Effects of process variables on laser direct formation of thin wall
Effects of process variables on laser direct formation of thin wall
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DOI:
10.1016/j.optlastec.2005.08.012
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发表时间:
2007-03
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
JiChang Liu;Lijun Li
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作者:
JiChang Liu;Lijun Li
In this paper, effects of process variables on wall thickness, powder primary efficiency and speed of forming a thin metallic wall in single-pass coaxial laser cladding are investigated, and some resolution models are established and testified experimentally. With some assumptions, each of wall thickness, powder primary efficiency and formation speed can be defined as a function of the process variables. Wall thickness is equal to width of the molten pool created in single-pass laser cladding and determined by laser absorptivity, laser power, initial temperature, scanning speed and thermo-physical properties of clad material. Powder primary efficiency and formation speed are both dependent on an exponential function involving the ratio of melt pool width, which is decided by the process variables, to powder flow diameter. In addition, formation speed is influenced by powder feed rate. In present experiment, a 500W continual-wave (CW) CO2laser is used to produce thin-wall samples by single-pass coaxial laser cladding. The experimental results agree well with the calculation values despite some errors.