Author Affiliations
Guangdong Provincial Welding Engineering Technology Research Center, School of Electromechanical Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Laser-MIG hybrid welding experimental system
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
Fig. 3. Schematic of droplet feature extraction
Fig. 4. Schematic of forces affecting droplet
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#
Fig. 6. Distribution of droplet barycenter (experiment 10#)
Fig. 7. High-speed photographs of droplet transition (experiment 10#). (a) Steady state; (b) destabilization
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
Fig. 9. Weld surface formation. (a) Sound weld; (b) uneven width; (c) uneven height
Fig. 10. Analysis of weld surface formation. (a) Experiment 10#; (b) experiment 12#
Fig. 11. Three-dimensional time-frequency spectrum and top view. (a) Short-time Fourier transformation frequency spectrum; (b) logarithmic power spectrum after processing
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
Fig. 13. PSD instantaneous spectral entropy. (a) Experiment 3#; (b) experiment 4#
No. | Laser power /kW | Arc current /A | Arc voltage /V | No. | Laser power /kW | Arc current /A | Arc voltage /V |
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1# | 2.5 | 100 | 20 | 9# | 2.5 | 130 | 24 | 2# | 2.5 | 120 | 20 | 10# | 1.5 | 130 | 20 | 3# | 2.5 | 150 | 20 | 11# | 2 | 130 | 20 | 4# | 2.5 | 180 | 20 | 12# | 2.5 | 130 | 20 | 5# | 2.5 | 130 | 16 | 13# | 3 | 130 | 20 | 6# | 2.5 | 130 | 18 | 14# | 3.5 | 130 | 20 | 7# | 2.5 | 130 | 20 | 15# | 0 | 130 | 20 | 8# | 2.5 | 130 | 22 | | | | |
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Table 1. Experimental parameters of laser-MIG hybrid welding