EP1003624A1 - Procede de soudage par faisceau laser de toles d'acier revetues de zinc - Google Patents

Procede de soudage par faisceau laser de toles d'acier revetues de zinc

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EP1003624A1
EP1003624A1 EP98940005A EP98940005A EP1003624A1 EP 1003624 A1 EP1003624 A1 EP 1003624A1 EP 98940005 A EP98940005 A EP 98940005A EP 98940005 A EP98940005 A EP 98940005A EP 1003624 A1 EP1003624 A1 EP 1003624A1
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components
welding
protuberances
laser beam
laser
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Hongping Gu
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ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks Americas Ltd
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Powerlasers Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K33/00—Specially-profiled edge portions of workpieces for making soldering or welding connections; Filling the seams formed thereby
    • B23K33/004—Filling of continuous seams
    • B23K33/008—Filling of continuous seams for automotive applications
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/20—Bonding
    • B23K26/21—Bonding by welding
    • B23K26/24—Seam welding
    • B23K26/244—Overlap seam welding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/20—Bonding
    • B23K26/32—Bonding taking account of the properties of the material involved
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K2101/00—Articles made by soldering, welding or cutting
    • B23K2101/34—Coated articles, e.g. plated or painted; Surface treated articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K2103/00—Materials to be soldered, welded or cut
    • B23K2103/02—Iron or ferrous alloys
    • B23K2103/04—Steel or steel alloys
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K2103/00—Materials to be soldered, welded or cut
    • B23K2103/08—Non-ferrous metals or alloys
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K2103/00—Materials to be soldered, welded or cut
    • B23K2103/50—Inorganic material, e.g. metals, not provided for in B23K2103/02 – B23K2103/26

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a method of making lap joint of zinc coated steel sheets with a laser beam.
  • the present invention is intended to provide a practical and flexible way of making laser beam lap weld of zinc coated steel sheets.
  • a laser beam interaction with one surface of the material is used to create an acceptable gap between the sheets before the welding pass is performed.
  • protuberances are formed on one surface of one sheet by impingement of a laser beam which maintains opposed surfaces of the sheets in spaced relationship.
  • the welding may be completed entirely on a single welding apparatus in an efficient cost-effective manner.
  • this technique it is possible to make a curved welding pass and it is applicable to 3D welding configuration. Therefore, this technique makes the production of laser beam lap welds of the zinc coated steel sheets possible using an existing butt welding system.
  • the preferred embodiment of the invention relates to a method of creating a gap for vapor gas venting by the laser beam before welding is performed.
  • the principle is that a laser beam pulse with an appropriate pulse length can melt a spot on the metal sheet when it interacts with the metal and solidification of the molten metal forms a protuberance.
  • the protuberance height above the sheet surface may be a few tenths millimeters.
  • a series of protuberances in a line or curve serves as a spacer.
  • the appropriate distance between two laser created protuberances depends upon the clamping force, laser beam power, scanning speed and the thickness of the metal sheets.
  • the sheet on which laser pulses generate protuberances can be either the top one or the bottom one. For both configurations, good quality welds can be produced.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of a pair of lap welded components
  • Figure 2 is a view on the line 2-2 of the sequential steps in performing a weld on the components
  • Figure 3 is an alternative embodiment showing the production of a spot weld
  • Figure 4 is a photographic representation of a portion of one of the sheets shown in Figure 2;
  • Figure 5a is a photographic representation of a section on the weld shown in Figure 1;
  • Figure 5b is a photographic representation of a plan view of the weld shown in Figure l.
  • Figure 6 is photographic representations of welded components produced by the technique shown in Figure 2.
  • a pair of components 10, 12 are connected by seam welding along a seam line 13 indicated in chain dot line.
  • Each of the components is a steel sheet having oppositely directed surfaces 16, 17 and 18, 20 respectively.
  • Each of the surfaces has a rust inhibiting coating, typically a zinc coating 22 to provide protection from corrosion.
  • one of the components to be welded namely zinc-coated steel sheet 10 is placed on a welding table (any kind of table used for laser welding).
  • a series of laser beam pulses 14 transmitted through laser head 23 are used to impinge on one of the surfaces 16 of the sheet 10 to create a series of protuberances 15 along the intended weld line 13. This process can be done by moving laser beam 14 over the sheet 10 or by manipulating the focusing optics of the laser head.
  • the zinc-coated steel sheet 12 is placed on top of the laser-pulsed sheet 10 so that surface 18 overlies the surface 16.
  • the laser-pulsed steel sheet 10 may be placed on top of the other zinc-coated steel sheet 12. Under either condition, the steel sheets 10, 12 are pressed together by a clamp (not shown). As a result, two sheets to be welded are held together and are ready to be welded.
  • the protuberances 15 form an air gap 24 between the opposed surfaces 16, 18 of overlapping portions of the zinc-coated steel sheets 10, 12 along the weld line 13.
  • the welding operation is carried out by applying laser beam 14 to the steel sheets 10, 12 as indicated in Figure 2 by arrow A.
  • the zinc vapor 26 of the zinc- coating 22 can flow into the air gap 24 surrounding the welding keyhole. Therefore, no air holes or very few air holes are formed in the solidified metal weld 19. Thus, the resultant weld is satisfactory in quality.
  • the protuberances 15 were formed by beam pulses of 100 - 150 millisec in duration.
  • the thickness of the sheet 10 was ⁇ 1.0 mm and the material galvanneal steel.
  • the height of the protuberances 15 was in the order of 0.4 mm with a diameter of in the order of 2 mm.
  • the protuberance is irregular but of sufficient height to maintain the surfaces 16, 18 separated.
  • the spacing of the protuberances was about 50 mm for the material selected although this spacing may vary according to the material.
  • the components 10, 12 were seam welded using the 1.5 kW laser in continuous mode traveling at a welding speed of 1.5 in/sec. The resultant weld is shown in Figure 5 where it can be seen that good homogeneity has been obtained.
  • one of the components 10 to be welded is placed on a working table or frame.
  • a laser beam pulse 14 impinges on surface 16 to create a protuberance 15.
  • zinc-coated steel sheet 12 is placed on top and clamped.
  • an air gap is formed between two zinc-coated steel sheets around the laser- generated humps.
  • the welding operation is carried out by applying a laser beam 14 to the steel sheets adjacent to each protuberance 15.
  • the laser beam draws a circle of small radius around the protuberance to provide a localized circular weld. Welding will not affected if the path of the beam intercepts the protuberance.
  • the zinc vapor 26 escapes into the air gap around the hump. Therefore, a circular weld 19 is made and the resultant weld is satisfactory in quality. This circular weld can be considered as a spot weld.

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  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Laser Beam Processing (AREA)

Abstract

Deux éléments revêtus sont soudés au laser l'un à l'autre par formation initiale de protubérances sur un des éléments. Les protubérances maintiennent les surfaces juxtaposées séparées et les éléments sont ensuite soudés au laser l'un à l'autre. La séparation des surfaces permet la ventilation de la vapeur générée par le revêtement.
EP98940005A 1997-08-15 1998-08-14 Procede de soudage par faisceau laser de toles d'acier revetues de zinc Withdrawn EP1003624A1 (fr)

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CA2209804 1997-08-15
CA 2209804 CA2209804A1 (fr) 1997-08-15 1997-08-15 Methode de soudage au laser de toles d'acier zingue
PCT/CA1998/000779 WO1999008829A1 (fr) 1997-08-15 1998-08-14 Procede de soudage par faisceau laser de toles d'acier revetues de zinc

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