Core loss reduction by laser scribing in grain-oriented 3% Si-Fe under different magnetizing direction

To reduce the core loss of grain oriented silicon steel, various metallurgical attempts have been made. The laser scribing reduces the core loss of 3% Si-Fe, because sub-domains induced by scribing produce many active domain walls which reduce the eddy current loss. The profiles of ac hysteresis loop and core loss have been measured for samples oriented parallel and perpendicular to the [001] axis in (110)[001] grains of 3% Si-Fe before and after laser scribing. The observed ac hysteresis loop profiles have been analyzed in terms of domain reorientation under field. For the parallel and perpendicular samples, the reductions of core loss are 5.7% and 30.3% by laser scribing at the magnetic induction 1.3 T and magnetizing frequency 60 Hz.