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Challenges and opportunities in laser welding of 6xxx high strength aluminium extrusions in automotive battery tray construction
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Sun, Tianzhu, Franciosa, Pasquale, Sokolov, Mikhail and Ceglarek, Darek (2020) Challenges and opportunities in laser welding of 6xxx high strength aluminium extrusions in automotive battery tray construction. Procedia CIRP, 94 . pp. 565-570. doi:10.1016/j.procir.2020.09.076 ISSN 2212-8271.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2020.09.076
Abstract
Laser welding has been increasingly adopted into the automotive sector due to its competitive processing speed, less restrictive single-sided access requirements and improved process flexibility. These benefits notwithstanding, laser welding still remains susceptible to the weld cracking especially for 6xxx high strength aluminium extrusions, which are widely used in the automotive industry for body-in-white and battery tray manufacturing. This paper reviews current challenges and opportunities for construction of battery tray using aluminium alloys with laser welding process. It aims to provide a view on the selection of welding equipment in terms of beam oscillation, power modulation, beam shaping, filler wire and shielding gas, and analyze their impact on joint integrity for 6xxx grades aluminium extrusions. The driving idea is to control the thermal history in and around the molten pool and to modify the chemical composition in the fusion zone to reduce the formation of solidification cracks. Results of the study have shown that the modification of chemical composition by the use of filler wire is currently the most efficient approach to improve joint strength. Further results evidences also showed that beam shaping with adjustable ring mode laser helps to stabilize the keyhole and achieve a wider molten pool and weld interface width. Manufacturing implications are reviewed and discussed throughout the paper.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy T Technology > TS Manufactures |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | |||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Laser welding, Aluminum , Welded joints -- Defects , Beamed-energy propulsion | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Procedia CIRP | |||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | |||||||||
ISSN: | 2212-8271 | |||||||||
Official Date: | 15 September 2020 | |||||||||
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Volume: | 94 | |||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 565-570 | |||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.procir.2020.09.076 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 September 2020 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 2 October 2020 | |||||||||
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