TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gook, S. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey T1 - Laserstrahl-Hybridschweißen für Rohranwendungen N2 - Mechanische Eigenschaften der laserhybridgeschweißten Schweißverbindungen von hochfesten niedriglegierten Stählen erfüllen die Anforderungen der geltenden Normen Eindringtiefe des Zusatzwerkstoff bis ca. 12 mm Halborbitales Schweißen an 36” Rohren mit einer Wandstärke von 16 mm bei einer Schweißgeschwindigkeit von bis zu 2,2 m/min und Laserleistung von 19 kW technisch möglich Rissfreie Schweißverbindungen an Präzisionsrohren können durch eine geeignete Schweißparameterauswahl mittels Laser-Hybridverfahren hergestellt werden T2 - IW-Kolloquium CY - Hannover, Germany DA - 07.05.2014 KW - Laserstrahlquelle KW - Hybridprozesse KW - MSG-Schweißen PY - 2014 AN - OPUS4-38338 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Spranger, Felix A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laserimplantation von TiB2-Partikeln in X153CrMoV12 Kaltarbeitsstahl und Ihr Einfluss auf die Materialeigenschaften N2 - Die Laserimplantation erlaubt die Herstellung verschleißbeständiger, erhabener Mikrostrukturen (Implants) auf Stahloberflächen durch ein diskontinuierliches Dispergieren von keramischen Partikeln mittels gepulster Laserstrahlung. Durch die flexible Anordnung separierter Implants zu komplexen Mustern erlaubt das Verfahren eine gezielte Oberflächenstrukturierung zur Beeinflussung des Reibungs- und Verschleißverhaltens. Insbesondere erwies sich Titandiborid (TiB2) als Implantationsmaterial für geeig-net, da eine Manipulation der Implantgeometrie in einem breiten Bereich vorgenommen werden konnte, ohne dass Materialdefekte wie Risse oder Poren auftraten. Ziel der Untersuchungen war es, den Einfluss implantierter TiB2-Partikel auf die Materialeigenschaften von X153CrMoV12 zu ermitteln. Hierfür wurden im Rahmen der Arbeit die Laserparameter (Pulsleistung und -dauer) in einem breiten Parameterfeld variiert und vergleichende Untersuchungen an TiB2 implan-tierten Zonen sowie an punktuell umschmelzstrukturierten Zonen durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass eine reine Umschmelzstrukturierung zu einer deutlichen Reduktion der Oberflächenhärte aufgrund erhöhter Restaustenitgehalte (γR) führt. Im Gegensatz dazu führt das Laserimplantieren von TiB2-Partikeln zu einer deutlichen Härtesteigerung in den kuppel- oder ringförmigen Implants. Härtewerte von bis zu 1800 HV1 resultieren aus dispergierten TiB2-Primärpartikeln sowie in-situ ausgeschiedenen Se-kundärphasen, durch die der Restaustenitanteil zudem deutlich reduziert wird. T2 - 39. Assistentenseminar Füge- und Schweißtechnik CY - Eupen, Belgium DA - 12.09.2018 KW - Laserimplantation KW - TiB2 KW - AISI D2 KW - Laserdispergieren PY - 2019 SN - 978-3-96144-070-2 VL - Band 356 SP - 51 EP - 59 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-48751 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Üstündag, Ö. A1 - Gook, S. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laserhybridschweißen von dickwandigen Stählen mit elektromagnetischer Schmelzbadunterstützung N2 - Die steigenden Anforderungen in Hinsicht auf Sicherheitsfaktoren von gefügten Bauteilen führen zu einer Zunahme der zu schweißenden Bauteildicken. Das Laserstrahl-Lichtbogen-Hybridschweißverfahren – verbreitet im industriellen Einsatz vor allem im Schiffs- und Windkraftanlagenbau – ermöglicht das einlagige Fügen von dickwandigen Strukturen. Eine Herausforderung stellt das Schweißen von dickwandigen Bauteilen mit reduzierter Geschwindigkeit in Wannenlage (PA-Position) da. Sie ist aufgrund des erhöhten hydrostatischen Druckes und die daraus resultierenden Tropfenbildung an der Wurzelseite bedingt realisierbar. Die im Rahmen dieser Studie eingesetzte elektromagnetische Schmelzbadunterstützung wirkt dem gravitationsbedingten Austropfen der Schmelze entgegen und kompensiert den hydrostatischen Druck. Dabei werden unterhalb der Schweißzone mit Hilfe eines extern angelegten oszillierenden Magnetfeldes Wirbelströme im Werkstück induziert, die eine nach oben gerichtete Lorentzkraft erzeugt. Die Lorentzkraft wirkt dem hydrostatischen Druck entgegen und stellt einen sicheren Schweißprozess ohne Tropfenbildung dar. Mit dem Hybridschweißverfahren mithilfe der elektromagnetischen Schmelzbadunterstützung gelingt es mit einem 20-kW Faserlaser bis zu 30 mm dicke Bleche in einer Lage zu schweißen. Bei 25 mm dicken einlagig geschweißten Platten aus S355 konnte ein Spalt bis 1 mm und ein Kantenversatz bis zu 2 mm sicher überbrückt werden. Die Reduzierung der Schweißgeschwindigkeit hat eine Verringerung der notwendigen Laserleistung zur Folge und begünstigt außerdem die mechanisch-technologischen Eigenschaften, infolge der reduzierten Abkühlgeschwindigkeit. Durch die geringe Martensitbildung führt dies zu einer Verbesserung der Kerbschlagzähigkeit. T2 - 19. Tagung in Hamburg - DVS CY - Hamburg, Germany DA - 24.04.2019 KW - Laser-Hybridschweißen KW - Elektromagnetische Schmelzbadunterstützung KW - Schweißen von kaltzähen Stählen PY - 2019 SP - 34 EP - 46 PB - DVS AN - OPUS4-47918 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Marquardt, R. A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laser-Pulver-Auftragschweißen von funktional gradierten Materialien auf Cobalt-Chrom Basis N2 - Um Bauteile vor Verschleiß und Korrosion zu schützen werden Beschichtungen aus resistenteren Materialien aufgetragen. Hierzu zählen unter anderen die Legierungen auf Cobalt-Chrom Basis. Der diskrete Materialsprung ist jedoch unter thermischen und mechanischen Belastungen häufig Ursache für das Versagen der Beschichtung. In dieser Arbeit werden daher Materialgradierungen von verschiedenen Stahllegierungen zu einer Cobalt-Chrom Basislegierung untersucht. Die Ergebnissen werden dafür auch mit Resultaten zu vorangegangenen Untersuchungen verglichen. Kern der Arbeit bilden geätzte Schliffbilder der Materialpaarungen und Auswertungen mittels Farbeindringprüfung sowie die metallografische Bestimmung der Porosität. Ziel der Arbeit ist ein defektfreier Aufbau der funktional gradierten Materialpaarungen. T2 - 43. Assistentenseminar Fügetechnik CY - Päwesin, Germany DA - 20.09.2023 KW - Directed Enery Deposition KW - Funktionally Graded Material KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - DED KW - FGM KW - AM PY - 2023 SN - 978-3-96144-212-6 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - DVS Media GmbH AN - OPUS4-59116 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Brunner-Schwer, C. A1 - Graf, B. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laser-Plasma-Hybrid-Cladding: Possibilities in the combination 2 of arc and laser for deposition welding N2 - Plasma-Transferred-Arc (PTA) welding is a process that enables high deposition rates, but also causes increased thermal load on the component. Laser based Direct Energy Deposition (DED) welding, on the other hand, achieves a high level of precision and thus comparatively low deposition rates, which can lead to high processing costs. Combining laser and arc energy aims to exploit the respective advantages of both technologies. In this study, different possibilities of this process combination are presented using a PTA system and a 2 kW disk laser. This includes the combination in a common process zone as a highspeed plasma laser cladding technology (HPLC), which achieves process speeds of 10 m/min. Besides that it is being examined whether a pre-running plasma arc can be used to coat difficult-to-weld rail steel with a carbon content of 0.8 % due to a preheating effect. Furthermore, a smoothing of the coating by a plasma arc following the laser is investigated. T2 - Lasers in Manufacturing 2019 CY - Munich, Germany DA - 24.06.2019 KW - Plasma-Transferred-Arc KW - Direct Energy Deposition KW - highspeed plasma laser cladding KW - deposition welding PY - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 9 AN - OPUS4-48724 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Brunner-Schwer, C. A1 - Kersting, R. A1 - Graf, B. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laser-plasma-cladding as a hybrid metal deposition-technology applying a SLM-produced copper plasma nozzle N2 - Laser-Metal-Deposition (LMD) and Plasma-Transferred-Arc (PTA) are well known Technologies which can be used for cladding purposes. The prime objective in combining LMD and PTA as a Hybrid Metal Deposition-Technology (HMD) is to achieve high Deposition rates at low thermal Impact. Possible applications are coatings for wear protection or repair welding for components made of steel. The two energy sources (laser and Plasma arc) build a Joint process Zone and are configurated to constitute a stable process at laser powers between 0.4-1 kW (defocused) and Plasma currents between 75-200 A. Stainless steel 316L serves as filler material. For this HMD process, a Plasma Cu-nozzle is designed and produced by powder bed based Selective Laser Melting. The potential of the HMD Technology is investigated and discussed considering existing process. This paper demonstrates how the interaction of the two energy sources effects the following application-relevant properties: Deposition rate, powder Efficiency and energy Input. T2 - LANE 2018 CY - Fürth, Germany DA - 3.09.2018 KW - Laser-metal-deposition KW - Plasma-transferred-arc KW - SLM printed plasma torch KW - Laser-plasma hybrid PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-470999 UR - 10.1016/j.procir.2018.08.020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2018.08.020 SN - 2212-8271 VL - CIRP 74 SP - 738 EP - 742 PB - Sciencedirect CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-47099 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Gook, S. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey T1 - Laser-GMA-hybrid welding of longitudinally welded large-diameter pipes of grades API- X80/ X120 N2 - Potentials of the hybrid laser arc welding processes were investigated regarding reliable production of longitudinal welds of high strength pipe steels X80 and X120 Hybrid laser arc welding of the root pass: Significant reduction in the weld cross section – savings of filler material Lower heat input into the base material - improvement of mechanical properties of the weld joint  The arc type does not have any influence on the character of dilution in the laser part of the hybrid weld  14 mm deep root face was considered as optimum. No penetration of the filler material could be detected beyond this depth limit Metal powder filler wires, micro alloyed with Ni and partly with Cr and Mo, guaranteed sufficient Charpy impact toughness at low temperature for the both investigated materials: Hybrid laser arc welding is a very efficient process for the root pass in multi-pass welding and opens a large technical and economic potential for the manufacture of large pipes T2 - The METEC and 2nd European Steel Technology and Application Days (ESTAD)conference CY - Düsseldorf, Germany DA - 15.06.2015 KW - High power laser KW - Hybrid laser arc welding KW - Weld specimens KW - Charpy V-notch tests KW - Tensile tests PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-38342 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jokisch, T. A1 - Marko, A. A1 - Gook, S. A1 - Üstündag, Ö. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laser Welding of SLM-Manufactured Tubes Made of IN625 and IN718 N2 - The advantage of selective laser melting (SLM) is its high accuracy and geometrical flexibility. Because the maximum size of the components is limited by the process chamber, possibilities must be found to combine several parts manufactured by SLM. An application where this is necessary, is, for example, the components of gas turbines, such as burners or oil return pipes, and inserts, which can be joined by circumferential welds. However, only a few investigations to date have been carried out for the welding of components produced by SLM. The object of this paper is, therefore, to investigate the feasibility of laser beam welding for joining SLM tube connections made of nickel-based alloys. For this purpose, SLM-manufactured Inconel 625 and Inconel 718 tubes were welded with a Yb:YAG disk laser and subsequently examined for residual stresses and defects. The results showed that the welds had no significant influence on the residual stresses. A good weld quality could be achieved in the seam circumference. However, pores and pore nests were found in the final overlap area, which meant that no continuous good welding quality could be accomplished. Pore formation was presumably caused by capillary instabilities when the laser power was ramped out. KW - Inconel 718 KW - Laser welding KW - Selective Laser Melting KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-489679 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12182967 SN - 1996-1944 VL - 12 IS - 18 SP - 2967, 1 EP - 15 PB - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-48967 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brunner-Schwer, C. A1 - Simón Muzás, Juan A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laser Welding of L-PBF AM components out of Inconel 718 N2 - With regard to efficient production, it is desirable to combine the respective advantages of additively and conventionally manufactured components. Particularly in the case of large-volume components that also include filigree or complex structures, it makes sense to divide the overall part into individual elements, which afterwards have to be joined by welding. The following research represents a first step in fundamentally investigating and characterizing the joint welding of Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) components made of Inconel 718. For this purpose, bead-on-plate welds were performed on plates manufactured using the L-PBF process and compared with the conventionally manufactured material. Conventional laser beam welding was used as welding process. The weld geometry was investigated as a function of the L-PBF build-up orientation. It was found that the welding depth and weld geometry differ depending on this orientation and in comparison to the conventional material. T2 - 12th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies [LANE 2022] CY - Fürth, Germany DA - 04.09.2022 KW - Laser Welding KW - L-PBF KW - PBF-LB/M KW - Seam geometry KW - Bead-on-plate welds PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-560012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2022.08.072 SN - 2212-8271 VL - 111 SP - 92 EP - 96 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-56001 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Srinivasan, Krishnanand A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laser Metal Deposition of Rene 80 – Microstructure and Solidification Behaviour Modelling N2 - New developments in nickel-based superalloys and production methods, such as the use of additive manufacturing (AM), can result in innovative designs for turbines. It is crucial to understand how the material behaves during the AM process to advance industrial use of these techniques. An analytical model based on reaction-diffusion formalism is developed to better explain the solidification behavior of the material during laser metal deposition (LMD). The well-known Scheil-Gulliver theory has some drawbacks, such as the assumption of equilibrium at the solid-liquid interface, which is addressed by this method. The solidified fractions under the Scheil model and the pure equilibrium model are calculated using CALPHAD simulations. Differential scanning calorimeter is used to measure the heat flow during the solid-liquid phase transformation, the result of which is further converted to solidified fractions. The analytical model is compared with all the other models for validation. T2 - Lasers in Manufacturing Conference 2023 CY - Munich, Germany DA - 26.06.2023 KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Laser metal deposition KW - Solidification behaviour KW - Analytical model KW - Nickel-based superalloy PY - 2023 SP - 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-58612 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Petrat, T. A1 - Graf, B. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael ED - Schmidt, M. ED - Vollertsen, F. ED - Arnold, C. B. T1 - Laser metal deposition as repair technology for a gas turbine burner made of Inconel 718 N2 - Maintenance, repair and overhaul of components are of increasing interest for parts of high complexity and expensive manufacturing costs. In this paper a production process for laser metal deposition is presented, and used to repair a gas turbine burner of Inconel 718. Different parameters for defined track geometries were determined to attain a near net shape deposition with consistent build-up rate for changing wall thicknesses over the manufacturing process. Spot diameter, powder feed rate, welding velocity and laser power were changed as main parameters for a different track size. An optimal overlap rate for a constant layer height was used to calculate the best track size for a fitting layer width similar to the part dimension. Deviations in width and height over the whole build-up process were detected and customized build-up strategies for the 3D sequences were designed. The results show the possibility of a near net shape repair by using different track geometries with laser metal deposition. T2 - LANE - 9 International Conference on Photonic Technologies CY - Fürth, Germany DA - 19.09.2016 KW - Laser metal deposition KW - Inconel 718 KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Maintenance KW - Repair and overhaul PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-376723 UR - http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1875389216301857/1-s2.0-S1875389216301857-main.pdf?_tid=ed1d75de-84a2-11e6-af94-00000aab0f6c&acdnat=1474974777_4917d753cb3d316c4b000ba0760778b5 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2016.08.078 SN - 1875-3892 VL - 83 SP - 761 EP - 768 PB - Elservier AN - OPUS4-37672 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jokisch, T. A1 - Gook, S. A1 - Marko, A. A1 - Üstündag, Ömer A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laser beam welding of additive manufactured components: Applicability of existing valuation regulations N2 - With additive manufacturing in the powder bed, the component size is limited by the installation space. Joint welding of additively manufactured parts offers a possibility to remove this size limitation. However, due to the specific stress and microstructure state in the additively built material, it is unclear to what extent existing evaluation rules of joint welding are also suitable for welds on additive components. This is investigated using laser beam welding of additively manufactured pipe joints. The welds are evaluated by means of visual inspection, metallographic examinations as well as computed tomography. The types of defects found are comparable to conventional components. This is an indicator that existing evaluation regulations also map the possible defects occurring for weld seams on additive components. KW - Weld imperfections KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Weldability KW - Laser welding PY - 2022 VL - 2 SP - 109 EP - 113 PB - DVS Media GmbH AN - OPUS4-56374 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Müller, A. A1 - Goecke, S.F. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Laser beam oscillation welding for automotive applications N2 - Laser beam oscillation, applied one- or two-dimensional to the actual welding process, influences the welding process in terms of compensation of tolerances and reduction of process emissions like spatter and melt ejections that occur in industrial applications, such as in body-in-white manufacturing. If the welding process could be adapted to these tolerances by the momentarily demanded melt pool width to generate sufficient melt volume or to influence melt pool dynamics, e.g. for a better degassing, laser welding would become more robust. However, beam oscillation results are highly dependent on the natural frequency of the melt pool, the used spot diameter and the oscillation speed of the laser beam. The conducted investigations with an oscillated 300 μm laser spot show that oscillation strategies which are adjusted to the joining situation can bridge gaps to approximately 0.6 mm at metal sheet thickness of 0.8 mm. However, the complex behaviour of the melt pool has to be considered to generate proper welding results. This work puts emphasis on showing aspects of beam oscillation in fillet welding in lap joints. KW - Automotive application KW - Melt pool dynamics KW - Adaptive welding beam oscillation KW - Laser welding KW - Gap bridging PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-018-0625-3 SN - 0043-2288 SN - 1878-6669 VL - 62 IS - 5 SP - 1039 EP - 1047 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-45774 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Jonietz, Florian A1 - Myrach, Philipp A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Suwala, H. A1 - Ziegler, Mathias T1 - Laser Based Spot Weld Characterization N2 - Spot welding is one of the most important joining technologies, especially in the automotive industry. Hitherto,the quality of spot welded joints is tested mainly by random destructive tests. A nondestructive testing technique offers the benefit of cost reduction of the testing procedure and optimization of the fabrication process, because every joint could be examined. This would lead to a reduced number of spot welded joints, as redundancies could be avoided. In the procedure described here, the spot welded joint between two zinc-coated steel sheets (HX340LAD+Z100MB or HC340LA+ZE 50/50) is heated optically on one side. Laser radiation and flash light are used as heat sources. The melted zone, the so called “weld nugget” provides the mechanical stability of the connection, but also constitutes a thermal bridge between the sheets. Due to the better thermal contact, the spot welded joint reveals a thermal behavior different from the surrounding material, where the heat transfer between the two sheets is much lower. The difference in the transient thermal behavior is measured with time resolved thermography. Hence, the size of the thermal contact between the two sheets is determined, which is directly correlated to the size of the weld nugget, indicating the quality of the spot weld. The method performs well in transmission with laser radiation and flash light. With laser radiation, it works even in reflection geometry, thus offering the possibility of testing with just one-sided accessibility. By using heating with collimated laser radiation, not only contactfree, but also remote testing is feasible. A further convenience compared to similar thermographic approaches is the applicability on bare steel sheets without any optical coating for emissivity correction. For this purpose, a proper way of emissivity correction was established. T2 - 42ND ANNUAL REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION: Incorporating the 6th European-American Workshop on Reliability of NDE CY - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA DA - 26.07.2015 KW - Laser PY - 2016 SN - 978-0-7354-1353-5 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940570 VL - 1706 SP - 100010-1 EP - 100010-8 PB - AIP Publishing AN - OPUS4-35367 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gook, S. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - El-Batahgy, A.M. T1 - Laser and hybrid laser-arc welding of cryogenic 9 % NI Steel N2 - Heat treated 9%Ni steel is considered the most suitable and economic material for construction of large-size liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks which operate at cryogenic temperatures (-196°C). Strength above 700 MPa as well as a minimum impact value of 60 J are required to ensure reliable operation of the LNG tanks at operating temperature. Conventional arc welding processes, including shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding and submerged arc welding, are currently used in construction of LNG tanks. Ni based filler wire is the preferred filler metal of choice in LNG tank construction. The main problem with this choice is the lower mechanical properties, particularly tensile strength of the weld metal. To compensate, the wall thickness needs to be excessively thick to ensure the strength of the welded structures. Ni based filler material is expensive and a large quantity is needed to fill the multi-pass weld grooves. These factors significantly add to the cost in the fabrication of LNG storage tanks. For these reasons, exploration of new welding technologies is a priority. A big potential can be seen in laser based welding techniques. Laser beam welding results in much smaller fusion zone with chemical composition and mechanical properties similar to that of the base material. Laser welding is a much faster process and allows for a joint geometry which requires less filler material and fewer welding passes. The advantages of laser welding can help to overcome the problems pointed out above. Trials of autogenous laser welding, laser cold-wire welding and hybrid laser-arc welding conducted on the 9%Ni steel are presented in this paper. Chemical composition of the weld metal as well as effects of welding parameters on the weld formation, microstructure and tensile strength is discussed. Filler wire penetration depth as well as character of its distribution in the narrow laser welds was examined using EPMA - electron probe microanalysis. KW - hardness KW - cryogenic steel KW - laser welding KW - microstructure KW - tensile strength PY - 2016 UR - http://gns.mephi.ru/sites/default/files/journal/file/en.2016.1-4.pdf SN - 2499-9733 VL - 1 IS - 18 SP - 34 EP - 45 PB - Research Nuclear University MEPHl CY - Moskau, Russia AN - OPUS4-36553 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Karkhin, V. A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Lamé curves approximation for the assessment of the 3-D temperature distribution in keyhole mode welding processes N2 - A novel approach for the reconstruction of an equivalent volumetric heat source from a known weld pool shape is proposed. It is based on previously obtained weld pool geometries from a steady-state thermo-fluid dynamics simulation. Hereby the weld pool dimensions are obtained under consideration of the most crucial physical phenomena, such as phase transformations, thermo-capillary convection, natural convection and temperature-dependent material properties. The algorithm provides a time and calibration efficient way for the reproduction of the weld pool shape by local Lamé curves. By adjusting their parameters, the identification of the finite elements located within the weld pool is enabled. The heat input due to the equivalent heat source is assured by replacing the detected nodes’ temperature by the melting temperature. The model offers variable parameters making it flexible and adaptable for a wide range of workpiece thicknesses and materials and allows for the investigation of transient thermal effects, e.g. the cooling stage of the workpiece. The calculation times remain acceptably short especially when compared to a fully coupled process simulation. The computational results are in good agreement with performed complete-penetration laser beam welding experiments. T2 - ICALEO 2019 - 38th International congress on applications of lasers & electro-optics CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 07.10.2019 KW - Weld pool shape approximation KW - Keyhole mode laser beam welding KW - Numerical simulation KW - Superelliptic Lamé curves PY - 2019 UR - http://icaleo.conferencespot.org/2019-proceedings?qr=1 SN - 978-1-940168-1-42 SP - Paper # Macro 1002 AN - OPUS4-49310 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Karkhin, V. A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Lamé curve approximation for the assessment of the 3D temperature distribution in keyhole mode welding processes N2 - A novel approach for the reconstruction of an equivalent volumetric heat source from a known weld pool shape is proposed. It is based on previously obtained weld pool geometries from a steady-state thermo-fluid dynamics simulation. Hereby, the weld pool dimensions are obtained under consideration of the most crucial physical phenomena, such as phase transformations, thermo-capillary convection, natural convection, and temperature-dependent material properties. The algorithm provides a time and calibration efficient way for the reproduction of the weld pool shape by local Lamé curves. By adjusting their parameters, the identification of the finite elements located within the weld pool is enabled. The heat input due to the equivalent heat source is assured by replacing the detected nodes’ temperature by the melting temperature. The model offers variable parameters making it flexible and adaptable for a wide range of workpiece thicknesses and materials and allows for the investigation of transient thermal effects, e.g., the cooling stage of the workpiece. The calculation times remain acceptably short especially when compared to a fully coupled process simulation. The computational results are in good agreement with performed complete-penetration laser beam welding experiments. KW - Lamé curves approximation KW - Equivalent heat source KW - Thermal cycles KW - Numerical modeling KW - Keyhole mode welding PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.2351/7.0000076 VL - 32 IS - 2 SP - 022042-1 EP - 022042-8 PB - AIP Publishing AN - OPUS4-50768 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Marquardt, R. A1 - Bähring, S. A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Künstliche Neuronale Netze zur Qualitätsprognose von Funktional Gradierten Materialien im laserbasierten Directed Energy Deposition N2 - Durch pulverbasiertes Directed-Energy Deposition lassen sich Gradierungen fertigen, um diskrete Materialübergänge zu vermeiden und die Lebensdauer von Hartschichten zu erhöhen. Die Kombination aus Stahl als Basiswerkstoff und einer verschleiß- und korrosionsbeständigen Co-Cr Legierung verspricht durch Vermeiden von Spannungskonzentrationen das Verhindern von Abplatzungen und Rissen in der Schutzschicht. Um die Qualität des gefertigten Bauteils zu beurteilen, liegen für solche Funktional Gradierten Materialien (FGM) wenig Erkenntnisse vor. Daher wird im Rahmen dieser Studie eine Methodik erarbeitet, um die relative Dichte eines Funktional Gradierten Materials auf Stahl und Co-Cr Basis mittels Maschinendaten zu bestimmen. Anschließend wird unter Einsatz eines künstlichen neuronalen Netzes anhand von Sensordaten die relative Dichte vorhergesagt. Das trainierte Netz erreicht eine Vorhersagegenauigkeiten von 99,83%. Abschließend wird eine Anwendung anhand von einem Demonstrator gezeigt. T2 - 3. Fachtagung Additive Manufacturing CY - Halle, Germany DA - 05.10.2023 KW - Directed Enery Deposition KW - Künstliche Neuronale Netze KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - DED KW - KI KW - AM PY - 2023 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - SLV Halle AN - OPUS4-58692 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - El-Sari, B. A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Gook, S. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - KI zur Prozessüberwachung im Unterpulverschweißen N2 - Beim Unterpulverschweißen sind die Prozessgeräusche ein Indikator für eine gute Fügequalität. Diese Beurteilung kann i.d.R. nur von einer erfahrenen Fachkraft durchgeführt werden. Eine kürzlich entwickelte künstliche Intelligenz kann automatisch das akustische Prozesssignal anhand vortrainierter Merkmale klassifizieren und die Fügequalität anhand des Geräuschs beurteilen. Der Algorithmus, einmal richtig trainiert, kann den Prüfaufwand beim Unterpulverschweißen deutlich reduzieren. KW - Unterpulverschweißen KW - Künstliche Intelligenz KW - Prozessüberwachung KW - Körperschall PY - 2024 SP - 1 EP - 2 AN - OPUS4-59483 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Straße, Anne A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Kantenbeschichtung für das Laserstrahlschweißen dickwandiger Duplexstahl-Bleche N2 - Duplexstähle finden in vielen industriellen Bereichen Anwendung, dies ist nicht zuletzt ihren hervorragenden Eigenschaften, wie einer guten Korrosionsbeständigkeit, einer guten Duktilität bei trotzdem hoher Festigkeit, zuzuschreiben. Diese Eigenschaften werden jedoch durch das Schweißen, vor allem das Laserstrahlschweißen, beeinträchtigt, da die hohen Abkühlraten zu erhöhten Ferritanteilen im Schweißgut führen. Mit Hilfe eines zweistufigen Prozesses, bei dem die Kanten der Fügepartner vor dem Schweißen mit nickelhaltigem Pulver beschichtet werden, soll dieses Problem für dickwandige Bleche gelöst werden. In diesem Zusammenhang wurden verschiedene Prozessparameter für den Laser-Pulver-Auftragschweiß-Prozess untersucht sowie die defektfreie Schweißung dieser beschichteten Kanten mit unterschiedlichen Prozessgasen. KW - Pufferschichten KW - Laser-Pulver-Auftragschweißen KW - Laserstrahlschweißen KW - Duplex PY - 2020 VL - 72 IS - 7 SP - 382 EP - 387 PB - DVS Media GmbH CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-50145 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gook, S. A1 - Midik, A. A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Joining 30 mm Thick Shipbuilding Steel Plates EH36 Using a Process Combination of Hybrid Laser Arc Welding and Submerged Arc Welding N2 - This article presents a cost-effective and reliable method for welding 30 mm thick sheets of shipbuilding steel EH36. The method proposes to perform butt welding in a two-run technique using hybrid laser arc welding (HLAW) and submerged arc welding (SAW). The HLAW is performed as a partial penetration weld with a penetration depth of approximately 25 mm. The SAWis carried out as a second run on the opposite side. With a SAWpenetration depth of 8 mm, the weld cross-section is closed with the reliable intersection of both passes. The advantages of the proposed welding method are: no need for forming of the HLAW root; the SAW pass can effectively eliminate pores in the HLAWroot; the high stability of the welding process regarding the preparation quality of the weld edges. Plasma cut edges can be welded without lack of fusion defects. The weld quality achieved is confirmed by destructive tests. KW - Shipbuilding steel KW - Hybrid laser arc welding KW - Submerged arc welding KW - Hardness KW - Bending test KW - Two-run welding technique KW - Microstructure PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-556090 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp6040084 SN - 2504-4494 VL - 6 IS - 4 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-55609 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - 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 - Üstündag, Ö. A1 - Gook, S. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Investigation of the mechanical properties of single-pass hybrid laser-arc welded thick X120 pipeline steel plates N2 - With global increases in clean energy demand, the natural gas is gaining in importance. Pipelines are the safest and most cost-effective way of transporting natural gas. Due to high transport volume and resulting high operation pressure, the demand for ultra-high strength steel grades such as X120 is very strong. As a result of the fact that these steels are produced by thermo-mechanical controlled processing, the welding process must be selected accordingly. Based on investigations, a high heat input such as by submerged arc welding process leads to softening in the weld metal and loss of strength whereas pure laser beam welding results in high cooling rates and deteriorate toughness of the weld metal. The objective of this research is to investigate the influence of heat input to mechanical properties of hybrid laser-arc welded pipeline steels of grade X120. Test specimens with a thickness of 20 mm could be welded without preheating in a single-pass with different welding velocities to observe the largest possible parameter window of the heat input. The achieved V-notch impact energy for hybrid laser-arc welded samples was 144±37 J at a testing temperature of -40 °C. With a tensile strength of 930±4 MPa the requirements of API 5L was achieved. To prevent gravity drop-outs at the slow welding speeds, an electromagnetic weld pool support system was used, which works contactless and is based on generating Lorentz forces. It was therefore possible to control the cooling rate in order to meet the requirements of the mechanical properties. By adapting the electromagnetic weld pool support to the laser and laser hybrid welding process, the application potential of these technologies for industrial implementation can be drastically increased. T2 - 14th Pipeline Technology Conference CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 18.03.2019 KW - Mechanical properties KW - Hybrid laser arc welding KW - Pipeline steel X120 PY - 2019 UR - https://www.pipeline-conference.com/conferences/14th-pipeline-technology-conference-2019 SN - 2510-6716 SP - 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-48970 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - El-Sari, B. A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Investigation of the LME Susceptibility of Dual Phase Steel with Different Zinc Coatings N2 - The application of anti-corrosion coated, high-strength steels in the automotive industry has increased in recent years. In combination with various zinc-based surface coatings, liquid metal embrittlement cracking can be observed in some of these materials. A high-quality, crack-free spot-welded joint is essential to realize the lightweight potential of the materials. In this work, the LME susceptibility of different coatings, which will be determined by the crack length and the occurrence rate, will be investigated using a welding under external load setup. The uncoated specimens did not show any LME. EG, GI and GA showed significantly less LME than ZM coatings. The latter coatings showed much larger crack lengths than the EG, GI and GA coatings. Furthermore, two mechanisms regarding the LME occurrence rate were observed: the occurrence of LME in zinc–magnesium coatings was theorized to be driven by the material properties of the coatings, whereas the occurrence of LME at EG, GI and GA samples was forced mainly by the application of the external tensile load. In the experimental setup of this work, the materials were exposed to unusually high mechanical loads (up to 80% of their yield strength) to evoke LME cracks. KW - Widerstandspunktschweißen KW - Hochfester Stahl KW - Liquid Metal Embrittlement KW - Flüssigmetallinduzierte Rissbildung KW - Zink KW - AHSS PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-580428 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/met13050890 VL - 13 IS - 5 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-58042 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Üstündag, Ömer A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael 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» KW - Laser hybrid welding KW - Magnetic bath support KW - Plasma-cut samples KW - Thick plate welding PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-539248 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2077/1/012007 VL - 2077 IS - 012007 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - IOP Publishing AN - OPUS4-53924 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 - JOUR A1 - El-Sari, B. A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Investigation of the Application of a C-ring Geometry to validate the Stress Relief Heat Treatment Simulation of Additive Manufactured Austenitic Stainless Steel Parts via Displacement N2 - Directed energy deposition is a metal additive manufacturing process that builds parts by joining material in a layer-by-layer fashion on a substrate. Those parts are exposed to rapid thermo-cycles which cause steep stress gradients and the layer-upon-layer manufacturing fosters an anisotropic microstructure, therefore stress relief heat treatment is necessary. The numerical simulation can be used to find suitable parameters for the heat treatment and to reduce the necessary efforts to perform an effective stress relieving. Suitable validation Experiments are necessary to verify the results of the numerical simulation. In this paper, a 3D coupled thermo-mechanical model is used to simulate the heat treatment of an additive manufactured component to investigate the application of a C-ring geometry for the distortion-based validation of the numerical simulation. Therefore, the C-ring samples were 3D scanned using a structured light 3D scanner to quantify the distortion after each process step. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Directed energy deposition KW - Laser KW - Heat treatment KW - Numerical simulation PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.3139/105.110417 VL - 75 IS - 4 SP - 248 EP - 259 PB - Carl Hanser Verlag AN - OPUS4-51318 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pavlov, V. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Volvenko, S. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Bakir, Nasim T1 - Investigation of solidification cracking susceptibility of type 316L stainless steel during laser beam welding using an in-situ observation technique N2 - Laser welding is a widely established manufacturing process in many industry sectors. Solidification cracking as well as the weldability of materials is still since many years a highly contentious issue, particularly regarding the causes of the hot crack formation. Many of studies have been conducted to determine the critical conditions of occurrence of the solidification cracking. In this study a 2D in-situ observation technique in conjunction with laser diodes as the illuminating source has been employed to measure the arising strain field during the laser beam welding process. For the first time the employed technique enabled the in-situ measurement of the transient strain field at the surface of the workpiece directed to the laser beam in the critical range, where the solidification cracking normally occurs. Thus the critical threshold strain values at high temperatures characterizing transition from crack free to crack concomitant welding process could be deduced. T2 - Lasers in Manufacturing Conference 2017 CY - Munich, Germany DA - 26.06.2017 KW - Laser beam Welding KW - Optical measurement technique KW - Critical strain KW - Solidification cracking PY - 2017 SP - 1 EP - 7 AN - OPUS4-41175 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Investigation of solidification cracking susceptibility of laser welded joints of austenitic stainless steels N2 - Laser welding is a widely established manufacturing process in many industry sectors. Solidification cracking represents one of the most inadequately solved problems in welding and has major economic implications. The avoidance of hot crack forms for most fusion welding processes poses a key challenge for an important range of metallic construction materials and affects not only the manufacturers of welding equipment and material manufacturers, but also a large number of customers using welding technologies, as well as welding technical standardization and research. Solidification cracking susceptibility was examined with the help of the Controlled Tensile Weldability Test (CTW) developed by Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin. The test is based on the fact that hot crack formation depends on a critical strain that emerges within a critical temperature range, the so called brittle temperature range (BTR). Using this test and defined investigation programme a centreline solidification crack was generated. By controlling the applied strain during the laser beam welding process, it was possible to determine the critical strain and strain rate that led to solidification cracking formation. The hot cracking susceptibility of the tested stainless steels was qualified and quantified. The results demonstrate that the crack length increases with increasing applied strain. Furthermore, the strain rate has a significant influence on the formation of the solidification crack. T2 - 3rd International conference in Africa and Asia CY - Luxor, Egypt DA - 02.11.2015 KW - Laser beam welding KW - Hot cracking KW - Solidification cracking KW - Hot cracking test PY - 2015 SP - A-29, 1 EP - A-29, 9 AN - OPUS4-36522 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Investigation of solidification cracking susceptibility during laser beam welding using an in-situ observation technique N2 - In recent years, laser beam welding has found wide applications in many industrial fields. Solidification cracks are one of the most frequently encountered welding defects that hinder obtaining a safe weld joint. Decades of research have shown that one of the main causes of such cracks are the strain and the strain rate. Obtaining meaningful measurements of these strains has always been a major challenge for scientists, because of the specific environment of the measurement range and the many obstacles, as well as the high temperature and the plasma plume. In this study, a special experimental setup with a high-speed camera was employed to measure the strain during the welding process. The hot cracking susceptibility was investigated for 1.4301 stainless steel, and the critical strain required for solidification crack formation was locally and globally determined. KW - Solidification cracking KW - Laser welding KW - Optical measurement KW - In situ strain KW - Critical strain KW - Strain rate PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/13621718.2017.1367550 SN - 1362-1718 SN - 1743-2936 VL - 23 IS - 3 SP - 234 EP - 240 PB - Taylor and Francis AN - OPUS4-43992 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Investigation of solidification cracking susceptibility during laser beam welding using an in-situ observation technique N2 - Using the novel optical measurement technique together with the optical flow algorithm, a twodimensional deformation analysis during welding has been conducted. This technique provides for the first time a measurement of the strain field locally in the immediate vicinity of the assumed solidification front. The described procedure of the opticalmeasurement allows to determine the real martial-dependent values of critical strain and strain rate characterising transition to the hot cracking during laser welding processes. The local critical strain that obtained in the assumed solidification showed that the local critical strain decreases as the strain rate increases. Moreover, this phenomenon has also been shown with results from the CTW-test, since the global strain decreases with an increase in the external strain rate. KW - Novel optical measurement KW - Local critical strain KW - Solidification cracking KW - Laser beam Welding PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/13621718.2017.1367550 SN - 1362-1718 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - Taylor & Francis AN - OPUS4-42918 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frei, J. A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Böhne, Ch. A1 - Meschut, G. T1 - Investigation of liquid metal embrittlement of dual phase steel joints by electro-thermomechanical spot-welding simulation N2 - A 3D electro-thermomechanical model is established in order to investigate liquid metal embrittlement. After calibration to a dual phase steel of the 1000 MPa tensile strength class, it is used to analyse the thermo-mechanical system of an experimental procedure to enforce liquid metal embrittlement during resistance spot welding. In this procedure, a tensile stress level is applied to zinc coated advanced high strength steel samples during welding. Thereby, liquid metal embrittlement formation is enforced, depending on the applied stress level and the selected material. The model is suitable to determine and visualise the corresponding underlying stresses and strains responsible for the occurrence of liquid metal embrittlement. Simulated local stresses and strains show good conformity with experimentally observed surface crack locations. KW - RSW KW - LME KW - Advanced high strength steel KW - Zinc coated steel KW - Testing method KW - Dual phase steel KW - Cracking KW - Electro-thermomechnical model PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/13621718.2019.1582203 SN - 1362-1718 SN - 1743-2936 VL - 24 IS - 7 SP - 624 EP - 633 PB - Taylor & Francis AN - OPUS4-47747 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Investigation of hot crack susceptibility of laser welded joints of four austenitic steels N2 - Laser welding is a widely established manufacturing process in many industry sectors. Solidification cracking represents one of the most inadequately solved problems in welding and has major economic implications. The avoidance of hot crack is for most fusion welding processes a key challenge for an important range of metallic construction materials and affects not only the manufacturers of welding equipment and material manufacturers, but also a large number of customers using welding technologies, as well as welding standardization and research. In this study a new investigation programme has been developed to qualify the hot cracking susceptibility of a variety of austenitic stainless steels. The results show the possibility of using this technique to determinate the critical values that occur with initiation of solidification cracking during laser beam welding T2 - The METEC and 2nd European Steel Technology and Application Days CY - Düsseldorf, Germany DA - 15.06.2015 KW - Laser beam welding KW - Hot cracking KW - Solidification cracking KW - Hot cracking test PY - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 5 AN - OPUS4-36525 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bachmann, Marcel A1 - Meng, Xiangmeng A1 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Investigating defects caused by narrow pool shapes in deep penetration welding N2 - Laser beam welding is a widely used joining technique in many industrial applications. This is mainly due to its many unique advantages, especially compared to conventional arc welding processes. These advantages include, among others, highly concentrated energy deposition, low total heat input and a capacity to penetrate deep into the material while causing only small welding distortions. However, at the same time, the small dimension of the laser spot, high solidification rates, and small dimensions of the weld pool itself can provoke issues regarding the assembly tolerances of the workpiece, the hot-cracking phenomena, as well as keyhole-induced bubbles escaping from the melt. Weld pool shapes in laser beam welding are elongated at the external, free surfaces under the action of the main driving forces in the melt – such as recoil pressure and surface tension forces – while being shorter in the internal areas of the weld pool. This leads to a regular solidification sequence from the internal zones toward the free surfaces, e.g. from the bottom to the top in partial penetration welding. However, in recent studies reported in the literature and seen in the experimental and numerical investigations of BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung in Berlin, it was found that an internal narrowing phenomenon can occur that is often accompanied by a distinct bulging of the weld bead in deeper zones. As the internal behaviour of the melt during the process is hardly optically accessible, several numerical models and experimental techniques were established to visualise the mechanisms of the formation of the bulging and the narrowing phenomenon and to reveal the consequences on the solidification sequence, pore formation, and filler metal dilution. KW - Weld pool shape KW - Laser beam welding KW - Solidification PY - 2022 SN - 1759-0752 IS - 57 SP - 28 EP - 29 PB - Europa Science CY - Cambridge, UK AN - OPUS4-56995 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Geisen, O. A1 - Müller, V. A1 - Graf, B. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Integrated weld preparation designs for the joining of L‑PBF and conventional components via TIG welding N2 - size limitations and high production costs of L-PBF make it competitive for smaller, highly complex components, while the less complex elements of an assembly are manufactured conventionally. This leads to scenarios that use L-PBF only where it’s beneficial, and it require an integration and joining to form the final product. For example, L-PBF combustion swirlers are welded onto cast parts to produce combustion systems for stationary gas turbines. Today, the welding process requires complex welding fixtures and tack welds to ensure the correct alignment and positioning of the parts for repeatable weld results. In this paper, L-PBF and milled weld preparations are presented as a way to simplify the Tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding of rotationally symmetrical geometries using integrated features for alignment and fixation. Pipe specimens with the proposed designs are manufactured in Inconel 625 using L-PBF and milling. The pipe assembly is tested and TIG welding is performed for validation. 3D scans of the pipes before and after welding are evaluated, and the weld quality is examined via metallography and computed tomography (CT) scans. All welds produced in this study passed the highest evaluation group B according to DIN 5817. Thanks to good component alignment, safe handling, and a stable welding process, the developed designs eliminate the need for part-specific fixtures, simplify the process chain, and increase the process reliability. The results are applicable to a wide range of components with similar requirements. KW - L-PBF KW - AM feature integration KW - TIG welding KW - Integrated alignment features KW - Pipe weld preparation KW - Dissimilar joints KW - Inconel 625 PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-547042 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40964-021-00221-2 SN - 2363-9512 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-54704 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Javaheri, E. A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Graf, B. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Instrumented indentation technique and its application for the determination of local material properties of welded steel structures N2 - The determination of mechanical properties of welded Steel structures such as strength or ductility is a subject of high interest for the majority of Companies in the area of metal Processing. The material Parameters can be obtained by performing the tensile test on the samples made from a part of a component. In some cases, it is highly expensive to produce the tensile specimens especially from the weld metal, which contains different type of microstructure such as weld seam or heat affected zone in an extremely small area. Therefore, a method is described in this paper to determine the material Parameters of high strength Steel structures and welded joints locally and without any additional effort to perform the tensile test. In this method, instrumented indentation technique (IIT), an indenter is pushed on the flat surface of a specimen in a certain period of time and simultaneously the applied force and the corresponding indentation path are measured. The data related to the force-indentation diagram is given as input to an artificial neural network (ANN) to obtain the material Parameters. The ANN can be trained by generating the large qualitative data sets with numerical Simulation of the IIT procedure. The Simulation must be run several times with the different material model parameter sets to generate the numerous force-indentation diagrams as the inputs of ANN. Then, the trained ANN is validated by performing the IIT on the welded joints and comparing the obtained material Parameters from ANN with the tensile test. Consequently, the mechanical properties of welded joints can be determined by performing the IIT and evaluating the resulting data by the ANN. T2 - 39. Assistentenseminar CY - Eupen, Germany DA - 12.09.2018 KW - Steel PY - 2019 SN - 978-396144-070-2 SP - 146 EP - 152 PB - DVS Media GmbH AN - OPUS4-51317 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Winterkorn, René A1 - Fabry, Çağtay A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Ratkovac, Mirjana A1 - Thiele, Marc A1 - Baeßler, Matthias T1 - Innovative Design- und Fertigungsstrategien zur Steigerung der Leichtbaupotenziale im Stahlbau N2 - Ziel des Verbundvorhabens „SmartWeld“ ist es, für die schweißtechnische Fertigung von Stahlbaustrukturen exemplarisch am Beispiel von Hohlprofilknoten, welche als designrelevante Elemente von Gründungsstrukturen für Offshore-Windenergieanlagen (OWEA) einsetzbar sind, die Möglichkeiten des Leichtbaus unter konsequenter Digitalisierung der Fertigungskette aufzuzeigen, um einerseits die Ressourceneffizienz zu forcieren und gleichzeitig wettbewerbsfähige Fertigungsstrategien aufzuzeigen. Innerhalb von „SmartWeld“ werden daher die Möglichkeiten einer wirtschaftlichen Fertigung von Leichtbau-Gründungsstrukturen am Beispiel aufgelöster Tragstrukturen (Jackets) aufgezeigt. Eine lastgerechte Auslegung der Schweißverbindungen nach bionischen Prinzipien ermöglicht, weitere Einsparpotenziale an Ressourcen bei gleichzeitiger Erhöhung der Lebensdauer zu erschließen. Die Ausnutzung konstruktiver Prinzipien des Leichtbaus zur Erzeugung innovativer und ressourcenschonender Produkte erfordert den Einsatz digitaler Werkzeuge in der Designphase, der virtuellen Absicherung, der Fertigung und Qualitätsüberwachung sowie nachgelagerten Bauteilprüfung zur Abbildung der Nutzungsphase. Im Rahmen der Arbeiten wird daher der gesamte Produktentstehungs- und Prüfprozess betrachtet. Dies beinhaltet das Design im Kontext des konstruktiven Leichtbaus, den schweißtechnischen Fertigungsprozess, die Bauteilprüfung sowie den Transfer der Ergebnisse in die Industrie durch serientaugliche Demonstratoren. Der Fokus der Arbeiten ist, die Fertigung auch im Umfeld eines für großskalige Stahlstrukturen üblichen hohen Individualisierungsgrades schweißtechnisch zu automatisieren und das Leichtbaupotenzial gezielt umzusetzen. Die Vorgaben aus der Designphase hinsichtlich einer lastgerechten Gestaltung bzw. Implementierung bionischer Ansätze können so gezielt durch einen adaptiven, automatisierten Schweißprozess eingestellt werden. Dies führt zu einer Erhöhung der Ermüdungs¬festigkeit und damit Produktlebensdauer, wodurch die Strukturen dünnwandiger ausgeführt und Ressourcen sowie CO2 eingespart werden können. T2 - 9. Forum Leichtbau - Fortschrittliche Fertigungstechnologien und Werkstoffe für den Klimaschutz CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 29.09.2022 KW - Offshore Windenergieanlagen KW - Gründungsstrukturen KW - Leichtbau KW - Bionik KW - Automatisierte schweißtechniche Fertigung PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56655 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Winterkorn, René A1 - Fabry, Çağtay A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Ratkovac, Mirjana A1 - Thiele, Marc A1 - Baeßler, Matthias T1 - Innovative Design- und Fertigungsstrategien zur Steigerung der Leichtbaupotenziale im Stahlbau N2 - Ziel des Verbundvorhabens „SmartWeld“ ist es, für die schweißtechnische Fertigung von Stahlbaustrukturen exemplarisch am Beispiel von Hohlprofilknoten, welche als designrelevante Elemente von Gründungsstrukturen für Offshore-Windenergieanlagen (OWEA) einsetzbar sind, die Möglichkeiten des Leichtbaus unter konsequenter Digitalisierung der Fertigungskette aufzuzeigen, um einerseits die Ressourceneffizienz zu forcieren und gleichzeitig wettbewerbsfähige Fertigungsstrategien aufzuzeigen. Innerhalb von „SmartWeld“ werden daher die Möglichkeiten einer wirtschaftlichen Fertigung von Leichtbau-Gründungsstrukturen am Beispiel aufgelöster Tragstrukturen (Jackets) aufgezeigt. Eine lastgerechte Auslegung der Schweißverbindungen nach bionischen Prinzipien ermöglicht, weitere Einsparpotenziale an Ressourcen bei gleichzeitiger Erhöhung der Lebensdauer zu erschließen. Die Ausnutzung konstruktiver Prinzipien des Leichtbaus zur Erzeugung innovativer und ressourcenschonender Produkte erfordert den Einsatz digitaler Werkzeuge in der Designphase, der virtuellen Absicherung, der Fertigung und Qualitätsüberwachung sowie nachgelagerten Bauteilprüfung zur Abbildung der Nutzungsphase. Im Rahmen der Arbeiten wird daher der gesamte Produktentstehungs- und Prüfprozess betrachtet. Dies beinhaltet das Design im Kontext des konstruktiven Leichtbaus, den schweißtechnischen Fertigungsprozess, die Bauteilprüfung sowie den Transfer der Ergebnisse in die Industrie durch serientaugliche Demonstratoren. Der Fokus der Arbeiten ist, die Fertigung auch im Umfeld eines für großskalige Stahlstrukturen üblichen hohen Individualisierungsgrades schweißtechnisch zu automatisieren und das Leichtbaupotenzial gezielt umzusetzen. Die Vorgaben aus der Designphase hinsichtlich einer lastgerechten Gestaltung bzw. Implementierung bionischer Ansätze können so gezielt durch einen adaptiven, automatisierten Schweißprozess eingestellt werden. Dies führt zu einer Erhöhung der Ermüdungs¬festigkeit und damit Produktlebensdauer, wodurch die Strukturen dünnwandiger ausgeführt und Ressourcen sowie CO2 eingespart werden können. T2 - Sitzung des DVS Fachausschuss FA03 - Lichtbogenschweißen CY - Rostock, Germany DA - 11.10.2022 KW - Offshore Windenergieanlagen KW - Gründungsstrukturen KW - Leichtbau KW - Automatisierte schweißtechnische Fertigung PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56656 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Winterkorn, René A1 - Fabry, Çağtay A1 - Rethmeier, Michael A1 - Ratkovac, Mirjana A1 - Thiele, Marc A1 - Baeßler, Matthias T1 - Innovative Design- und Fertigungsstrategien zur Steigerung der Leichtbaupotenziale im Stahlbau 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 presentation 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 - Leichtbau in der Hauptstadtregion - Rohstoffe - Recycling - Rohstoffe: Kreislaufwirtschaft im Leichtbau CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 28.11.2022 KW - Offshore Windenergie KW - Gründungsstrukturen KW - Leichtbau KW - Automatisierte schweißtechnische Fertigung PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56657 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fritzsche, André A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Influence of welding parameters on electromagnetic supported degassing of die-casted and wrought aluminum N2 - Laser beam welding of aluminum die casting is challenging. A large quantity of gases (in particular, hydrogen) is absorbed by aluminum during the die-cast manufacturing process and is contained in the base material in solved or bound form. After remelting by the laser, the gases are released and are present in the melt as pores. Many of these metallurgic pores remain in the weld seam as a result of the high solidification velocities. The natural (Archimedean) buoyancy is not sufficient to remove the pores from the weld pool, leading to process instabilities and poor mechanical properties of the weld. Therefore, an electromagnetic (EM) system is used to apply an additional buoyancy component to the pores. The physical mechanism is based on the generation of Lorentz forces, whereby an electromagnetic pressure is introduced into the weld pool. The EM system exploits the difference in electrical conductivity between poorly conducting pores (inclusions) and the comparatively better conducting aluminum melt to increase the resulting buoyancy velocity of the pores. Within the present study, the electromagnetic supported degassing is investigated in dependence on the laser beam power, welding velocity, and electromagnetic flux density. By means of a design of experiments, a systematic variation of these parameters is carried out for partial penetration laser beam welding of 6mm thick sheets of wrought aluminum alloy AlMg3 and die-cast aluminum alloy AlSi12(Fe), where the wrought alloy serves as a reference. The proportion of pores in the weld seams is determined using x-ray images, computed tomography images, and cross-sectional images. The results prove a significant reduction of the porosity up to 70% for both materials as a function of the magnetic flux density. T2 - ICALEO 2019 CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 07.10.2019 KW - Laser beam welding KW - Electromagnetic supported degassing KW - Die-casted aluminum PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.2351/7.0000064 VL - 32 IS - 2 SP - 022031-1 EP - 022031-8 PB - AIP Publishing AN - OPUS4-50728 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fritzsche, André A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Influence of welding parameters on electromagnetic supported degassing of die-casted and wrought aluminum N2 - The paper describes a systematic investigation of the EM influenced laser beam welding of the aluminum die casting alloy AlSi12(Fe) in comparison to a reference material, a wrought aluminum alloy AlMg3. By using of a face centred CCD test plan, the influencing variables laser power, welding velocity and magnetic flux density are varied with regard to their influence on the remaining porosity. The global pore fraction of the weld seams was analyzed by X-ray images with ImageJ. This enabled a qualitatively very good regression model to be derived for the respective material, which identifies the dominant influencing variables. The results prove, statistically verified, for the investigated parameter range, that - the magnetic flux density is the main cause for the porosity reduction, - the porosity rises with increasing laser power the porosity in the weld seams rises, - the influence of the welding velocity is negligible, - the pore quantity in wrought alloy is more strongly minimized by the magnetic flux density than in die casting, - the porosity decreases due to the EM influence by approx. 70 % compared to the unaffected welds. This effect is emphasized by the contour line charts, which illustrate the relationship between laser power and magnetic flux density. With the exception of the quadratic influence of B at the wrought alloy, the statistical correlation shows a linear development of the respective influence variables for both aluminum alloys. In order to investigate these deviations, further simulations with a focus on weld pool geometry and weld pool flow are to be performed. In addition, the welding results can be classified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 13919-2 in the highest evaluation group B for AlMg3 and in evaluation group C for AlSi12(Fe) by applying a magnetic flux density of 350 mT. The analysis of the CT images at constant laser power and welding velocity allows a direct comparison both between the two alloys and also as a function of the magnetic flux density with regard to the number and size of pores. An increase in the magnetic flux density leads to a significant decrease in the number and volume of pores, which can be seen more clearly in wrought alloy than in die casting. Very acceptable results can be achieved for both materials and different welding parameters. This successfully demonstrates the desired process robustness and functionality of the EM system for practical applications. For subsequent investigations of overlap joints, the lowest possible laser power and a high magnetic flux density are recommended. T2 - 38th International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 07.10.2019 KW - AISI D2 KW - Laser implantation KW - Surface texturing KW - TiB2 PY - 2019 SN - 978-1-940168-1-42 SP - Paper Macro 1202 AN - OPUS4-50009 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Influence of weld imperfections on the fatigue behaviour of resistance spot welded advanced high strength steels N2 - The influence of two different weld imperfections (gap/crack) on the fatigue behaviour of spot welded joints was tested Surface cracks havenoinfluenceon thefatiguelife Samples with cracks in the electrode indentation /HAZ where tested Stiffness curves are not significantly influenced by surface cracks 3D FE-Simulation demonstrate no changes of stress due to surface imperfections T2 - 11th International Fatigue Congress CY - Melbourne, Australia DA - 02.03.2014 KW - 3D FE-simulation KW - Cracks in the HAZ PY - 2014 AN - OPUS4-38343 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Üstündag, Ömer A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Influence of the weld pool geometry on solidification cracking in partial penetration high power laser beam welding N2 - Solidification cracking is still a serious problem in laser beam welding, especially in the welding of thick-walled plates. The influence of weld pool geometry on solidification cracking in partial penetration welding of thick plates is investigated within scope of this study. Therefore, a specific experimental setup of steel and quartz glass in butt configuration and on the side with high-speed camera were used to record the weld pool shape. In addition, the influence of laser inclination angle on the weld pool geometry and on solidification crack formation was investigated. The results show a bulge in the weld pool root, which is separated from an upper region by a necking region. This leads to a case where there are three different longitudinal region lengths with different solidification zones. This temporal sequence of solidification strongly promotes the formation of solidification cracks in the weld root. T2 - 12th CIRP Conference on photonic technologies (LANE 2022) CY - Fürth, Germany DA - 04.09.2022 KW - Laser beam welding KW - Partial penetration KW - Weld pool shape PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-563940 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2022.08.174 VL - 111 SP - 397 EP - 400 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-56394 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 - Artinov, Antoni A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Influence of the free surface reconstruction on the spatial laser energy distribution in high power laser beam welding modeling N2 - An accurate and efficient description of the spatial distribution of laser energy is a crucial factor for the modeling of laser material processing, e.g., laser welding, laser cutting, or laser-based additive manufacturing. In this study, a 3D heat transfer and fluid flow model coupled with the volume-of-fluid algorithm for free surface tracking is developed for the simulation of molten pool dynamics in high-power laser beam welding. The underlying laser-material interactions, i.e., the multiple reflections and Fresnel absorption, are considered by a raytracing method. Two strategies of free surface reconstruction used in the ray-tracing method are investigated: a typical piecewise linear interface calculation (PLIC)-based method and a novel localized level-set method. The PLIC-based method is discrete, resulting in noncontinuous free surface reconstruction. In the localized level-set method, a continuous free surface is reconstructed, and, thus, the exact reflection points can be determined. The calculated spatial laser energy distribution and the corresponding molten pool dynamics from the two methods are analyzed and compared. The obtained numerical results are evaluated with experimental measurements to assure the validity of the proposed model. It is found that distinct patterns of the beam multiple reflections are obtained with the different free surface reconstructions, which shows significant influence not only on the molten pool behaviors but also on the localized keyhole dynamics. KW - Laser beam welding KW - Laser energy distribution KW - Weld pool dynamics KW - Ray teacing PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-562429 DO - https://doi.org/10.2351/7.0000739 SN - 1042-346X VL - 34 IS - 4 SP - 042023-1 EP - 042023-8 PB - Laser Institute of America CY - Orlando, Fla. AN - OPUS4-56242 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Biltgen, J. A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Influence of Partial Penetration Laser Hybrid Welding Parameters on the Solidification Cracking for Thick-Walled Structures N2 - In this study, the influence of the welding speed and the arc power on the solidification crack formation for partial penetration laser hybrid welded Thick-Walled plates were investigated. Experimentally, a linear correlation between the welding velocity and the crack number was observed. That is by reducing the welding velocity the crack number was reduced. The reduced welding velocity showed a strong impact on stress, as the model demonstrated a very lower stress amount in comparison to the reference case. The reduction of the welding speed could be a helpful technique to reduce the hot cracking. The wire feed speed showed a very slight influence on the crack formation. That can be returned to the large distance between the critical region for cracking and the arc region. T2 - Lasers in Manufacturing Conference 2019 CY - Munich, Germany DA - 24.06.2019 KW - Hybrid laser-arc welding KW - Solidification cracking KW - Thick-walled steel KW - Numerical simulation PY - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - WLT Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Lasertechnik e.V AN - OPUS4-48733 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Üstündag, Ömer A1 - Bakir, Nasim A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Influence of oscillating magnetic field on the keyhole stability in deep penetration laser beam welding N2 - The stability of the keyhole decreases for deep penetrated high-power laser beam welding. The keyhole tends to collapse with increasing laser power and e.g. keyhole induced porosity can occur. This study deals with the observation of the keyhole during high-power laser beam welding in partial penetration mode by means of a high-speed camera. A butt configuration of 25 mm thick structural steel and transparent quartz glass was used for the experiments. An oscillating magnetic field was applied perpendicular to the welding direction on the root side of the steel plate. The keyhole was highlighted with a coaxial diode laser. It was ascertained that the stability of the keyhole and the weld penetration depth were increased by applying an oscillating magnetic field with an oscillating frequency of 1.2 kHz and a magnetic flux density of 50 mT. KW - Magnetic field KW - Laser beam welding KW - Keyhole stability PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2020.106715 SN - 0030-3992 VL - 135 SP - 106715 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-52007 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Neubert, S. A1 - Pittner, Andreas A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Influence of non-uniform martensitic transformation on residual stresses and distortion of GMA-welding N2 - A combined experimental and numerical approach is applied for a numerical analysis of the non-uniform martensitic transformation kinetic on welding residual stresses and distortion of a single pass weld. The (γ → α)-transformation kinetic within the weld pool region is governed by a non-uniform distribution of the elements chromium and nickel. The single-pass weld was performed by use of the low-alloyed high-strength steel S960QL with the high-alloyed high-strength filler wire CN 13/4-IG®. A thermo-mechanical FE model of the welding process was experimentally validated against temperature field, solid phase distribution, transformation behaviour, X-Ray stress measurements and transient optical distortion measurements. The experimentally determined and calculated weld residual stresses and transient distortion are in good agreement. It can be shown that the change on the (γ → α)-transformation kinetic driven by the inhomogeneous distribution of the chemical contents causes a strong influence on the weld residual stresses within the volume of the weld pool, which could promote crack propagation within the solidified weld pool by use of high-alloyed filler materials. Furthermore, a significant influence on the development of the transient welding distortion is visible. This influence should be respected during numerically calculation of welding distortion in case of multi-pass welding using interpass temperatures and high-alloyed filler materials. KW - Welding residual stresses KW - FEA KW - Welding simulation KW - Dissimilar welding KW - Transformable steels PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2016.08.020 SN - 0143-974X SN - 1873-5983 VL - 128 SP - 193 EP - 200 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-37276 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Frei, Julian A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Influence of manufacturing conditions on the cracking susceptibility of AHSS during resistance spot welding N2 - The complex microstructure and the advanced mechanical properties of AHSS steel types lead to an increased susceptibility to weld cracking, especially during resistance spot welding under ‘rough’ manufacturing conditions. Various activities have been conducted in recent years at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and the Fraunhofer IPK on this matter. Understandings about the safe spot weldability and the process of crack-forming itself were gained, and solutions for handling this issue given. The performed work includes investigations on the influence of initial gaps as well as restraint intensity. An experimental method for the determination of the general cracking susceptibility, i.e. a material ranking of AHSS in respective to current restraints was developed. Coupled mechanical and thermal simulations of the welding process show the present internal stress-strain-conditions and values responsible for the formation of cracks, deepening the understanding of the process. By using this easy to perform and material-independent method for the determination of the cracking susceptibility in resistance spot welded joints, small and medium sized companies can profit by rapidly evaluating the joinability of their handled material combinations as well as OEMs. T2 - Sheet Metal Welding Conference XVII CY - Livonia, Michigan, USA DA - 18.10.2016 KW - Welding under external loading KW - Cracking susceptibility of AHSS KW - Resistance spot welding KW - Initial gap PY - 2016 SP - Session 1-2, 1 EP - Session 1-2, 15 AN - OPUS4-38137 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Influence of manufacturing conditions on the cracking susceptibility of AHSS during resistance spot welding N2 - The influence of two different weld imperfections (gap/crack) on the fatigue behaviour of spot welded joints was tested Surface cracks have no influence on the fatigue life Samples with cracks in the electrode indentation /HAZ where tested Stiffness curves are not significantly influenced by surface cracks 3D FE-Simulation demonstrate no changes of stress due to surface imperfections • Welding under external forces was found suitable for characterizing AHSS materials New quick and easy-to-perform procedure for establishing a material ranking regarding cracking susceptibility T2 - AWS Sheet Metal Welding Conference XVII CY - Livonia, MI, USA DA - 19.10.2016 KW - 3D-FE-Simulation PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-38366 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Raute, J. A1 - Jokisch, T. A1 - Marko, A. A1 - Biegler, M. A1 - Rethmeier, Michael T1 - Influence of electron beam welding parameters on the weld seam geometry of Inconel718 at low feed rates N2 - Ni-based superalloys are well established in various industrial applications, because of their excellentmechanical properties and corrosion resistance at high temperatures. Despite the high development stage anda common industrial use of these alloys, hot cracking remains a major challenge limiting the weldability ofthe materials. As commonly known, the hot cracking susceptibility during welding increases with the amountof precipitation phases. Hence, a large amount of highstrength Ni-Alloys is rated as non-weldable. A newapproach based on electron beam welding at low feed rates shows great potential for reducing the hotcracking tendency of precipitation-hardened alloys. However, geometry and properties of the weld seamdiffer significantly in comparison to the common process range for practical uses. The aim of this study is toinvestigate the influence of welding parameters on the seam geometry at low feed rates between 1 mm/s and10 mm/s. For this purpose, 25 bead on plate welds on a 12 mm thick sheet made of Inconel 718 are carriedout. First, the relevant parameters are identified by performing a screening. Then the effects discovered arefurther studied by using a central composite design. The results show a significant difference between theanalyzed weld seam geometry in comparison to the well-known appearance of electron beam welded seams. KW - Electron beam welding KW - Ni-based superalloy KW - Inconel 718 KW - Low feed rates KW - Seam geometry KW - Hot crack PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.3139/120.111614 SN - 0025-5300 VL - 62 IS - 12 SP - 1221 EP - 1227 PB - Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG CY - München AN - OPUS4-52016 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -