1995 Volume 35 Issue 6 Pages 757-763
Laser cladding is an effective material processing that produces a surface layer havig good wear and corrosion properties with minimized dilution. In the present work, Co based hardfacing alloy claddings by the blown powder process and Ni-Cr-Al-Y alloy claddings by the preplaced powder process were performed. Formation behavior of the lase clad layers and their properties were investigated. Low dilution in the laser cladding process using powder materials was attributed to low melting efficiency for substrate melt due to inidirect heat transfer via melting clad layer. For wear properties, carbide reinforcing improved wear resistance of the Co based hardfacing alloy clad layer. Superior oxidation resistance was obtained in the Ni-Cr-Al-Y claddings. Chromium carbide reinforcing improved wear resistance of the Ni-Cr-Al-Y alloy cladding with a little sacrifice of oxidation resistance.
