Laser Welding and Cladding of Metallic Materials
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Welding and Joining".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 392
Special Issue Editors
Interests: laser welding; laser keyhole welding; laser cladding
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Laser welding is already an important joining technology nowadays with the advantages, such as high welding speed, large aspect ratio, small deformation, and high flexibility, etc.. In reality, the joining of same or dissimilar metals together using laser welding is an extremely complicated process, which contains a large number of physical and metallurgical effects. In addition, laser cladding is widely used in the repair and strengthen of machine parts and functional coatings due to its advantages such as low dilution rate, small heat-affected zone, and good metallurgical bonding between the coating and the substrate.
In this Special Issue, we welcome articles that focus on physical process characteristics, optimization and performance of joint or cladding layer during laser welding or cladding of metallic materials,
Laser welding or cladding processes using novel laser sources for difficult to weld metallic materials especially remain of interest.
Prof. Dr. Zhang Mingjun
Prof. Dr. Jianglin Zou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- laser welding
- laser keyhole welding
- laser–arc hybrid welding
- laser welding of dissimilar metals
- welding defects
- laser cladding
- laser materials processing
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