The Industrial Laser Handbook: 1992–1993 Edition PDF
Preview The Industrial Laser Handbook: 1992–1993 Edition
David Belforte Morris Levitt Editors / THE IAI,."r» '»I.If1IfI1 1 ~r~" LI.,..,,..1,1,1.,1.,,..,. . II."U~ ""'~I/;II \\,'n,..· .. .,uvv.1 \ \ " 1992-1993 EDITION With 106 illustrations Springer-Verlag tlew York Berlin tteidelberg London Paris Tokyo ttong Kong Barcelona Budapest David Belforte Morris Levitt Belforte Associates PennWell Publishing Sturbridge, MA 01566 Westford, MA 01886 USA USA ISSN 0941-4185 Printed on acid-free paper. ©1992 Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Softcover reprint of the hardcover I st edition 1992 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer-Verlag, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, etc., in this publication, even if the former are not especially identified, is not to be taken as a sign that such names, as understood by the Trade Marks and Merchandise Act, may accordingly be used freely by anyone. Production managed by Howard Ratner; manufacturing supervised by Robert Paella. Photocomposed copy prepared from the editors' XyWrite file using Ventura Publisher; camera-ready sections provided by the editors. 987654321 ISBN-13:978-1-4612-7707-1 e-ISBN-13:978-1-4612-2882-0 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4612-2882-0 Preface & acknowledgments In 1990, the editors of the Industrial Laser Annual Handbook the practical applications served by industrial lasers. We are celebrated 25 years of growth in this segment of laser tech indebted to our outstanding panel of experts, who have pre nology. After completing the fifth edition of the handbook, sented original articles for the continuing education of our the editors decided that the industry and technology had readers. matured to the point where biennial publication would be Section 3, the supplier directory, contains the industry'S more appropriate. most comprehensive listing of international companies sup Recognizing the spread of industrial technology beyond plying laser goods and services. Readers of previous editions the major producing nations, the editors also decided to of the handbook tell us that this section is their most-used associate with a publisher with international standing in the reference source. fields of engineering and science. This edition ofthe renamed Section 4, related products, narrows the field of companies Industrial Laser Handbook, then, is the first in a continuing that support industrial lasers by identifying only those ven series of such handbooks to be published by Springer-Verlag dors that concentrate on this sector. on an every-other-year basis. Thus, as with past editions, and with editions to come, the Readers of the first five editions of the handbook will note handbook provides a constantly changing review of industrial that this new edition retains the same structure. Changes, laser technology. Intended to be a growing set of references, while many, are mainly in production of the book and im the handbook will continually add new reference information provements in presentation. in a timely manner. The economic review and technical forecast has been The editors enjoy the invaluable assistance of a number of expanded to cover 1991 and the period 1992-1993. Because people who are necessary in compiling an international pub of the length of this period, the editors have reduced the lication. We especially thank our associates at the Advanced detailed analysis of the preceding year because this informa Technology Group of Penn Well Publishing Co.: Linda tion is better placed in other, more frequently published, Wright, publisher of Industrial Laser Review, who served as media. production liaison; Kathy Kincade, managing editor; Mary Section 1 has been overhauled to present new process Williams, directory coordinator; and the graphic arts staff ing data, much of it in updated formats. It remains our who provided us with professional support. intention that data presented is general enough to cover the We also thank the staff at our new publisher, Springer most popular applications and materials for the widest Verlag, for their patience and understanding during the readership. Wherever possible we have asked contributors transition. to provide us with practical, rather than laboratory, process As always, we are indebted to our corporate sponsors in rate data. the industrial laser industry, whose support is vital to the Section 2 reflects a change in editorial philosophy. After preparation and publication of this handbook. presenting the basics of industrial lasers, systems, and appli cations in the preceding five editions, the editors asked the David A. Belforte editorial panel to submit articles for this section focused on Morris Levitt Contents Preface & acknowledgments v Economic review & technology trends 1 Section 1. Laser material processing data & guidelines 13 General processing 15 Laser welding 19 Laser cutting 21 Laser drilling 27 Laser cladding 28 Laser heat treating 28 Laser safety 29 Laser vs. nonlaser process comparisons 31 Section 2. Annual review of laser processing 37 Modeling of laser material processing 39 Dr. John C.lon Laser-beam quality and brightness in industrial applications 48 K.D. Hachfeld High-radiance near-infrared lasers for material processing 55 Ken Manes Physical mechanism and modeling of deep-penetration laser welding 67 Dieter Schuocker Potential and challenges in laser welding steel structures 74 Jens Klrestrup Kristensen Laser welding in the pipeline industry 81 V.E. Merchant Tailored welded blanks: A new alternative in automobile body design 89 J-c. Mombo-Caristan, V. Lobring, W. Prange, and A. Frings viii Industrial Laser Handbook Pulsed welding with radio frequency-excited C02 lasers 103 Ole A. Sandven Laser material processing: Effects ofp olarization and cutting velocity 108 H.J. van Halewijn Drilling of aero-engine components: Experiences from the shop floor 113 Martien H.H. van Dijk Laser hardening of boring tools 119 Vladimir S. Kovalenko Laser hardening of chrome steels 121 Vladimir S. Kovalenko and Leonid F. Golovko Laser treatment of lead alloys for battery grid application 123 Narendra B. Dahotre, Mary Helen McCay, T. Dwayne McCay, and C. Michael Sharp Soviet development of laser equipment for commercial applications 132 G.A. Baranov and V.V. Khukharev Section 3. Company & product directory 139 Laser & system manufacturers 141 Specification chart 142 Directory 157 U.S. companies providing contract laser processing services 177 Specification chart 178 Directory 191 International companies providing contract laser processing services 206 Specification chart 207 Directory 227 Product specifications 245 CW gas lasers 246 Pulsed gas lasers 255 CW solid-state lasers 263 Pulsed solid-state lasers 269 Section 4. Related products & services 275 Suppliers of replacement parts and materials 277 Beam-delivery equipment 277 Beam-delivery fibers 277 Beam-focusing equipment 277 Beam-profiling instrumentation 277 Cooling equipment 277 Flashlamps for solid-state lasers 278 Gases 278 Industrial laser optics 279 Contents ix Laser rods for solid-state lasers 279 Positioning equipment 279 Power/energy meters 280 Repairs/service 280 Safety equipment 280 Us ed laser sales 280 Subject index 281 Index to corporate sponsors 285 1992 International Editorial Board Gennady A. Baranov Ken Manes Scientific Industrial Amalgamation Electrofizika Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Leningrad USSR 189631 University of California PO Box 5508 Dr. Narendra B. Dahotre Livermore, CA 94550 USA University of Tennesse Space Institute APRG/CLA, MS 14 V.E. Merchant Tullanoma, TN 37388-8897 USA The Laser Institute 9924 45th Ave. Klaus Hachfeld Edmonton, Alberta T6E 5J 1, Canada Coherent General Inc. 1 Picker Rd. J-Charles Mombo-Caristan Sturbridge, MA 01566 USA Thyssen Steel Technical Center 5151 Wesson Ave. H.V. Halewijn Detroit, MI 48210 USA Drukker International Berersestraat 20 Dr. Ole Sandven 5431 SH Cuyck, The Netherlands 12 Canterbury Dr. Georgetown, MA 01833 USA Dr. John C. Ion Lappeenranta University of Technology Dr. Dieter Schuocker PO Box 20 Institute for High Power Beam Technology SF-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland Arsenal-Objekt 207 Franz Grill-Strasse 1 Dr. Vladimir S. Kovalenko A-1030 Vienna, Austria Kiev Poly technical Institute Laser Technology Laboratory Martien H.H. van Dijk Pr. Pobedy 37 Eldim bv Kiev 252056 Ukraine, USSR PO Box 4341 5944 ZG Arcen, The Netherlands Jens Klrestrup Kristensen Danish Welding Institute Park Aile 345 DK-2605 Brondby, Denmark Technical Advisory Panel Dr. Charles Albright Dr. Edward Metzbower Ohio State University Naval Research Laboratory Columbus, OH, USA Washington, DC, USA Dr. Y. Arata David M. Roessler Welding Research Institute General Motors Research Laboratories Osaka Univeristy Warren, MI, USA Osaka, Japan Dr. Dieter Schuocker Dr. Roger Ball Technical University General Systems Research Vienna, Austria Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Dr. Gerd Sepold Conrad Banas BIAS GmbH United Technologies Industrial Lasers Bremen,FRG S. Windsor, CT, USA Prof. William Steen Nie Bao-Cheng University of Liverpool Shanghai Institute of Laser Technology Liverpool, UK Shanghai, China Bernt Thorstensen Dr. Mahmoud Eboo Senter for Industriforskning Quantum Laser Corp. Oslo, Norway Garden City Park, NY, USA Martien H.H. van Dijk Dr. Ing. G. Herziger Eldim bv Fraunhofer-Institut flir Lasertechnik Arcen, The Netherlands Aachen,FRG Dr. Thomas A. Znotins Dr. Hiromichi Kawasumi Lumonics Inc. Dept. of Precision Mechanical Engineering Kanata, Ontario, Canada Chuo University Tokyo, Japan Dr. V.E. Merchant Laser Institute Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Industry Advisory Panel Bernard Bruns Steven A. Llewellyn Two-Six Inc. Lumonics Laser Systems Group Saxonburg, PA , USA Livonia, MI, USA Jeff Carstens Masahiro Nagasawa United Technologies Industrial Lasers Technology Engineering & Marketing Co. Ltd. S. Windsor, CT, USA Tokyo, Japan Daniel Dechamps Stanley L. Ream TrumpfInc. GEFanuc Farmington, CT, USA Charlottesville, VA , USA Terry Feeley Dr. Glenn Sherman HGG Laser Fare Ltd. Inc. Laser Power Optics Corp. Smithfield, RI, USA San Diego, CA, USA William G. Fredrick Samuel S. Simonsson Laser Mechanisms Inc. Rofin Sinar GmbH Southfield, MI, USA Hamburg, FRG Donald Hoffman US Amada Buena Park, CA USA
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