Laser Applications in Manufacturing [Hardcover]

This book introduces emerging areas of laser-based manufacturing such as additive manufacturing of metal matrix composites, joining of hard to weld superalloys, damage-free machining of fiber-reinforced composites, surface properties enhancement using cladding techniques, and modeling and simulation of laser beam manufacturing techniques.

1. Excimer Laser Micromachining and Their Potential Applications

2. Laser Machining of Difficult-to-Cut Novel Materials

3. Hard Metal-Matrix Composite Coating via Laser Cladding on Engineered Surfaces

4. Recent Developments in the Area of Laser Cladding and Surface Alloying

5. Directed Energy Deposition of Ni-Based Hard-Facing Alloy

6. Laser Additive Manufacturing of Cemented Carbide

7. Additive Manufacturing Technologies for On-Demand Production of Personalized Goods

8. Joining Techniques like Welding in Lightweight Material Structures

9. Innovative Welding Technique for Lightweight Dissimilar Materials

10. Modeling and Optimization of Laser Tube Bending Process

This book introduces the emerging areas of laser-based manufacturing such as additive manufacturing (AM) of metal matrix composites (MMCs), joining of hard-to-weld superalloys, damage-free machining of fiber-reinforced composites, surface properties enhancement using cladding techniques, and modeling and simulation of laser beam manufacturing techniques. Laser Applications in Manufacturing provides a quick guide for researchers and academicians to recent advancements in the development of powder-based MMCs manufactured using AM technology.

This book:

• shows recent developments in functionally graded sheets or laminates and fabrication of fiber-reinforced composlS¡