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News Release from: Technogenia | Subject: Laser materials cladding service
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 January 2008
Diode laser applies abrasion resistant
cladding
US company said it is the first to to use the latest diode laser technology - 4kW - with an NC machine to deposit anti-abrasive coatings on parts up to 12m long.
Technogenia has opened a Lasercarb Technology Center in Conroe, Texas, just north of Houston, USA The facility offers the services of a novel machine that clads industrial parts with anti-abrasion material
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 18 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Technogenia said that its prime location in the center of the oil and gas industry makes it convenient for those companies to keep their parts protected for optimal performance and longer lifespan in such hard-wear applications as cutting, drilling, and scraping.
Technogenia said that its Lasercarb Technology Center is the first in the United States to use the latest diode laser technology.
It includes a 4kW high-power diode laser, coupled with customised five-coordinate axis NC machine, which and can coat parts up to 40ft (12m) long and weighing as much as 5,000 lb (2,268kg).
Lasercarb is a laser cladding process that utilizes a laser power source to apply Technogenia's Spherotene powder.
The novel coating is composed of variable sizes of spherical tungsten carbide particles held in place by a nickel base matrix.
The powder is injected through a coaxial nozzle into the laser beam.
The combination of the laser power and the digital control generates a highly controlled deposit, said Technogenia to manufacturingtalk.com.
This technology coupled with an advanced CAD/CAM system allows a precise coating on the most complex geometry.
Therefore the Lasercarb process insures consistency and high quality on each part.
Lasercarb is the answer for parts under the most abrasive conditions.
Some applications include protecting rotors, scrapers, shaft bearings, stabilizers, sleeves, and non-magnetic stainless steel components.
The spherical tungsten carbide particles produced by Technogenia exhibit a hardness of 3000 +/- 500 Hv.
The spherical shape produces a high-density deposit reducing stress and cracking.
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