Laser beam heat treatment has been established during the last years as a complementary technology for local hardening treatment tasks at tool manufacturing, automotive industry and many others. Recently developed new high power diode lasers and a lot of process supporting systems lead to an increase of industrial laser hardening applications. The presentation starts with information about the basics of laser heat treatment. After that a review about suitable lasers and recommended systems for reliable and well adapted laser heat treatment processes is given. Recent examples of the transfer of laser beam hardening into industry are presented and discussed.

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