Laser
Cladding
LaserBond™ achieves a welded
bond with limited and precisely controlled
heat input. Heat sensitive components, such as
hardened shafts, gears etc, can be repaired without
risk of distortion or other undesirable heat effects.
The metallurgical bond
allows LaserBond™ applied layers to be used
in high impact and other heavily loaded situations.
With this welded bond, we can guarantee
a LaserBond™ layer will not come off.
The controlled energy minimises the undesirable
thermal decomposition of hard phases such as carbides,
resulting in superior wear
resistance.
Due to the extremely low dilution
with the substrate, high performance surfaces
can be applied in a thin layer. Corrosion and
wear resistant surfaces as thin as 0.3mm are possible.
Heat affected zones are minimised
and the cracking inherent in weld hard facing
eliminated.
Typical LaserBond™ applied materials include
Tungsten Carbide, tool steels, stainless steels,
Nickel alloys such as Inconel and Cobalt alloys
such as Stellite1, and copper and copper alloys.
We have designed and built out LaserBond™
system to be very flexible.
Very small components up to large rolls of 1600mm
diameter and 6m length can be processed. Hard
to reach areas such as inside diameters and recesses
(eg crankshaft pins) can also be repaired.
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