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Abstract
To increase efficiency in pipeline construction, welding. This however is connected with a high
examinations on new welding processes for joining of expenditure on personnel and plant engineering (Figure
pipes are indispensable. To this end, increasing 2).
productivity of the welding process but also requirements
on the material are of immediate importance. Hence, a
possible alternative is laser beam GMA hybrid welding.
The technological approach is the use of the laser typical
deep penetration effect for the generation of a high
quality free root pass or a complete weld in one step. The
results of the technology and equipment developments
and their performance under construction site similar
conditions are given by this presentation. A high laser
power and the advantages of its guidance via fiber optics
allow the use of orbital welding.
Figure 7. Welding head with hybrid equipment for root pass Table 2. Seam preparation and macro sections for 4.6 kW laser
welding and arc torch for filler pass welding at a root face of 6 mm
The focus of the examinations on the one hand was Table 5. Results of the notched bar impact test
directed to investigate the possibilities of the formation
of the seam and the root with the laser output available
and on the other hand on the overlapped areas at the
weld start obligatory when welding two vertical down
seams at the circumference of the pipe. Figure 14 shows
International Congress on Advances in Welding Science and Technology for
Construction, Energy and Transportation Systems (AWST - 2011)
24-25 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey
AWST-11/35
5. Conclusion and Outlook [5] Gumenyuk, A., Gook, S., Lammers, M., Rethmeier, M.: High
Power Fibre Laser Welding for Pipeline Applications.
Proceedings of LAMP2009, 5th International Congress on
In order to increase efficiency in pipeline construction, Laser Advanced Materials Processing
examinations of new welding processes for joining of
pipes are indispensable with the focus on increasing the
welding speed at a reduced number of passes. A possible
alternative is the laser GMA hybrid welding process
since due to the development of the fiber laser a beam
source with new fields of application is available [3].
6. Acknowledgements
References
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[2] Keitel, S., Jasnau, U., Neubert, J.: Applications of fiber laser
based deep penetration welding in shipbuilding, rail car
industries and pipe welding, 4th International Symposium on
High-Power Laser and their Applications, 24.-26.06.2008, St.
Petersburg, Russia
[3] Keitel, S., Neubert, J., Strfer, M.: Laser based girth welding
technologies for pipelines - GMAW gets support, IIW
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Technologies, Singapore, 2009, pp. 289-294
[4] Schwalenberg, C.: Development of Laser GMA hybrid out of
position welding technologies for pipe steels of higher grades,
University Merseburg, 2008