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Heat treatment selector

An experience based application to find and compare heat treatment processes.
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General Material Geometry Before HT Hardening Furnace Hardening Result of Hardening After HT
 
Case ID
Case date
Case time
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Charge ID
Case creator
Case type
Case owner
Population (1.0 .. 30.0)
Contact
Article number
Part ID
Part producer
Producer's batch nr
Comment
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Material designation
Composition
Element Content [wt-%] variation [% units]
C (0.13 .. 0.21) ( .. )
Si (0.2 .. 0.32) ( .. )
P (0.0080 .. 0.024) ( .. )
S (0.026 .. 0.049) ( .. )
Mn (0.61 .. 1.35) ( .. )
Cr (0.13 .. 1.27) ( .. )
Ni (0.07 .. 2.52) ( .. )
Mo (0.0030 .. 0.21) ( .. )
V ( .. ) ( .. )
Ti (0.0 .. 0.037) ( .. )
Nb ( .. ) ( .. )
Al (0.021 .. 0.034) ( .. )
N (0.0074 .. 0.011) ( .. )
Ratio Al/N (3.1 .. 4.6)
Cu (0.05 .. 0.19) ( .. )
W ( .. ) ( .. )
Critical diameter ( .. )
Phase Data [°C]
A3 temperature (760.0 .. 855.0)
A1 temperature (720.0 .. 725.0)
Jominy
Source
hardness at [HRC]
J1,5 ( .. )
J5 ( .. )
J10 (35.0 .. 36.0)
J15 ( .. )
J30 ( .. )
Forging
Deformation ratio, mean [%] ( .. )
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CCT-diagram
Ms temperature [°C] (257.0 .. 419.0)
Mf temperature [°C] (189.0 .. 219.0)
Ms "time" [s] ( .. )
Time at 700 °C [s] ( .. )
Grain size
ASTM number before hardening (7.0 .. 7.0)
Macrostructure
Segregation
Decarburization
Total depth [mm] ( .. )
Effective depth [mm] ( .. )
Steel manufacture
Ingot casting
Continuous casting, format
Reduction in rolling [%] (29.0 .. 44.0)
Steel works
Works charge designation
 
Massiveness
Characteristic dimension [mm] (22.0 .. 75.0)
Weight [kg] (0.028 .. 20.9)
Smallest feature [mm] (2.4 .. 30.0)
Largest dimension [mm] (40.0 .. 200.0)
Aspect ratio :1 (2.7 .. 28.0)
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Gear, main shape
Outer diameter [mm]
(40.0 .. 187.35)
Inner diameter [mm]
(20.0 .. 160.0)
Width [mm]
(10.0 .. 38.0)
Modulus [mm]
(5.0 .. 5.0)
Ø D
(105.0 .. 105.0)
Mball average
( .. )
Tiprelief, TR average right flank
( .. )
B
(38.0 .. 38.0)
Mball max-min
( .. )
fHß average left flank
(-25.0 .. 15.0)
H
(10.1 .. 10.1)
Rmd, Out of roundness average
(40.0 .. 700.0)
fHß average right flank
(-27.0 .. 15.0)
S1
( .. )
Rmd, Out of roundness spread
(20.0 .. 700.0)
ffß average left flank
(0.0 .. 5.0)
S2
( .. )
fHa average left flank
(-25.0 .. 15.0)
ffß average right flank
(-1.0 .. 5.0)
S3
( .. )
fHa spread left flank
(2.0 .. 13.0)
Cß average left flank
(-1.0 .. 7.0)
S4
( .. )
fHa average right flank
(-27.0 .. 15.0)
Cß spread left flank
(1.0 .. 3.0)
S5
( .. )
fHa spread right flank
(1.0 .. 10.0)
Cß average right flank
(0.0 .. 5.0)
S6
( .. )
ffa average left flank
( .. )
Cß spread right flank
(1.0 .. 3.0)
T1
( .. )
ffa average right flank
( .. )
Lead conicity
( .. )
T2
( .. )
Ca average left flank
(0.0 .. 3.0)
Lead conicity spread
( .. )
T3
( .. )
Ca average right flank
(0.0 .. 3.0)
Lead average left+right flank
( .. )
T4
( .. )
Tiprelief, TR average left flank
( .. )
Lead average left+right flank spread
( .. )
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Machining Residual stresses
Machining list Clamping arrangement
(0.0 .. 0.0)
Sequence
Plastic forming Residual stresses
Stress relief annealing Temperature
(650.0 .. 650.0) [°C]
Time
(120.0 .. 120.0) [min]
Isothermal annealing Temperature
( .. ) [°C]
Time
( .. ) [min]
Controlled cooling (after forging) Temperature directly after forging
( .. ) [°C]
Time to 400 °C
( .. ) [min]
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Furnace type
Furnace ID
Furnace track
 
Fans
Fan type
Number of fans (1.0 .. 1.0)
Fan positions
Fan diameter [mm] (400.0 .. 400.0)
Speed [r/min] (1500.0 .. 1500.0)
 
Temperature control
Temperature uniformity
± [°C] (5.0 .. 5.0)
Time since last calibration of thermocouples months ( .. )
Size of furnace (heated zone)
Volume [m3] (0.324 .. 67.2)
Length [m] (0.6 .. 4.2)
Width [m] (0.6 .. 4.0)
Height [m] (0.6 .. 4.0)
Power [kW] ( .. )
 
Atmosphere control
Number of oxygen sensors (or other device for measuring carbon potential, e g CO2) (1.0 .. 1.0)
Position of oxygen sensor(s)
Time since last calibration of oxygen sensor [months] ( .. )
 
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Time Furnace temperature
to preheat temperature, t1 [min] (0.0 .. 0.0)
 
holding at preheat temperature, t2 [min] (0.0 .. 0.0)
preheat T1 [°C] (300.0 .. 800.0)
to carburising temp. t3 [min] (60.0 .. 60.0)
 
holding at preheat temperature, t2 [min] (0.0 .. 720.0)
carburising T2 [°C] (920.0 .. 950.0)
diffusion t5 [min] (0.0 .. 420.0)
diffusion T3 [°C] (910.0 .. 950.0)
holding at hardening temp. t6 [min] (30.0 .. 90.0)
hardening T4 [°C] (most often = T3) (830.0 .. 890.0)
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Name/Composition of medium
Flow rate [m/s] (0.0 .. 0.0)
Medium temperature, start [°C] (70.0 .. 855.0)
Medium temperature, finish [°C] (25.0 .. 120.0)
Heat transfer coefficient, mean [W/(m2·°C)] (2500.0 .. 6000.0)
Detailed input
Hardening power HP (320.0 .. 320.0)
Oil
Age of bath [months] ( .. )
Percent changed ( .. )
Acid-base value [mg KOH/g] ( .. )
Max. cooling rate [°C/s] (88.0 .. 88.0)
Temperature at max CR [°C] (584.0 .. 584.0)
Transition temperature between vapour and boiling phase [°C] (660.0 .. 660.0)
Cooling rate at 550 °C [°C/s] (80.0 .. 80.0)
Transition temperature between boiling and convection phase [°C] (300.0 .. 300.0)
Hardening power HP (oil) (320.0 .. 320.0)
Polymer
Type of polymer
Refractory index value [%] ( .. )
Viscosity at 30 °C [mm2/s] ( .. )
Concentration [%] ( .. )
Age of bath [months] ( .. )
Max. cooling rate [°C/s] ( .. )
Temperature at max CR [°C] ( .. )
Transition temperature between vapour and boiling phase [°C] ( .. )
Cooling rate at 550 °C [°C/s] ( .. )
Transition temperature between boiling and convection phase [°C] ( .. )
Time between 700 and 400 °C [s] ( .. )
Gas
Pressure [bar] (15.0 .. 20.0)
Fan speed [r/min] ( .. )
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Hardness
Surface hardness [HRC] (30.0 .. 63.0)
Variation in surface hardness ± [HRC] (1.0 .. 1.0)
Core hardness [HRC] (29.8 .. 58.0)
Variation in core hardness ± [HRC] (1.0 .. 1.0)
Hardness gradient root
Hardness gradient flank
Case depth [mm] (0.0 .. 1.5)
Variation in case depth ± [mm] (0.0 .. 0.1)
Microstructure, surface
Surface content of ferrite [%] (0.0 .. 7.5)
Surface content of pearlite [%] (0.0 .. 3.0)
Surface content of bainite [%] (0.0 .. 90.0)
Surface content of martensite [%] (0.0 .. 98.6)
Surface content of residual austenite [%] (0.0 .. 12.0)
Grain size
ASTM number after hardening [%] ( .. )
Residual stresses
Residual stress gradient
Tangential stress, surface [MPa] (-320.0 .. 250.0)
Axial stress, surface [MPa] (-300.0 .. 200.0)
Surface characteristics
Oxidized (0.0 .. 0.0)
Depth of internal oxidation [µm] (0.0 .. 0.0)
Total depth of carburization [mm] (0.0 .. 1.2)
Effective depth of carburization [mm] (0.0 .. 0.58)
Depth of decarburization [mm] [mm] (0.0 .. 1.0)
Surface carbon content [%] (0.0 .. 0.8)
Microstructure, core
Core content of ferrite [%] (0.0 .. 22.0)
Core content of pearlite [%] (0.0 .. 3.0)
Core content of bainite [%] (0.0 .. 92.0)
Core content of martensite [%] (0.0 .. 98.6)
Core content of residual austenite [%] (0.0 .. 9.8)
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Shot peening

Intensity

Machining

Operations
Removed depth (average) [µm] ( .. )
New measured distortion
  Value Variation Mode
Outer diameter [µm] ( .. ) [%] ( .. )  
Inner diameter [µm] ( .. ) [%] ( .. )  
Length [µm] ( .. ) [%] ( .. )  
Width [µm] ( .. ) [%] ( .. )
Ovality [µm] ( .. ) [%] ( .. )  
Conicity [µm] ( .. ) [%] ( .. )  
Torsion [deg] ( .. ) [%] ( .. )  
Flatness [µm] ( .. ) [%] ( .. )
Straightness [mm] ( .. ) [%] ( .. )  
Angle of inclination [deg] ( .. ) [%] ( .. )  
Deformation drawing
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