Author Affiliations
1Harbin Welding Institute Limited Company, Harbin 150028, Heilongjiang China2Beijing Aerospace Xinfeng Machinery Equipment Limited Company, Beijing 100039, China3Lab of materials welding and joining, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of welding process
Fig. 2. Diagrams of three welding methods. (a) Laser-MAG single-wire hybrid welding (laser-MAG-1 wire); (b) laser-MAG single-wire hybrid welding with filler wire (laser-MAG-2′ wires); (c) laser-MAG double-wire hybrid welding (laser-MAG-2 wires)
Fig. 3. Original and mark image of plasma morphology. (a) Original image; (b) mark image
Fig. 4. Influence of laser power on appearance of weld. (a1)‒(a3) Laser-MAG single-wire hybrid welding; (b1)‒(b3) laser-MAG double-wire hybrid welding; (c1)‒(c3) laser-MAG single-wire hybrid welding with filler wire
Fig. 5. Influence of laser power on spatter on weld appearance
Fig. 6. Influence of laser power on feature size of weld. (a) Effect on penetration; (b) effect on weld width
Fig. 7. Plasma morphologies with different laser powers. (a) Laser-MAG single-wire hybrid welding; (b) laser-MAG single-wire hybrid welding with filler wire; (c) laser-MAG double-wire hybrid welding
Fig. 8. Plasma height with different laser powers
Fig. 9. Plasma area with three welding methods and different laser powers. (a) 5 kW; (b) 15 kW; (c) 20 kW; (d) 30 kW
Fig. 10. Effect of laser power on average plasma area
Fig. 11. Relationship between plasma morphology and appearance of weld at different laser powers. (a) Plasma area standard deviation and weld width fluctuation; (b) plasma area standard deviation and penetration fluctuation; (c) plasma area standard deviation and spatter area standard deviation
Parameter | Value |
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Laser power P /kW | 5‒30 | Welding current I /A | 140 | Wire extention d1 /mm | 20 | Distance between wire and laser beam d3 /mm | 5 | Welding speed v1 /(m·min-1) | 0.8 | Wire feed rate v2 /(m·min-1) | 2 | Gas flow Q /(L·min-1) | 20 |
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Table 1. Welding process parameters