Laser-enhanced gas metal arc welding (GMAW) is an innovative process recently proposed and developed at the University of Kentucky (Refs. 1–3), shown in Fig. 1. It adds a relatively low-power laser to conventional GMAW, and the objective is to provide an auxiliary force to help detach the droplet at a desired diameter with a desired welding current. In laserenhanced GMAW, the droplet size is a ...

PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of abutment screw tightening force before laser welding procedures on the vertical fit of metal frameworks over four implants. MATERIALS AND METHODS To construct the frameworks, prefabricated titanium abutments and cylindrical titanium bars were joined by laser welding to compose three groups: group of manual torque (GMT), GT1...

J. Tušek, A. Skumavc, D. Klobčar, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia K. Pompe, TKC-Technology Consulting Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia This paper presents the use of two welding processes for the refurbishment of damaged industrial tools. In the first part the problem is presented followed by the comparison of GTAW and laser welding in terms of repair ...

Laser welding offers enormous flexibility in terms of delivered energy. It does however, require a vast amount of parameters and phenomena to be monitored in order to control the process and to ensure high quality processing. In laser welding the same depth of penetration can be achieved using different combinations of parameters, such as laser power, travel speed. The problem is further compli...

Special attention has been focused on creating an ergonomic operator station that is not intimidating. This guarantees fast and efficient work, without fatigue, for many hours. The operator sits in front of the welder and manually loads parts to be welded into the enclosure. The operator has a clear view of the processing area through a large laser-safe window of protective glass. The final pos...

Studies in the field of environmental epidemiology indicate that for the adverse effect of inhaled particles not only particle mass is crucial but also particle size is. Ultrafine particles with diameters below 100 nm are of special interest since these particles have high surface area to mass ratio and have properties which differ from those of larger particles. In this paper, particle size di...

In macro welding-processes, monitoring and closed-loop control by using the so-called “full penetration hole” is well known. This paper reports first results for the transfer of this technology to laser micro-welding processes for lap joints as they are used for housings or fuel cells. The laser source was a 400 W cw fiber laser with a Gaussian beam profile and a spot size of 28 μm. A cellular ...

An Augmented Reality (AR) system integrated in a new developed welding helmet improves the conditions for manual welding. The scene is acquired by a stereoscopic High Dynamic Range CMOS (HDRC) camera system that allows the observance of the welding arc and the environment simultaneously. By image processing, the scene will be enhanced and displayed on a video see through Head Mounted Display (H...