WIDE-BAND LASER CLADDING: WEAR AND CORROSION RESISTANCE OF A Ni-BASED ALLOY

A novel wide-band laser cladding system, with high rate of cladding, has been developed in the present work. The system mainly consisted of a 5kW CO2 laser, an automatic Fowder feeder and a wide-band scanning rotative polygon mirmr which can produce a linear or rectangular focused laser beam. Using this system, a Ni-Cr-Si-B alloy powder was cladded on the sudece of tgpe 321 austenitic stainless steel in onder to improve its wear and cormsion resistance. The pitting cormsion, high temperuture oxidation and wear tests were conducted in onder to evaluate the propertles of the laser cladded layer. The results demonstrated that the cladded layer can significantly improtte the adhesive wear and pitting cormsion resistance of the substmte. Moreover,the cladded layer exhibited good oxidafion resistance, which is almost the same as that of GMR-235D N-based superalloy.