6. Summary

The current state of the surface manufacturing of the materials by means of high energy fluxes (electron and laser beams), including surface alloying, cladding, and hardening, has been discussed in the present book chapter. The presented data are based on our own experience as well as on the available studies in the literature. The various applications of the high energy fluxes in the field of the surface manufacturing were demonstrated with a focus on the relationship between the technological processes and the properties. It was shown that the electron and laser beams have a number of benefits as a small comparison between both techniques is provided at the discussions of each surface manufacturing process.

The area of future developments of the surface manufacturing by means of high energy fluxes will be concentrated on the optimization of the techniques, processes as well as modeling and simulations. Considering the fact that the number of the machines for high energy fluxes manufacturing, installed in the industry, extensively grows, these technologies should be rapidly incorporated in the wide range of the industry, such as aerospace, automotive, railway, biomedicine, etc.

Up to now, the materials which are extensively treated and manufactured by high energy fluxes are the steels as well as small amount of other high-performance materials, such as titanium aluminides. It can be concluded that the state of research on the applications of high energy fluxes in the field of the surface manufacturing processes is well developed and extensively introduced for different industrial applications.
