WO1993005918A1 - Split beam laser welding system - Google Patents

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WO1993005918A1
WO1993005918A1 PCT/US1992/006204 US9206204W WO9305918A1 WO 1993005918 A1 WO1993005918 A1 WO 1993005918A1 US 9206204 W US9206204 W US 9206204W WO 9305918 A1 WO9305918 A1 WO 9305918A1
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Patrick Andrew Perrotti
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Combustion Engineering Inc
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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
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/06—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
    • B23K26/0604—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by a combination of beams
    • B23K26/0608—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by a combination of beams in the same heat affected zone [HAZ]
    • 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
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/06—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
    • B23K26/067—Dividing the beam into multiple beams, e.g. multifocusing

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  • This invention generally relates to a laser beam welding system. More specifically, this invention relates to the welding of spacer grids by a split beam laser welding system.
  • FIG. 1 An incoming collimated laser beam 1 from a suitable laser beam source is focused by a lens 2 onto a workpiece 3.
  • the lens 2 converges the light to a focal point 4 at which point welding occurs.
  • Such a beam delivery system can be used for welding in a nuclear fuel assembly.
  • a nuclear fuel assembly found in the core of a nuclear reactor is comprised of a spacer grid assembly.
  • a typical spacer grid assembly is shown generally at the reference numeral 8 in Fig. 2.
  • the spacer grid assembly 8 is comprised of orthogonal sets of interior strips 10 having mixing vanes 11 as appendages.
  • the interior strips 10 have supports 12 for the fuel rods.
  • the orthogonal sets of the interior strips 10 are joined together by a plurality of upper intersection welds 13 and lower intersection welds 14.
  • sacrificial weld taps 15 Prior to welding, sacrificial weld taps 15 are constructed at the intersections of the interior strips 10.
  • the mixing vanes 11 redirect the coolant so that the coolant flows around the fuel rods located at the fuel rod supports 12.
  • the spacer grid assemblies must be strong enough so that they do not fail by buckling. Resistance to buckling is strongly influenced by the size and shape of the intersection welds. From an examination of failed spacer assemblies, it has been determined that the transfer of a bending moment between orthogonal sets ' of the interior strips is limited by not only the welds, but by the interface between the weld and the parent strip material. Thus, a stronger spacer grid assembly can be assembled by providing larger interfaces between each weld and the interior strips. A larger weld with a larger weld diameter would produce a stronger spacer assembly. Although the strength of the spacer assembly would be increased, a larger weld diameter would have a detrimental effect on coolant flow.
  • a split beam laser welding system comprises a bifurcating mirror for splitting an incoming collimated laser beam into a plurality of beam segments. Each beam segment is routed around obstacles and then focused by a lens onto a target point.
  • a laser beam welding system it is not necessary to provide cutouts beneath the mixing vanes in the spacer grid assembly to weld the interior strips together.
  • the laser beam segments may be moved while welding to provide a larger elongated weld having a smaller diameter.
  • FIGURE 1 illustrates a conventional laser beam welding system
  • FIGURE 2 illustrates a conventional spacer grid assembly
  • FIGURE 3 illustrates an embodiment of the split beam laser welding system according to the invention
  • FIGURE 4 illustrates a sectional view along line 40-40 in of Figure 3 with an intersection of the spacer grid assembly.
  • FIG 3 illustrates a schematic of a split beam laser welding system of the present invention.
  • an incoming collimated laser beam 21 from a suitable laser beam source is divided into a plurality of beam segments.
  • a suitable laser beam source is available from Raytheon Corp. under model No. SS 550-7.
  • a bifurcating mirror 25 is used to divide the laser beam 21 into two. beam segments.
  • the incoming circular collimated laser beam is divided into two semicircular beam segments.
  • the beam segments may be routed around obstacles between the source and the point of welding by suitable means such as plane mirrors 26. After routing, the beam segments are then recombined and focused by focusing lenses 22.
  • the focus and coincidence point 24 of the beam segments is the point at which welding occurs.
  • Figure 4 illustrates an application of the split beam laser welding system to a spacer grid assembly.
  • the spacer grid assembly is typically comprised of zirconium alloy strips, but the split beam laser welding system is also applicable to other alloys such as inconel.
  • the laser beam segments 37 are directed into two quadrants of the interior strips 10 intersection in which the mixing vanes 31 are not present. Consequently, portions of the mixing vanes 31 do not need to be cut out to weld the interior strips 10. The DNB performance is thereby improved.
  • the laser beam segments 37 converge at a point 34 below the mixing vanes 31.
  • the laser beams are applied symmetrically to the interior strips 10 thereby producing a symmetrical weld.
  • the split beam laser welding system preferably creates an elongated small diameter weld at the intersection of the interior strips 10. By moving the focus and coincidence of the beam segments vertically down the intersection of the interior strips 10, molten metal is induced to flow down along the intersection of the interior strips 10 without spreading laterally. An elongated small diameter weld is thereby created.

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PCT/US1992/006204 1991-09-17 1992-07-28 Split beam laser welding system Ceased WO1993005918A1 (en)

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