Study and Validation of Laser Forming Process Numerical Models

Abstract

This paper presents a statistical analysis of Structural Steel to study the special effects of process constraints (Laser Power, Scan Speed, Spot Diameters and Heat flow diameter). These process parameters are taken as input changeable and twisting angle or deformation considered as the output variable. An Ansys 18.1 licensed software tool is used for modelling and optimization of the laser bending method. The performance of the developed model and results is matched and checked with reference papers. All the process parameters are investigated and set up considerable effect on the bending angle. The effect of the beam diameter, scan speed and heat flow energy on bending angle also compare with research papers. The bending angle enhanced with an increase in beam diameter at stable heat energy but decreased with increase in heat energy at constant beam diameter. The bending angle is also affected by overlapping and gap between beam diameters.