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PWL#061B - Laser-Arc Hybrid Welding, high power fibre laser, Laser Assisted GMAW, one sided welding
September 15, 2008

Mid Month Bulletin 29

PWL#061B - Resources on Laser-Arc Hybrid Welding, Laser Assisted Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), Shipyards, One-Sided Welding, automotive industry, keyhole and more...


Mid September Bulletin

15 September 2008 - Resources on Laser Hybrid Welding - Bulletin 29


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A brief introduction to the subject of this Bulletin was published in the past.

An Article on Laser Hybrid Welding was published (7) in Issue 16 of Practical Welding Letter for November 2004. Click on PWL#016 to read it.

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Resources on Laser-GMAW Hybrid Welding

Shipyard uses Laser-GMAW Hybrid Welding to achieve One-Sided Welding
http://www.thefabricator.com/ArcWelding/ArcWelding_Article.cfm?ID=777

Hybrid Laser-Arc Welding Features Shielding Gas as the Supporting Lead
http://63.107.174.27/LaserWelding/LaserWelding_Article.cfm?ID=1171

Hybrid welding for the automotive industry
Automotive.

Hybrid welding of Titanium
Titanium.

LaserHybrid process at Volkswagen (9 pages)
Volkswagen.

Hybrid laser welding of steel
http://www.bil-ibs.be/ENG/Research/research_2006_hylas.htm

NORHYB - Nordic Network on Hybrid Welding
http://www.ltu.se/tfm/avd/2.3910/d4037/d1578/1.5345?l=en

Recent Progress and Innovative Solutions for Laser-Arc Hybrid Welding
http://www.ilt.fraunhofer.de/ilt/pdf/ger/Paper_Petring_Picalo2004.pdf

Laser-Arc-Hybrid-Welding with Nd:YAG- and CO2-Lasers
http://www.ilt.fraunhofer.de/eng/101067.html

Robust and Efficient Applications of Laser-Arc Hybrid Welding
http://www.ilt.fraunhofer.de/eng/100454.html

The Influence of Various Hybrid Welding Parameters on Bead Geometry
http://www.aws.org/wj/supplement/05-2004-RAYES-s.pdf

Control of Weld Bead Shape with the Hybrid Welding Process
http://files.aws.org/conferences/abstracts/01_B.pdf

Optimization Of An Laser+GMAW Hybrid Welding Process (2 pages)
http://files.aws.org/conferences/abstracts/2004/papers/11E.pdf

Laser-MIG Arc Hybrid Welding of Aluminium Alloy (7 pages)
http://www.norlas.com/vis.asp?fileid=537

Low Heat Input Welding for Thin Steel Fabrication (6 pages)
http://www.norlas.com/vis.asp?fileid=538

Fibre lasers attractive for industrial applications (4 pages)
http://www.norlas.com/vis.asp?fileid=548

Real-Time Control of Laser-Hybrid Welding Using Weld Quality Attributes (10 pages)
http://www.norlas.com/vis.asp?fileid=557

Laser-GMA-Hybrid Welding with Oscillating Arc and/or Flux Backing (11 pages)
http://www.norlas.com/vis.asp?fileid=561

Laser hybrid welding with high power fibre laser (9 pages)
http://www.norlas.com/vis.asp?fileid=563

High-power fibre laser in shipbuilding (4 pages)
http://www.norlas.com/vis.asp?fileid=564

List of Links: Laser Materials Processing in the Nordic Industry
http://www.norlas.com/

Development of Laser-arc Hybrid Welding (2002)
http://www.lac-online.nl/dfl/f/development_of_hybrid_welding.pdf

Effects of Nd:YAG laser+pulsed MAG arc hybrid welding parameters on its weld shape (8 pages)
From: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/
Sorry, direct link not available anymore.
Download the full text from the above page.

In-process weld quality monitoring of laser and hybrid laser-arc fillet welds in 6-12mm C-Mn steel
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/spgsjune07.html

Hybrid laser-MAG welding procedures and weld properties in 4mm, 6mm and 8mm thickness C-Mn steels
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/spcmaapr07.html

Hybrid Nd:YAG Laser-AC MIG welding of thin section automotive aluminium alloy
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/spcmajun2006.html

Laser and hybrid laser-MIG welding of 6.35 and 12.7mm thick aluminium aerospace alloy
http://www.twi.co.uk/content/spcmajuly06.html

Observation of Keyhole Behavior and Melt Flows during Laser-Arc Hybrid Welding (1005)
http://www.jwri.osaka-u.ac.jp/~naito/ICALEO-2003(naito).pdf

Laser-Arc Welding of Duplex Stainless Steel (7 pages)
Duplex.

Process Stability and Design of Seam Geometry during Hybrid Welding (8 pages)
BIAS.

Position welding using disk laser-GMA hybrid welding (4 pages)
Position Welding.

Vision Systems for Monitoring and Control of Arc and Laser/Arc Hybrid Processes (7 pages)
http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/geri/geri_docs/GARS2005papers_abdullah.pdf

Influences of Laser in Low Power YAG Laser-MAG Hybrid Welding Process (4 pages)
http://www.col.org.cn/viewFull.aspx?id=COL06010047-4

LaserHybrid Welding State of the Art(10 pages)
Fronius.

Experience with Shipyard Installation (10 pages)
ICALEO 2007.

Hybrid Laser-MIG welding - Geometrical Considerations (67 pages)
http://epubl.luth.se/1402-1757/2005/82/LTU-LIC-0582-SE.pdf

Usage of Fibre Lasers as Mobile Beam Source in the Shipbuilding Industry (24 slides presentation)
Fibre Lasers.

Lasers in Manufacturing - Conference Program LIM 2007
http://www.wlt.de/lim2007/LIM%20FINAL%20Programm%202007.pdf

Euroblech 2008 - Preview
http://www.euroblech.de/_downloads/pdf/EB08_Preview-eng.pdf

Equipment

Disclaimer: The following list of links to manufacturers and suppliers of components or complete systems of Laser Arc Hybrid Welding was prepared using the information available to the Author at the time of writing. It has no claims to be complete or exhaustive, it is only presented as a service to readers who may wish to look for specific solutions. No endorsement or recommendation is intended.

ESAB Introduces New Hybrid Laser Welding System
ESAB.

Laser Welding System (5 pages)
http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/technology/review/pdf/e422/e422086.pdf

Advanced Welding Processes
BAE.

Rimrock - Wolf Robotics
http://www.rimrockautomation.com/Arc-Welding/Arc-Welding.asp

8 kW Hybrid GMAW/Laser Welding
http://www.balliu.be/laserwelding_hybrid_hybrid.html

MSG Laser hybrid welding process
http://www.cloos.de/english/welding-processes/MSG_Laser_hybrid_process_102.php

Laser Welding Tool System for All Joining Applications
http://www.permanova.se/?id=469

Industrial Robots and related equipment suppliers (Daihen)
http://www.ifr.org/pdf/irares.pdf

Laser Welding Products
http://www.precitec.de/precitec/enxml/products/welding_heads.html

IMG
http://www.img-tech.de/_cmsdata/_cache/cms_1379.html

SLV
http://www.slv-rostock.de

SPI Lasers UK Ltd and SPI Lasers LLC
http://www.spilasers.com

CORUS - Hybrid laser-arc welding
http://www.corusautomotive.com
and
Corus.

FRONIUS
http://www.fronius.com/cps/rde/xchg/

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