Techniques for Laser Beam Welding (LBW) Mg Alloys to Various Other Materials: A Review and What Else Can be Done
N. Banerjee, A.R. Biswas, A. Sen, S.R. Maity, M. Kumar and L. Patnaik
The replacement of traditional materials like steel and Fe with light-weighted solutions, such as Al, Mg and composites has rapid development in science and technology. This study looks into Mg alloys which is expected to have rising impact on industrial trends in the future with material consumption, balanced performance and economic effects. Joining dissimilar materials together has never been easy and so the paper gives a brief theory of the advanced joining methods, laser beam welding (LBW) of distinct lightweight materials like Mg alloys, and its influences on laser parameters. Additionally, all experimental analyses of interlayer or filler materials reinforced by the weld joint of Mg alloys are studied. Their imitating results on the Mg alloys’ microstructure and properties to advance the weldability of the joint to repel failure, as well as their knowledge of the fundamentals, current trends and future approaches in the advanced joining of lightweight materials.
Keywords: Laser beam welding (LBW), Mg Alloys, weldability, transition materials, mechanical properties, defects