Application and Prospect of Laser Cladding Technology

       Since the 1980s, laser cladding technology has developed rapidly and has become a hot spot of laser surface modification research at home and abroad. Laser cladding technology has great technical and economic benefits, and is widely used in machinery manufacturing and maintenance, automobile manufacturing, textile machinery, navigation and aerospace and petrochemical industries.

Laser cladding technology has achieved certain results and is in the initial stage of gradually moving towards industrial application. The future development prospects mainly include the following aspects:

(1) Basic theoretical research on laser cladding.

(2) Design and development of cladding materials.

(3) Improvement and development of laser cladding equipment.

(4) The establishment of the theoretical model.

(5) Rapid prototyping technology of laser cladding.

(6) Automation of cladding process control.