Fundamentals and Details of Laser Welding (Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering)

This highly illustrated book presents the essential information and major constituents of laser welding, including laser brazing and laser-arc hybrid welding. Students, engineers, researchers, scientists, specialists, professors, consultants, designers, and executives worldwide will fully grasp the fundamentals, the present state, and the applications of laser welding. Welding phenomena, formation mechanisms and preventive procedures of welding defects, and process monitoring and adaptive control are especially emphasized, because understanding these aspects of laser welding greatly improves the performance of work and research and solves many problems in the field. Finally, the book shows how increasingly widespread use of a variety of materials is bringing major advances to laser welding. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Kinds and Characteristics of Lasers for Welding (Seiji Katayama)....Pages 1-17 Fundamentals of Laser–Materials Interaction and Peripheral Optical System (Seiji Katayama)....Pages 19-33 Fundamentals and Features of Laser Welding (Seiji Katayama)....Pages 35-55 Laser Welding Results and Phenomena (Seiji Katayama)....Pages 57-86 Formation Mechanisms and Preventive Procedures of Laser Welding Defects (Seiji Katayama)....Pages 87-111 Characteristic Welding Processes (Seiji Katayama)....Pages 113-133 Process Monitoring, Sensing, and/or Adaptive Control during Laser Welding (Seiji Katayama)....Pages 135-144 Features of Laser Welding or Joining of Various Materials (Seiji Katayama)....Pages 145-165 Laser Welding, Joining, or Brazing of Dissimilar Materials (Seiji Katayama)....Pages 167-184 Industrial Applications of Laser or Hybrid Welding (Seiji Katayama)....Pages 185-198