Laser Processing of Diffusion Boronized Layer Produced on Monel® Alloy 400—Microstructure, Microhardness, Corrosion and Wear Resistance Tests

The paper presents the results of studies of microstructure, mechanical and physicochemical properties of surface layers produced by laser modification of the diffusion boron layer on Monel® Alloy 400. The diffusion boron layers were produced at 950 °C for 6 h. The gas-contact method was used in an open retort furnace. The process was carried out in a powder mixture containing B4C carbide as a boron source. The next stage was the modification of the boron layer with a diode laser beam of a nominal power of 3 kW. A constant power of 1400 W of the laser beam was used. The scanning speed was variable (successively 5 m/min, 25 m/min, 50 m/min). In order to determine the best parameters, single tracks were created, after which multiple tracks were prepared using previously selected parameters. It was found that both the diffusion borided layer and the laser modified layer had better properties than the substrate material. Both these processes contributed to an increase in corrosion resistance, hardness and wear resistance. It was also found that laser modification caused a slight deterioration of the properties in comparison with the diffusion borided layer. However, the laser modification process resulted in the production of a much thicker layer.

Laser Power Transmission and Its Application in Laser-Powered Electrical Motor Drive: A Review

Laser power transmission (LPT) is considered a potentially efficient way for power delivery, especially in long-distance wireless applications and harsh hazardous environmental conditions. In contrast to other wireless power transmission (WPT) methods, LPT has many advantages such as lower device size, focused transmitting direction and high power density. With the development of technology, LPT has been widely adopted in several fields. In conservative industries, the utilisation of LPT can resolve the limitation problem in a wired connection. The adverse influence of electromagnetic interference (EMI) concerning application and high-temperature fields can be reduced. This paper will give a simple review of LPT and demonstrate the basic concept of a photoelectric emitter, transmission channel and receiver material. Based on the recent research about diode laser beam combining technology and high-efficiency multi-junction photovoltaics (PV) materials, the advised LPT devices for simple application as laser power motor will be simply discussed.

Microstructural Changes During Laser Beam Welding of Austenitic Stainless Steel Sheets

The purpose of our study was to investigate the properties of welded joints formed by 1.5 mm thick plates with a diode laser beam equipment. The technological parameters influence the shape of the weld metal. In the heat affected zone no grain coarsening appeared. Increasing the welding speed, in case of similar laser power, the ferrite content of weld metal decreases. The hardness’ of the streams are higher than that of base metal, but the highest values were measured in heat affected zones.

Simulation and Experimental Based Analysis of the Laser Beam Welding of DP Steels

In this paper, heat affected zone characteristics of DP1000 steels was investigated during diode laser beam welding (LBW). A butt-welded joint of specimen in dimension of 300 x 150 mm each (according to EN15614-11:2002) with 1 mm thickness is used for the experimental purpose. The welding thermal cycle and the cooling circumstances in the HAZ was determined by real experiment and the physical simulation. A Gleeble 3500 thermo-physical simulator was used to physically simulate the coarse grain heat affected zone (CGHAZ) on the base material specimens by the utilization of the thermal cycles for t8/5 =2.5 s. The results of the physical simulation were validated by real welding experiments. The properties of the simulated and the real HAZ was examined by optical microscopic, scanning electron microscope and hardness tests.

Simulation analysis of the diode laser spectral beam combining

For high power diode laser, the multi-wavelength combining is an effective technology of improving the beam brightness. Based on the combing technology, the diode laser bar is described, with the different sample grating in every emitter ridge, which can have stability of the wavelength and the single longitudinal mode. Mathematics computing model based on the spilt-step fourier (SSF) method combining is built using MatLab. It simulated the multi-wavelength combining process of emitters. In simulation, the diode laser beam successively go through a focus lens and a diffraction grating, respectively. In result, the model accords with the law of the combining which is verified by existing report. The simulation solution satisfied the reported experiment.