The invention provides a wire material
laser cladding method. The wire material
laser cladding method comprises the following steps that one
electrode of a wire material heating device is connected with a workpiece, the other
electrode of the wire material heating device is connected with a conductive
nozzle, the wire material penetrates through the conductive
nozzle and then makes contact with the surface of the workpiece, a
laser beam and the wire material are placed in a certain angle with the surface of the workpiece respectively, the wire material heating device is started, the wire material is preheated to a certain temperature, a laser is started, and a laser beam generated by the laser is focused on wire material on the surface the workpiece, the laser energy is absorbed by the wire material, then a
molten pool is instantly formed on the surface of the workpiece, the melting
pool is controlled to move on the surface of the workpiece according to a preset path and a preset speed, and the laser cladding is completed. According to the method, the initial temperature and the cladding linear speed of the wire material are increased, the temperature of the wire material is increased to be close to the
melting point before the wire material enters the laser beam, the wire material can melt to form a
molten pool on the surface of the workpiece only by relatively small laser energy and relatively short
irradiation time of the laser beam, and the wire cladding efficiency and quality are obviously improved, therefore the method has a wide popularization and application prospect.