Hybrid welding device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11724337-B2
Application number	US-201917056383-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2019
Priority date	May 18, 2018
Publication date	Aug 15, 2023
Grant date	Aug 15, 2023

Abstract

A hybrid welding device capable of reducing an influence of by-products such as spatters, plasma, plumes, and fume, and reducing contamination of a laser optical system and welding defects is provided. A laser head includes a laser nozzle that forms an optical path of a laser beam, a first rectifying plate that is arranged on a tip side of the laser nozzle so as not to interfere with the laser beam, a first air knife that injects compressed air along the first rectifying plate, a second rectifying plate that is arranged between the first rectifying plate and the welded portion so as not to interfere with the laser beam, and a second air knife that injects compressed air along the second rectifying plate. The first rectifying plate and the second rectifying plate have a shape elongated in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the laser beam and a welding direction. The second rectifying plate has a torch opening through which a tip of a welding torch can be inserted.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hybrid welding device that performs welding by combining use of laser welding and arc welding, the hybrid welding device comprising:
a laser head that emits a laser beam to a welded portion; and
a welding torch that supplies a filler material to the welded portion, wherein
the laser head includes: a laser nozzle that forms an optical path of the laser beam; a first rectifying plate arranged at a tip side of the laser nozzle so as not to interfere with the laser beam; a first air knife that injects first compressed air along the first rectifying plate; a second rectifying plate arranged between the first rectifying plate and the welded portion so as not to interfere with the laser beam; and a second air knife that injects second compressed air along the second rectifying plate,
the first rectifying plate and the second rectifying plate have a shape elongated in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the laser beam and a welding direction, and
the second rectifying plate has a torch opening through which a tip of the welding torch can be inserted.

2. The hybrid welding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first air knife is arranged to inject the first compressed air in a longitudinal direction of the first rectifying plate, and the second air knife is arranged to inject the second compressed air in a longitudinal direction of the second rectifying plate.

3. The hybrid welding device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first rectifying plate comprises: a first flat surface member arranged on the laser nozzle side; a second flat surface member arranged on the welded portion side to face the first flat surface member; and a connecting member that connects a side surface of the first flat surface member on one side in a longitudinal direction and a side surface of the second flat surface member on one side in a longitudinal direction, and
the first flat surface member and the second flat surface member have a laser opening through which the laser beam passes.

4. The hybrid welding device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second rectifying plate comprises: a front surface member arranged above the welded portion; and a pair of side surface members arranged along side surfaces on both sides in a longitudinal direction of the front surface member, and
the front surface member has: a laser opening through which the laser beam passes; and the torch opening.

5. The hybrid welding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the hybrid welding device comprises a bracket that connects the first rectifying plate with the second rectifying plate.

6. The hybrid welding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the hybrid welding device comprises a tip nozzle that is arranged between the first rectifying plate and the second rectifying plate and forms the optical path of the laser beam.

7. The hybrid welding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the hybrid welding device comprises an insulating material that fills a gap between the torch opening and the welding torch.

8. The hybrid welding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the hybrid welding device comprises a gate valve arranged in the laser nozzle.

9. The hybrid welding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second rectifying plate is formed to be longer than the first rectifying plate.

10. The hybrid welding device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a flow rate of the first compressed air injected from the first air knife is set to be larger than a flow rate of the second compressed air injected from the second air knife.

Assignees

• Ihi Inspection & Instrumentation Co Ltd
• Tadano Ltd

Inventors

• Owaki Katsura
• Kawaguchi Isao
• Maki Satomi
• Matsuo Hiroki
• Akizuki Takahiro
• Sawada Naoya

Classifications

• B23K26/142 Primary

  for the removal of by-products · CPC title

• B23K26/1462 Primary

  Nozzles; Features related to nozzles · CPC title

• B23K26/348

  in combination with arc heating, e.g. tungsten inert gas [TIG], metal inert gas [MIG] or plasma welding · CPC title

• B23K9/16

  making use of shielding gas · CPC title

• B23K9/173

  and of a consumable electrode · CPC title