• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.809-815
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• 2002

Metallurgical behavior of laser welded cold rolled low carbon steel was investigated. Welding was performed with CW Nd:YAG laser system. Applied laser power, travel speed and nitrogen blowing pressure were 720W CW, 17mm/s and 196kPa, respectively. According to the test results, many carbide particles were observed on the base metal surface that was polished and etched with nital solution. The carbide particles at the welding heat affected zone were thought to be dissolved during welding process. Microstructural inspection revealed that dissolved carbide particles formed mixed phase of very fine martensite and bainite. Test results also demonstrated that the hardness of matrix remained constant value of around 160Hv over the welding heat affected zone. Dissolved carbide particles, however, showed higher average hardness values of around 276Hv near the fusion boundary and 700Hv at the welding heat affected zone of 0.4mm apart from the fusion line. It was considered that care should be given to minimize the test error when measuring the hardness value since many of the dissolved particles were so small that it was not easy to aim the indentor of the testing machine just on the objects.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.24-32
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• 2007

Laser surface hardening is beneficially used for surface treatment of structural steel. Due to very rapid heating and cooling rates, structural low-alloy steel(SCM4) can be hardened as self quenching. The aim of this research project is to improve the influence of the process laser parameters: laser power, spot size, surface roughness, and traverse speed. The laser beam is allowed to scan on the surface of the workpiece at the constant power(1095W), varying the traverse speed at 0.3m/min, 0.5m/min and 0.8m/min. The optical lens with the elliptical profile is designed to obtain a wide surface hardening area with uniform hardness. From the results of the experiment, it has been shown that the stable hardness is about 600$\sim$700Hv, when the laser power, focal position and the traverse speed are P=1095W, z=0mm and v=0.3m/min.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.176-183
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• 2005

Laser heat treatment technology is used for improving the feature of fatigue resistance and wear resistance in mobile parts. The purpose of this study is to compare the characteristics of laser heat treatment and high frequency heat treatment, which is commonly used in industrial place. For the preemptive experiment, the distribution, depth and size of hardening and its micro-structural features were compared between surface heat treatment case by defocusing and variables of each process for heat treatment by exclusively manufactured heat treatment optical system. As a result, high frequency heat treatment has wide distribution of hardening depth and width about 3 times larger than laser heat treatment, however, its average hardness showed 621.4Hv which is smaller than the average hardness of laser heat treatment with 691Hv.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2005년도 창립60주년 기념 추계 학술대회
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• pp.222.2-222.2
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• 2005

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.67-76
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• 1995

Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd: YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as BrJ, and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased. To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2009년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.36.2-36.2
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• 2009

In this work, the high power CW Nd:YAG laser has been used for thermal treatment of inkjet printed Ag films-involving eliminating organic additives (dispersant, binder, and organic solvent) of Ag ink and annealing Ag nanoparticles. By optimizing laser parameters, such as laser power and defocusing value, the laser energy can totally be converted to heat energy, which is used to thermal treatment of inkjet printed Ag films. This results in controlling the microstructures and the resistivity of films. We investigated the thermal diffusion mechanisms during laser annealing and the resulting microstructures. The impact of high power laser annealing on microstructures and electrical characteristic of inkjet printed Ag films is compared to those of the films annealed by a conventional furnace annealing. Focused ion beam (FIB) channeling image shows that the laser annealed Ag films have large columnar grains and dense structure (void free), while furnace annealed films have tiny grains and exhibit void formation. Due to these microstructural characteristics of laser annealed films, it has better electrical property (low resistivity) compared to furnace annealed samples.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.68-74
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• 2016

The Nd:YAG laser welding process is one of the most advanced manufacturing technologies owing to its high speed and penetration, and has increased the automation and flexibility of an entire industry. Laser welding of dissimilar metals has been widely used to improve the wear resistance and corrosion resistance of industrial parts. The objective of this research is to investigate the influence of process parameters on the welding of SM45C and STS304 with CW Nd:YAG lasers. Bead-on-plate welding tests were carried out for several combinations of the experimental conditions. In order to quantitatively examine the characteristics of the dissimilar welding, the welding quality of the cut section, strain-stress behavior, and hardness of the welded part were investigated.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2005

Laser surface hardening technologies have been used to improve characteristics of wear and to enhance the fatigue resistance for automotive parts. The objective of this research work is to investigate the influence of the process parameters, such as power of laser and defocused spot position, on the characteristics of laser heat treatment for the case of SM45C medium carbon steel. CW Nd:YAG laser is selected as the heat source. The optical lens with the elliptical profile is designed to obtain a wide heat treatment area with a uniform hardness. From the results of the experiments, it has been shown that the maximum hardness is approximatly 780 Hv when the power and the travel speed of laser are 1,095 W and 0.6 m/min, respectively. In addition, the hardening width using the elliptical lens was three time larger than that using the defocusing of laser beam.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.57-67
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• 2007

Laser surface hardening technologies have been used to improve characteristics of wear and to enhance the fatigue resistance fur mold parts. The objective of this research work is to investigate the influence of the process parameters, such as power of laser and defocused spot position, on the characteristics of laser surface hardening for the case of SKD61 steel. CW Nd:YAG laser is selected as the heat source. The optical lens with the elliptical profile is designed to obtain a wide surface hardening area with a uniform hardness. From the results of the experiments, it has been shown that the maximum average hardness is approximatly 780 Hv when the power, focal position and the travel of laser are 1,095 W, 0mm and 0.3 m/min, respectively. In samples treated with lower scanning speeds, some small carbide particles appear in the interdendritic regions. This region contains fine martensite and carbide in proportions which depend on the local thermal cycle.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.434-440
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• 2000

Lambertian 산란 특성을 갖는 난반사체를 적용하고 1kW의 출력을 갖는 고출력 레이저 다이오드를 여기광원으로 이용하여 고출력 Nd:YAG 레이저를 제작하였다. 지름이 5mm인 레이저봉을 사용하고 짧은 공진기를 구성하여 연속발진시켰을 때 약 500W의 고출력을 얻을 수 있었고 이때 기울기 효율은 49% 광변환효율 46.7%로 매우 높은 효율을 얻었다. 지름이 6mm인 레이저봉을 사용하였을때에는 LD여기광의 흡수 분포가 불균일해져서 광변환효율은 감소하였다. 발생한 레이저빔의 빔질인자(Beam Quality Factor) M$^2$는 약 70 정도로 관측되었으며 이는 측정된 열렌즈 초점거리로부터 계산된 빔질인자보다 약간 작은 값으로 여기광의 흡수 분포가 매우 균일함을 보여준다.