A Laser Processing Technique for Improving the Wear
Dec 20, 2013 This paper describes a process whereby the surface of a wide variety of metals and alloys can be impregnated with hard, wear-resisting particles. In experiments to date, particles of TiC or WC have been injected into thin laser melted surface layers of iron, nickel, titanium, aluminum, and copper base alloys. Many other metal/particle combinations appear to be feasible, for the only ...