Product Code: ICA11_905

Laser Heat Treatment with Latest System Components
Authors:
Steffen Bonss, Fraunhofer IWS; Dresden Germany
Jan Hannweber, Fraunhofer IWS; -
Udo Karsunke, Fraunhofer IWS; -
Stefan Kuehn, Fraunhofer IWS; -
Marko Seifert, Fraunhofer IWS; -
Eckhard Beyer, Fraunhofer IWS, Dresden University of Technology; -
Presented at ICALEO 2011

Laser beam heat treatment has been established during the last years as a complementary technology for local hardening treatment tasks at tool manufacturing, automotive industry and many others. Especially new high power diode lasers and a lot of process supporting systems, what have been developed in recent years, are responsible for the increase of industrial laser hardening applications. The short course starts with information about the basics of laser heat treatment. After that a review about suitable lasers and recommended systems for reliable and well adapted laser heat treatment processes is given. Examples of last ten years transfer of laser beam hardening into industry are presented and discussed.