ZA924600B - High production laser welding assembly and method - Google Patents

High production laser welding assembly and method

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ZA924600B
ZA924600B ZA924600A ZA924600A ZA924600B ZA 924600 B ZA924600 B ZA 924600B ZA 924600 A ZA924600 A ZA 924600A ZA 924600 A ZA924600 A ZA 924600A ZA 924600 B ZA924600 B ZA 924600B
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seam line
welding
along
sheets
laser welding
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ZA924600A
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Gary Louis Neiheisel
Louis Neiheisel Gary
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Armco Steel Co Lp
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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
    • B23K26/20—Bonding
    • 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
    • B23K26/26—Seam welding of rectilinear seams
    • 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
    • B23K26/04—Automatically aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam, e.g. using the back-scattered light
    • B23K26/044—Seam tracking
    • 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
    • B23K26/08—Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece
    • 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
    • B23K26/08—Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece
    • B23K26/10—Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece using a fixed support, i.e. involving moving the laser beam
    • 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

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Laser Beam Processing (AREA)
  • Radiation-Therapy Devices (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
  • Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
  • Table Devices Or Equipment (AREA)
  • Manufacture Of Switches (AREA)
  • Sealing Battery Cases Or Jackets (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Lasers (AREA)
  • Pyrrole Compounds (AREA)
ZA924600A 1991-07-08 1992-06-23 High production laser welding assembly and method ZA924600B (en)

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EP (1) EP0522811B1 (xx)
JP (1) JPH05185256A (xx)
KR (1) KR0140070B1 (xx)
CN (1) CN1034316C (xx)
AT (1) ATE141845T1 (xx)
AU (1) AU656590B2 (xx)
BR (1) BR9202461A (xx)
CA (1) CA2072197C (xx)
DE (1) DE69213129T2 (xx)
ES (1) ES2090521T3 (xx)
FI (1) FI103874B (xx)
MX (1) MX9203958A (xx)
ZA (1) ZA924600B (xx)

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DE69213129T2 (de) 1997-01-16
BR9202461A (pt) 1993-03-16
DE69213129D1 (de) 1996-10-02
EP0522811A1 (en) 1993-01-13
AU1828292A (en) 1993-01-14
CA2072197A1 (en) 1993-01-09
CN1068525A (zh) 1993-02-03
JPH05185256A (ja) 1993-07-27
FI923132A (fi) 1993-01-09
KR0140070B1 (ko) 1998-07-15
AU656590B2 (en) 1995-02-09
CN1034316C (zh) 1997-03-26
FI923132A0 (fi) 1992-07-07
FI103874B1 (fi) 1999-10-15
FI103874B (fi) 1999-10-15
ATE141845T1 (de) 1996-09-15
CA2072197C (en) 1998-02-24
KR930002032A (ko) 1993-02-22
US5229571A (en) 1993-07-20
EP0522811B1 (en) 1996-08-28
MX9203958A (es) 1993-04-01
ES2090521T3 (es) 1996-10-16

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