Effect of laser surface hardening on the microstructure, hardness and residual stresses of austempered ductile iron grades

A study of the laser surface hardening process of two austempered ductile iron grades, with different austempering treatments has been carried out. Hardening was performed with an infrared continuous wave Nd:YAG laser in cylindrical specimens. The microstructure of the laser hardened samples was investigated using an optical microscope, microhardness profiles were measured and surface and radial residual stresses were studied by an X-ray diffractometer. Similar results were achieved for both materials. A coarse martensite with retained austenite structure was found in the treated area, resulting in a wear resistant effective layer of 0.6 mm to 1 mm with a microhardness between 650 HV and 800 HV. Compressive residual stresses have been found at the hardened area being in agreement with the microhardness and microstructural variations observed. The achieved results point out that the laser surface hardening is a suitable method for improving the mechanical properties of austempered ductile irons.     

Structure and properties of laser quenched 4Cr13 steel

The structure and properties of laser quenched 4Cr13 steel were reported. The results show that: (1) Fine martensite is obtained after laser quenching. The highest content of retained austenite in the surface area 10 μm thick of laser hardened zone is 47. 13 percent, but only 3.6 percent of retained austenite is measured inside the laser hardened layer after the surface layer 10μm thick is worn off. (2) The hardness of laser quenched layer is much higher (HV_(0.1) 690) than that of the substrate (HV_(0.1) 237). (3) The wear resistance of laser quenched layer is 3.3 times higher than that of traditionally treated specimen and the corrosion resistance of 4Cr13 steel is also improved greatly by laser quenching.     

激光冲击强化提高K403铸造高温合金疲劳性能

采用YLSS-M60U型高能Nd:YAG激光器,对发动机高压涡轮叶片材料K403/K3铸造高温合金试片进行激光冲击强化处理,强化工艺参数为:激光能量3J,光斑直径2.6mm,脉宽20ns,波长1064nm,吸收保护层为铝箔,约束层为水,搭接率50%,冲击3次。强化后,在420MPa应力水平下进行了室温高周振动疲劳测试,并进行了扫描电镜观察和X射线衍射仪物相分析。研究结果表明:激光冲击强化后,试片疲劳寿命是原始状态试片寿命的2.4倍,激光冲击强化的强冲击波作用使金属发生高应变率塑性变形,以及随之产生的较大较深残余压应力,是金属疲劳性能提高的主要原因。     

高厚度薄膜-泡沫平面调制靶的飞秒激光微加工

 利用数值孔径为0.14的显微物镜聚焦中心波长800 nm、脉宽120 fs、重复频率1 kHz的飞秒激光,采用焦点逐线扫描等距下移方式,选取的入射平均功率为30 mW,加工速度为300 μm/s,对瑞利-泰勒(R-T)不稳定性实验靶用的厚度1.5 mm聚苯乙烯（PS）薄膜-聚4-甲基-1-戊烯（PMP）泡沫双层复合长条块体样品进行精确切割成型,并与纳秒激光切割情形对比。结果表明：利用飞秒激光微加工有效控制了切割区变形和材料分层,获得了整齐的切割边缘和平坦的切割面,样品最大切割深度超过800 μm。     

拉曼高光谱成像系统中光在奶粉层的穿透深度研究

拉曼高光谱成像技术不仅可以获取样本的空间分布信息,图像上每个像素点还包括了完整的光谱信息,因其信息量丰富的特点已在食品安全检测方面得到了应用。本研究探索拉曼高光谱成像系统中光在奶粉层中的穿透深度,以及采集参数和奶粉类型对穿透深度的影响。实验选取均匀奶粉层样品放置于厚度为5 mm的三聚氰胺样本之上,检测奶粉层厚度为0.8～4.0 mm时的三聚氰胺特征峰强度,以此评估光在奶粉层中的穿透性和信号衰减情况。结果显示当奶粉层厚度一定时,随着激光功率变大,拉曼特征峰值随之增加,此外更长的曝光时间也可以使拉曼信号得到增强。在激光功率不小于2 W且曝光时间不小于500 ms时,光在全脂奶粉层的穿透深度可达4 mm。奶粉层厚度在0.8～4.0 mm范围内,穿透奶粉层的拉曼信号随着奶粉层厚度增加呈指数式衰减。在激光功率为8 W、曝光时间为1 000 ms的条件下,光在全脂、低脂和脱脂奶粉层的穿透深度均达到了4 mm。在相同测量厚度下,通过脱脂奶粉层接收的拉曼信号弱于通过全脂和低脂奶粉层接收的拉曼信号强度。研究结果为拉曼高光谱检测中奶粉样品的前处理提供了有益参考。     

油田常用J-55钢材的激光表面改性研究

选用１２种不同的工艺参数对Ｊ－５５钢材进行激光表面改性，测试了各试样淬硬层中不同深度处的硬度值及其微观组织结构，同时对最佳工艺参数及改性机理进行了分析和研究     

微激光冲击DZ17G合金的表面完整性影响研究

为了在不影响柱状晶组织的前提下改善DZ17G定向凝固合金的力学性能,采用微激光冲击强化方法进行表面处理,通过X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜和显微硬度计,测试分析微激光冲击对DZ17G定向凝固合金表面完整性的影响。试验结果表明:在水下无吸收保护层微激光冲击处理后,合金表面发生了烧蚀、熔融,1次冲击后形成光滑熔融区,但随着冲击次数增加而形成了大量微小烧蚀孔洞和难熔颗粒;表层组织仍由和两相组成,柱状晶内形成了高密度位错和位错缠结,但未发生晶粒细化;硬度在深度上呈梯度分布,冲击1次后硬化层深度仅为100 m,表面硬度值达到503 HV,提高了22.7%,而且硬度值和硬化层深度都随着冲击次数增加而增大。     

Study on the softening in overlapping zone by laser-overlapping scanning surface hardening for carbon and alloyed steel

Softening in overlapping passes by laser-overlapped scanning surface hardening is a difficult problem of laser surface modification. Despite the advantage of laser quenching, softening in overlapping zone limits its practical application. In this paper, 45, 9Cr2Mo and W18Cr4V steel were hardened by laser-overlapping quenching. Softening occurred in all overlapping zones. The results of hardness testing indicated the softening width of 45 steel was the broadest and that of W18Cr4V steel was the narrowest. Different mixed microstructures composed the overlapping zone for three steels, i.e., tempered sorbite and a little tempered martensite in 45 steel, tempered martensite, tempered sorbite and a small amount of carbides in 9Cr2Mo steel, tempered martensite and a little carbide in W18Cr4V steel. The effect of activation energy of diffusion for carbon in steel and cooling rate on the decomposition of martensite have been investigated by developing a diffusion model based on the principle of carbon diffusion in martensite. The results indicated that action energy for diffusion of carbon in steel plays a main role in hindering decomposition of carbide and cooling rate has a limited action in reducing temper softening during laser-overlapping scanning.     

球墨铸铁QT600-3激光相变硬化数值模拟研究

采用商业有限元软件ProCAST,建立了激光相变硬化温度场的3维数值模拟模型,对球墨铸铁QT600-3进行激光相变硬化的数值模拟研究,计算了表面淬火的温度场,根据温度场预测了硬化层的深度和宽度。激光功率在800~1 000 W之间,激光扫描速度在2.000~2.667 mm/s之间,光斑直径在4~5 mm之间时,计算得到的硬化层深度在0.20~0.64 mm之间,硬化层宽度在2.0~3.7 mm之间。球墨铸铁数值模拟结果与试验基本吻合,两者变化趋势一致。     

激光冲击对E690高强钢激光熔覆修复微观组织的影响

为研究激光冲击对E690高强钢激光熔覆修复层微观组织的影响,选用专用金属粉末对E690高强钢试样预制凹坑进行激光熔覆修复,并使用脉冲激光对激光熔覆层进行冲击强化处理,同时采用扫描电镜、透射电镜和X射线应力分析仪分别对激光冲击前后激光熔覆层的微观组织和表面残余应力进行检测。结果表明:激光熔覆修复后,激光熔覆层组织为等轴晶,熔覆层与E690高强钢基体之间冶金结合良好,其表面残余应力为均匀分布的压应力。经激光冲击后,激光熔覆层截面晶粒得到细化,并观察到大量的形变孪晶,互相平行的孪晶界分割熔覆层粗大晶粒,在激光熔覆层的晶粒细化过程中发挥着重要作用;试样表层位错在{110}滑移面上发生交滑移,在晶界周围形成了位错缠结。经激光冲击后,激光熔覆层冲击区域表面残余压应力数值相较于冲击前提升了1.1倍。     

Laser welding of glasses using a nanosecond pulsed Nd:YAG laser

This work reports on laser welding of two 1 mm thickness borosilicate glasses through the irradiation with a nanosecond pulsed laser, as a novel alternative to the use of ultrashort pulsed lasers for welding of transparent materials. Two different methodologies were investigated and compared in terms of interface quality. In a first approach, the glasses were joined without any absorbing intermediate layer. However, the bond interface possesses defects. To improve the resulting bond interface, the use of a titanium ultrathin intermediate layer was proposed to weld the glasses substrates, acting as a sealant between them. The laser parameters were optimized to achieve the best joining conditions of the Ti film. The use of the Ti layer gives rise to a bond interface more homogeneous and free of damages. As a further step, thin glasses of 86 µm thickness, of great technological value, were joined through the Ti film as well. The joined interfaces were inspected through optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) while the bond quality was evaluated by Scanning Acoustic Microscopy (SAM).     

纳秒激光在铜靶材中诱导冲击波的实验研究

基于聚偏二氟乙烯压电传感器, 对铜靶材中纳秒激光脉冲诱导的冲击波传播过程进行了实验研究, 给出了铜靶材内冲击压强随激光脉冲能量和靶材厚度的变化规律. 实验结果表明: 500 mJ激光脉冲能量作用到2 mm厚的铜靶材产生的冲击压强达到2.1 MPa; 激光脉冲能量从200 mJ 增加到500 mJ, 在铜靶材厚度为2和4 mm条件下, 冲击压强分别增加了162%和231%; 而当铜靶材厚度从2 mm增加到6 mm时, 在400和500 mJ激光脉冲能量作用下, 铜靶材内冲击压强分别降低了32%和49%.     

激光冲击与渗碳复合工艺改善12CrNi3A钢磨损性能

为了提高12CrNi3A钢渗碳层质量及其抗磨损性能,提出了激光冲击与渗碳不同顺序复合的工艺方法。球磨实验结果表明,相比渗碳处理,激光冲击后渗碳试样的比磨损率降低了51%,而渗碳后激光冲击强化试样的比磨损率降低了13%,说明激光冲击后渗碳的复合工艺能更好地改善抗磨损性能。在摩擦系数差别不大的情况下,抗磨损性能的提升与显微硬度提高、微观组织变化有关,从这两方面讨论抗磨损性能提升的机理。研究表明:激光冲击强化可促进渗碳的过程,强化后渗碳形成的渗碳层结构致密,大量细小碳化物形成,固溶强化、第二相强化作用增强,显微硬度增大,从而提高抗磨损性能;而渗碳后激光冲击强化只使渗层表面发生了形变强化,与渗碳工艺相比,显微硬度略有提高,抗磨损性能提高有限。     

Theoretical and experimental analysis of high power diode laser (HPDL) hardening of AISI 1045 steel

Laser surface hardening makes use of the rapid and cooling cycles produced on metals surfaces exposed to a scanning laser beam without affecting the bulk of the sample. Mechanical and chemical properties of the surface can be enhanced through the metallurgical transformations that take place during the mentioned thermal cycles. Steels and cast irons are the usual materials to be hardened by laser and recently the high power diode lasers (HPDL) became the appropriate tool to carry out this process. In this work, some systematic experiments have been carried out to harden AISI 1045 surface samples by a cw (HPDL) working at different power levels (470, 760 W). The main processing parameters (scanning velocity and density power of the laser beam) were tuned from the prediction realized by the numerical (ANSYS) analysis of the heat conduction involved in the process. Such analysis allowed us to put in evidence the variation of the temperature and the cooling rate of the steel sample surface, affecting the uniformity of the demanding mechanical properties of the surface. In this way, a close-loop temperature control of the surface was justified in order to keep the hardness value within the range required. The formation of martensite phase in the laser treated superficial zone confirmed the hardening of the steel.     

场致发射阳极用钨网的寿命特性分析

 通过扫描电镜分析和实验验证，分析了场致发射阳极用钨网被破坏的成因。对钨网进行淬火处理，使钨网表面形成一定厚度的氧化膜，可显著提高钨网使用寿命。不同的淬火温度,将使钨网表面形成不同厚度的氧化膜。实验结果表明，氧化膜厚度的改变，将明显影响钨网的使用寿命。当脉宽90ns、束流6kA、能量1MeV的电子束透过钨网时，钨网表面的氧化膜厚度选在0.4μm左右为宜。     

Analysis of the impedance mismatch effect in foam-solid targets compressed by laser-driven shock waves

The impedance mismatch effect in a two-layer (low density plastic foam, and solid aluminum, respectively) plane target compressed by a laser driven shock wave is considered. In such targets the ablative pressure generated by absorption of laser light in the foam layer is amplified when crossing the foam-aluminum interface. In this paper an analytical model is developed to evaluate the shock pressure in the aluminum layer as a function of the density and thickness of the foam layer and of the laser parameters. The model is in good agreement with previously published experimental results [A. Benuzzi et al., Phys. Plasmas 5, 2827 (1998)]. Received 20 January 2000 and Received in final form 16 May 2000     

High precision materials processing using a novel Q-switched CO2 laser

Holes with diameters of about 400 µm have been laser trepanned in Ti6Al4V and carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) thin sheets with a thickness of 0.5 mm. A commercial CO₂ laser (SM1500E, FEHA LaserTec, Germany) and a novel Q-switched CO₂ laser (µ-storm, IAI, Netherlands) were used as radiation sources. Optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and replicas of the processed holes were used to investigate the influence of the CO₂ laser pulse parameters (e.g. pulse energy, duration and peak power) on the processing quality. It was shown that melt formation and high temperature oxidation reactions of Ti6Al4V during thermal laser processing were reduced significantly by using short and high intense Q-switched CO₂ laser pulses. During trepanning of CFRP heat affected zones resulting from the extremely different thermal properties (melting and vaporisation temperature, heat conduction) of the reinforcing carbon fibres and the polymer matrix were reduced significantly by using the Q-switched CO₂ laser. The results demonstrate that Ti6Al4V and CFRP can be processed very precisely with CO₂ laser radiation and air as processing gas without melt formation and thermal damage.     

脉冲激光作用下铝靶的层裂

 本文报导波长为1.06 μm脉宽（FWHM）约4 ns的强脉冲激光辐照下，铝靶发生层裂的实验结果。当入射功率密度在2.0×10¹¹~5×10¹¹ W/cm²范围的激光束作用下，厚度为0.1 mm、0.2 mm的靶在超临界条件下发生层裂，层裂厚度分别在(17±6) μm及(35±5) μm范围。文中使用一种简化模型对阈值条件下不同厚度的靶发生层裂时的层裂片厚度作了近似估算，并与已有的实验结果较好地符合。     

Microstructure and properties of borocarburized and laser-modified 17CrNi6-6 steel

Two-step process: carburizing followed by boriding was applied to the formation of borocarburized layers. The boride layer formed on the substrate of changeable chemical and phase composition (e.g. borocarburized layer) was called “gradient boride layer”, in contrast to “typical boride layer”, formed on the substrate of constant chemical and phase composition. Until now, the typical heat treatment of borocarburized layer consisted of treatment through hardening: quenching in oil and low-temperature tempering. In this paper, instead of treatment through hardening, laser-heat treatment was employed. The properties of such layer were compared to the properties of typical carburized layer. Three zones characterized the microstructure of laser-modified borocarburized layer: iron borides (FeB+Fe₂B) of modified morphology, hardened carburized zone (heat affected zone) and carburized layer without heat treatment. X-ray microanalysis indicated the increased boron concentration close to the surface due to the occurrence of a mixture of FeB and Fe₂B borides. Near to the hardened carburized zone, Fe₂B phase occurred in the laser-modified boride zone. Laser-heat treated borocarburized layer was characterized by higher microhardness at the surface than that obtained in case of carburized layer. It was caused by the iron borides (FeB+Fe₂B) occurrence at the surface, as a consequence of boriding process. However, the carburized layer was characterized by considerably larger hardened zone. Higher abrasive wear resistance, but lower low-cycle fatigue strength in comparison with the carburized layer, characterized the gradient boride layer formed by borocarburizing and laser surface modification. The indentation craters obtained on the surface of laser-heat treated borocarburized layer revealed sufficient cohesion (HF3 standard). The use of laser-modified borocarburized layers may be advantageous under conditions of high abrasive wear of mating parts. In case of parts, which require high resistance to fatigue, the carburized layer is irreplaceable.     

Engineering the residual stress state and microstructure of stainless steel with mechanical surface treatments

Four mechanical surface treatments have been considered for the application to austenitic stainless steel structures. Shot peening (SP), laser shock peening (LSP), ultrasonic impact treatment (UIT) and water jet cavitation peening (WJCP), also known as cavitation shotless peening (CSP), have been applied to 8 mm thick Type 304 austenitic stainless steel coupons. This study considers the merits of each of these mechanical surface treatments in terms of their effect on the surface roughness, microstructure, level of plastic work and through thickness residual stress distribution. Microstructural studies have revealed the formation of martensite close to the treated surface for each process. Residual stress measurements in the samples show compressive stresses to a significantly greater depth for the LSP, UIT and WJCP samples compared to the more conventional SP treated sample.