1. Development of a Flexible Laser Hardening & Machining Center and Proof of Concept on C-45 Steel
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Bert Lauwers, Hans Vanhove, Stijn Clijsters, Mohammadi Amirahmad, Jan Bouquet, and Dries Van Camp
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Optical Design ,Computer science ,Mechanical engineering ,ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS ,Physics and Astronomy(all) ,Laser ,Machining ,Nd:Yag Laser ,law.invention ,5-Axis milling center ,Laser hardening ,law ,Proof of concept ,Batch processing ,Hardening (metallurgy) - Abstract
The production of hardened precision parts is conventionally done in 3 steps. Rough machining of a workpiece in soft stage is followed by a hardening step, usually a batch process, and finalized by a hard machining finishing step. To omit the inevitable time delay and loss of accuracy because of part re-clamping, these steps should be incorporated within one flexible machining center. This paper describes the development of this machining center which allowsmachining and laser hardening in one setup, followed by a proof of concept for hardening C45 steel on this setup.
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