Development of the active flux in superalloy laser welding and the effect on the weld formation

In this study, adopting uniform design method established a mathematical model to prepare multi-element active flux.GH4169 superalloy plates were welded by the Nd: YAG laser equipment with the prepared active flux.The results show all kinds of fluxes increase the depth to width ratio and the multi-component systems are more significant.The largest increment of the weld depth to width ratio is 159%, obtained by using of the F12 series flux.It is proved that by using of the active flux to increase the depth to width ratio of micro laser welding is feasible.