激光工业应用

TG156.992007010249脉冲激光冲击金属板料变形的数值模拟=Analysis ofsheet deforming by pulsed laser shocking[刊,中]/杜建钧(江苏大学机械工程学院.江苏,镇江(212013)),周建忠…//电加工与模具.—2006,(增刊).—30-33利用ABAQUS软件对激光冲击下板料的变形过程进行了数值模拟,比较了不同激光参数对板料变形量的影响,并在激光单点冲击成形的基础上探讨了激光多点冲击成形。图14表1参6(于晓光)TG156.992007010250激光微细熔覆快速原型制造厚膜电感元件=Study onthick fil minductors fabricated by laser micro-cladding andrapid pr…     

Research on air tightness of image intensifier tube during laser sealing北大核心CSCD

采用高功率YAG激光焊接机对高性能三代像管管壳后端(4J34可伐合金)与荧光屏屏环(4J49可伐合金)进行封接试验。研究了激光功率、脉冲宽度对焊接接头成型及表面热扩散的影响规律。研究表明:4J34合金与4J49合金表面成型质量在设备最大工作电流100 A,激光功率195 W及脉宽1.7 ms时最好,相对于激光功率,脉冲宽度对焊缝熔宽和熔深的影响更加显著,接头焊接中心区硬化最为严重,其硬度最大,热影响区次之。     

激光重熔对等离子喷涂ZrO_2-20%Y_2O_3热障涂层隔热性能的影响

采用大气等离子喷涂(APS)技术在铝基体表面制备氧化锆(ZrO2-20%Y2O3,质量分数)热障涂层,并用脉冲激光对其进行重熔处理,研究了激光重熔对涂层组织形貌、物相转变和隔热性能的影响。研究结果表明激光的比能量对涂层的成型及性能有重要影响,过高的比能量会使涂层表面粗糙度增加,涂层成型变差。在选用合适的低比能量激光重熔条件下,扫描电镜观察结果表明经激光重熔可消除喷涂态涂层的孔隙和层状结构。对粉末和重熔前后的涂层进行了X射线衍射分析,结果表明喷涂及重熔过程中都没有发生相变;隔热试验结果表明重熔后涂层的隔热温度有所下降。     

全密度功能性复杂金属零件的激光直接快速制造

 针对具有复杂结构的全密度功能性金属零件快速制造难题,探讨了该类零件的选区激光熔化直接快速制造方法,并结合实验,重点对同步保证选区激光熔化快速制造金属零件成型密度及精度的工艺进行了研究。结果表明：同步消除球化、飞溅及气孔对成型件致密性及精度的影响是实现选区激光熔化快速制造全密度功能性复杂金属零件的难点及关键;在维持良好的抗氧化气氛条件下,可采用尽可能薄的铺粉厚度及恰当调节其它成型参数的方法,以保证对上一层有足够的重熔量来消除球化及气孔现象;同时,采用合适的扫描策略,可弱化飞溅对成型质量的影响来解决工艺难题。采用该工艺方案可快速制造全密度功能性复杂金属零件,所成型的316L不锈钢叶轮零件相对密度为99.8%,硬度为HB192,表面粗糙度约为40 μm,尺寸精度在±0.1 mm以内,稍经打磨后即可投入使用。     

选区激光熔化及热处理工艺对钴铬合金力学性能的影响

系统研究了选区激光熔化（SLM）及热处理工艺对钴铬合金组织与性能的影响。通过设计正交实验,利用EOS M290选区激光熔化设备,优化钴铬合金成型的工艺参数;利用XRD、扫描电镜（SEM）、硬度仪及万能材料试验机对选区激光熔化钴铬合金的显微组织结构、物相组成及力学性能进行观察与测试。研究结果表明,选区激光熔化成型的最佳工艺参数为:扫描间距0.08 mm,扫描速度1110 mm/s,激光功率335 W,能量密度4.8 J/mm2,获得的致密度高达99.18%,且最佳的填充角度为67。SLM成型的钴铬合金的物相主要由相及少量相共存,微观组织由细小均匀的胞状晶及柱状晶构成;其硬度、抗拉强度及延伸率分别为41.0HRC,1032 MPa,10%,断裂机制主要为穿晶脆性断裂。热处理后显微组织发生相变,主要为相及少量相,并产生少量强化相M23C6(M=Cr,Mo,W);其硬度、抗拉强度及延伸率分别提升了6.1%,35.9%和17.6%,断裂机制主要为准解理断裂。     

激光快速成型技术在产品设计中的应用研究

基于三维CAD的激光快速成型技术,根据三维模型,可在短时间内制造出用于验证、评价所设计的产品模型。三维CAD和激光快速成型技术共同组成了一套快速开发系统。     

空-地激光通信链路波长选择因素分析

空-地激光通信链路波长选择主要和通信传输所使用的大气随机信道、光束跟踪、捕获、瞄准(Acquisition,Pointing and Tracking-APT)子系统,通信子系统及接收、发射系统采用的主要光电器件等因素有关.本文对影响空-地激光通信链路波长选择的因素进行了分析,并根据上述影响因素开展了对通信波长的研究,促进了空-地激光通信系统的总体设计工作.     

参考光束型激光多普勒测速仪的误差分析

阐述了参考光束型激光多普勒测速仪的基本原理,从理论上分析了原理公式近似、高斯光束干涉、激光线宽、探测器孔径、有限渡越时间、信号处理算法、空气折射率变化及角度测量等诸多因素对激光多普勒测速仪测量结果造成的误差,研究并给出了每一种影响因素所引起误差的理论公式,在每一种影响因素中具体讨论了各种光学参数对测量误差的影响并对部分参数进行实验研究。理论分析和实验表明:在实验中需要选择线宽较窄的激光器及孔径较小的光电探测器,而在选择光束光斑半径和信号光中心光线的方向与粒子运动方向的夹角时,既要考虑激光的质量和多普勒信号的强度,同时也需要考虑原理公式近似、探测器孔径的尺寸、有限渡越时间及高斯光束干涉等多种因素对测量结果的影响。     

316L不锈钢粉末光纤激光选区熔化特性

采用自行研制的光纤激光选区熔化快速成型设备,研究了选区激光熔化316L不锈钢粉末工艺参数、能量输入与样件致密度、表面形貌之间的关系以及微观组织特征。结果表明:扫描速度对成型效果影响最为显著;样件致密度随着激光能量密度提高有逐渐增大的趋势;能量密度作为选区激光熔化工艺的技术指标具有可操作性;表面形貌由激光功率与扫描速度比值所决定。深入探讨了能量输入、熔化凝固行为、激光功率与扫描速度比值与样件致密度、表面形貌的关系。结果表明:选区激光熔化凝固组织层内、层间熔合处为弧形,且为冶金结合,金相组织主要由柱状晶与等轴晶组成,层内靠近熔合线周围是柱状晶,而层间靠近熔合线附近主要是细小等轴晶,晶粒直径为1μm左右。     

激光快速成型技术研究

激光快速成型技术由于其广范的应用前景而得到广泛深入研究^1,2,本文重点讨论我们研究所设计的激光快速成型系统的关键技术及其应用新领域逆工程．     

Development of irradiation strategies for free curve laser forming

Although forming sheet metal by laser-induced thermal stresses (laser forming) has been extensively studied, the research has mainly focused on a single angle forming process. The task of free curve laser forming of sheet metal is to determine a set of process parameters such as laser scanning paths, laser power and scanning speed that will make a given shape. Two methods were used for generating the laser scanning paths and the bending angles of each path. Each method was analyzed by computer simulation and the two methods were compared. Experiments verified the applicability of the proposed methods.     

Flattening of sheet metal by laser forming

Laser forming is a thermal process for deformation of sheet metal by thermal stress. In this paper, the technique of laser forming is applied to flatten a protruded distortion on the sheet metal, and the mechanism of flattening is investigated experimentally. The protrusion of some height is intentionally produced by pressing a steel ball on a flat sheet metal. The laser beam was irradiated at the area of distortion, and as a result, the protrusion disappeared and an almost flat sheet metal could be obtained.     

Characteristic of energy input for laser forming sheet metal

Laser forming is a process in which laser-induced thermal deformation is used to form sheet metal without a hard forming tool or external forces. The energy input of laser beam is the key factor for the temperature and stress distribution of sheet metal. The purpose of this work is to investigate the influence of energy input condition on heat input and deformation angle for two-dimension laser forming. Variations in heat input resulting from material deformation was calculated and discussed in this paper at first. Furthermore, in laser forming under the condition of constant laser energy input, the effects of energy input mode on deformation angle and temperature field were investigated.     

Laser forming of a bowl shaped surface with a stationary laser beam

Despite a lot of research done in the field of laser forming, generation of a symmetric bowl shaped surface by this process is still a challenge mainly because only a portion of the sheet is momentarily deformed in this process, unlike conventional sheet metal forming like deep drawing where the entire blank undergoes forming simultaneously reducing asymmetry to a minimum. The motion of laser beam also makes the process asymmetric. To counter these limitations this work proposes a new approach for laser forming of a bowl shaped surface by irradiating the centre of a flat circular blank with a stationary laser beam. With high power lasers, power density sufficient for laser forming, can be availed at reasonably large spot sizes. This advantage is exploited in this technique. Effects of duration of laser irradiation and beam spot diameter on the amount of bending and asymmetry in the formed surface were investigated. Laser power was kept constant while varying irradiation time. While varying laser spot diameter laser power was chosen so as to keep the surface temperature nearly constant at just below melting. Experimental conditions promoted almost uniform heating through sheet thickness. The amount of bending increased with irradiation time and spot diameter. It was interesting to observe that blanks bent towards the laser beam for smaller laser beam diameters and the reverse happened for larger spot diameters (~10 times of the sheet thickness). Effect of spot diameter variation has been explained with the help of coupled thermal-structural finite element simulations.     

3D laser-forming strategies for sheet metal by geometrical information

Forming sheet metal by laser-induced thermal stress (laser forming) is considered to offer great potential for rapid prototyping and flexible manufacturing. Accordingly, many studies have been carried out in different areas of laser forming. However, in order to apply the laser-forming process to real 3D products, a method that encompasses the whole process planning is required, including the laser irradiation patterns, laser power, and travel speed, when the target shape is given. In this work, a new method for 3D laser forming of sheet metal is proposed. This method uses geometrical information rather than a complicated stress–strain analysis. Using this new method the total calculation time is reduced considerably while affording strong potential for enhanced accuracy. Two different target shapes were formed by laser irradiation with the proposed procedure to validate the algorithm.     

Effect of laser energy on the deformation behavior in microscale laser bulge forming

Microscale laser bulge forming is a high strain rate microforming method using high-amplitude shock wave pressure induced by pulsed laser irradiation. The process can serve as a rapidly established and high precision technique to impress microfeatures on thin sheet metals and holds promise of manufacturing complex miniaturized devices. The present paper investigated the forming process using both numerical and experimental methods. The effect of laser energy on microformability of pure copper was discussed in detail. A 3D measuring laser microscope was adopted to measure deformed regions under different laser energy levels. The deformation measurements showed that the experimental and numerical results were in good agreement. With the verified simulation model, the residual stress distribution at different laser energy was predicted and analyzed. The springback was found as a key factor to determine the distribution and magnitude of the compressive residual stress. In addition, the absorbent coating and the surface morphology of the formed samples were observed through the scanning electron microscope. The observation confirmed that the shock forming process was non-thermal attributed to the protection of the absorbent coating.     

Deformation behavior of laser bending of circular sheet metal

The application of a thermal source in non-contact forming of sheet metal has long been used. However, the replacement of this thermal source with a laser beam promises much greater controllability of the process. This yields a process with strong potential for application in aerospace, shipbuilding, automobile, and manufacturing industries, as well as the rapid manufacturing of prototypes and adjustment of misaligned components. Forming is made possible through laser-induced non-uniform thermal stresses. In this letter, we use the geometrical transition from rectangular to circle-shaped specimen and ring-shaped specimen to observe the effect of geometry on deformation in laser forming. We conduct a series of experiments on a wide range of specimen geometries. The reasons for this behavior are also analyzed. Experimental results are compared with simulated values using the software ABAQUS. The utilization of line energy is found to be higher in the case of laser forming along linear irradiation than along curved ones. We also analyze the effect of strain hindrance. The findings of the study may be useful for the inverse problem, which involves acquiring the process parameters for a known target shape of a wide range of complex shape geometries.     

Statistical analysis of parameter effects on bending angle in laser forming process by pulsed Nd:YAG laser

In recent years, laser application has been introduced for bending and forming as new processes in manufacturing. The capability of laser bending demands more studies to recognize parameters influencing bending angle of sheet metals. In this study the effects of parameters such as material, laser power, beam diameter, scan velocity, sheet thickness, pass number and pulse duration on bending angle were studied by FEM initially and then followed by experiments. Furthermore, the Taguchi experimental design method was employed to pin point parameters, which significantly affect the bending process of laser bending of St12 and 304 alloy steels, which have a wide range of applications in products manufacturing. A regression analysis was conducted and a closed form equation was derived. The closed form equation can be used in industry to determine which process parameters (factors) enhance the bending angle in laser bending process.     

Feedback control for 2D free curve laser forming

Forming sheet metal by laser-induced thermal stress (laser forming) is considered to have a great potential for rapid prototyping and other flexible manufacturing. However, the previous researches have mainly focused on analyzing the phenomena of the forming process. In 2D free curve laser forming, a feedback control scheme for each single bending angle was suggested in this study by incorporating a statistical method and the effect of the remaining errors was discussed. Methods of compensating for the remaining errors were proposed and analyzed by computer simulations. Experiments verified the applicability of the proposed methods.     

Short pulse laser microforming of thin metal sheets for MEMS manufacturing

Continuous and long-pulse lasers have been used for the forming of metal sheets for macroscopic mechanical applications. However, for the manufacturing of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), the applicability of such type of lasers is limited by the long-relaxation-time of the thermal fields responsible for the forming phenomena. As a consequence of such slow relaxation, the final sheet deformation state is attained only after a certain time, what makes the generated internal residual stress fields more dependent on ambient conditions and might make difficult the subsequent assembly process for MEMS manufacturing from the point of view of residual stresses due to adjustment.The use of ns laser pulses provides a suitable parameter matching for the laser forming of an important range of sheet components used in MEMS that, preserving the short interaction time scale required for the predominantly mechanic (shock) induction of deformation residual stresses, allows for the successful processing of components in a medium range of miniaturization but particularly important according to its frequent use in such systems.In the present paper, a discussion is presented on the specific features of laser interaction in the timescale and intensity range needed for thin sheet microforming with ns-pulse lasers along with relevant modelling and experimental results and a primary delimitation of the parametric space of the considered class of lasers for the referred processes.