We are developing the inspection technology for laser micro spot welding. Butt welding for the inner wall of heat exchanger tubes were successfully carried o ut by a composite-type optical fiber scope. The related technologies are the f ollowing : Rapid inspection by Eddy Current Testing Fiber endoscope observation 3 Synchrotron X-ray absorption contrast method. These technologies are versatile to be applied in maintenance for industrial production plants....
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Development of Inspection Technology for Laser Welding Section

Laser thermal processing was applied to robotic systems. For the narrow limited space like a 1-inch diameter tube, a compact laser processing head successfully observed the heat exchanger tube inner wall and welded a crack gap. A compact air cooled fiber laser was able to heat an inner wall through a delivery optical fiber. A filler wire feeder for laser cladding was also tested. A compact maintenance robot for petrochemical industrial plants was demonstrated....
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Development and Deployment of Maintenance Robot with Laser Thermal Processing

Industry development activities on applied laser research held at Fukui branch of Japan Atomic Energy Agency are reported. Industry development is inevitable in long-term vision and strategy for developing maintenance technology and establishing decommissioning technology. Fukui branch of JAEA has organized public seminar offering businesses to promote these activities and technology exchange for years. Here some examples offered in the current seminar are introduced concerning with laser technology. Fin...
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Industry Development Activities and Applied Laser Research Activities at Fukui Branch of Japan Atomic Energy Agency

The aim of this work presented here is to investigate the applicability of the guided wave testing to detect and evaluate the quality of laser beam butt welding line. First, four test pipes were prepared. All of the pipes were laser beam butt welded from inside of the pipe using laser torch. Two pipes of them were high-quality welded, the others were low-quality. Two different pipe-wall-thicknesses were in each quality. Secondly, Laser beam butt welding line detection and the quality evaluation experim...
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EMAT-Guided Wave Approach for Detecting and Quality Evaluation of the Laser Beam Butt Welding Line on the Inner Surface of the Steel Pipe