Laser beam welding is increasingly being used in welding of structural steels. The laser welding process is one of the most advanced manufacturing technologies owing to its high speed and penetration. The thermal cycles associated with laser welding a...
Laser beam welding is increasingly being used in welding of structural steels. The laser welding process is one of the most advanced manufacturing technologies owing to its high speed and penetration. The thermal cycles associated with laser welding are generally much faster than those involved in conventional arc welding processes, leading to a rather small weld zone. The experiments are performed for 304 stainless steel plate applying variation of : laser power(600~2000W), welding speed (3~10m/min), shielding gas flow rate, presence of surface pollution, with fixed or variable gap and misalignment between the similar and dissimilar and plates, etc. The variation of brightness temperature versus modification of operational parameters is found, certain typical welding defects can be detected.