Open AccessA State-of-the-Art Review of Laser Welding of Polymers - Part I: Welding Parameters
Author(s) -
Nitesh Kumar,
Nikhil Kumar,
Asish Bandyopadhyay
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
welding journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.27
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 2689-0445
pISSN - 0043-2296
DOI - 10.29391/2021.100.019
Subject(s) - welding , laser beam welding , clamping , durability , mechanical engineering , automotive industry , materials science , field (mathematics) , mechatronics , robot welding , engineering , manufacturing engineering , composite material , control engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics , aerospace engineering
Polymers are widely used in automotive parts and fields like mechatronics and biomedical engineering because of their excellent properties, such as high durability and light weight. Welding of polymers has grown to be an important field of research due to its relevance among products of everyday life. Through transmission laser welding (TTLW) has been frequently selected by the contemporary re-searchers in the field of welding as it is relatively modern and more efficient than other welding processes. This pa-per reviews the influence of different processing parameters, including laser power, scanning speed, standoff distance, and clamping pressure. The present article is expected to provide the reader with a comprehensive under-standing of TTLW and research on the aforementioned four welding parameters in TTLW. The significance of finite element modeling, a few simulation studies, different optimization approaches, morphological characteristics, and other behaviors of laser welded polymers will be included in the next part of the review.