Method of Manufacturing Tailor Welded Blanks

Abstract

A method of manufacturing tailor welded blanks includes bringing a pair of objects to be welded into contact with each other. The objects are formed of different materials having different thicknesses or strengths. The method further includes adjusting the heat input of a radiated laser beam and dividing the radiated laser beam into a preceding laser beam and a following laser beam in a welding direction using an optical prism. The method further includes forming a welded part by sequentially radiating the preceding laser beam and the following laser beam to the pair of objects to be welded while supplying a filler wire to welded regions of the pair of objects to be welded.

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