In-Process Height Displacement Measurement Using Crossed Line Beams for Process Control of Laser Wire Deposition
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- Takushima Shigeru
- Advanced R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University
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- Shinohara Nobuhiro
- Advanced R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
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- Morita Daiji
- Advanced R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
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- Kawano Hiroyuki
- Advanced R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
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- Mizutani Yasuhiro
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University
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- Takaya Yasuhiro
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University
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<p>We propose the use of the line section method with crossed line beams for the process control of laser wire deposition. This method could be used to measure the height displacement in front of a laser spot when the processing direction changes. In laser processing, especially laser deposition of metal additive manufacturing, the laser process control technique that controls the processing parameters based on the measured height displacement in front of a laser processing spot is indispensable for high-accuracy processing. However, it was impossible to measure the height displacement in front of a processing laser spot in a processing route in which the processing direction changes as the measurement direction of the conventional light-section method comprising the use of a straight-line beam is restricted although the configuration is simple. In this paper, we present an in-process height displacement measurement system of the light-section method using two crossed line beams. This method could be used to measure the height displacement in a ±90° direction by projecting two crossed line beams from the side of a laser processing head with a simple configuration comprising the addition of one line laser to the conventional light-section method. The height displacement can be calculated from the projected position shift of the line beams irrespective of the measurement direction by changing the longitudinal position on the crossed line beams according to the measurement direction. In addition, the configuration of our proposed system is compact because the imaging system is integrated into the processing head. We could measure the height displacement at 2.8–4 mm in front of a laser processing spot according to the measurement direction by reducing the influence of intense thermal radiation. Moreover, we experimentally evaluated the height displacement measurement accuracy for various measurement directions. Finally, we evaluated continuous deposition in an “L” shape wherein the deposition direction was changed while using a laser wire direct energy deposition machine for the laser process control based on the in-process height displacement measurement result. We achieved highly accurate continuous deposition at the position wherein the processing direction changes despite the acceleration and deceleration of the stage by laser process control.</p>
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- International Journal of Automation Technology
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International Journal of Automation Technology 15 (5), 715-727, 2021-09-05
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