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Laser welding: Core research from TWI

Woodhead Publishing Series in Welding and Other Joining Technologies No. 41

Research carried out by TWI staff for The Welding Institute’s industrial members. This title includes diffractive optical elements for manipulation of CO2 laser radiation - a feasibility study; A review of joint tracking systems for laser welding; control of porosity in CO2 laser welds in C/Mn steel; the development of a solidification cracking test for carbon-manganese steel laser welds.

ISBN 1 85573 518 0
ISBN-13: 978 1 85573 518 7
January 2000
108 pages  297 x 210mm  paperback  
£150.00 / US$255.00 / €180.00

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Contents

Diffractive optical elements for manipulation of CO2 laser radiation – a feasibility study
 - Introduction
 - Objective
 - The kinoform holographic element
 - Kinoform design issues
 - The manufacturing requirements of a diffractive optical element for use with the CO2 laser wavelength
 - Performance of the diffractive optical element
 - Discussion
 - Conclusions
 - Acknowledgements
 - References

A review of joint tracking systems for laser welding
 - Introduction
 - Joint tracking systems
 - Outline specifications of joint tracking systems for laser welding applications
 - Conclusions
 - References

Control of porosity in CO2 laser welds in C/Mn steel
 - Introduction
 - Objectives
 - Background
 - Experimental details
 - Results
 - Discussion
 - Conclusions
 - Acknowledgements
 - References

The development of a solidification cracking test for carbon-manganese steel laser welds
 - Introduction
 - Background
 - Previous TWI work on laser weld solidification cracking
 - Experimental procedure
 - Results and discussion
 - Summary and conclusions
 - Acknowledgements
 - References