When laser cladding is used to improve the wear characteristics of a substrate it is not always necessary to clad the whole surface. Wear resistant individual tracks can be clad directly onto the substrate or into pre machined grooves. This paper investigates the process parameters which affect the finished product when cladding into groves including; groove geometry, powder application method and laser type.

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