Cutting and drilling of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) by 70W short pulse nanosecond laser

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Autorschaft

  • Peter Jaeschke
  • Klaus Stolberg
  • Stefan Bastick
  • Ewa Ziolkowski
  • Markus Roehner
  • Oliver Suttmann
  • Ludger Overmeyer

Externe Organisationen

  • Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)
  • JENOPTIK Laser GmbH
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksHigh-Power Laser Materials Processing
UntertitelLasers, Beam Delivery, Diagnostics, and Applications III
Herausgeber (Verlag)SPIE
ISBN (Print)9780819498762
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 20 Feb. 2014
Extern publiziertJa
VeranstaltungHigh-Power Laser Materials Processing: Lasers, Beam Delivery, Diagnostics, and Applications III - San Francisco, CA, USA / Vereinigte Staaten
Dauer: 4 Feb. 20146 Feb. 2014

Publikationsreihe

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Band8963
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (elektronisch)1996-756X

Abstract

Continuous carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) are recognized as having a significant lightweight construction potential for a wide variety of industrial applications. However, a todays barrier for a comprehensive dissemination of CFRP structures is the lack of economic, quick and reliable manufacture processes, e.g. the cutting and drilling steps. In this paper, the capability of using pulsed disk lasers in CFRP machining is discussed. In CFRP processing with NIR lasers, carbon fibers show excellent optical absorption and heat dissipation, contrary to the plastics matrix. Therefore heat dissipation away from the laser focus into the material is driven by heat conduction of the fibres. The matrix is heated indirectly by heat transfer from the fibres. To cut CFRP, it is required to reach the melting temperature for thermoplastic matrix materials or the disintegration temperature for thermoset systems as well as the sublimation temperature of the reinforcing fibers simultaneously. One solution for this problem is to use short pulse nanosecond lasers. We have investigated CFRP cutting and drilling with such a laser (max. 7 mJ @ 10 kHz, 30 ns). This laser offers the opportunity of wide range parameter tuning for systematic process optimization. By applying drilling and cutting operations based on galvanometer scanning techniques in multi-cycle mode, excellent surface and edge characteristics in terms of delamination-free and intact fiber-matrix interface were achieved. The results indicate that nanosecond disk laser machining could consequently be a suitable tool for the automotive and aircraft industry for cutting and drilling steps.

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Cutting and drilling of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) by 70W short pulse nanosecond laser. / Jaeschke, Peter; Stolberg, Klaus; Bastick, Stefan et al.
High-Power Laser Materials Processing: Lasers, Beam Delivery, Diagnostics, and Applications III. SPIE, 2014. 89630S (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Band 8963).

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Jaeschke, P, Stolberg, K, Bastick, S, Ziolkowski, E, Roehner, M, Suttmann, O & Overmeyer, L 2014, Cutting and drilling of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) by 70W short pulse nanosecond laser. in High-Power Laser Materials Processing: Lasers, Beam Delivery, Diagnostics, and Applications III., 89630S, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bd. 8963, SPIE, High-Power Laser Materials Processing: Lasers, Beam Delivery, Diagnostics, and Applications III, San Francisco, CA, USA / Vereinigte Staaten, 4 Feb. 2014. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2036086
Jaeschke, P., Stolberg, K., Bastick, S., Ziolkowski, E., Roehner, M., Suttmann, O., & Overmeyer, L. (2014). Cutting and drilling of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) by 70W short pulse nanosecond laser. In High-Power Laser Materials Processing: Lasers, Beam Delivery, Diagnostics, and Applications III Artikel 89630S (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Band 8963). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2036086
Jaeschke P, Stolberg K, Bastick S, Ziolkowski E, Roehner M, Suttmann O et al. Cutting and drilling of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) by 70W short pulse nanosecond laser. in High-Power Laser Materials Processing: Lasers, Beam Delivery, Diagnostics, and Applications III. SPIE. 2014. 89630S. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2036086
Jaeschke, Peter ; Stolberg, Klaus ; Bastick, Stefan et al. / Cutting and drilling of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) by 70W short pulse nanosecond laser. High-Power Laser Materials Processing: Lasers, Beam Delivery, Diagnostics, and Applications III. SPIE, 2014. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).
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