MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517056367 A) filed by Hoganas AB (PUBL), Hoganas, Sweden, on June 11, for 'novel iron-chromium based alloys for laser cladding.'

Inventor(s) include Frykholm, Robert; Memarpour, Arashk; and Maroli, Barbara.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "For providing laser cladded surfaces with low cracking risk in the laser cladded surface, whether macro or micro cracking, an iron-chromium based alloy is provided, consisting of by weight of total weight of alloy: Chromium (Cr) : 20.5 wt% - 28.0 wt%, Nickel (Ni) : up to 5.0 wt%, Silicon (Si) : 0.5 wt% - 2.5 wt%, Boron (B) : 0.50 wt% - 1.5 wt%, Molybdenum (Mo) : 0.15 wt% - 2.0 wt%, Manganese (Mn) : 0.10 wt% - 0.90 wt%, Carbon (C) : 0.01 wt% - 0.20 wt%, Niobium (Nb) : up to 1.5 wt%, Copper (Cu) : up to 0.2 wt%, Cobalt (Co) : up to 1.0 wt%, the balance being iron (Fe) and unavoidable impurities not exceeding 0.3 wt%."

The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 18, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/086402.

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