Author Affiliations
1School of Mechanical Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, Hunan, China2School of Intelligent Manufacturing and Equipment, Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology, Shenzhen 518172, Guangdong, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Laser polishing test. (a) Device diagram; (b) principle diagram
Fig. 2. Effect of scanning speed on surface roughness under different powers
Fig. 3. Scatter plot. (a) Energy density and surface roughness; (b) energy density and surface roughness reduction rate
Fig. 4. Mechanism of laser polishing. (a) Incomplete melting; (b) shallow surface melting; (c) surface over melting
Fig. 5. Comparison of surface topography before and after laser polishing. (a) Before laser polishing; (b) after laser polishing
Fig. 6. Effect of different scanning spacings on surface roughness
Fig. 7. Surface morphology of sample 2 after laser polishing
Fig. 8. Comparative analysis of laser polishing results. (a) Surface profiles before and after polishing; (b) power spectral density analysis results
Fig. 9. Internal structure and properties of the material after polishing. (a) Microstructure; (b) hardness; (c) internal Young's modulus
Fig. 10. Microstructure of each region of DC53 material under 1000× scanning electron microscope. (a) Melting zone; (b) heat affected zone; (c) annealing zone; (d) matrix zone
Fig. 11. Tafel curves before and after polishing
Fig. 12. XRD diagram before and after laser polishing
Element | C | Mn | Mo | Si | Cr | V |
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Mass fraction /% | 0.95-1.05 | 0.30-0.35 | 2.00 | 0.90-0.95 | 7.55-8.50 | 0.25-0.30 |
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Table 1. Chemical composition of DC53 die steel
Experimental parameter | Value |
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Laser power /W | 150-210 | Scanning speed /(mm·s-1) | 10-70 | Defocus /mm | 0 | Spot size /μm | 300 | Scan interval /μm | 50 | Protective gas | Ar |
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Table 2. Experimental parameters
Sample | E /mV | Icorr /(10-6 A·m-2) | Corrosion rate /mpy |
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Initial sample | -710.484 | 10.647 | 0.67305 | Laser polished | -739.049 | 131.314 | 8.30040 |
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Table 3. Self-corrosion potential, self-corrosion current density, and corrosion rate of DC53 before and after polishing