Laser Technology - Applications in Adhesion and Related Areas
Laser Technology - Applications in Adhesion and Related Areas
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激光技术 - 在粘合及相关领域的应用
DOI:
10.1002/9781119185031.ch9
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发表时间:
2018
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Marimuthu S
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作者:
Marimuthu S
There is an urgent and growing need to reduce the environmental footprints of products and manufacturing processes and to support sustainable material consumption. For engineering applications, this implies the need to develop low energy/carbon footprint manufacturing processes that utilise extended-life tooling. In mechanical machining, nanostructured hard ceramic thin film coatings like titanium nitride (TiN), titanium aluminium nitride (TiAlN) and chromium titanium aluminium nitride (CrTiAlN) are extensively used to improve machining capability and to extend the lives of cutting tools. However, if any error is detected on the coated tools or when the tooling needs to be re-used, it is mandatory to remove the existing coating to facilitate reshaping/recoating. Existing coating removal processes use chemical etching methods, which are not environmentally friendly and also not suitable for selective coating removal. This chapter discusses the developments in excimer laser removal of hard ceramic coatings and demonstrates it as a viable alternative to existing chemical etching methods. In order to raise the integrity of the decoating process and to make the process more accurate and reliable, two online monitoring systems, exploiting probe beam reflection (PBR) and laser plume emission spectroscopy (LPES) are discussed. The online monitoring system facilitates the prediction of coating removal and ensures better control over the laser decoating process so as to avoid under-removal of the coating or damage of the substrate. Also discussed in detail is the performance of laser decoated tool in actual machining, compared to that of chemically decoated tools. A comparison of