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Nowadays, laser cladding has wider and wider applications. Comparing with other laser techniques, laser cladding has superior advantages in extensibility, adaptability and diversity. After the development of several decades, laser cladding technology has been widely used in many industrial applications. So what are these industrial applications?
1.Coal mining
Coal mining industry is quite demanding on the mining machinery due to the tough working environment. The hydraulic column is covered with clad layer which uses electroplating technique. But electroplating is quite polluted and this is one of the traditional techniques that our country will abandon. And now, laser cladding has become a promising technique that is expected to replace electroplating. Laser cladding can improve the anti-corrosion function and extend the life of the hydraulic column. What's more, laser cladding is not harmful to the environment.
2.Power industry
The steam turbine rotor in the power plant will have the wearing problem under certain conditions. At the same time, the last stage blade and the second last stage blade of the steam turbine are easy to form bubble under high temperature working environment. And since steam turbine is quite huge and not easy to move, it requires a flexible and reliable technique to fix those problem. And laser cladding happens to be that kind of technique.
3.Oil exploration
In the oil industry, given the fact that the working environment is quite inferior, wearing and corrosion are more frequent on the large expensive components like drill collar, non-magnetic drill collar, centering guide and jar. With laser cladding technology, those components can return to what they originally look like and their life can be well extended.
To sum up, laser cladding is a technique that can modify the surface of the materials and repair equipment. It is a green technology and the key support of refabrication technique. Laser cladding often uses CO2 laser and fiber laser to generate high energy laser beam. But at the same time, substantial amount of heat becomes the byproduct. To take away the heat in time, a reliable laser water cooler is a MUST. S&A Teyu develops CW series and CWFL series laser chiller units especially designed for CO2 laser and fiber laser. Both of these two series of laser water coolers are easy to use, easy to install and have two control modes for selections - constant temperature mode and intelligent mode. Under intelligent mode, the water temperature will adjust itself automatically as the ambient temperature changes. You can also set a fixed water temperature under constant temperature mode. Two control modes are easy to switch. For detailed S&A Teyu laser chiller unit models, click https://www.teyuchiller.com/
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