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Narrow gap laser welding

Patent ·
OSTI ID:871596
 [1];  [1]
  1. Santa Fe, NM
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A laser welding process including: (a) using optical ray tracing to make a model of a laser beam and the geometry of a joint to be welded; (b) adjusting variables in the model to choose variables for use in making a laser weld; and (c) laser welding the joint to be welded using the chosen variables.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Regents of University of Calif. (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5760365
OSTI ID:
871596
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (5)

A technical review of the laser drilling of aerospace materials journal April 1994
Single and multi-pass welding with filler materials book January 1992
Laser welding of metal honeycomb panel with multiple reflecting effects of high power laser beams
  • Minamida, Katsuhiro; Oikawa, Masashi; Sugihashi, Atsushi
  • ICALEO® ‘92: Proceedings of the Laser Materials Processing Symposium, International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics https://doi.org/10.2351/1.5058528
conference January 1993
Wedge shape welding with multiple reflecting effect of high power CO2 laser beam
  • Minamida, K.; Takafuji, H.; Hamada, N.
  • ICALEO® ‘86: The Changing Frontiers of Laser Materials Processing, International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics https://doi.org/10.2351/1.5057874
conference January 1987
Welding sheet metal parts book January 1992

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