Laser welding of high-strength aluminium alloys for the sheet metal forming process

Procedia CIRP

Volumn 18, Issue , 2014, Pages 203-208

  Enz, J ^a   Riekehr, S ^a   Ventzke, V ^a   Sotirov, N ^b   Kashaev, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Al Zn Mg (Cu); High strength aluminium alloys; Laser beam welding; Sheet metal forming; Tailor welded blanks

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COPPER; HIGH STRENGTH ALLOYS; LASER BEAM WELDING; LASER BEAMS; MANUFACTURE; METAL FORMING; WELDING; WELDS;

AL-ZN-MG; BASE MATERIAL; DISSIMILAR JOINTS; HIGH STRENGTH ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; NEW APPROACHES; TAILOR-WELDED BLANKS; TAILORED BLANK;

SHEET METAL;

EID: 84906737204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22128271     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2014.06.132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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