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Influence of high-power diode laser heat treatment on wear resistance of a mold steel

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The effect of hardness on wear loss and wear behavior during fretting was studied. A high-power diode laser was used to achieve the surface hardening of a mold steel (AISI P20-improved) at temperatures of 1000 and 1200 °C. A hardness increment was detected in laser heat-treated specimens, which may be attributed to phase transformation from ferrite to martensite, influencing wear loss and fretting wear behavior. In the fretting test results, smaller wear scars and less wear loss were observed for laser heat-treated specimens in comparison to those of base metal. Moreover, relatively more stable friction coefficient profiles were obtained for the laser heat-treated specimens due to uniform contact characteristics at two contacting surfaces. The effectiveness of the proposed technique was verified by the morphology of the wear scars of the treated specimens, which had a smooth appearance and minor abrasion grooves.

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  1. Laser and Electron Beam Application Department, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon, 34103, Korea

    Changkyoo Park

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea

    Jinwoo Kim & Ho Jang

  3. Laser Industrial Technology Research Group, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Busan, 34103, Korea

    Ahjin Sim, In-duck Park & Eun-Joon Chun

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Changkyoo Park received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, USA. He is currently a Senior Researcher at Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Republic of Korea. His current research interest is ultrashort laser and CO2 laser materials processing.

Eun-Joon Chun received his Ph.D. from Osaka University, Japan. He is currently a Senior Researcher at Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Republic of Korea. His current research fields are laser materials processing, such as welding, heat treatment and shock peening.

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Park, C., Kim, J., Sim, A. et al. Influence of high-power diode laser heat treatment on wear resistance of a mold steel. J Mech Sci Technol 33, 829–836 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-019-0139-y

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