Effect of Laser Power on the Cladding Temperature Field and the Heat Affected Zone

Abstract: In this paper, H13 powder is cladded on P20 base during continuous CO2 laser, the influence of processing technologies such as the laser power is analyzed. The 3-D model of synchronous powder feeding is established under Gauss heat source, the simulation results are compared with the experimental data. The results show that the temperature field and the size of heat affected zone are affected by laser power. In the heat affected zone, experimental sizes are compared with simulative sizes, the average errors in width and in depth are 15% and 4.5%, respectively.