Investigation into CO2 laser cleaning of titanium alloys for gas-turbine component manufacture

M. W. Turner; P. L. Crouse; L. Li; A. J E Smith

doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2005.06.061

Investigation into CO2 laser cleaning of titanium alloys for gas-turbine component manufacture

M. W. Turner, P. L. Crouse, L. Li, A. J E Smith

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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This paper reports results of the investigation into the feasibility of using a CO2 laser technology to perform critical cleaning of gas-turbine aero-engine components for manufacture. It reports the results of recent trials and relates these to a thermal model of the cleaning mechanisms, and describes resultant component integrity. The paper defines the experimental conditions for the laser cleaning of various aerospace-grade contaminated titanium alloys, using a continuous wave CO2 laser. Laser cleaning of Ti64 proved successful for electron beam welding, but not for the more sensitive Ti6246. For diffusion bonding the trials produced a defective standard of joint. Effects of oxide formation is modelled and examined experimentally. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4798-4802
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Surface Science
Volume	252
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2005.06.061
Publication status	Published - 30 Apr 2006

Keywords

Cleaning
Joining
Laser
Titanium

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LPRC: Laser Processing Research Centre Impact
Allegre, O. (PI), Crosby, D. (PI), Domingos, M. (PI), Francis, J. (PI), Gillen, D. (PI), Guo, W. (PI), Li, L. (PI), Mativenga, P. (PI), Rogers, B. D. (PI), Whitehead, D. (PI), Wilson, D. (PI), Zhong, S. (PI), Mirhosseini, N. (Researcher), Ouyang, J. (Researcher), Huang, Y. (Researcher), Wei, C. (Researcher), Cheng, D. (PGR student), Suryo Pratomo, E. (PGR student), Zhang, Z. (PGR student), Li, Z. (PGR student), Mo, H. (PGR student), Zhu, M. (PGR student), Li, Q. (PGR student), Liu, W. (PGR student), Wang, L. (PGR student), Guo, H. (PGR student), Heinemann, R. (PI) & Liu, Z. (PI)
1/04/00 → …
Project: Research

Laser Cleaning for Aerospace Manufacturing
Li, L. (Participant), Turner, M. (Participant), Whitehead, D. (Participant), Crouse, P. (Participant), Wuo, W. (Participant), Marimuthu, S. (Participant) & Liu, Z. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Technological

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Investigation into CO2 laser cleaning of titanium alloys for gas-turbine component manufacture

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