Development of laser metal deposition technology with IR and blue diode lasers (Conference Presentation)

Masahiro Tsukamoto; Yuji Sato; Ritsuko Higashino; Kohei Asano; Yoshinori Funada; Keita Asuka; Yu Sakon; Nobuyuki Abe; Koji Tojo

doi:10.1117/12.2297605

14 March 2018 Development of laser metal deposition technology with IR and blue diode lasers (Conference Presentation)

Masahiro Tsukamoto, Yuji Sato, Ritsuko Higashino, Kohei Asano, Yoshinori Funada, Keita Asuka, Yu Sakon, Nobuyuki Abe, Koji Tojo

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Proceedings Volume 10523, Laser 3D Manufacturing V; 105230Z (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2297605
Event: SPIE LASE, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

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Laser cladding, which is one of laser metal deposition (LMD) technologies, is an effective metal surface coating technique capable of increasing component lifetimes, in which an additive material such as a powder or a wire is melted by a laser beam and deposited on the substrate surface. We developed a multi-beam processing head with six high intensity infrared (IR) diode lasers, which was based on multi laser combining method, in order to realize a high quality cladding layer having a dense, fine and purity. An IR diode laser light with the power of 50 W was output from an optical fiber. Total laser power on the base plate was 300 W since six laser beams were overlapped. A nozzle to supply the powder was in the center of the processing head. The processing head was installed in a machine tool (simultaneous 5-axis machining). Hardness and abrasion resistances of blade edge and shaft made from stainless steel were improved by cladding of cobalt-base alloy powder, which was one of the applications with the machine. We also designed a multi-beam processing head with high intensity blue diode lasers for cladding of copper powder. We have developed a high intensity blue diode laser with the power of 100 W. The blue laser light was output from an optical fiber whose core diameter and NA were 100 m and 0.22, respectively. The three blue diode lasers would be installed to the processing head to obtain the power of 300 W on the base plate

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Masahiro Tsukamoto, Yuji Sato, Ritsuko Higashino, Kohei Asano, Yoshinori Funada, Keita Asuka, Yu Sakon, Nobuyuki Abe, and Koji Tojo "Development of laser metal deposition technology with IR and blue diode lasers (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10523, Laser 3D Manufacturing V, 105230Z (14 March 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2297605

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Semiconductor lasers

Laser development

Infrared technology

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Metals

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