Energy characteristics of the CO2 laser cutting of thick steel sheets

A. M Orishich

doi:10.1117/12.2010456

30 January 2013 Energy characteristics of the CO₂ laser cutting of thick steel sheets

A. M Orishich

Proceedings Volume 8677, XIX International Symposium on High-Power Laser Systems and Applications 2012; 86770M (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2010456
Event: XIX International Symposium on High-Power Laser Systems and Applications, 2012, Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract

In the present paper the scaling laws for the oxygen-assisted laser cutting of low-carbon steel of 5-25 mm is studied experimentally. No dross and minimal roughness of the cut surface were chosen as criteria of quality. The paper also studies the possibility to describe the cutting process by the similarity method and as ratios between dimensionless variables. Normalized power W/ktT, normalized velocity V_cb/a (Peclet number) and kerf width have special optimum numb. Formulas were obtained to determine the optimum values of the laser power and cutting speed for the given sheet thickness. The energy balance of the oxygen-assisted laser cutting is studied experimentally at these optimum parameters. The absorbed laser energy, heat conduction losses and cut width were measured experimentally, and then the energy of exothermic reaction of oxidation was found from the balance equation. To define the integral coefficient of absorption, the laser power was measured on the cutting channel exit during the cutting. The heat conduction losses were measured by the calorimetric method. It has been established that the absorbed laser energy, oxidation energy, thermal losses and melting enthalpy related to a sheet thickness unit, do not depend on the sheet thickness at the cutting with the minimal roughness. The results enable to determine the fraction of the oxidized iron in the melt and thermal efficiency at the cutting with the minimal roughness. The share of the oxidation reaction energy is 50-60% in the total contributed energy.

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A. M Orishich "Energy characteristics of the CO₂ laser cutting of thick steel sheets", Proc. SPIE 8677, XIX International Symposium on High-Power Laser Systems and Applications 2012, 86770M (30 January 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2010456

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