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Preface |
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Part I Characteristics of hybrid laser-arc welding |
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1 Advantages and disadvantages of arc and laser welding |
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25 | (1) |
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2 Fundamentals of hybrid laser-arc welding |
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28 | (19) |
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28 | (1) |
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2.2 Plasma characteristics including interaction between laser beam and arc |
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29 | (5) |
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2.4 Melt dynamics and melt pool stability |
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37 | (4) |
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2.5 Formation and prevention mechanism of porosity |
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41 | (3) |
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44 | (3) |
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3 Heat sources of hybrid laser-arc welding processes |
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47 | (1) |
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3.2 Laser beam heat sources |
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48 | (11) |
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59 | (9) |
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3.4 Combinations of laser beams and arcs |
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68 | (9) |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (7) |
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4 Effect of shielding gas on hybrid laser-arc welding |
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85 | (21) |
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85 | (1) |
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4.2 Common types and physical properties of shielding gases |
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86 | (6) |
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4.3 Effects of shielding gas in hybrid welding |
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4.4 Effects of shielding gas on mechanical properties of the hybrid weld |
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4.5 Conclusions and sources of further information and advice |
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5 Properties of joints produced by hybrid laser-arc welding |
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106 | (1) |
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5.2 Microstructure of hybrid laser-arc welds |
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106 | (6) |
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112 | (4) |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (1) |
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6 Quality control and assessing weld quality in hybrid laser-arc welding |
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127 | (1) |
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6.2 Weldability of typical structural materials |
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127 | (7) |
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134 | (2) |
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6.4 Assessment of weld properties |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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Part II Applications of hybrid laser-arc welding |
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7 Hybrid welding of magnesium alloys |
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143 | (1) |
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7.2 Weldability of magnesium alloys |
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144 | (1) |
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7.3 Low-power laser-arc hybrid welding process |
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7.5 Infrared temperature measurement |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (4) |
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7.7 Interaction between laser beam and arc plasma |
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7.8 Practical application |
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7.9 Conclusions and future trends |
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8 Shipbuilding applications of hybrid laser-arc welding |
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178 | (1) |
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8.2 The approval of laser-based welding in shipbuilding |
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179 | (5) |
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184 | (6) |
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190 | (1) |
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9 Industrial robotic application of laser-hybrid and laser-hybrid-tandem welding |
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192 | (1) |
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9.2 Laser-hybrid process for industrial applications |
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193 | (2) |
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9.3 Applications and case studies in the automotive industry |
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9.4 Applications in shipbuilding |
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9.5 Synergies by LaserHybrid |
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9.6 The laser-hybrid-tandem welding process in the automotive industry |
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9.7 Application of LaserTandem welding in the pipeline industry |
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9.8 LaserTandem welding system |
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9.9 Laser-hybrid welding with three arcs: principles of laser-hybrid and laser-hybrid-tandem welding |
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211 | (3) |
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214 | (1) |
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10 Hybrid laser-arc welding of aluminium |
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216 | (1) |
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10.2 Aluminium and its alloys |
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217 | (2) |
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10.3 Fusion welding of aluminium alloys |
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219 | (9) |
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10.4 Hybrid laser-arc welding processes for aluminium alloys |
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10.5 Properties of hybrid laser-arc welds |
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245 | (13) |
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258 | (3) |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (8) |
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11 Hybrid laser-arc welding of dissimilar metals |
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270 | (1) |
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11.2 Specific aspects of and state-of-the-art in joining of dissimilar metals |
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11.3 Basic features of laser MIG hybrid welding for dissimilar metals |
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11.4 Process and joint properties |
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278 | (10) |
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11.5 Application potentials |
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288 | (3) |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (6) |
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Part III Hybrid laser-arc welding of steel |
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12 Hybrid laser-arc welding of steel |
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299 | (13) |
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299 | (1) |
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12.2 Hybrid laser-arc welding of steel and high tensile strength steel |
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300 | (7) |
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12.3 Hybrid laser-arc welding of Zn-coated steel |
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307 | (2) |
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12.4 Hybrid laser-arc welding of stainless steel |
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309 | (1) |
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