Stainless Steel 18-10 CO2 Laser Welding And Plasma Diagnostics
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of M'sila (Algeria)
- Laboratory of Industrial Physics, Thermal centre of INSA of Lyon, CETHIL (France)
The welding of materials by CO2 laser took significant considerations in industry, for the reason of the quality of the carried out weldings, and for other many advantages, but the automation of the welding operation requires a control system in real time. The operation of welding is an operation of interaction between the radiation (laser), and the matter (welded part), which is characterized by the vaporization of the matter, formation of the keyhole in material, and appearance of plasma over the material. This study relates to the relation between the welding (molten material) and the plasma which is formed on material. The light emitted by plasma during laser welding was recorded by an OMA detector (Optical Multichannel Analyzer) over a wavelength width of 450 A ring . The analysis of this light allows to determine the composition of this plasma, its dimensions, and the state of its energy according to the laser parameters. The welded material is the stainless steel 18-10, it was found that the intensity of the light emitted by plasma depends on laser power, the welding speed, the flow rate of assist gas. The relation between the plasma and the state of the bead were analyzed for on-line monitoring welding.
- OSTI ID:
- 21251393
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1047, Issue 1; Conference: LAPAMS'08: 1. international conference on laser plasma applications in materials science, Algiers (Algeria), 23-26 Jun 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2999931; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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