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  • Laser refining of a surface layer with silicon carbide
    Grum, Janez, 1946- ; Žnidaršič, Matjaž, 1964-
    The article discusses the effect of adding silicon carbide by laser remelting of low-carbon steel. Tests in laser remelting were carried out with energy inputs ranging between 10 and 80 J/mm2 with ... the most favorable degree, i.e., 30%, of overlapping of individual trace. Sufficient energy input was necessaryto dissolve silicon-carbide with iron. A microchemical analysis of the remelted layer confirmed the dissolution of silicon carbide and formation of a smaller portion of martensite (10-20%) and of suesite Fe3Si (65-80%). It was found that the test-specimen deformation was smallest with the laser-beam in the zig-zag motion. The surface was also assessed visually. The choice of adequate remelting conditions reduced, i.e., prevented, the occurrence of cracks and other defects. The influence of energy input and the mode of laser-beam travel on the efficiency of remelting, i.e., refining, was described by a ratio of the width of the remelted surface layer to its depth, which should amount to around 5:1.
    Source: Materials and manufacturing processes. - ISSN 1042-6914 (Letn. 23, št. 2, 2008, str. 216-220)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2008
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 10342683