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Laser welding of car door rings


1. Door Ring Structure and Material Characteristics

  • Function: As a key structural component of the car body, the door ring connects the roof, sidewalls, and sill, enhancing overall rigidity and collision safety.
  • Material: Usually uses high-strength steel (such as DP steel, boron steel) or aluminum alloy (such as the 6000 series), needing to balance lightweight and strength.

2. Laser Welding Technology Principle

  • Process characteristics: Using high-energy lasers to melt the base material while feeding in filler wire, suitable for gap compensation and performance optimization.
  • Core parameters: Laser power (1.5-6 kW), welding speed (2-10 m/min), wire feed speed (needs to match the welding speed), defocusing amount (affects penetration depth).

3. Technological Advantages

  • Quality improvement: Continuous welds reduce stress concentration and improve fatigue strength.
  • Lightweight: Replacing traditional spot welding, reducing the width of the lap joint, and reducing the weight of the car body.
  • Efficiency and aesthetics: High-speed welding (3-5 times faster than traditional arc welding), the weld is smooth and requires no polishing.

4. Key Process Challenges and Solutions

  • Parameter optimization: Determining the optimal parameter combination through orthogonal experiments or response surface methodology to avoid pores and cracks (such as adjusting the protective gas flow rate to 15-20 L/min).
  • Material matching: Selecting filler wire compatible with the base material (such as ER70S-6 for high-strength steel, 4043 for aluminum alloy).
  • Complex path control: Using a five-axis robot system, integrating real-time path correction, to ensure the accuracy of three-dimensional curve welding.

5. Quality Control and Inspection

  • Online monitoring: Using high-speed cameras or infrared temperature measurement to monitor the molten pool dynamics in real time.
  • Non-destructive testing: Combining ultrasonic testing (detecting internal defects) and X-rays (pore identification), with a sampling rate ≥5%.
  • Mechanical testing: Tensile test (tensile strength ≥90% of the base material), microhardness analysis (HAZ hardness control).