 kW at atmospheric pressure and compared to those welded at ambient pressure of 200 mbar. The evaluation of the longitudinal section revealed an increase of the welding depth by about 35%. Furthermore, the welding trials in butt joint configuration on 15 mm thick plates at various laser beam power performed for atmospheric and reduced ambient pressure of around 200 mbar. The increase in welding depth up to 40% was established for reduced pressure. Particularly, low welding speeds under reduced pressure were especially advantageous in terms of increasing the welding depth. T2 - VIII BTLA 2015 - 8th International conference "Beam technologies & laser application" CY - St. Petersburg, Russia DA - 21.09.2015 KW - High power laser beam welding KW - Mobile vacuum KW - Local reduced pressure KW - Vapour plume KW - Keyhole PY - 2015 SP - 45 EP - 46 AN - OPUS4-34973 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schneider, André A1 - Avilov, Vjaceslav A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laser beam welding of aluminum alloys under the influence of an electromagnetic field T2 - LiM - Lasers in Manufacturing 2013 CY - Munich, Germany DA - 2013-05-13 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-32599 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schneider, André A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Impiego di un dispositivo per il vuoto locale di tipo mobile nell'applicazione del processo laser. T1 - Deployment of mobile vacuum device in the application of laser beam welding N2 - Lo sviluppo del pennacchio di vapore durante la saldatura laser di metalli con direzioni di propagazione lungo l'asse del fascio laser comporta una riduzione della potenza del laser assorbita nel keyhole. Questi effetti negativi possono essere notevolmente attenuati mediante l'applicazione di una ridotta pressione ambientale, diminuendo così l'interazione tra il fascio laser ed i prodotti dell'evaporazione, condizione che favorisce la stabilità del processo di saldatura e si traduce in una maggiore profondità di penetrazione. Una tecnica convenzionale utilizza il principio della camera a vuoto, simile a quello utilizzato per la saldatura a fascio elettronico. L'applicazione di questa tecnica è limitata dalle dimensioni della camera e riduce quindi i vantaggi di questo approccio, particolarmente per componenti di grandi dimensioni. Abbiamo dimostrato la possibilità di applicazione del vuoto in forma localizzata con apparecchiature mobili, che consentono di generare una pressione ridotta solo in una piccola zona attorno al keyhole. Utilizzando un dispositivo di chiusura appositamente progettato per la pressione, di tipo mobile, che può essere spostato lungo l'asse del giunto è possibile ottenere una pressione assoluta di circa 200 mbar. Questo è sufficiente per aumentare la profondità di penetrazione di circa il 50%. I campioni di acciaio grado S355 sono stati saldati con una potenza laser incrementale da 5 kW a 12 kW a pressione atmosferica e confrontati con quelli saldati a pressione ambiente di 200 mbar. La valutazione della sezione longitudinale ha rivelato un aumento della profondità di penetrazione dei giunti di circa il 35%. Inoltre, sono stati eseguiti test di saldatura in configurazione di giunti testa a testa con lamiere di 15 mm di spessore con diverse potenze associate al fascio laser eseguiti a pressione atmosferica ed a pressione ambiente ridotta di circa 200 mbar. L'aumento nella profondità di penetrazione fino al 40% è relativo alla pressione ridotta. In particolare, basse velocità di saldatura con pressione ridotta si sono rivelate particolarmente vantaggiose in termini di aumento della penetrazione. N2 - The development of the vapour plume during the laser beam welding of metals with propagation directions along the laser beam axis leads to a reduction of the absorbed laser power in the keyhole. These unfavourable effects can be significantly mitigated by the application of a reduced ambient pressure thus decreasing the interaction between the laser beam and evaporation products, which leads to more stable welding process and results in increased penetration depth. A conventional technique use a vacuum chamber principle, similar to that, used for electron beam welding. Application of this technique is restricted by the chamber size and reduces thus the advantages of this approach especially for large components. We demonstrate a possibility of mobile local vacuum application, which allows to generate a reduced pressure only in small region around the keyhole. By using of specially designed mobile pressure lock which can be moved along the welding direction absolute pressure of around 200 mbar could be obtained. This is sufficient to increase the welding depth by around 50%. Samples from S355 were welded with an incremental laser power from 5 kW to 12 kW at atmospheric pressure and compared to those welded at ambient pressure of 200 mbar. The evaluation of the longitudinal section revealed an increase of the welding depth by about 35%. Furthermore, the welding trials in butt joint configuration on 15 mm thick plates at various laser beam power performed for atmospheric and reduced ambient pressure of around 200 mbar. The increase in welding depth up to 40% was established for reduced pressure. Particularly, low welding speeds under reduced pressure were especially advantageous in terms of increasing the welding depth. KW - laser welding KW - Laserstrahlschweißen KW - vacuum KW - local effects KW - Vakuum KW - Lokale Effekte PY - 2016 SN - 0035-6794 VL - 04 IS - 04 SP - 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-35619 LA - mul AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Avilov, Vjaceslav A1 - Schneider, André A1 - Lammers, Marco A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Electromagnetic control of the weld pool dynamics in partial penetration laser beam welding of aluminium alloys N2 - An oscillating (AC) magnet field was used to suppress porosity formation and to stabilize the surface of the weld pool in bead-on-plate partial penetration 4.4 kW Nd:YAG laser beam welding of AW-5754 plates in PA position. The magnet was mounted on the laser welding head. The magnet field (up to 0.4 T and 10 kHz) was oriented perpendicular the welding direction. The analysis of the weld cross-sections and x-ray images shows a drastic reduction (up to 90%) of porosity contents in the welds. The observed effects can be explained in terms of electromagnetically (EM) induced 'Archimedes' forces as well as the EM stirring flow in the weld pool. Moreover, usage of AC magnetic fields results in a significant reduction (up to 50%) of the surface roughness of the welds. This effect can be explained in terms of electromagnetic (EM) contribution to the surface tension (the Garnier-Moreau effect) T2 - ICALEO 2012 - 31st International congress on applications of lasers & electro-optics CY - Anaheim, CA, USA DA - 23.09.2012 PY - 2012 IS - Paper 701 SP - 250 EP - 256 AN - OPUS4-27257 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -