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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2013
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Kegan Luick, Corinth, MS (US);
Thierry Andre Marchione, Edgewood, NM (US);
Justin Curtis Embrey, Morton, IL (US);
Daniel Cavanaugh, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Waylon Scott Walker, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for laser cladding a material onto a surface of a machine component using a laser scanning head with laser scanning optics is disclosed. The method includes forming a molten bead of cladding material by directing a beam with the laser scanning optics over a bead scan on the machine component. The method also includes directing the beam with the laser scanning optics over a secondary scan on the machine component, the secondary scan being offset from the bead scan at a predetermined distance on the machine component.