• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 49, Issue 8, 0802012 (2022)
Guangwen Ye, Qianwen Liu, Xi’an Fan, Yanxi Zhang, and Xiangdong Gao*
Author Affiliations
  • Guangdong Provincial Welding Engineering Technology Research Center, School of Electromechanical Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/CJL202249.0802012 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Guangwen Ye, Qianwen Liu, Xi’an Fan, Yanxi Zhang, Xiangdong Gao. Effect of Droplet Transition on Weld Surface Formation of Laser-MIG Hybrid Welding[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(8): 0802012 Copy Citation Text show less
    Laser-MIG hybrid welding experimental system
    Fig. 1. Laser-MIG hybrid welding experimental system
    Flow chart of droplet transition feature extraction. (a) Original image; (b) preprocessed image; (c) arc ROI images; (d) binary images; (e) edge extraction images; (f) droplet images
    Fig. 2. Flow chart of droplet transition feature extraction. (a) Original image; (b) preprocessed image; (c) arc ROI images; (d) binary images; (e) edge extraction images; (f) droplet images
    Schematic of droplet feature extraction
    Fig. 3. Schematic of droplet feature extraction
    Schematic of forces affecting droplet
    Fig. 4. Schematic of forces affecting droplet
    Analysis of droplet transition features. (a) Experiment 15#; (b) experiment 10#; (c) experiment 11#; (d) experiment 12#; (e) experiment 13#; (f) experiment 14#
    Fig. 5. Analysis of droplet transition features. (a) Experiment 15#; (b) experiment 10#; (c) experiment 11#; (d) experiment 12#; (e) experiment 13#; (f) experiment 14#
    Distribution of droplet barycenter (experiment 10#)
    Fig. 6. Distribution of droplet barycenter (experiment 10#)
    High-speed photographs of droplet transition (experiment 10#). (a) Steady state; (b) destabilization
    Fig. 7. High-speed photographs of droplet transition (experiment 10#). (a) Steady state; (b) destabilization
    Effect of laser power on droplet transition features. (a) Effect on droplet velocity and position; (b) effect on droplet transition frequency and extreme of arc ROI area
    Fig. 8. Effect of laser power on droplet transition features. (a) Effect on droplet velocity and position; (b) effect on droplet transition frequency and extreme of arc ROI area
    Weld surface formation. (a) Sound weld; (b) uneven width; (c) uneven height
    Fig. 9. Weld surface formation. (a) Sound weld; (b) uneven width; (c) uneven height
    Analysis of weld surface formation. (a) Experiment 10#; (b) experiment 12#
    Fig. 10. Analysis of weld surface formation. (a) Experiment 10#; (b) experiment 12#
    Three-dimensional time-frequency spectrum and top view. (a) Short-time Fourier transformation frequency spectrum; (b) logarithmic power spectrum after processing
    Fig. 11. Three-dimensional time-frequency spectrum and top view. (a) Short-time Fourier transformation frequency spectrum; (b) logarithmic power spectrum after processing
    Effect of welding parameters on droplet transition. (a) Effect on droplet transition period; (b) effect on standard deviation of droplet transition period and spectral entropy of power spectrum
    Fig. 12. Effect of welding parameters on droplet transition. (a) Effect on droplet transition period; (b) effect on standard deviation of droplet transition period and spectral entropy of power spectrum
    PSD instantaneous spectral entropy. (a) Experiment 3#; (b) experiment 4#
    Fig. 13. PSD instantaneous spectral entropy. (a) Experiment 3#; (b) experiment 4#
    No.Laser power /kWArc current /AArc voltage /VNo.Laser power /kWArc current /AArc voltage /V
    1#2.5100209#2.513024
    2#2.51202010#1.513020
    3#2.51502011#213020
    4#2.51802012#2.513020
    5#2.51301613#313020
    6#2.51301814#3.513020
    7#2.51302015#013020
    8#2.513022    
    Table 1. Experimental parameters of laser-MIG hybrid welding
    Guangwen Ye, Qianwen Liu, Xi’an Fan, Yanxi Zhang, Xiangdong Gao. Effect of Droplet Transition on Weld Surface Formation of Laser-MIG Hybrid Welding[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(8): 0802012
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