CO₂ laser cladding of VERSAlloy^TM on carbon steel with powder feeding

Laser cladding processing with metal powder feeding has been experimented on carbon steel with VERSAlloy^TM. A special device for the metal powder feeding was designed and manufactured. By adopting proper cladding parameters, good clad layers and sound metallurgical bonding with the base metal were obtained. Analysis indicates that the micro hardness of clad layer and the heat-affected zone increased with increasing of cladding speed. The experimental results showed that VERSAlloy^TM cladded well with carbon steel.