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http://dx.doi.org/10.5781/JWJ.2015.33.3.54

Effects of laser power on hardness and microstructure of the surface melting hardened SKD61 hot die steel using Yb:YAG disk laser  

Lee, Kwang-Hyeon (Busan Laser Application Support Center, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
Choi, Seong-Won (Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, Pusan National University)
Kang, Chung-Yun (Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, Pusan National University)
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Journal of Welding and Joining / v.33, no.3, 2015 , pp. 54-61 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, effect of laser power on hardness and microstructure of SKD61 Hot Die steel of which surface was melted and hardened with Yb:YAG disk laser was investigated. Beam speed was fixed at 70 mm/sec and distance between them was 0.8 mm about Laser surface melting. The only thing that was changed laser power. Laser powers were 2.0, 2.4 and 2.8 kW. No defect was found under all conditions. As the laser power increased, the penetration depth were deepened and the bead width was also widened. There was no hardness deviation of fusion zone at same laser power and it was higher than that of heat affected zone. In addition, the more laser power increased, the more hardness in fusion zone decreased. Fusion zone was macroscopically dendrite structure. However, core matric in dendrite was lath martensite of 100 nm size. There were $M_{23}C_6$ of 500 nm and the VC and $Mo_2C$ of a nano meters on boundary of dendrite.
Keywords
Laser hardening; Yb:YAG disk laser; SKD61; Laser surface melting; High power disk laser;
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