Abstract: A system and method for cladding material onto a substrate involves heating the substrate using a high energy beam and depositing molten clad material via a non-contact transfer process onto the substrate in advance or coincident with a focal area of the high energy beam.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 4, 2003
Publication date:
December 4, 2003
Applicant:
Preco Laser system, L.L.C.
Inventors:
Joel Alan De Kock, Anthony Mark Doehrmann