r/woahdude • u/Spaghetti__Wap • 4d ago

picture Wire Laser Direct Energy Deposition

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Print got a little hot and displayed some nice colors! (Stainless 316L)

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u/fordnotquiteperfect 4d ago

Does the chrome in the stainless vaporize during the process?

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u/Spaghetti__Wap 4d ago

I believe chrome boils at 2600c, our process doesn't exceed 1600c

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u/ExtremeSplat 4d ago

If this is laser DED process then you are most definitely reaching higher than that. The center of the laser will likely be a temperatures high enough to boil chrome off.

Laser welding wouldn’t be able to create a keyhole unless it was vaporizing the metal. Even though you’re probably in conduction mode, you’ll still be vaporizing some.

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u/RainyDays_wastaken 4d ago

What brand robot is in the image? The blue is telling me Yaskawa, but I could be wrong. My work does something very similar and we use Yaskawa robots.

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u/Spaghetti__Wap 4d ago

ABB painted blue

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u/RainyDays_wastaken 4d ago

Ah ok. We have a couple of ABBs, but they are in storage and haven’t been used since we moved to our new building.