Effects of Laser Cutting Parameters on the Magnetic Properties of 50W350 High-Grade Non-Oriented Electrical Steel

Abstract

Based on the application demand of laser cutting technology in non-oriented electrical steel, the influencing mechanisms of laser cutting parameters on the magnetic properties of 50W350 high-grade non-oriented electrical steel were investigated in this work. The specific total loss was utilized to evaluate the quality of cutting methods and the cutting parameter combinations. The results showed that the deterioration of the specific total loss was mainly due to the increase in hysteresis loss. Compared to traditional mechanic shearing, laser cutting generally degrades the magnetic properties under the evaluation index ΔP1.0/50. However, in some cases, laser cutting is superior to the mechanic shearing method under the evaluation index ΔP1.5/50. The main parameters related to laser cutting exhibited complicated influencing mechanisms on the specific total loss of 50W350 high-grade non-oriented electrical steel. However, based on the results of the experiments designed using the Box–Behnken model, the laser cutting parameters were optimized and the evaluation indexes have been significantly improved.

Keywords

• laser cutting
• high-grade non-oriented electrical steel
• magnetic properties
• specific total loss