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Laser Spot Welding of Additive Manufactured 304L Stainless Steel

February 1, 2022
Author(s)
Brian Simonds, Cheryl Hawk, Stephen Liu, Daniel Javernick, Robin Pacheco, Michael Brand, Jack R. Tanner, Greg Vigil
The goal of this work is to understand if an additively manufactured 304L stainless steel exhibited similar spot welding behavior as wrought 304L stainless steel. Due to the many differences between an additively manufactured component and wrought product

The causal relationship between melt pool geometry and energy absorption measured in real time during laser-based manufacturing

December 16, 2021
Author(s)
Brian Simonds, Jack R. Tanner, Aly Artusio-Glimpse, Paul A. Williams, Niranjan Parab, Cang Zhao, Tao Sun
During laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing, a protean pool of molten metal governs a complex energy absorption process as it presents as either a highly reflective surface, a deeply absorbing cavity (a keyhole), or some amalgamation thereof. To

Simultaneous High-speed X-ray Transmission Imaging and Absolute Dynamic Absorptance Measurements during High-power Laser-metal Processing

September 10, 2020
Author(s)
Brian Simonds, Jack R. Tanner, Alexandra B. Artusio-Glimpse, Paul A. Williams, Niranjan Parab, Cang Zhao, Tao Sun
During high-power laser metal processing, the absorbed light is intimately related to the molten metal cavity shape. For the first time, we directly and simultaneously observe this relationship by implementing state-of-the-art techniques of high-speed x

Time-Resolved Absorptance and Melt Pool Dynamics during Intense Laser Irradiation of a Metal

October 25, 2018
Author(s)
Brian J. Simonds, Jeffrey W. Sowards, Joshua A. Hadler, Erik A. Pfeif, Boris Wilthan, Jack R. Tanner, Paul A. Williams, John H. Lehman
Laser welding is a complex, dynamic process by which focused, high-intensity laser light is used to join two metallic surfaces and is being increasing deployed in a variety of industrial applications. Determining the time-dependent absorptance of the laser

Dynamic and absolute measurements of laser coupling efficiency during laser spot welds

September 3, 2018
Author(s)
Brian J. Simonds, Jeffrey W. Sowards, Joshua A. Hadler, Erik A. Pfeif, Boris Wilthan, Jack R. Tanner, Chandler Harris, Paul A. Williams
Laser absorptance (coupling efficiency) changes rapidly during laser metal processing due to temperature and multiple phase changes. We find that there is limited literature data available, but this property is vital for accurate process simulations, as

Optical Measurements of Dynamic Absorptance during High-power Laser Spot Welding

May 7, 2018
Author(s)
Brian Simonds, Jeffrey W. Sowards, Joshua A. Hadler, Boris Wilthan, Erik A. Pfeif, Jack R. Tanner, Chandler Harris, Paul A. Williams, John Lehman
We present precision measurements of the time-dependent absorptance during a 10 ms fiber-laser spot weld on 316L stainless steel. From these, the precise time and energy at which a keyhole is formed can be determined.