| Laserline's fiber-coupled diode lasers now reach 10,000 W out of a 1,500 µm fiber. Their main applications are heat treating and cladding. One of the first such systems was recently shown to the public at the diode laser workshop at Fraunhofer IWS in Dresden, where it was integrated into a cladding system. The IWS expects to reach deposition rates of Stellite well above 9 kg/hour, which is the benchmark reached with 6 kW diode lasers. These deposition rates now rival those of conventional deposition processes with the advantage of higher quality cladding layers.
"Cladding applications are of great interest for the oil industry to improve the wear resistance and thus reduce cost of the drilling equipment,' said Christoph Ullmann, CEO of Laserline. "We're excited to have another tool to serve a market that is growing at unprecedented rates.'
Heat treatment will be the other main application of this system. "With Laserline's proprietary homogenizing optics, also available as a variable zoom optic, we can deliver complete solutions to our customers,' Ullmann said. In Europe, laser heat treatment is an established process in many industries, notably in the automotive industry ranging from mold manufacturing to the hardening of engine components.
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