TY  - JOUR
A1  - Reisgen, Uwe
A1  - Schleser, Markus
A1  - Mokrov, Oleg
A1  - Ahmed, Essam
T1  - Shielding gas influences on laser weldability of tailored blanks of advanced automotive steels
T2  - Applied surface science
N2  - The effects of shielding gas types and flow rates on CO2 laser weldability of DP600/TRIP700 steel sheets were studied in this work. The evaluated shielding gases were helium (He), argon (Ar) and different mixtures of He and Ar. Weld penetration, tensile strength and formability (Erichsen test) of laser welds were found to be strongly dependent upon the shielding gas types. The ability of shielding gas in removing plasma plume and thus increasing weld penetration is believed to be closely related to ionization potential and atomic weight which determine the period of plasma formation and disappearance. It was found that the higher helium shielding gas flow rate, the deeper weld penetration and the lower weld width.
Y1  - 2010
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/5829
SN  - 0169-4332 (E-Journal); 0169-4332 (Print)
VL  - 257
IS  - 5
SP  - 1401
EP  - 1406
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -