Experimental study and numerical simulation for the interaction between laser and PEEK with different crystallinity

Abstract

Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) sheets with the thickness of 0.5 mm were prepared by compression molding process using Victrex PEEK-450PF, and then PEEK sheets with different crystallinities were obtained by controlling the cooling rate. The optical characteristics of the samples were respectively measured by laser power meter, UV-VIS-IR spectrophotometer. And with the process parameters of laser power density of 245 W/cm² and moving speed of 5 mm/s, the effect of crystallinity on the laser energy absorption of PEEK and the influence of laser irradiation on the crystallization properties of PEEK sheets were systematically studied. Finally, numerical model of laser energy absorption by PEEK was constructed with COMSOL software. The results show that the reflectivity of PEEK will increase with the increase of crystallinity, while the transmittance decreases. The pure PEEK sheets do not strongly absorb the laser at the wavelength of 1070 nm and the amorphous PEEK is more likely to be ablated. Carbonized samples during the laser irradiation was taken for XRD test and found to be amorphous. After laser irradiation, the crystallinity of the semi-crystalline PEEK material will decrease, but the originally amorphous peek crystallinity will increase slightly. Besides, the numerical simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental results.

Keywords

PEEK laser crystallinity numerical simulation

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