Integrity and quality assessment applied on laser welded titanium components
Paper in proceeding, 2014

Laser welding of thin titanium components, a critical component of many gas turbine engines, has demonstrated a tendency of generating pores in clusters with a prescribed orientation. These pores, also known as chain porosities, are often of harmless sizes (of 50-100 micrometer) as individuals. Though the cluster as such, depending on the distances and orientations in between the pores, may have an impact on the structural integrity. A recently developed algorithm for 3-D positioning of small pore defects in planar geometries using digital X-ray inspection aims at providing 3-D positions of the defects. This could then be used in-line to assess the welding quality in the manufacturing process. This presentation describes the development of a methodology that aims to incorporate non-destructive evaluation with, in this case, structural integrity. © Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2014.

Author

Håkan Wirdelius

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Advanced Non-destructive Testing

Kenneth Hamberg

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Advanced Non-destructive Testing

Erik Lindgren

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Advanced Non-destructive Testing

MATEC Web of Conferences

2261236X (eISSN)

Vol. 12 06003
9782759812745 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Materials Engineering

DOI

10.1051/matecconf/20141206003

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