Author Affiliations
1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China2Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201324, China3CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicals Co., Ltd., Changchun, Jilin 130062, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Fourier infrared absorption spectrum analysis for paint coatings
Fig. 2. Surface morphology of substrate before painting
Fig. 3. Surface residues after millisecond and nanosecond pulse laser cleaning. (a) Surface residues after millisecond laser cleaning for Pc=400 W; (b) stripped paint coating when nanosecond pulse laser power Pn = 150 W
Fig. 4. Macro morphologies of surface after millisecond and nanosecond pulsed laser cleaning. (a) Pc=400 W; (b) Pc=500 W; (c) Pc=600 W; (d) Pn=200 W; (e) Pn=250 W; (f) Pn=300 W
Fig. 5. Composition analysis of sample surface residue after paint removal by millisecond pulsed laser. (a) Micro morphology of residue; (b) residue energy spectrum analysis; (c) diffraction peak of residue obtained by XRD
Fig. 6. Laser coating removal process obtained by high-speed camera. (a) Millisecond pulse laser cleaning process, Pc=500 W; (b) nanosecond pulse laser cleaning process, Pn=200 W
Fig. 7. Micro-morphologies of surface after laser cleaning. (a) Pc=400 W; (b) Pc=500 W; (c) Pc= 600 W; (d) Pn=200 W; (e) Pn=250 W; (f) Pn= 300 W
Fig. 8. Calculation diagram of cleaning area
Fig. 9. Schematic diagrams of laser cleaning paint coated on aluminum alloy surface by different laser. (a) Millisecond pulsed laser; (b) nanosecond pulsed laser
Si | Fe | Cu | Mn | Mg | Ni | Zn | Ti | Others | Al |
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0.50 | 0.50 | 3.80--4.90 | 0.30--0.90 | 1.20--1.80 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.15 | 0.10 | Balance |
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Table 1. Chemical composition of 2024 Al alloy (mass fraction)%
Millisecond pulsed laser | Nanosecond pulsed laser |
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Physical quantity | Symbol | Value | Physical quantity | Symbol | Value | Laser power | Pc | 400--600 W | Average laser power | Pn | 150--300 W | Pulse frequency | fc | 500 Hz | Pulse frequency | fn | 5000 Hz | Pulse width | tc | 6×105 ns | Pulse width | tn | 60 ns | Scanning speed | vc | 2 m·min-1 | Scanning speed | vn | 180 m·min-1 | Line spacing | hc | 1 mm | Line spacing | hn | 0.2 mm | Spot diameter | dc | ~3.5 mm | Spot diameter | dn | 0.96 mm |
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Table 2. Experimental parameters of millisecond pulsed CO2 laser and nanosecond pulsed laser for cleaning