Laser Materials Processing for Industrial Applications

G. Padmanabham1, Ravi Bathe1
1Center for Laser Processing of Materials, International Advanced Research Center for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, India

Tóm tắt

Laser, a high intensity, precise, flexible and clean heat source is used as a manufacturing tool in several industrial sectors. With the advent of more robust, energy efficient, cheaper and low footprint lasers such as fiber lasers, laser based manufacturing is increasing rapidly. Laser based processes can be classified into macro processes (cutting, welding, cladding, alloying, drilling, brazing) and micro processes (micro texturing, scribing, micro drilling etc.) depending on the scale of effects induced during the process. The Centre for Laser Processing of Materials (CLPM) at ARCI, established about 15 years ago has been carrying out R&D on several processes for application in industry. Some of the recently developed industrial applications such as laser micro texturing of automotive components, laser deposition based repair of pressure die casting dies, laser brazing of aluminium alloys to steel, laser hardening of bearing steels and laser metal additive manufacturing are presented here.

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Padmanabham G, Bathe R (2013) Applications of laser processing of materials. Kiran 24(2):3–14 Bathe R, Sai Krishna V, Nikumb SK, Padmanabham G (2014) Laser surface texturing of gray cast iron for improving tribological behavior. Appl Phys A 117(1):117–123 Nikumb S, Bathe R, Knopf GK (2014) Laser microprocessing technologies for automotive, flexible electronics, and solar energy sectors. In: SPIE 9180, laser processing and fabrication for solar, displays, and optoelectronic devices III, p 918005. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2064279 Shariff SM, Pal TK, Padmanabham G, Joshi SV (2011) Comparative study on dry sliding wear behaviour of railroad steels. J Tribol 133(2):021602 Shariff SM, Pal TK, Padmanabham G, Joshi SV (2010) Sliding wear behavior of laser surface modified pearlitic rail steel. Surf Eng 26(3):199–208 Basu A, Chakraborty J, Shariff SM, Padmanabham G, Joshi SV, Sundarajan G, Dutta Majumdar J, Manna I (2007) Laser Surface hardening of austempered (bainitic) ball bearing steel. Scr Mater 56:887–890 Shariff SM, Masanta M, Roy Choudhury A (2011) Evaluation of modulus of elasticity, nano-hardness and fracture toughness of TiB2–TiN–Al2O3 composite coatings developed by SHS and Laser cladding. Mater Sci Eng A528:5327–5335 Shariff SM, Chattergee S, Dutta Majumdar J, Padmanabham G, Roy Choudhury A (2010) Study on the effect of Laser post treatment on the properties of nano-structured Al2O3–TiB2–TiN based coatings developed by SHS and Laser surface alloying. Surf Coat Technol 205(1):131–138 Shariff SM, Masanta M, Roy Choudhury A (2010) Tribological behavior of TiB2–TiC–Al2O3 composite coating synthesized by combined SHS and laser technology. Surf Coat Technol 204:2527–2538 Gupta D, Mordike BL, Shariff SM, Padmanabham G, Manna I, Dutta Majumdar J (2010) Laser surface cladding of En-19 steel with satellite-6 for improved wear resistance. Lasers Eng 19(5–6):317–330 Shivamurthy RC, Kamaraj M, Nagarajan R, Shariff SM, Padmanabham G (2010) Slurry erosion characteristics and erosive wear mechanisms of Co-based and Ni-based coatings formed by laser surface alloying. Metall Mater Trans A 41(2):470–486 Manisekaran T, Kamaraj M, Shariff SM, Joshi SV (2007) Slurry erosion studies on surface modified 13Cr-4Ni steels: effect of angle of impingement and particle size. J Mater Eng Perform 16(5):567–572 Telasang G, Dutta Majumdar J, Padmanabham G, Manna I (2015) Wear and corrosion behavior of laser surface engineered AISI H13 tool steel. Surf Coat Technol 261:69–78 Telasang G, Dutta Majumdar J, Tak M, Padmanabham G, Manna I (2014) Effect of laser cladding and post cladding heat treatment on microstructure and hardness of AISI H13 tool steel clad. Surf Coat Technol 258:1108–1118 Telasang G, Dutta Majumdar J, Padmanabham G, Manna I (2014) Structure–property correlation in laser surface treated AISI H13 tool steel for improved mechanical properties. Mater Sci Eng, A 599:255–267 Telasang G, Dutta Majumdar J, Padmanabham G, Manna I (2013) Refurbishment of AISI H13 die materials by laser cladding. KIRAN Bull Indian Laser Assoc 24(2):33–36 Bathe R, Padmanabham G (2014) Evaluation of laser drilling of holes in thermal barrier coated superalloys. Mater Sci Technol 30(14):1778–1782 Nirmala S, Bathe R, Joshi AS (2007) Detection of breakthrough in laser percussion drilling process. Lasers Eng 17:361–369 Bandyopadhyay S, Gokhale H, Sundar JK, Sundararajan G, Joshi SV (2005) Statistical approach to determine process parameter impact in Nd:YAG laser drilling of IN718 and Ti–6Al–4V sheets. 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Int Virtual J Mach Technol Mater VI(1):8–11 Chaki S, Ghosal S, Bathe RN (2012) Kerf quality prediction and optimisation for pulsed Nd:YAG laser cutting of aluminium alloy sheets using GA-ANN hybrid model. Int J Mechtron Manuf Syst 5(3/4):263–279 Sathiya P, AbdulJaleel MY, Katherasan D, Shanmugarajan B (2011) Optimization of laser butt welding parameters with multiple performance characteristics. Opt Laser Technol 43:660–673 Janaki Ram GD, Venugopal Reddy A, Prasad Rao K, Reddy GM, Sarin Sundar JK (2005) Microstructure and tensile properties of Inconel 718 pulsed Nd-YAG laser welds. J Mater Process Technol 167:73–82 Rikka VR, Sahu SR, Tadepalli R, Bathe R, Mohan T, Prakash R, Padmanabham G, Gopalan R (2016) Microstructure and mechanical properties of pulse laser welded stainless steel and aluminum alloys for lithium-ion cell casings. J Mater Sci Eng B 6(9–10):218–225 Moharana BR, Sahu SK, Sahoo SK, Bathe R (2016) Experimental investigation on mechanical and microstructural properties of AISI 304 to Cu joints by CO2 laser. Int J Eng Sci Technol 19(2):684–690 Sahoo SK, Bishoyi B, Mohanty UK, Sahoo SK, Sahu J, Bathe RN (2016) Effect of laser beam welding on microstructure and mechanical properties of commercially pure titanium. Trans Indian Inst Met. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-016-0976-7 Narsimhachary D, Bathe RN, Dutta Majumdar J, Padmanabham G, Basu A (2016) Microstructure and mechanical properties of double pass laser welds on 6061-T6 aluminium alloy. Lasers Eng 33:53–66 Narsimhachary D, Bathe RN, Padmanabham G, Basu A (2014) Influence of temperature profile during laser welding of aluminum alloy 6061 T6 on microstructure and mechanical properties. Mater Manuf Process 29(8):948–953 Padmanabham G, Shanmugarajan B (2013) Laser based joining of metallic and non-metallic materials. 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