The University of Sheffield Rail Group hosted industry partners at British Steel on 7th November to see laser-clad ...

Laser-based manufacturing and materials processing technology has proven to be a well-established and cutting-edge technology ...

Laser cladding technology possesses the characteristics of rapid heating and rapid cooling, leading to increased undercooling during metal crystallization, refinement of grain structure in the ...

High-power diode lasers with outputs of ten or more kilowatts open new application scenarios for laser cladding. Particularly sustainable and resource-efficient coatings can be produced and applied, ...

This study addresses the issue of cracking in WC/Ni60 cladded layers with high WC content. The effects of different WC contents on the formation quality, microstructure, and microhardness of WC/Ni15 ...

1 Design and Production Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. 2 National Laser Centre, The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South ...

Abstract: When laser cladding is performed on a free surface, the accuracy of 3D reconstruction of the parts and the planning of the cladding path have a significant impact on the machining quality.