Concentric cylindrical member pair welding method and welding device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11865640-B2
Application number	US-202017087958-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2020
Priority date	May 11, 2018
Publication date	Jan 9, 2024
Grant date	Jan 9, 2024

Abstract

An adjustment of the amount of energy in at least one specific applying unit is executed when energy is applied to a cylindrical member pair in which another cylindrical member is inserted inside a cylindrical member to melt and weld the cylindrical member pair in a circumferential direction. The adjustment is executed in association with a rotation angle to satisfy a relationship of Pd+Pw>θ, wherein Pd is an output decease rotation angle that decreases the energy amount from a steady energy amount HP applied from the specific applying unit in a welding end process, Pw is an overlap rotation angle at which the irradiation parts around the cylindrical member pair overlap with the steady energy amount HP, and θ is a separation angle between the specific applying unit and another applying unit adjacent to each other in a rotation direction around the axis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A welding method for circumferentially melting and welding a cylindrical member pair in which another cylindrical member is inserted inside a cylindrical member, comprising:
a rotation welding step that relatively rotates an applying unit which applies energy for melting and welding the cylindrical member pair and the cylindrical member pair around an axis of the cylindrical member pair, and applies the energy from the applying unit to the cylindrical member pair to rotate an irradiation part of the energy applied from the applying unit around the axis; and
an adjusting step that adjusts the amount of energy applied to the cylindrical member pair from the applying unit in association with a rotation angle of the cylindrical member pair around the axis, wherein
in the adjusting step,
the adjustment of the amount of energy in a specific applying unit which is at least one of the applying units arranged in two or more locations in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical member pair is executed in association with a rotation angle to satisfy a relationship of Pd+Pw>θ, wherein Pd is an output decease rotation angle that decreases the energy amount from a steady energy amount HP applied from the specific applying unit in a welding end process, Pw is an overlap rotation angle at which the irradiation parts around the cylindrical member pair overlap with the steady energy amount HP, and θ is a separation angle between the specific applying unit and another applying unit adjacent to each other in a rotation direction around the axis.

2. The welding method according to claim 1 , wherein
the output decrease rotation angle Pd and the overlap rotation angle Pw are both set to be larger than zero and to satisfy a relationship of Pd>Pw.

3. The welding method according to claim 1 , wherein
the output decrease rotation angle Pd is set to satisfy a relationship of Pd≥θ with respect to the separation angle θ.

4. The welding method according to claim 1 , wherein
the applying units are arranged in two or more locations in a rotationally asymmetric manner around the axis, and
the specific applying unit is an applying unit that finally applies energy to the same portion of the cylindrical member pair.

5. The welding method according to claim 1 , wherein
in the rotation welding step, the applying units are arranged at two locations around the axis, and
the separation angle θ along the rotation direction is set to 80°≤θ≤110°.

6. The welding method according to claim 1 , wherein
in the adjusting step,
when adjusting the energy amount in association with the rotation angle, an output increase rotation angle Pu that increases the energy amount to the steady energy amount at a start of welding, the output decrease rotation angle Pd, and the overlap rotation Pw are the same for all the applying units.

7. A welding device for circumferentially melting and welding a cylindrical member pair in which another cylindrical member is inserted inside a cylindrical member, comprising:
an energy source that produces energy for melting and welding the pair of cylindrical members;
an applying unit that applies the energy generated by the energy source to the cylindrical member pair;
a rotating unit that relatively rotates the applying unit and the cylindrical member pair around an axis of the cylindrical member pair, and rotates an irradiation part of energy applied from the applying unit around the axis; and
an adjusting unit that adjusts the amount of energy applied from the applying unit to the cylindrical member pair in association with a rotation angle of the cylindrical member pair around the axis, wherein
the applying units are arranged at two or more locations in a circumferential direction on a plane orthogonal to the axis of the cylindrical member pair,
in the adjusting unit,
the adjustment of the amount of energy in a specific applying unit which is at least one of the applying units is executed in association with a rotation angle to satisfy a relationship of Pd+Pw>θ, wherein Pd is an output decease rotation angle that decreases the energy amount from a steady energy amount HP applied from the specific applying unit in a welding end process, Pw is an overlap rotation angle at which the irradiation parts around the cylindrical member pair overlap with the steady energy amount HP, and θ is a separation angle between the specific applying unit and another applying unit adjacent to each other in a rotation direction around the axis.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Kato Noritsugu
• Kusano Shigeyuki
• Kato Yuki
• Hayakawa Tsuyoshi

Classifications

• B23K26/28 Primary

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• B23K26/0626

  Energy control of the laser beam (B23K26/0622 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B23K26/0676

  into dependently operating sub-beams, e.g. an array of spots with fixed spatial relationship or for performing simultaneously identical operations · CPC title

• B23K26/082

  Scanning systems, i.e. devices involving movement of the laser beam relative to the laser head · CPC title

• F02M61/168

  Assembling; Disassembling; Manufacturing; Adjusting · CPC title