TY - CONF A1 - Brunner-Schwer, Chr. A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Investigation on laser cladding of rail steel without preheating N2 - The contact between train wheels and rail tracks is known to induce material degradation in the form of wear, and rolling contact fatigue in the railhead. Rails with a pearlitic microstructure have proven to provide the best wear resistance under severe wheel-rail interaction in heavy haul applications. High speed laser cladding, a state-of-the-art surface engineering technique, is a promising solution to repair damaged railheads. However, without appropriate preheating or processing strategies, the utilized steel grades lead to martensite formation and cracking during deposition welding. In this study, laser cladding of low-alloy steel at very high speeds was investigated, without preheating the railheads. Process speeds of up to 27 m/min and laser power of 2 kW are used. The clad, heat affected zone and base material are examined for cracks and martensite formation by hardness tests and metallographic inspections. A methodology for process optimization is presented and the specimens are characterized for suitability. Within the resulting narrow HAZ, the hardness could be significantly reduced. T2 - Lasers in Manufacturing Conference 2021 CY - Erlangen, Germany DA - 21.06.2021 KW - High speed laser cladding KW - Preheatin KW - Rail tracks KW - Pearlitic microstructure PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53974 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Frei, J. A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Resistance spot welding under external load for evaluation of LME susceptibility of zinc coated advanced high strength steel sheets N2 - Some zinc coated advanced high strength steels (AHSS), under certain manufacturing conditions, are known to be prone to liquid metal embrittlement (LME) during resistance spot welding. LME is an undesired phenomenon, which can cause both surface and internal cracks in a spot weld, potentially influencing its strength. An effort is made to understand influencing factors of LME better, and evaluate geometry-material combinations regarding their LME susceptibility. Manufacturers benefit from such knowledge because it improves the processing security of the materials. The experimental procedure of welding under external load is performed with samples of multiple AHSS classes with strengths up to 1200 MPa, including dual phase, complex phase and TRIP steels. This way, externally applied tensile load values are determined, which cause liquid metal embrittlement in the samples to occur. In the future, finite element simulation of this procedure gives access to in-situ stress and strain values present during LME formation. The visualization improves the process understanding, while a quantification of local stresses and strains allows an assessment of specific welded geometries. T2 - ESDAD 2019 CY - Dusseldorf, Germany DA - 24.06.2019 KW - RSW KW - LME KW - Advanced high strength steel KW - Testing method KW - Zinc coated steel PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49079 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Üstündag, Ö. A1 - Fritzsche, André A1 - Avilov, V. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - High power laser beam welding of thick materials using EM melt pool control N2 - Electromagnetic weld pool support system is illustrated successfully for hybrid laser arc welding of 20 -30 mm ferromagnetic Steels Welding of thick-walled steels in flat position and reduced welding velocities is possible Gap and misalignment between welded plates can be tolerated by use of this Technology Opportunity to reduce the laser beam power because of reduced welding velocity respectively increase of weldable material thickness with a 20 kW- fibre laser Mechanical properties of welds are in correspondence with requirements of Standards. T2 - SLT 2018 10. Stuttgarter Lasertage CY - Suttgart, Germany DA - 05.06.2018 KW - Hydrostatic and arc pressure exceed the Laplace pressure PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45229 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - A theoretical study of influence of electromagnetic stirring on transport phenomena in wire feed laser beam welding N2 - The additional element from the filler wire in the laser beam welding is usually distributed inhomogeneously in the final weld due to the high solidification rate of weld pool. It has been found that the electromagnetic stirring produced by an external oscillating magnetic field can enhance the material mixing in the weld pool to achieve a more uniform element distribution. However, the magnetic field has a highly non-linear and multi-coupled interaction with the weld pool behavior, which makes the quantitative explanation of the physical mechanism difficult. In this study, the effect of electromagnetic stirring on the transport phenomena in the wire feed laser beam welding is investigated by a numerical modelling. A 3D transient multi-physical model considering the magnetohydrodynamics, heat transfer, fluid flow, keyhole dynamics and element transport is developed. The multiple reflections and the Fresnel absorption of the laser on the keyhole wall are calculated using the ray tracing method. The numerical results show that a Lorentz force produced by the oscillating magnetic field and its induced eddy current gives significant influence on the transport phenomena in the molten pool. The forward and downward flow is enhanced by the electromagnetic stirring, which homogenizes the distribution of the additional elements from a nickel-based filler wire in a steel weld pool. The numerical results show a good agreement with the high-speed images of the molten pool, the fusion line from the optical micrograph and the element distribution from the energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. This work provides a physical base for the electromagnetic-controlled laser beam welding and some guidance for the selection of electromagnetic parameters. T2 - ICALEO 2019 CY - Orlando, US DA - 07.10.2019 KW - Magnetohydrodynamics KW - Molten pool dynamics KW - Element transport KW - Laser beam welding PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49300 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Winterkorn, René A1 - Fabry, Cagtay T1 - Automated arc welding of support structures for offshore wind turbines N2 - Offshore wind energy plays an important role for the desired transition towards a carbon dioxide free industry within the next decades. However, the grounding of the offshore wind plants governs the overall installation process besides bureaucratic bottlenecks. The application of lightweight principles in steel construction, e.g. the usage dissolved load-bearing structures, so called Jackets foundations, offer great potential in reducing the resource consumption, especially with respect to the needed amount of steel. In this context this paper focuses on a fully digitalization of the welding manufacturing and as well as testing chain to enable a fully automated manufacturing as well as quality assessment of tubular nodes as key element of Jackets foundation structures. Furthermore, the relationship between the seam shape geometry and resulting fatigue strength is evaluated by numerical methods incorporating bionic principles. It is shown that tubular nodes can be welded fully automatically taking geometry tolerances into account. Moreover, the seam shape could be manufactured as requested by the numerical models which offers great potential for an extended lifetime. Subsequently, the improvements in resource efficiency and reduction of carbon dioxide emissions are evaluated by a life-cycle-assessment. T2 - IIW Annual Assembly 2022 Tokyo, Japan CY - Tokyo, Japan DA - 21.07.2022 KW - Offshore wind turbines KW - Support structures KW - Automated welding KW - Lightweight principles PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56653 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Üstündag, Ömer A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey T1 - Welding of thick metal plates with laser - Where are the limits? N2 - -With modern high-power lasers (and vacuum) penetration around 100 mm is possible -Important for industrial applications: single-pass full penetration welds with tolerances -Contactless EM-backing helps to overcome many main restrictions: -Single-pass HLAW of up to 30 mm can be realized with 20 kW laser power -Increase of the gap bridgeability and misalignement of edges -Lower sensitivity to manufacturing tolerances and edge quality; samples can be prepared by a plasma-cut instead of time-consuming milling process -Gives the possibility to increase the welding parameter window and cooling rate so that the required mechanical properties can be reached -Improved filler wire mixing behaviour T2 - AKL22 - International Laser Technology Congress CY - Aachen, Germany DA - 04.05.2022 KW - Laser hybrid welding KW - Thick-walled steel KW - High-power laser KW - Electromagnetic backing PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56367 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Üstündag, Ömer A1 - Bachmann, Marcel T1 - The bulging effect and its relevance in high power laser beam welding N2 - The present work deals with the recently confirmed widening of the weld pool interface, known as a bulging effect, and its relevance in high power laser beam welding. A combined experimental and numerical approach is utilized to study the influence of the bulge on the hot cracking formation and the transport of alloying elements in the molten pool. A technique using a quartz glass, a direct-diode laser illumination, a high speed camera, and two thermal imaging cameras is applied to visualize the weld pool geometry in the longitudinal section. The study examines the relevance of the bulging effect on both, partial and complete penetration, as well as for different sheet thicknesses ranging from 8 mm to 25 mm. The numerical analysis shows that the formation of a bulge region is highly dependent on the penetration depth and occurs above 10 mm penetration depth. The location of the bulge correlates strongly with the cracking location. The obtained experimental and numerical results reveal that the bulging effect increases the hot cracking susceptibility and limits the transfer of alloying elements from the top of the weld pool to the weld root T2 - The 18th Nordic Laser Materials Processing Conference CY - Lulea, Sweden DA - 18.01.2022 KW - Laser beam welding KW - Melt pool dinamics PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-54333 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Üstündag, Ömer A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey T1 - Investigation of the gap bridgeability at high-power laser hybrid welding of plasma-cut thick mild steels with AC magnetic support N2 - One of the challenges of the high-power hybrid laser welding of thick steels is the sensitivity of the process of the process to manufacturing tolerances. This usually leads to a time-consuming preparation of the welding edges, such as milling. The study deals with the influence of the edge quality of milled and plasma-cut steel made of S355J2 with a wall thickness of 20 mm on the laser hybrid welded seam quality. Furthermore, the gap bridgeability and the tolerances towards edge misalignment was investigated. An AC magnet was used as backing support to prevent sagging and positioned under the workpiece, to generate an upwards directed electromagnetic pressure. The profiles of the edges and the gap on the top and root side were measured using a digital camera. Single-pass laser hybrid welds of plasma-cut edges could be welded using a laser beam power of just 13.7 kW. A gap bridgeability up to 2 mm and misalignment of edges up to 2 mm could be achieved successful. Additionally, the independence of the cutting side and the welding side was shown, so that samples were welded to the opposite side to their cutting. For evaluation of internal defects or irregularities, X-ray images were carried out. Charpy impact strength tests were performed to determine the toughness of the welds. T2 - X International Conference «Beam Technologies & Laser Application CY - Online meeting DA - 20.09.2021 KW - Plasma-cutting KW - Hybrid laser-arc welding KW - Thick-walled steel KW - Edge quality KW - Gap bridgeability KW - Misalignment of the edges PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53920 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - European perspective on 21st century BIW joining challenges N2 - •Main Welding Technologies in the Automotive: RSW and laserbeam welding •Light Weight Design leads to increasing use of AHSS and UHSS which results in higher demands for the joining technology •Joining Multi-Material Structures offers opportunities for “new” Thermal-Mechanical Joining Processes and Hybrid Processes •In the coming years a trend towards sustainable manufacturing can be seen. Comparison between laserbeam and RSW will be a tight match! T2 - AWS Sheet Metal Welding Conference XVll CY - Livonia, MI, USA DA - 19.10.2016 KW - Resistance spot welding KW - Laser beam welding KW - Lightweight concepts KW - AHSS KW - Weld cracks PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-38339 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey T1 - Welding with high-power lasers: trends and developments N2 - High power laser welding technology has made a large progress in the last decade and established itself in different industrial applications; Hybrid laser arc welding is one of the most prospective technologies for heavy components assembling; Modern high speed video observation, in situ x-ray screening as well as simulation techniques contributed to better understanding of laser welding process; New approaches e.g. application of electromagnetic fields for melt pool control and welding at reduced pressure ambient have significantly contributed to extending the process boundaries far beyond the known Limits. T2 - LANE 2016 CY - Fürth, Germany DA - 19.09.2016 KW - Laser hybrid welding KW - Process diagnostics and simulation KW - Electromagnetic weld support system KW - Laser beam welding under vacuum/reduced pressure PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-38340 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -