Estimation of deformed laser heat sources and thermal analysis on laser assisted turning of square member

Abstract

Laser assisted machining (LAM) has difficulties in estimating temperature after applying a LAM process due to its very small heat input area, large energy and movement. In particular, in the case of laser assisted turning (LAT) process, it is more difficult to estimate the temperature after preheating because it has a shape of ellipse when a laser heat source is rotated. A prediction method and thermal analysis method for heat source shapes were proposed as a square shaped member was preheated. The temperature distribution was calculated according to the rotation of the member. Compared with the results of the former study, the maximum temperature of the calculation results, 1 407.1 °C, is 8.5 °C higher than that of the square member, which is 1 398.6 °C. In a LAT process for a square member, the maximum temperature is 1 850.8 °C. It is recognized that a laser power control process is required because square members show a maximum temperature that exceeds a melting temperature at around a vertex of the member according to the rotation.

Keywords

laser assisted machining / laser assisted turning / laser preheating / laser power control

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