Lateral powder feeding head for laser cladding

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of non-traditional machining, in particular to a lateral powder feeding head for laser cladding. The lateral powder feeding head for laser cladding is formed by a left wall, a clapboard, a right wall, a front wall and a back wall, wherein the clapboard divides the powder feeding head into an independent cavity I and an independent cavity II with two rectangular cross sections; the lower ends of the two independent cavities are reduced to form two rectangular powder nozzle I and powder nozzle II; the end surfaces of the powder nozzle I and the powder nozzle IIare located on the same vertical plane; the independent cavity I and the independent cavity II feed powder through carrier gases and have the same internal powder feeding pressure; the powder nozzleI and the powder nozzle II spray various powder at the same time, the powder is radiated and melted through a laser beam so as to arrive at the surface of a workpiece, and the covering areas of the sprayed powder arriving at the surface of the workpiece coincide exactly; the cross section of the laser beam is in a rectangular shape, and the shape and the size of the laser beam and the shape and the size of the powder arriving at the surface of the workpiece are identical and coincide in positions; and the laser beam is firstly acted on the powder sprayed through the powder nozzle I and the powder nozzle II and is then acted on the surface of the workpiece.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of special processing, in particular to a side powder feeding head for laser cladding. Background technique [0002] Laser cladding can obtain a protective layer with specific properties on the surface of metal workpieces, which can greatly improve the wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and hydrogen embrittlement resistance of the workpiece, and can greatly improve the service life of key components. In some applications, it is necessary to mix different types of powders for laser cladding. Some of the current powder feeders for laser cladding have the function of powder mixing. Due to the difference in strength and density of the powder, the powder mixing effect is poor. Therefore, the most commonly used powder mixing method at present is to mix the powder through a ball mill and then carry out laser cladding. When using this method of powder mixing, different types of powder particles must be close together, ot...

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Problems solved by technology

Some of the current powder feeders for laser cladding have the function of powder mixing. Due to the difference in powder strength and density, the powder mixing effect is poor.

Therefore, the most commonly used powder mixing method at present is to mix the powder through a ball mill and then carry out laser cladding. When using this method of powder mixing, different types of powder particles must be close together, otherwise it is difficult to ensure the uniformity of the powder mixing, which will affect the laser. The performance of the cladding layer; when the melting points of different types of powder particles are quite different, the cladding layer effect of the powder mixed by mechanical powder mixing is poor after laser cladding, and the expected performance cannot be achieved; in addition, the powder mixing process needs to use Shielding gas and powder mixing will lead to changes in the particle size of the powder and loss of powder, etc., which will lead to a sharp increase in production costs and adverse effects such as unstable laser cladding quality

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