By Professor Bill Steen From the early beginnings of LAM has come a process which is developing in many directions. Through the variety of ways in which the laser can construct three dimensional objects it has been established that designers can now shape both the outside and the inside of a casting in detail not […]
Tag: Alloys
High Power Direct Diode Laser Cladding of Stainless and Nickel Alloys
By: Dr. Gerald Bruck and Brandon Shinn Siemens Energy Inc. A four kilowatt high power direct diode laser is demonstrated to clad stainless (UNS S41000) and nickel based (UNS N06002) alloys. Trials are conducted using pre-placed as well as argon fed filler metal powders deposited on matching alloy substrates. Parametric tests are performed to define […]