Gap-free fibre laser welding of Zn-coated steel on Al alloy for light-weight automotive applications

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 495-504

  Chen, Hui Chi ^a   Pinkerton, Andrew J ^a   Li, Lin ^a   Liu, Zhu ^a   Mistry, Anil T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b JAGUAR LAND ROVER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Al alloy; Laser welding; Zn coated steel

Indexed keywords

AL ALLOYS; ARGON GAS; AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; CAR DOOR; CAR MANUFACTURE; COATED STEEL; COMMONLY USED; CONTINUOUS WAVE; DOUBLE PASS; ENERGY WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; FIBRE LASERS; INTERMETALLIC PHASIS; LASER POWER; LASER WELDING; LIGHT MATERIALS; LIGHT WEIGHT; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MG ALLOY; NITROGEN GAS; ORGANIC GLUE; SHIELDING GAS; SINGLE MODE; SURFACE FINISHES; VEHICLE WEIGHTS; WELDING MATERIALS; WELDING SPEED;

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; ARGON; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COATED MATERIALS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ENERGY CONVERSION; GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; GLUES; GLUING; JOINING; LASER BEAM WELDING; NITROGEN; SHIELDING; WELDS; ZINC;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77958496862     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.08.034     Document Type: Article

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