Abstract
Abstract
The results of experimental research on the influence of laser alloying parameters on the structure and chemical composition are presented. The alloying process was performed with a continuous CO2 laser, of a 2.5 kW power, at different densities of energy and different interaction times of beam on material. The experiments were done on carbon steel, which was alloyed with powders of tungsten carbide and cobalt stellite. The microstructure, the distribution of alloyed elements, and the microhardness of the surface layer were studied after a laser alloying process. It was shown that alloying layer morphology depends on the laser alloying parameters, especially on interaction time. The research has verified that the motion process of liquid material determines the alloyed layer morphology and indicates a necessity to take into account the convection process.