07 Fakultät Konstruktions-, Produktions- und Fahrzeugtechnik
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Item Open Access Estimation of the depth limit for percussion drilling with picosecond laser pulses(2018) Förster, Daniel J.; Weber, Rudolf; Holder, Daniel; Graf, ThomasItem Open Access Process limits for percussion drilling of stainless steel with ultrashort laser pulses at high average powers(2022) Brinkmeier, David; Holder, Daniel; Loescher, André; Röcker, Christoph; Förster, Daniel J.; Onuseit, Volkher; Weber, Rudolf; Abdou Ahmed, Marwan; Graf, ThomasThe availability of commercial ultrafast lasers reaching into the kW power level offers promising potential for high-volume manufacturing applications. Exploiting the available average power is challenging due to process limits imposed by particle shielding, ambient atmosphere breakdown, and heat accumulation effects. We experimentally confirm the validity of a simple thermal model, which can be used for the estimation of a critical heat accumulation threshold for percussion drilling of AISI 304 steel. The limits are summarized in a processing map, which provides selection criteria for process parameters and suitable lasers. The results emphasize the need for process parallelization.Item Open Access Tuning the hardness of produced parts by adjusting the cooling rate during laser-based powder bed fusion of AlSi10Mg by adapting the process parameters(2022) Leis, Artur; Traunecker, David; Weber, Rudolf; Graf, ThomasThe mechanical properties of parts produced by laser-based powder bed fusion (LPBF) are mainly determined by the grain structure in the material, which is governed by the cooling rate during solidification. This cooling rate strongly depends on the scan velocity and the absorbed laser power. Experiments with varying process parameters were performed to develop and validate an analytical model that predicts the hardness of printed AlSi10Mg parts. It was found that it is possible to tune the hardness of additively manufactured parts of AlSi10Mg in a range between 60 ± 9 HV0.5 and 100 ± 10 HV0.5 by adjusting the cooling rate during solidification with adapted process parameters.Item Open Access Process window for highly efficient laser-based powder bed fusion of AlSi10Mg with reduced pore formation(2021) Leis, Artur; Weber, Rudolf; Graf, ThomasItem Open Access Analytical model for the depth progress of percussion drilling with ultrashort laser pulses(2021) Holder, Daniel; Weber, Rudolf; Graf, Thomas; Onuseit, Volkher; Brinkmeier, David; Förster, Daniel J.; Feuer, AnneA simplified analytical model is presented that predicts the depth progress during and the final hole depth obtained by laser percussion drilling in metals with ultrashort laser pulses. The model is based on the assumption that drilled microholes exhibit a conical shape and that the absorbed fluence linearly increases with the depth of the hole. The depth progress is calculated recursively based on the depth changes induced by the successive pulses. The experimental validation confirms the model and its assumptions for percussion drilling in stainless steel with picosecond pulses and different pulse energies.Item Open Access Feasibility assessment of parallelized helical drilling(2023) Brinkmeier, David; Onuseit, Volkher; Graf, ThomasItem Open Access Local vaporization at the cut front at high laser cutting speeds(2020) Bocksrocker, Oliver; Berger, Peter; Kessler, Steffen; Hesse, Tim; Rominger, Volker; Graf, ThomasHigh-speed videos of the cut front and spectrometric measurements were applied to detect local vaporization on the cut front at high cutting speeds to show that with increasing feed rate, temporally short and intense flashes are generated by vaporization phenomena on the upper part of the cut front. The latter are accompanied by the emergence of an interrupted striation pattern on the surface of the cutting edge. The findings support the assumption that local vaporization at the cut front might be the cause for reduced quality of the cutting process at elevated cutting speeds. The observation of vaporization serves as a diagnostic method to anticipate a fail cut and the interrupted striation pattern.Item Open Access Influence of fabrication deviations on the polarization-maintaining behavior of inhibited-coupling guiding hollow-core fibers(2024) Chen, Bowen; Kühlthau, Tim; Röhrer, Christian; Graf, Thomas; Abdou Ahmed, MarwanNumerical simulations were conducted to analyze the influence of the design parameters of tubular inhibited-coupling guiding hollow-core photonic crystal fibers (IC-HCPCFs) on the bending-induced phase shift. The possibility to implement polarization-maintaining (PM) tubular IC-HCPCFs using a low-birefringence approach (with a modal birefringence parameter B<7×10-9) is discussed. Two different tubular IC-HCPCF designs with 7 and 8 glass capillaries are proposed for operation at a wavelength of 1030 nm. The numerical simulation predicts low guiding losses and a PM behavior sustaining a degree of linear polarization (DOLP) larger than 90% after 10 m of fiber with a bend radius larger than 0.2 m. This shows great potential for high-power beam delivery in an industrial environment. The influence that fabrication deviations have on the polarization-maintaining behavior was also investigated and indicates tight fabrication tolerances for both proposed fiber designs. Small deviations from the ideal symmetrical structure can lead to an enhancement of undesired modal birefringence. To ensure a DOLP larger than 90% at the exit of a 10 m-long fiber and for a bending radius > 0.2 m precise control of the drawing parameters during the fiber production is required, which is challenging but is considered to be technically feasible.