TY - JOUR A1 - Marko, A. A1 - Bähring, S. A1 - Raute, J. A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Quality Prediction in Directed Energy Deposition Using Artificial Neural Networks Based on Process Signals N2 - The Directed Energy Deposition process is used in a wide range of applications including the repair, coating or modification of existing structures and the additive manufacturing of individual parts. As the process is frequently applied in the aerospace industry, the requirements for quality assurance are extremely high. Therefore, more and more sensor systems are being implemented for process monitoring. To evaluate the generated data, suitable methods must be developed. A solution, in this context, was the application of artificial neural networks (ANNs). This article demonstrates how measurement data can be used as input data for ANNs. The measurement data were generated using a pyrometer, an emission spectrometer, a camera (Charge-Coupled Device) and a laser scanner. First, a concept for the extraction of relevant features from dynamic measurement data series was presented. The developed method was then applied to generate a data set for the quality prediction of various geometries, including weld beads, coatings and cubes. The results were compared to ANNs trained with process parameters such as laser power, scan speed and powder mass flow. It was shown that the use of measurement data provides additional value. Neural networks trained with measurement data achieve significantly higher prediction accuracy, especially for more complex geometries. KW - DED KW - Artificial neural network KW - Data preparation KW - Quality assurance KW - Process monitoring PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-555063 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/app12083955 SN - 2076-3417 VL - 12 IS - 8 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-55506 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Straße, Anne A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Quality improvement of laser welds on thick duplex plates by laser cladded buttering N2 - Because of its excellent corrosion resistance, high tensile strength and high ductility, duplex stainless steel 2205 offers many areas of application. Though laser beam welding accompanied by high cooling rates, duplex steels tend to perform higher ferrite contents in weld metal as the base metal, which leads to a reduction of ductility and corrosion resistance of the weld joint. To overcome this problem, a solution, based on buttering the plate edges by laser metal deposition (LMD) with material containing higher Ni concentrations prior to laser welding was suggested. In this context different process parameters for LMD process were investigated. In a second step the possibility of welding those edges defect free while achieving balanced austenite-ferrite ratio was verified with metallographic analysis, Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) and impact testing according to Charpy. T2 - Lasers in Manufacturing (LiM) 2019 CY - Munich, Germany DA - 24.06.2019 KW - Laser Metal Deposition; Laser Beam Welding; Duplex; Stainless Steel PY - 2020 SP - We_A31_4_4-1 EP - We_A31_4_4-6 PB - WLT (Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Lasertechnik) AN - OPUS4-50143 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Biegler, M. T1 - Qualifizierung der Schweißstruktursimulation für die wirtschaftliche Bearbeitung additiver fertigungstechnischer Fragestellungen am Beispiel des Laserpulverauftragschweißens N2 - Additive Fertigungsverfahren, speziell das selektive Laserschmelzen sowie das Laserpulverauftragsschweißen, ermöglichen eine enorme Steigerung der Flexibilität und erlauben Kleinserienteile mit hoher Genauigkeit und geringen Kosten herzustellen. Für den erfolgreichen wirtschaftlichen Einsatz dieser neuartigen Fertigungsverfahren spielt die Einhaltung des First-time-right-Prinzips eine entscheidende Rolle: Bauteile sollten bereits im ersten Versuch allen Anforderungen genügen. Aufgrund der jungen Geschichte dieses Fertigungszweigs und der damit einhergehenden fehlenden Erfahrungen und Richtlinien ist diese elementare Forderung heute nur in wenigen Fällen realisierbar. Die geforderten Qualitätsstandards können aktuell nur über experimentelle Iterationsschleifen eingehalten werden, sodass das große Potential einer flexiblen und schnellen Fertigung in erheblichem Maß reduziert wird. Die Komplexität der gefertigten Bauteile und die des Prozesses an sich lassen eine erfahrungsbasierte Vorhersage der Verzüge und Eigenspannungen kaum zu. Zudem werden auch in Zukunft Richtlinien und Normen nicht das komplette Anwendungsspektrum abbilden können. Die eigenspannungsbedingten Verzüge spielen demnach eine bedeutende Rolle und stellen zusammen mit dem Erreichen der Maßhaltigkeit eine entscheidende technologische Herausforderung beim Einsatz additiver Fertigungsverfahren dar. Die numerische Simulation ermöglicht die Vorhersage von Bauteilverzügen und –spannungen und kann durch virtuelle Abprüfung von Herstellstrategien die Anzahl von Experimente reduzieren. Bisherige numerische Betrachtungen von zusatzwerkstoffbasierten Verfahren, zu denen unter anderem das Laserpulverauftragschweißen (LPA) gehört, beschränkten sich primär auf akademische Beispiele mit geringer Komplexität. Für die Simulation von konkreten Anwendungsfällen auf Bauteilebene liegen bisher keine validierten, numerischen Methoden und Ansätze vor, die eine wirtschaftliche Anwendung der Schweißsimulation ermöglichen. Dieses Projekt wird Simulationsmodelle zur numerischen Betrachtung komplexer additiv gefertigter Bauteile entwickeln. Dafür wird der Prozess in vereinfachten Simulationen nachgebildet und anhand von Experimenten validiert. Anschließend werden Methoden zur automatisierten Pfadgenerierung für komplexe Bauteile erprobt und in der Simulation implementiert. Schließlich werden zur Reduktion der Rechenzeit verschiedene Methoden zur Vereinfachung evaluiert und verglichen. Das Ziel ist die Steigerung der Verlässlichkeit in der Simulation, um prädiktive Aussagen über die Qualität additiv gefertigter Bauteile zu ermöglichen. KW - Schweißstruktursimulation KW - LPA KW - Additive Manufacturing PY - 2019 SN - 978-3-96780-042-5 SP - 1 EP - 106 PB - Forschungsvereinigung Stahlanwendungen AN - OPUS4-57321 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Javaheri, E. T1 - Qualifizierung der instrumentierten Eindringprüfung zur Kennwertermittlung für hochfeste Stähle mit Schweißungen N2 - Der Einsatz von hochfesten Stählen im Karosseriebereich des Automobilbaus hat während der letzten Jahre stark zugenommen. Hierzu zählen Dual- und Komplexphasenstähle, welche durch Kombination unterschiedlicher Gefügebestandteile auch deren Vorteile kombinieren, sowie TRIP (TRansformation Induced Plasticity) und Mangan-Bor Stähle, welche sehr gute Umformeigenschaften mit hohen Festigkeiten durch Martensitbildung bei der Umformung kombinieren. TWIP (Twinning Induced Plasticity) Stähle erreichen ähnliche Effekte durch forcierte Zwillingsbildung. Die Ursachen für den Einsatz dieser Stähle liegen in dem Potential dieser Materialien zur Gewichts- und Kostenreduzierung, bei gleichzeitiger Erhöhung der Fahrgastsicherheit. Auf Grund der prinzipiell gegebenen Schweißeignung dieser Stähle, werden die klassischen Fügeverfahren im Karosseriebau wie das kostengünstige und effektive Widerstandspunktschweißen, das Metall-Schutzgas (MSG)-Schweißen oder das Laserschweißen angewendet. Allerdings treten teilweise Herausforderungen, beispielsweise durch Gefügeveränderungen in den Fügestellen auf, die zu ungewollten Aufhärtungen oder Erweichungen führen. In diesem Projekt wird ein Verfahren entwickelt, mit welchem die lokalen Werkstoffeigenschaften von im Automobilbau typischen Werkstoffen und deren Fügestellen bestimmt werden können. Relevante Kennwerte sind in erster Linie das SpannungsDehnungs-Verhalten der verschiedenen Zonen einer Schweißverbindung; relevante Zonen wiederum sind neben dem Grundwerkstoff die Wärmeeinflusszone und das Schweißgut. Zu diesem Zweck wird das Verfahren der instrumentierten Eindringprüfung für den Einsatz bei hochfesten Stählen weiterentwickelt. Zunächst werden hierzu Zugversuche an einfachen Grundwerkstoffgeometrien durchgeführt. Im Anschluss wird die optische Dehnungsfeldmessung an stark taillierten, geschweißten Zugversuchsproben durchgeführt. Die Taillierung dient dem Zweck, die WEZ auch mittels WPS über den gesamten Querschnitt der Probe erzeugen zu können, bzw. im Versuch auch Dehnungen in den relevanten Bereichen herbeizuführen. Das im Projekt angewendete Auswerteverfahren, welches auf nichtlinearen Regressionsmodellen in Form von künstlichen, neuronalen Netzwerken beruht, ermöglicht die Vorhersage des Festigkeitsverhaltens des Werkstoffes anhand der gemessenen Krafteindringwegdaten. KW - Eindringprüfung KW - Hochfester Stahl KW - Prüfverfahren PY - 2020 SN - 978-3-946885-98-6 SP - 1 EP - 164 PB - Forschungsvereinigung Stahlanwendungen AN - OPUS4-57322 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Raute, Julius A1 - Schmidt, Jonathan A1 - Jokisch, Torsten A1 - Biegler, Max A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Prozessführung und erreichbare Nahtqualitäten: Elektronenstrahlschweißen von additiv gefertigtem Inconel 939 N2 - Additive Fertigungstechnologien wie das Laser-Pulverbett-Verfahren bieten großes Potenzial für die Fertigung von Neu und Ersatzteilen für stationäre Gasturbinen aus Nickelsuperlegierungen wie Inconel 939 (IN939). Um die Integration in bestehende Baugruppen zu ermöglichen und Bauraumbeschränkungen zu überwinden, muss die Prozesskette der additiven Fertigung um geeignete Fügetechniken erweitert werden. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich daher mit dem Schweißen von Inconel 939. Hierbei werden Bleche aus Gussmaterial und der additiven Herstellung mittels Laser im Pulverbett beim Elektronenstrahlschweißen verglichen. Im Fokus der Untersuchung stehen die erreichbare Nahtqualität im Hinblick auf geometrische Unregelmäßigkeiten sowie innere Defekte in Form von Mikrorissen in der Wärmeeinflusszone. Bei der Auswertung der geschweißten Proben zeigen sich keine Unterschiede in der Ausbildung der Nahtform zwischen dem additiv gefertigten Material und dem Gusswerkstoff. Für beide Materialien ließ sich bei hohen Vorschubgeschwindigkeiten von 20 mm/s die höchste Bewertungsgruppe für Strahlgeschweißte Nähte nach DIN EN ISO 13919-1 erreichen. Unabhängig von der Herstellungsart zeigen beide Materialien eine Zunahme der Rissneigung mit steigendem Vorschub. Das Material aus der additiven Herstellung weist aufgrund seiner Mikrostruktur insgesamt jedoch deutlich weniger Mikrorisse auf, was Potenzial für die Anwendung in der Praxis eröffnet. KW - Elektronenstrahlschweißen KW - PBF-LB/M KW - Inconell939 PY - 2025 UR - https://www.schweissenundschneiden.de/artikel/prozessfuehrung-und-erreichbare-naht-qualitaeten-elektronenstrahlschweissen-von-additiv-gefertigtem-inconel-939 DO - https://doi.org/10.53192/SUS202510 VL - 77 IS - 10 SP - 2 EP - 8 PB - DVS Media Verlag CY - Eltville am Rhein, Deutschland AN - OPUS4-64300 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng T1 - Project title: Multi-physical simulation of the influence of an auxiliary magnetic field on the process porosity formation during high-power laser beam welding N2 - In this project, a multiphysically coupled numerical model will be developed to quantitatively describe porosity reduction in high-power laser beam welding of up to 10 mm thick AlMg3 using an oscillating magnetic field. The aim is to gain fundamental insights into the physical dependencies of the introduced electromagnetic forces on the melt pool behavior and the reduction of porosity. With the help of the numerical model, the transient, multi-coupled, three-dimensional problem of heat transfer, liquid flow, free surface deformation, and magnetic induction is to be solved, taking into account temperature-dependent material properties. The numerical modelling of the heat source will integrate all relevant physical mechanisms, for instance, multiple reflections of the laser radiation by an advanced ray tracing model, as well as local Fresnel absorption at the keyhole wall. This allows an analysis of the keyhole fluctuations, which have a dominant influence on the formation of process spores during deep penetration welding, based on physical principles. In addition, further physical factors such as the ablation pressure of the evaporating metal, the Laplace pressure, and Marangoni shear stresses are also to be integrated into the model. To evaluate the pore formation and reduction by means of the electromagnetic forces introduced in the molten pool, suitable models for describing the movement of the pores in the melt are to be developed. For the process pores, their movement can be implemented by tracking their surface under consideration of their internal pressure and temperature. With the help of the simulation model, all key factors for the formation of process pores during laser beam welding of the used aluminum alloy, as well as their avoidance, can be decoupled and analyzed. Accompanying welding tests are planned at BAM on a 20 kW fiber laser and a 16 kW disk laser. The magnetic flux density will be up to 500 mT at a maximum frequency of 5 kHz. The experimental results, in particular temperature measurements, weld cross sections, computer tomography, and X-ray examinations, will be used to verify the multiphysical model and its calibration. Moreover, the models will be validated and quantified by in situ high-speed imaging of the keyhole dynamics in a metal/quartz glass configuration with keyhole illumination by a diode laser coaxial to the processing laser. On the basis of the numerical and experimental results, the dependencies between applied magnetic field, melt pool behavior, and porosity formation will be revealed in this project. KW - Laser beam welding KW - Electromagnetic weld pool control KW - Numerical simulation KW - Process porosity PY - 2026 DO - https://doi.org/10.34657/27669 SP - 1 EP - 14 AN - OPUS4-65335 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Marko, A. A1 - Bähring, S. A1 - Raute, J. A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Prognose von Qualitätsmerkmalen durch Anwendung von KI-Methoden beim Directed 10 Energy Deposition N2 - Dieser Beitrag enthält die Ergebnisse eines im Rahmen der DVS Forschung entwickelten Ansatzes zur Qualitätssicherung im Directed Energy Deposition. Es basiert auf der Verarbeitung verschiedener während des Prozesses gesammelter Sensordaten unter Anwendung Künstlicher Neuronale Netze (KNN). So ließen sich die Qualitätsmerkmale Härte und Dichte auf der Datenbasis von 50 additiv gefertigten Probenwürfel mit einer Abweichung < 2 % vorhersagen. Des Weiteren wurde die Übertragbarkeit des KNN auf eine Schaufelgeometrie untersucht. Auch hier ließen sich Härte und Dichte hervorragend prognostizieren (Abweichung < 1,5 %), sodass der Ansatz als validiert betrachtet werden kann. KW - Kl KW - Directed Energy Depositio KW - Qualitätssicherung PY - 2022 SN - 0036-7184 VL - 74 IS - 10 SP - 672 EP - 679 PB - DVS Media CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-56284 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lemke, Josefine A1 - Höfemann, Matthias A1 - Biegler, Max A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Process strategies for optimizing the cooling behaviour of laser-welded Tailor Welded Blanks made of advanced high strength steels (AHSS) N2 - AHSS with 1000 MPa tensile strength show promising properties for the use in Tailor Welded Blanks (TWBs) to locally strengthen car body parts. Challenges in laser beam welding of the sheets are hardness-drops and -peaks in the heat-affected zone (HAZ) and weld, which cause risks during cold-forming. This happens due to rapid cooling caused by laser welding. A numerical approach aiming for slower cooling rates in the weld region is presented in this article. Laser welded sheets served as reference for setting up a process simulation. Models for pre-heating and a coaxial setup with power split were set up. A correlation between cooling-rate and hardness in the joining zone was established and applied to the modelled strategy. Splitting the power led to a slightly narrower weld seam and experimental pre-heating of the sheets to 600 °C could lower total seam hardening. It achieved a homogenization of the fusion zone. KW - AHSS KW - Laser welding KW - Tailor Welded Blanks KW - Hardness KW - FEM KW - HAZ PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-622324 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2024.08.176 VL - 124 SP - 570 EP - 573 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-62232 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Raute, J. A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Process Setup and Boundaries of Wire Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing of High-Strength Aluminum Bronze N2 - In recent years, in addition to the commonly known wire-based processes of Directed Energy Deposition using lasers, a process variant using the electron beam has also developed to industrial market maturity. The process variant offers particular potential for processing highly conductive, reflective or oxidation-prone materials. However, for industrial usage, there is a lack of comprehensive data on performance, limitations and possible applications. The present study bridges the gap using the example of the high-strength aluminum bronze CuAl8Ni6. Multi-stage test welds are used to determine the limitations of the process and to draw conclusions about the suitability of the parameters for additive manufacturing. For this purpose, optimal ranges for energy input, possible welding speeds and the scalability of the process were investigated. Finally, additive test specimens in the form of cylinders and walls are produced, and the hardness profile, microstructure and mechanical properties are investigated. It is found that the material CuAl8Ni6 can be well processed using wire electron beam additive manufacturing. The microstructure is similar to a cast structure, the hardness profile over the height of the specimens is constant, and the tensile strength and elongation at fracture values achieved the specification of the raw material. KW - Wire electron beam additive manufacturing KW - Aluminum bronze KW - Wire-based additive manufacturing KW - EBAM KW - DED-EB PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-580890 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met13081416 VL - 13 IS - 8 SP - 1 EP - 16 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-58089 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Böhne, Chr. A1 - Meschut, G. A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Frei, J. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Prevention of liquid metal embrittlement cracks N2 - Advanced high strength steels are usually coated by a zinc layer for an increased resistance against corrosion. During the resistance spot welding of zinc coated steel grades, liquid metal embrittlement (LME)mayoccur. As a result, cracking inside and around the spot weld indentation is observable. The extent of LME cracks is influenced by a variety of different factors. In this study, the impact of the used electrode geometry is investigated over a stepwise varied weld time. A spot welding finite element simulation is used to analyse and explain the observed effects. Results show significant differences especially for highly increased weld times. Based on identical overall dimensions, electrode geometries with a larger working plane allow for longer weld times, while still preventing LME within the investigated material and maintaining accessibility. KW - Liquid metal embrittlement KW - Crack KW - Advanced high strength steels KW - Resistance spot welding KW - Electrode geometry PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/13621718.2019.1693731 VL - 25 IS - 4 SP - 303 EP - 310 PB - Taylor & Francis AN - OPUS4-49833 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Straße, Anne A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael ED - Schmidt, M. ED - Vollertsen, F. ED - Schmidt, B. M. T1 - Preliminary study to investigate the applicability of optical strain measurement technique for the detection of hot cracks in laser metal deposited layers N2 - Laser metal deposition (LMD) as an additive manufacturing technique became increasingly important in recent years and thus the demand for component safety. This is the reason, for the need for reliable in-situ defect detection techniques. For laser beam weld seams an optical measurement technique based on an optical flow algorithm was successfully used to define the critical straining conditions that lead to hot cracking. This algorithm was adapted for bead-on-plate weld seams on LMD deposited layers of IN718 alloy while performing external strain on the specimen in an externally loaded hot cacking test facility. The resulting transversal hot cracks along the weld seam were localized via X-Ray inspection and the type of cracking confirmed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The strain distribution was measured in the vicinity of the solidification front and correlated to the detected hot cracks. Based on the results this technique could be adopted for LMD experiments. T2 - 12th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies [LANE 2022] CY - Fürth, Germany DA - 04.09.2022 KW - Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) KW - Strain measurement KW - Optical flow KW - Critical strain PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-556445 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2022.08.034 VL - 111 SP - 335 EP - 339 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-55644 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Kising, Pascal A1 - Yang, Fan A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Prediction of weld pool and keyhole geometries in high-power laser beam welding through a physics-informed generative artificial intelligence approach N2 - The weld pool and keyhole geometries are critical characteristics in evaluating the stability of the high-power laser beam welding (LBW) process and determining the resultant weld quality. However, obtaining these data through experimental or numerical methods remains challenging due to the difficulties in experimental measurements and the high computational demands of numerical modelling. This paper presents a physics-informed generative approach for predicting weld pool and keyhole geometries in the LBW process. With the help of a well experimentally validated numerical model considering the underlying physics in the LBW, the geometries of the weld pool and keyhole under various welding conditions are calculated, serving as the dataset of the generative model. A Conditional Variational Autoencoder (CVAE) model is employed to generate realistic 2D weld pool and keyhole geometries from the welding parameters. We utilize a β-VAE model with the Evidence Lower Bound (ELBO) loss function and include Kullback-Leibler divergence annealing to better optimize model performance and stability during training. The generated results show a good agreement with the ground truth from the numerical simulation. The proposed approach exhibits the potential of physics-informed generative models for a rapid and accurate prediction of the weld pool geometries across a diverse range of process parameters, offering a computationally efficient alternative to full numerical simulations for process optimization and control in laser beam welding processes. T2 - International Congress of Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics 2025 CY - Orlando, USA DA - 12.10.2025 KW - Laser beam welding KW - Generative artificial intelligence KW - Machine learning KW - numerical simulation PY - 2025 SP - 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-65075 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Huo, Wenjie A1 - Schmies, Lennart A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Wolter, Katinka T1 - Prediction of mean strain from laser beam welding images and detection of defects via strain curves based on machine learning N2 - With the advancement of machine learning, many predictions and measurements in visual tasks can be achieved by convolutional neural networks (CNNs). Solidification hot cracking is a significant defect in laser beam welding, commonly encountered in practical applications. Existing theories indicate that the formation of cracks is closely related to strain accumulation near the solidification front. In this paper, we first leverage supervised Regression networks to design CNNs that achieve real-time average strain estimation for each frame in the collected welding videos. Two different architectures are proposed and compared: the first model stacks two frames at a set interval and feeds them into the network, while the second model extracts image features individually and predicts the results by calculating the correlation between them. Each network has its own advantages in Terms of computational efficiency and accuracy. Finally, we further train a multilayer perceptron (MLP) classification model that can detect the occurrence of cracks based on the predicted strain behaviors. KW - Laser beam welding KW - Mean strain prediction KW - Solidification cracking detection Convolutional neural networks KW - Convolutional neural networks PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-644495 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2025.113975 SN - 0030-3992 VL - 192, Part F SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-64449 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Marko, A. A1 - Raute, J. A1 - Linaschke, D. A1 - Graf, B. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Porosity of LMD manufactured parts analyzed by Archmimedes method and CT N2 - Pores in additive manufactured metal parts occur due to different reasons and affect the part Quality negatively. Few investigations on the origins of porosity are available, especially for Ni-based super alloys. This paper presents a new study to examine the influence of common processing Parameters on the Formation of pores in parts built by laser metal Deposition using Inconel 718 powder. Further, a comparison between the computed tomography (CT) and the Archimedes method was made. The Investigation Shows that CT is able to identify different kinds of pores and to give further Information about their distribution. The identification of some pores as well as their shape can be dependent on the Parameter Setting of the Analysis tool. Due to limited measurement Resolution, CT is not able to identify correctly pores with Diameters smaller than 0.1 mm, which leads to a false decrease on Overall porosity. The applied Archimedes method is unable to differentiate between gas porosity and other Kinds of holes like internal cracks or lack of Fusion, but it delivered a proper value for Overall porosity. The method was able to provide suitable data for the statistical Evaluation with design of Experiments, which revealed significant Parameters ont he Formation of pores in LMD. KW - Laser metal deposition KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Density measurement KW - Porosity KW - Design of experiments PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.3139/120.111232 SN - 0025-5300 VL - 60 IS - 11 SP - 1055 EP - 1060 PB - Hanser CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-47094 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yang, Chunliang A1 - Yan, Fan A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Putra, Stephen Nugraha A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Phase-field simulation of the dendrite growth in aluminum alloy AA5754 during alternating current electromagnetic stirring laser beam welding N2 - Electromagnetic stirring is known to promote material flow, reduce porosity, uniform elements distribution, and refine grain in laser beam welding (LBW), which enhances the applicability of LBW in various industries. In this study, a phase-field model of dendrite growth in AA5754 Al alloy electromagnetic stirring laser beam welding was established. The model considered the thermal electromagnetic Lorentz force resulting from the interaction between the electric field generated by the Seebeck effect and the magnetic field, as well as the temperature gradient and solidification rate of the solidification interface obtained from the computational fluid dynamics electromagnetic stirring LBW model. The variation rules of dendrite growth with different magnetic parameters and effects are analyzed. Comprehensively, the magnetic field promotes the solidification rate, thus promoting interfacial instability and a large magnetic flux density leads to a faster interface instability. The solidification rate as well as the temperature gradient affect the growth rate, and the accelerated growth caused by the so lidification rate with a high frequency and a large magnetic flux density effectively inhibits the slow growth caused by the temperature gradient. The thermal electromagnetic Lorentz force is the main factor for the branch increment at low frequencies, while both thermal electromagnetic Lorentz force and temperature gradient in crease the number of branches at high frequencies. The calculated average branch numbers considering various factors in the stable stage under different magnetic parameters were consistent with the results of the scanning electron microscope tests. KW - Laser beam welding KW - Electromagnetic KW - Aluminum alloys KW - Phase field method KW - Dendrite growth PY - 2024 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2023.124754 SN - 0017-9310 VL - 218 SP - 1 EP - 16 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-58489 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Putra, Stephen Nugraha A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Parametric study of the laser energy absorption in high-power laser beam welding N2 - Laser energy absorption on the keyhole wall is decisive for the thermodynamic behavior and the resultant weld properties in the high-power laser beam welding process. However, its highly transient nature on a microsecond scale makes the quantitative analysis challenging. In this paper, the influence of the relevant welding parameters on laser energy absorption is studied statistically by utilizing multiphysical modeling, in which the three-dimensional transient keyhole dynamics and thermo-fluid flow are calculated. A dynamic mesh adaption technique and a localized level-set-based ray-tracing method are employed to improve the model accuracy further. The results show that the focus position has a remarkable effect on the time-averaged laser absorption, and in contrast, the laser energy distribution regime is only slightly influenced by the welding speed in the studied parameter range (1.5–3.0 m/min). The absorption ratio of the laser energy on the keyhole front wall decreases with increasing welding speed and increases with upward-moving focus positions. The comparison between the calculated results and the experimental measurements ensures the validity of the proposed model. T2 - International Congress of Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics 2024 CY - Los Angeles, CA, USA DA - 03.11.2024 KW - Laser beam welding KW - Laser energy absorption KW - Weld pool KW - Parametric study KW - Multiphysics modeling PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-616070 DO - https://doi.org/10.2351/7.0001537 SN - 1042-346X VL - 36 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - AIP Publishing AN - OPUS4-61607 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Putra, Stephen Nugraha A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Parametric study of the laser energy absorption in high-power laser beam welding N2 - Laser energy absorption on the keyhole wall is decisive for the thermodynamic behavior and the resultant weld properties in the high-power laser beam welding process. However, its highly transient nature on a microsecond scale makes the quantitative analysis challenging. In this paper, the influence of the relevant welding parameters on laser energy absorption is studied statistically by utilizing multiphysical modeling, in which the three-dimensional transient keyhole dynamics and thermo-fluid flow are calculated. A dynamic mesh adaption technique and a localized level-set-based ray-tracing method are employed to improve the model accuracy further. The results show that the focus position has a remarkable effect on the time-averaged laser absorption, and in contrast, the laser energy distribution regime is only slightly influenced by the welding speed in the studied parameter range (1.5–3.0 m/min). The absorption ratio of the laser energy on the keyhole front wall decreases with increasing welding speed and increases with upward-moving focus positions. The comparison between the calculated results and the experimental measurements ensures the validity of the proposed model. T2 - International Congress of Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics 2024 CY - Los Angeles, CA, USA DA - 03.11.2024 KW - Laser beam welding KW - Laser energy absorption KW - Multiphysics modeling KW - Parametric study KW - Weld pool PY - 2024 SP - 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-61629 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Frei, J. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Overview and new developments in research on resistance spot welding of advanced high strength steels N2 - The safe joining of new, freshly developed steel types keeps challenging the industry–and is assumed to go on in doing so. In the body-in-white production, these materials are mainly joined using resistance spot welding. During the past ten years, various investigations on resistance spot welding of advanced high strength steels have been carried out at Fraunhofer IPK and the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM). This paper aims to give an overview about both the top former and recent studies and results. The investigated topics are the influences of manufacturing conditions as initial gaps and restraints on spot welds, their impact on the fatigue strength of a joint and the cracking-wise safe weldability of AHSS. Caused by non-ideal manufacturing conditions, cracks in spot welds (e.g. caused by liquid metal embrittlement) are still regarded as a potential risk in industrial practice. Therefore, a method to evaluate the safe weldability regarding the cracking susceptibility was developed for AHSS. The method is easy to perform, even without expensive laboratory equipment. It allows the end user to establish a material ranking regarding the cracking susceptibility of the handled steels. Recently, coupled thermo-mechanical finite element modelling has been used to describe critical stress-strain conditions responsible for the occurrence of liquid metal embrittlement, and to improve the understanding of the process. T2 - The 5th International Conference on Steels in Cars and Trucks CY - Amsterdam-Schiphol, The Netherlands DA - 19.06.2017 KW - Advanced high strength steels KW - Resistance spot welding KW - Cracking susceptibility KW - Liquid metal embrittlement KW - Material ranking KW - Fatigue strength KW - Gaps KW - Finite element method PY - 2017 SP - 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-43189 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gook, S. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Orbital hybrid laser-arc welding using a high-power fibre laser for pipeline construction N2 - Recently developed fibre lasers provide multi-kilowatt beam power with high quality at impressive energy efficiency. Combined with gas metal arc welding (GMAW) equipment these lasers can be used in a hybrid process to weld thick-walled constructions single-pass, that are currently welded using multi-pass techniques. The main benefits are a reduction of heat induced distortions, due to the low heat input, as well as savings in filler material and process time. Probable applications can be found in power generation, ship building and pipeline constructions. An orbital (girth) laser-hybrid process using a 20 kW fibre laser and a GMAW torch is currently examined at the BAM, Berlin. The aim of this research is to obtain a stable and crack free girth welding process and to demonstrate its application in pipeline construction. The experiments are carried out on 16 mm thick plates as well pipe rings with 36" (914 mm) pipe diameter of X65. Particular welding parameters, such as welding speed, GMAW power, arc length are varied and their influence on the appearance of the weld in the different welding positions is analyzed. Even though issues remain that demand further research it could already be shown that the rings can be welded using a girth hybrid process that is divided into two half girth processes in downward direction. KW - High-power fibre laser KW - Thick plates KW - Laser-hybrid welding KW - Pipeline PY - 2018 UR - http://gns.mephi.ru/en/issues/2018-126?art=418 SN - 2499-9733 SN - 2305-414X VL - 1 IS - 26 SP - 47 EP - 57 PB - National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" CY - Volgodonsk AN - OPUS4-45046 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Fabry, Çağtay A1 - Hirthammer, Volker A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Open Science in der Schweißtechnik N2 - Darstellung der aktuellen Situation sowie des Potenzials von Forschungsdatenmanagement und OpenScience in der Schweißtechnik. T2 - WelDX - Open Science Seminar CY - BAM Berlin, Germany DA - 04.03.2020 KW - Digitalisierung KW - Schweißtechnik KW - OpenScience KW - Forschungsdatenmanagement PY - 2020 UR - https://www.bam.de/Content/DE/Veranstaltungen/2020/2020-03-09-weldx-open-science-seminar.html AN - OPUS4-51857 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -