Investigation of porosity in rotating laser-MIG hybrid welding A6N01 aluminum alloy

摘要

In this study, rotating laser was employed to reduce the porosity defect in laser-MIG hybrid welding A6N01 aluminum alloy. The influence of laser rotating frequency and rotating radius on the weld were researched respectively. The images of the molten pool were acquired by the high-speed camera, and X-ray images of the weld were calculated by binarization. The result shows that rotating laser-MIG hybrid welding has a dramatic effect on suppressing the generation of porosity, which indicates the possibility to obtain the A6N01 aluminum alloy weld with few pores. With proper parameters about rotation frequency (50 Hz) and rotation radius (2 mm), the porosity decreased obviously from 8.41% to 5.68%, and there was hardly distinct change in the weld penetration. The keyhole stability of rotating laser-MIG hybrid welding was improved, compared with the conventional laser-MIG hybrid welding. On account of laser beam stirring the metal molten pool, it was beneficial for the pores to escape from the molten pool. The rotating laser-MIG hybrid welding shows a good prospect.