Laser surface hardening (LSH) is one of the most widely used surface hardening process
which can be applied to almost the whole range of metallic materials in today's applications …

Laser surface hardening is a well-established process for enhancing the mechanical
properties of selected surface areas of engineering parts made of different types of steel …

Laser surface hardening has become a promising replacement technique for conventional
heat treatment. The laser is a heat source, deployed with optics to modify the surface along …

This research work is focused on both experimental and numerical analysis of laser surface
hardening of AISI M2 high speed tool steel. Experimental analysis aims at clarifying effect of …

Surface hardening by inducing phase transformations through the heating effect of a laser
beam was one of the first laser based fabrication methods to be commercialised, in the early …

Purpose: The paper gives a comparison of various techniques of laser surface hardening for
various kinds of structural and tool steels, and special maraging steel and hardening of …

Laser surface hardening, although possible for a number of years, is a technology which is
still in its infancy. The process involves the use of high intensity laser radiation to rapidly …

An experimental investigation with Nd: YAG laser system was carried out to study the effects
of laser hardening process parameters on the microstructure and hardness during laser …

The metallic materials such as steel, iron, titanium and nickel alloys etc., are extensively
used in the automobile, marine, biomedical, aerospace, chemical industry and power …

Laser surface hardening makes use of the rapid and cooling cycles produced on metals
surfaces exposed to a scanning laser beam without affecting the bulk of the sample …