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This is an additive manufacturing technology using a laser beam and the continual adding of metal material in the form of powder that solidifies immediately.
The machining of a metal part can be done in two ways: by removing or adding material until the part with the desired features has been shaped. Laser cladding technology that IK4-TEKNIKER will be presenting at the Machine-Tool Biennial belongs to the second means.
It is an additive manufacturing system (by adding material) using a laser beam and the continual adding of metal material in the form of powder that solidifies immediately.
The system has long been used to repair large parts and to improve the mechanical and corrosion properties of metal components.
At IK4-TEKNIKER, structures using hot- and cold-working steels have been created with nickel, titanium and cobalt alloys on different metal bases; right now, work is being done on tungsten carbide composite cladding embedded in cobalt or nickel matrices.
These processes are not always installed in the same machine configuration.
Work is being done at IK4-TEKNIKER using a mobile head and fixed table on parts with a quasi-prismatic geometry or dividing plate for turning parts. The system has a head that can be moved in certain directions but it has limitations when it comes to producing difficult geometries. That is why an inverted model with a fixed head and mobile table is being worked on.
