LIU Hongyan, LI Weihua, SUN Xiusheng.Application of Laser in Pre-welding Cleaning of Titanium Pressure Vessel[J].Electric Welding Machine, 2024, 54(6): 74-79.
LIU Hongyan, LI Weihua, SUN Xiusheng.Application of Laser in Pre-welding Cleaning of Titanium Pressure Vessel[J].Electric Welding Machine, 2024, 54(6): 74-79. DOI: 10.7512/j.issn.1001-2303.2024.06.12.
Application of Laser in Pre-welding Cleaning of Titanium Pressure Vessel
Pre-weld cleaning is an essential step in the manufacturing process of titanium pressure vessels. This study applied laser cleaning technology to conduct pre-weld cleaning tests on the spatial structure of the welded joints between heat exchange tubes and tube sheets in titanium pressure vessels. It compared the effects of laser cleaning with conventional methods such as grinding or acetone cleaning on the generation of welding porosity and the impact on the heat-affected zone. The results indicate that laser cleaning has a high accessibility for spatial structures
providing excellent pre-weld cleaning effects on the beveled edges of titanium test plates. Test plates cleaned with laser technology can effectively reduce the tendency to produce welding porosity defects and suppress the occurrence of "black eye" phenomena in the heat-affected zone of the welded joints. The color difference between the post-weld appearance and the untreated area is minimal
hardly affecting the appearance of the weld. The tensile strengths of the laser-cleaned samples were 498 MPa and 515 MPa
respectively
both exceeding the minimum tensile strength requirement of 400 MPa as stipulated by the GB/T3621—2007 standard. The experimental study demonstrates that the laser cleaning process can replace traditional cleaning methods such as grinding
metal grinding head scraping
and acetone cleaning
offering an efficient and environmentally friendly new technological approach for the manufacture of titanium pressure vessels.
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