Rust Cleared from Heavy Steel Gear Teeth by Laser
Heavy steel gear teeth collect rust and mill scale in the flanks and roots. A pulsed laser can take that soil off the steel without a grinding wheel on the involute. The issues that matter are the tooth profile, the root fillet, and leftover heat in a thin tooth. If the flank rounds or the pitch line moves, the gear will not mesh the way it did. The pass should end once the steel is visible, and the footage is one sequence on this gear rather than a setting to copy.
What This Video Shows
Short GyCu-Wokkbk shows pulsed laser clearing rust and scale from heavy steel gear teeth in 47 seconds without grit.
Gear maintenance questions this footage answers
What does Short GyCu-Wokkbk prove about heavy steel gear teeth?
The clip is a 47-second pulsed-fiber demo clearing rust and mill scale from steel gear teeth while tooth profiles stay in frame. It is footage proof that contactless cleaning can lift this soil without a grit path, not a timed quote for every build or substrate.
Why skip grit blast on heavy steel gear teeth like this?
On gear teeth, grit blast can round flanks that still need to mesh, which is why the Short shows rust leaving the profile while the tooth outline stays readable for the next coupon.
Can I copy this traveler onto another heavy steel gear teeth piece?
Coupon scrap that matches the next substrate and soil load should precede production overlap, especially ahead of metal fabrication work. Watch the clip for sequence proof — soil leaving, face going quiet — not a locked recipe.
What energy band keeps heavy steel gear teeth safe in this pass?
Controlled energy keeps rust clearing without rounding the mesh profile. On coupon scrap, keep ns 1064 nm work below the carbon-steel injury band near 5.7–15 J/cm² while scale is still ablating, and stop once the face goes quiet.