High-power fiber laser welding of thick steel at low welding speed

26th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, ICALEO 2007 - Congress Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Zhang, Xudong ^a   Ashida, Eiji ^a   Katayama, Seiji ^b   Mizutani, Masami ^b   Anma, Yusuke ^c   Luo, Xiangjun ^c  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HITACHI GE NUCLEAR ENERGY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; SHIELDING; STEEL FIBERS; WELDS;

BEAM SPOT SIZE; HIGH-POWER FIBER LASER WELDING; LASER POWER; MOLTEN POOL; OXIDIZATION; THERMAL LENS EFFECTS; WELD BEAD SHAPES; WELDING SPEED;

WELDING;

EID: 85086420910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2351/1.5061014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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