Electric heating – Metal heating – By arc
Patent
1982-09-01
1985-12-24
Albritton, C. L.
Electric heating
Metal heating
By arc
219121LA, 219121LB, 219121LY, 219121LD, B23K 2600
Patent
active
045608563
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method for directing a controlled number of laser pulses onto a work piece to be machined. More specifically, the laser machining apparatus includes an excitable laser and an excitation lamp for continuously exciting the laser to emit a sequence of laser pulses. The application of the laser pulses to the work piece is controlled by an inner-cavity shutter that is opened to permit a precise number of pulses to be directed onto the work piece. The frequency (REP RATE) and pulse width of the laser pulses are controlled by the excitation lamp and, in turn, are set to create a progressive weld of significant depth and structural integrity. In particular there is provided control means for counting the number of laser pulses applied to a machining site of the work piece, whereby a known controllable quantity of energy is imparted to each site. To this end, the counting of the laser pulses begins after the completion of a laser pulse, whereby the actuation of the inner-cavity shutter is not synchronized to the computer but rather to the laser emission so that only whole laser pulses will be applied to the site.
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Bucher George D.
Miller Richard A.
Albritton C. L.
Erickson D. E.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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