Abstract:In the last 20 years, public and private organizations involvement in laser cladding R&D activities is increasing. These activities are mainly conducted in universities, public research institutes and technical centres of private companies worldwide. This study presents a bibliometric analysis of the patents and scientific publications in the laser cladding field for the period ranging from 1985 to 2005 and seeks to identify the activity and trends in its environment for strategic purposes. All the laser cladd… Show more
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