...Andrew J. Pinkerton; Waheed Ul Haq Syed; Lin Li The process of coincident wire and powder deposition by laser has recently emerged in research work as a layered manufacturing method with a higher deposition rate than the established laser direct metal deposition technique and as a means of creating...

...Tadej Kokalj; Jure Klemenčič; Peter Mužič; Igor Grabec; Edvard Govekar In this paper, a novel laser droplet formation process (LDFP) from a metal wire is investigated. The process consists of the formation of a molten pendant droplet and its detachment, which are both unstable and influenced...

...Robert B. Gifford; Alexander R. Bandar; John P. Coulter; Wojciech Z. Misiolek During wire drawing processes a critical parameter is the micro-hardness distribution imposed. The present numerical and experimental investigation focused on the effects of and interdependence between processing...