MACHINE COMPONENT CLADDING STRATEGY

摘要

Cladding and remanufacturing a machine component includes directing cleaning and welding beams split from an incident laser beam toward the machine component, and moving the machine component relative the cleaning and welding beams such that the welding beam trails behind the cleaning beam along a common travel path. A surface of the machine component is decontaminated by the cleaning beam, whilst a cladding material is melted via the welding beam such that upon solidifying the cladding material forms a coating metallurgically bonded to base material and previously deposited cladding material of the machine component.

主权项

1. A method of cladding a machine component comprising the steps of:
splitting an incident laser beam into a cleaning beam and a welding beam; directing the cleaning and welding beams toward a machine component such that the cleaning and welding beams impinge upon a surface of the machine component; moving the machine component relative the cleaning and welding beams such that the welding beam trails behind the cleaning beam along a common travel path upon the surface; decontaminating the surface along the common travel path via the cleaning beam; and melting a cladding material via the welding beam such that the melted cladding material contacts the decontaminated surface along the common travel path and upon solidifying bonds to material of the machine component forming the surface.