Author:Elkoussy, A; Youssef, AF; Pityana, Sisa L; Taha, MADate:2019Coating steel surfaces with hard ceramic particles in Aluminum has a great influence to improve mechanical properties and wear resistance. This research investigated direct laser deposition, where no binder is used, of pure Aluminum and its ...Read more
Author:Mabhali, Luyolo AB; Pityana, Sisa L; Sacks, NDate:Nov 2010Laser alloying of aluminium AA1200 was performed with a 4.4kW Rofin Sinar Nd:YAG laser to improve the surface hardness. Alloying was carried out by depositing Ni, Ti and SiC powders of different weight ratios on the aluminium substrate. The ...Read more