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Investigation of the Effects of Laser Welding Process Parameters on Weld Forming Quality Based on Orthogonal
Yuewei Ai1,2, Ning Sun1,2, Shibo Han1,2
1School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, China.
Abstract:
Image processing has been widely adopted as an effective technology for analyzing weld forming quality which is greatly affected by the welding process parameters. In this paper, an L25(53) orthogonal experiment is designed to investigate the effects of welding process parameters on the weld forming quality in laser welding of aluminum alloy. The weld characteristics including the weld width (WW), weld penetration (PD), weld area (WA) and weld porosity (WP) under the conditions of the different welding process parameters consisting of the laser power (LP), welding speed (WS) and defocus distance (DD) are extracted from the laser welding experiment based on image processing. The effectiveness of the weld characteristics extraction method is verified by comparing the extracted results with the measured results. It is found that the WW, PD and WA are all significantly influenced by the LP among the three welding process parameters while the influences of the three process parameters on the WP are insignificant. The DD has a significant influence on the PD and the WS has a significant influence on the WA. The corresponding significance of influence is lower than the significance of influence of LP. The analysis results are conducive to the optimization of laser welding process parameters and improvement of welding quality.
