Metallurgical effects and distortions in laser welding of thin sheet steels with variations in strength

• Geometrical distortions occur while welding, but the understanding of how and why they occur and how to control them is limited. The relation between the weld width, weld metal volume, total energy input, width of hard zone and distortions when laser welding three different thin sheet steels with varying strength has therefore been studied. Weld metal volume and total energy input show a good correlation with distortion for one steel at a time. The best correlation with the when including all three steel grades was the width of the hard zone composed of weld metal and the martensitic area in the heat affected zone. © 2017 Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Bearbetnings-, yt- och fogningsteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Manufacturing, Surface and Joining Technology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

automotive

distortion

hardness

high strength steel

Laser welding

metallurgy

Distortion (waves)

Heat affected zone

Laser beam welding

Martensitic steel

Metals

Sheet metal

Welding

Welds

Geometrical distortion

Good correlations

Steel grades

Thin sheet

Total energy

Weld metal

Weld widths

Steel metallurgy

Manufacturing and materials engineering

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)