Laser stitch welding device and welding method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12569933-B2
Application number	US-202017630148-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2020
Priority date	Aug 21, 2019
Publication date	Mar 10, 2026
Grant date	Mar 10, 2026

Abstract

A laser stitch welding device, comprising: a laser welding assembly ( 3 ) configured to release laser beams from a front surface onto plates ( 5 ) to be welded that are stacked; a pressing piece ( 2 ) for adjusting a spacing between the stacked plates; detecting assembly for detecting a welding parameter of the stacked plates from a back surface; and a controller ( 1 ) for adjusting in real time the pressing level of the pressing piece ( 2 ) and/or operation parameters of the laser welding assembly ( 3 ) based on the welding parameter detected by the detecting assembly. The laser stitch welding device is capable of detecting in real time welding parameters such as back surface temperature and thermal infrared image of welding seams ( 6 ) when welding the plates. A control system controls the pressing level of the pressing piece or the operation parameters of the laser welding assembly based on the welding parameters to adjust the welding in a timely manner, thus achieving adaptive and stable control of weld penetration. The present application further provides a welding method for the laser stitch welding device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A laser stitch welding device, comprising:
a laser welding assembly for lasing stacked plates to be welded from a front surface of the stacked plates; a pressing piece for adjusting a spacing between the stacked plates; a detecting assembly for detecting a welding parameter of the stacked plates from a back surface; and a controller for adjusting in real time a pressing level of the pressing piece and an operation parameter of the laser welding assembly based on the welding parameter detected by the detecting assembly; wherein the welding parameter comprises a temperature and a thermal image of a weld joint; in accordance with a determination that the temperature detected is lower than a temperature standard value, and/or, the thermal image of the weld joint is less than a standard value of a high temperature area, adjusting in real time the pressing level of the pressing piece comprises: increasing pressure of the pressing piece to reduce the spacing between two adjacent plates to be welded.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the detecting assembly comprises a temperature sensor and a thermal image sensor.

3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the pressing piece comprises a pressing roller.

4 . The device of claim 2 , wherein the pressing piece comprises a pressing roller.

5 . A welding method for a laser stitch welding device, comprising:
lasing, by a laser welding assembly, stacked plates to be welded from a front surface of the stacked plates; detecting from a back surface, by a detecting assembly, a welding parameter of the stacked plates when being welded; and adjusting in real time, by a controller, a pressing level of a pressing piece and an operation parameter of the laser welding assembly based on the welding parameter detected by the detecting assembly; wherein the welding parameter comprises a temperature and a thermal image of a weld joint; in accordance with a determination that the temperature detected is lower than a temperature standard value, and/or, the thermal image of the weld joint is less than a standard value of a high temperature area, adjusting in real time the pressing level of the pressing piece comprises: increasing pressure of the pressing piece to reduce the spacing between two adjacent plates to be welded.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein in accordance with a determination that the temperature detected is lower than the temperature standard value, and/or, the thermal image of the weld joint is less than the standard value of high-temperature area,
the adjusting in real time, by the controller, the operation parameter of the laser welding assembly comprises: increasing laser energy of the laser welding assembly, and/or reducing defocusing amount of a laser spot, and/or using a continuous laser output mode.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the adjusting in real time, by a controller, a pressing level of the pressing piece and an operation parameter of the laser welding assembly based on the welding parameter detected by the detecting assembly comprises:
in accordance with a determination that the temperature detected is higher than a temperature standard value, and/or, the thermal image of the weld joint is greater than a standard value of a high temperature area, the adjusting in real time, by the controller, the operation parameter of the laser welding assembly comprises: reducing laser energy of the laser welding assembly, and/or increasing defocusing amount of a laser spot, and/or using a pulsed laser output mode.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein in accordance with a determination that the temperature detected is higher than the temperature standard value, and/or, the thermal image of the weld joint is greater than the standard value of high-temperature area,
the adjusting in real time, by the controller, the pressing level of the pressing piece comprises: reducing pressure of the pressing piece to increase the spacing between two adjacent plates to be welded.

Assignees

• Crrc Qingdao Sifang Co Ltd

Inventors

• Han Xiaohui
• Ma Guolong
• Zhang Zhiyi
• Mao Zhendong

Classifications

• B23K37/0408

  for planar work · CPC title

• B23K26/034

  Observing the temperature of the workpiece · CPC title

• B23K26/702

  Auxiliary equipment · CPC title

• B23K26/037

  by pressing on the workpiece, e.g. using a pressing roller foot · CPC title

• B23K26/24 Primary

  Seam welding · CPC title