• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Laser Processing Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.57-60
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• 2002

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.66-75
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• 1993

This paper proposes a monitoring method for nondestructive and in-process measurement of the case depth in LASER surface heat treatment process. The method is essentially an eddy-current method, and measures sensing coil's electrical impedance which varies with the changes of the material microstructure due to hardening. To investigate te validity of the proposed method a series of experiments were performed for various hardning depths. The results show that the relationship between the eddy- current sensor output and the changes in case depth is almost linear. This indicates that the eddy-current measuring method can be used as one of the possible monitoring method for mesauring the hardened depth in LASER heat treatment processes.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.20-29
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• 1986

이 보고서는 재료의 표면처리에 레이저의 역할이 증가하고 있음을 설명하고 생산현장과 실험실환경에서의 그것의 금속학적인 응용을 조사한다. 변태경화, 표면합금화와 크래딩에 특히 관심을 두었으나, 아직 개발단계에 있는 표면용융, 입자분사와 증착과 같은 기술에 관해서도 언급한다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.35 no.8
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• pp.1041-1047
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• 2011

In this study, two types of die material cast iron was treated for surface hardening by using high power diode laser to improve mechanical properties of die which is using as essential production technology in the parts manufacturing in virtually all the infrastructure industries now. First of all, the heat treatment characteristics of FCD550 material which is spheroidal graphite cast iron, and through the heat treatment of HCI350 material which is flake graphite cast iron, the heat treatment characteristics of the two materials were compared. The hardness of hardened zone increased over 3 times over base material for both specimens, but as for required heat input, HCI350 was higher than FCD550 material depending on the heat conductivity of the materials by the content amount and shape of graphite contained in the material.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Laser Processing Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.43-45
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• 1998

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.176-183
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• 2005

Laser heat treatment technology is used for improving the feature of fatigue resistance and wear resistance in mobile parts. The purpose of this study is to compare the characteristics of laser heat treatment and high frequency heat treatment, which is commonly used in industrial place. For the preemptive experiment, the distribution, depth and size of hardening and its micro-structural features were compared between surface heat treatment case by defocusing and variables of each process for heat treatment by exclusively manufactured heat treatment optical system. As a result, high frequency heat treatment has wide distribution of hardening depth and width about 3 times larger than laser heat treatment, however, its average hardness showed 621.4Hv which is smaller than the average hardness of laser heat treatment with 691Hv.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.78-84
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• 2012

Mold may experience deterioration of molding quality as the abrasion of mold occurring due to friction between mold and molded product works as allowance in the course of press process. Therefore, to improve the wear-resistance of mold, methods like nitriding, carburizing, flame and induction surface hardening treatment etc have been applied. However, as such methods are accompanied by problems like shape limitation or product deformation etc, laser surface treatment technology is under review as surface treatment method that can solve such problems. Therefore, in this study, mold material cast iron was surface-treated by using high power diode laser. In previous report 1 and report 2, the heat treatment characteristics were compared by the differences of die materials and shapes, then this paper observed microstructure by using optical microscope and scanning electronic microscope to analyze the structural difference of hardened zone, interface area and base metal after heat treatment. And the structural condition was grasped through EDS. As a result of microstructure, hardened zone showed formation of acicular martensite.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1992.10a
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• pp.106-110
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• 1992

컴퓨터에 의한 입체 형상 이용 기술의 발달로 3차원 CAD 데이타 형상의 제품을 2차원 형상의 층으로 연속적으로 적층 하는 입체인쇄(Stereolithography)기술개발이 활발하게 이뤄지고 있어 부품설계와 생산에 혁신을 예고하고 있으며, 이 같은 입체 인쇄 기술 중에서 특히, 특정 주파수의 빛에 의하여 경화되는 광 경화성수지(Photopolymer)에 레이저(Laser)를 주사하면 표면의 미소경화부만 경화되는 성질을 이용하여 소재를 경화시키는 광 조형법리 각광을 받고 있다. 본 논문에서는 광조형법에 의한 모델성형시 레이저빔의 조사에 의하여 야기되는 광경화성 수지의 상변화에 의한 성형물의 수축 및 뒤틀림에 대한 연구를 수행하였다

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.600-607
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• 2011

Recently, high carbon steel has become essential not only for shipbuilding parts, but also mass production. Its surface has been treated by carburizing, nitriding and induction hardening, but these existing treatments cause considerable deformation and increase the expense of postprocessing after treatment; furthermore, these treatments cannot be easily applied to parts that requiring the hardening of only a certain section. This is because the treatment cannot heat the material homogeneously, nor can it heat all of it. Laser surface treatment was developed to overcome these disadvantages, and when the laser beam is irradiated on the surface and laser speed is appropriate, the laser focal position is rapidly heated and the thermal energy of surface penetrates the material after irradiation, finally imbuing it with a new mechanical characteristic by the process of self-quenching. This research estimates the material characteristic after efficient and functional surface treatment using HPDL, which is more efficient than the existing CW Nd:YAG laser heat source. To estimate, microstructural changes and hardness characteristics of two parts (the surface treatment part, and parental material) are observed with the change of laser beam speed and surface temperature.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.31-37
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• 2011

Recently, the technology of surface treatment is being more important which affects the material cost reduction and substitution to the expensive material. The material used for the mechanical processing should have not only high intensity, but also strength toughness, wear resistance and corrosion resistance. In order to increase the durability and have better quality of the parts using such kind of tooling material, various kinds of research of the surface hardening through many kinds of heat resources is being done and practically applied. In this study, the characteristics of hardening surface zone for high strength of the press die material through laser beam irradiation are researched. In this study, it is experimentally observed by the status of the surface morphology, tensile strength, the hardness distribution of the base metal and wear condition by the surface hardness pattern by the laser beam based on the process parameters of $CO_2$ laser by using SM45C and STD11 used for press tool. Through this research, the characteristics of surface hardened zone for high strength of the thin metal by laser beam irradiation is done.