Origins of Melt Ejection and Spatter in Laser Powder Bed Fusion in Additive Manufacturing

Authors: Sonny Ly, Alexander M. Rubenchik, Saad A. Khairallah, Gabe Guss & Manyalibo J. Matthews, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Description The research team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has studied…

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Figure 1 – Laser hole drilling of Al with sinusoidal modulation at 8khz.

Enhancement of Laser Material Processing Using Periodical Modulation of Laser Light Intensity

Authors: Sonny Ly, Gabe Guss, Alexander M. Rubenchik, Wesley J. Keller, Nan Shen, Raluca A. Negres, Jeff Bude, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Description The research team at Lawrence Livermore National…

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Wetting Process during Laser Brazing of Aluminum Alloys with Aluminum-Based Braze Material

The Bremer Institut für Angewandte Strahltechnik - BIAS studied the wetting behavior in laser brazing. To reveal periodic melt pool propagation effects that occur during laser brazing of aluminum, and for a better understanding of those effects in laser brazing in general, the researchers analyzed high-speed recordings of the brazing process with aluminum alloy.

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Cavitar’s Welding Camera Used by Serimax in Orbital Welding of Offshore Pipes

Serimax is using Cavitar's welding camera for their demanding orbital MIG welding processes in offshore oil and gas pipe line welding. The camera enables the welder to control the process from a save distance to the process and from an ergonomic position.

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High-Speed Visualization of Flux Coated Electrode Hand Welding

The Institute of Materials Science at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hanover, Germany studied electrode hand welding. The burning behavior of that electrode was used as a reference to study the behavior of other commercially available electrodes but also to study the behavior of electrodes from own development projects.

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PIV Measurements of Shielding Gas Flow in Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) with a CAVILUX HF Diode Laser

The Institute of Surface and Manufacturing Technology, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany has studied the dynamics of welding protection gas. The researchers used CAVILUX HF laser illumination and its light sheet optic to create images that could be analyzed with PIV software.

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