Beam quality test technology and devices of electron beam welding

The electron beam four-dimensional quality test system was developed targeted at the 5-100 mA electron beam current of a high-voltage electron beam welding machine. The system includes the control module, sensor module, driver module, and analysis software, which is based on the complex programmable logic device (CPLD). The quality test system obtains the data of quasi-instantaneous power density distribution (QIPDD) of the electron beam by controlling the beam periodically, scanning the surface of a Faraday cup. Fixing the Faraday cup at an X- and Y-axis coordinate position under constant conditions, the three-dimensional graphic of QIPDD of the beam about the data of a single cross-section was showed by using computer reconstruction technology. Several QIPDD of the electron beam cross-section at different working distance in axial direction reconstructed the four-dimensional graphics of the beam.