Patents Examined by Ket Dang
  • Method and device for welding structural components
    Patent number: 8022330
    Abstract: A method and device are provided for welding structural parts, preferably of a gas turbine, especially of an aircraft engine. A structural component is laser-welded by means of at least one laser source, the one or more laser sources being operated in a pulsed mode. Pulse duration and/or pulse shape and/or output of the one or more laser sources are adjusted in a variable manner. The wire advance of the welding wire is controlled subject to the pulses of the one or more laser sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Emiljanow