High power multi-process laser welding system (with 8 kW Fiber laser)
Specifications
Custom-designed multi-process welding system has been commissioned which combines an 8 kW IPG Fiber laser with Lincoln S500 arc source, LHW-P power supplies for hot or cold wire feed, and Real-time Weld Monitoring, with 5 interchangeable heads:
- D50 wobble laser welding head
- Hybrid laser GMAW
- Laser hot-wire
- Autogenous
- Cutting head
Applications
Future research directions will involve applying novel hybrid laser welding techniques to transportation, energy, and medical industries.
- Welding and brazing of advanced steels
- Dissimilar materials joining
- Ultra high strength materials
- Light metal joining and thick plate material
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Low distortion, high productivity joining
IPG YLS-6000 Fiber Laser
Specifications
- Panasonic TA1600 welding robot
- Maximum power 6 kW
- High speed welding
- Continuous and pulse energy
- Fiber core diameter: 0.3 mm
- Beam spot size: 600 um diameter
- Wavelength: 1071nm
- Shielding gas: High-purity argon
Applications
- Bead-on-plate welding
- Butt and lap welding of metal sheets
- Welding of oxygen sensitive materials
- Pre-weld and post-weld treatments
Miyachi LW-50A Low Power Laser
Specifications
- 50 J pulse energy and 5 kW peak energy; four energy share
- 200 Hz repetition rate; pulse width 0.25 ~ 30 ms
- Real time power feedback
- Second laser head in Miyachi Unitek MX-2000 Argon glove box
Application
Welding of thin metal sheets on following aspects:
- Medical device applications
- Automotive applications
- Battery and battery pack applications
- Electronics applications
- Lamp and TV tube applications
IPG YLR-500 Ytterbium Fiber Laser
Specifications
- 500 W laser power
- 50 m focused spot size
- Continuous or pulse modulated operating modes
- Argon-filled Miyachi Unitek MX-2000 glove box
- 200C bake in chamber
- 4-axis motion control
Applications
- Microwelding (i.e. microelectronics, medical devices, etc.)
- Processing oxygen sensitive materials (e.g. Ti alloys, SS alloys, etc.)
