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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2003
John O. Milewski, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Vivek R. Dave′, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Dane Christensen, Livermore, CA (US);
Robert W. Carpenter, Ii, Los Alamos, NM (US);
John O. Milewski, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Vivek R. Dave′, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Dane Christensen, Livermore, CA (US);
Robert W. Carpenter, II, Los Alamos, NM (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a method for brazing of two objects or heat treatment of one object. First, object or objects to be treated are selected and initial conditions establishing a relative geometry and material characteristics are determined. Then, a first design of an optical system for directing heat energy onto the object or objects is determined. The initial conditions and first design of the optical system are then input into a optical ray-tracing computer program. The program is then run to produce a representative output of the heat energy input distribution to the object or objects. The geometry of the object or objects, material characteristics, and optical system design are then adjusted until an desired heat input is determined.