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Is this the future of cheap heat treatment? Laser and quench?
Laser hardening
Laser hardening
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Re: Laser hardening
Well… heat treatment isn’t necessarily expensive at volume. You can put hundreds of blades in a batch in an oven or… laser them one at a time?
Re: Laser hardening
Maybe it can be a way for micro brands to do heat treat on demand
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Re: Laser hardening
That is interesting, it looks as if it’s surface hardening rather than full thickness?
It may have a place for lock faces and high wear areas on handles etc.
It may have a place for lock faces and high wear areas on handles etc.
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Re: Laser hardening
Or engine cylinders, where you want maximum hardness on the internal wear area, but retain malleability in the structure
Re: Laser hardening
It's just not much of a problem to heat treat steel. You buy a heat treat oven and do the right temperature cycle. Quenching can be interesting so maybe if you figure out laser quenching that will help.
Re: Laser hardening
Wasn't this the idea regarding samurai swords? What if we could get knife blades that were differentially hardened...harder at the edge and softer (tougher) at the spine?
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