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Title: Narrow gap laser welding

Patent ·
OSTI ID:871596

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 (United States)
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

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