Surface hardening of steel parts
Journal Title: Праці Одеського політехнічного університету - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 51
Abstract
Development of new resource-saving and cost-effective technologies of combined hardening of steel parts with a significant reduction of the process duration is an important and urgent task. Aim: The aim of the work is to create a technology for combined toughening of steel parts to provide high operational properties of the steel surface layer by intensifying the nitriding process through the laser pre-treatment of steel products. Materials and Methods: Materials for study are types of steels 40, 40Cr and 38Cr2MoAl. Laser treatment of steel was performed at the LATUS-31 installation. Nitriding carried out in the environment of fine nitrogen-containing substance with activators at a temperature of 530…560ºC during 2…3 hours. The nitriding process was carried out in the closed atmosphere in the chamber furnace without application of the protective atmospheres. Influence of laser pre-treatment and final nitriding on structure, thickness, phase structure, microhardness of surface layers of steel samples has been investigated. Results: It is shown that preliminary hardening by laser increases surface hardness in 0.88…1.15 times after nitriding, depending on brand of steel and speed of a laser beam movement, in comparison with steel nitriding in similar conditions. The combined treatment promotes significant increase in the strengthened layer – up to 0.49 mm for 40 steel type, up to 0.55 mm for 40Cr steel type and up to 0.65 mm for 38Cr2MoAl steel type.
Authors and Affiliations
Alaa Fadhil І Idan, O. V. Akimov, K. O. Kostyk
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- DOI 10.15276/opu.1.51.2017.04
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