scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF SALT BATH NITRIDING VARIABLES ON HARDNESS LAYER OF AISI 1045 STEEL

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 188
Author(s):  
Elhadj Ghelloudj ◽  
Hamid Djebaili ◽  
Mohamed Tahar Hannachi ◽  
Abdenour Saoudi ◽  
Bilal Daheche

<span>The aim of  this paper is to study and analyze the effects of a surface controlled salt bath nitriding on the microhardness of AISI 1045 steel. The nitriding process were implemented in salt bath component at ten different times (from 1 h to 10 h) when temperature was constant at (520ºC). The nitriding process repeated of another specimens at the same times but the temperature was (580ºC).The microstructure of surface layers was investigated by optical microscopy. Hardness profiles were measured with low-load hardness testing to determine the growth of the case depth after nitriding. Microhardness testing was carried out on samples to investigate the hardness profile at the transition from the compound to the diffusion layer. The microhardness of surface of nitrided sample at 520ºC and 580ºC was observed in the range of 318–430 HV0.3 and 329–421 HV0.3, respectively. Experimental results showed that the nitrides ε-Fe2-3(N,C) and γ’-Fe4(N,C) present in the compound layer increase the microhardness. It is found that salt bath nitriding parameters (time and temperature) improves the microhardness. </span>

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (06) ◽  
pp. 1650049 ◽  
Author(s):  
MINGYANG DAI ◽  
YAO CHEN ◽  
YATING CHAI ◽  
JING HU

Rapid salt bath nitriding was conducted at higher temperature above 600[Formula: see text]C instead of normally used 560[Formula: see text]C for AISI 1045 steel. Optical microscopy (OM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and micro-hardness tester were employed to characterize the microstructure, phase constituents and micro-hardness of the treated specimens. The results showed that salt bath nitriding at higher temperature could significantly increase the compound layer thickness and higher cross-sectional hardness can be obtained. Kinetics analysis illustrated that the nitrogen atoms diffusion coefficient was obviously increased with temperature, and the activation energy of nitrogen atom diffusion was decreased from 220[Formula: see text]kJ[Formula: see text]mol[Formula: see text] to 142[Formula: see text]kJ[Formula: see text]mol[Formula: see text].


2019 ◽  
Vol 484 ◽  
pp. 610-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiantian Peng ◽  
Mingyang Dai ◽  
Wei Cai ◽  
Wei Wei ◽  
Kunxia Wei ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Ghelloudj Elhadj ◽  
Mohamed Tahar Hannachi ◽  
Hamid Djebaili

In the present research, AISI 4140 steel was nitrided in salt bath to study and analyze the behaviour of the surface roughness.  The Structural surface characterization behaviour of the nitrided steel was compared to the behaviour of the same steel which was untreated. The nitriding process was implemented in the salt bath component at ten different times (from 1 h to 10 h) when the temperature was constant at (580ºC). The influence of nitriding treatment  on structural properties of the material was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM),  microhardness tester and surface profilometer. It was found that salt bath nitriding was effective in improving the surface properties behaviour of this steel, Experimental results showed that the nitrides ε-Fe2-3(N,C) and γ’-Fe4(N,C) present in the compound layer increase the microhardness (406–502 HV0.3),The initial surface roughness values of nitrided samples were higher than those of unnitrided specimens, It also observed that the Increasing the  nitriding  time  increases the surface roughness parameters (Ra, Rq and Rz).


2011 ◽  
Vol 486 ◽  
pp. 262-265
Author(s):  
Amit Kohli ◽  
Mudit Sood ◽  
Anhad Singh Chawla

The objective of the present work is to simulate surface roughness in Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) machine by Fuzzy Modeling of AISI 1045 Steel. To develop the fuzzy model; cutting depth, feed rate and speed are taken as input process parameters. The predicted results are compared with reliable set of experimental data for the validation of fuzzy model. Based upon reliable set of experimental data by Response Surface Methodology twenty fuzzy controlled rules using triangular membership function are constructed. By intelligent model based design and control of CNC process parameters, we can enhance the product quality, decrease the product cost and maintain the competitive position of steel.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo da Rosa Vieira ◽  
Luciano Volcanoglo Biehl ◽  
Jorge Luis Braz Medeiros ◽  
Vagner Machado Costa ◽  
Rodrigo Jorge Macedo

AbstractQuench hardening aims at the microstructural transformation of steels in order to improve hardness and mechanical strength. The aim phase is, in most cases, the martensite. It is necessary to heat the material until it obtains its austenitization and quenching by immersion in a fluid. Currently, it is common to use watery polymeric solutions in this procedure. These fluids, which are the mixture of polymers in water, vary their thermal exchange capacity depending on the concentrations applied. The increase in concentration minimizes the removal of heat from the part, reducing the formation capacity of martensite, and developing a lower hardness and strong steel. In this work, microstructural characteristics and properties of AISI 1045 steel quenched in solutions based on polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in 10, 15, 20, and 25% concentration were evaluated. The microstructural characterization quantified the percentage of the phases in each concentration, demonstrating a reduction of martensite as the concentrations were high. The investigation of the samples by x-ray diffraction confirmed the absence of austenite retained in the material. Furthermore, a microhardness scale between the core and the surface was constructed, in which a reduction gradient of the indices of this property towards the core of the sample was evidenced.


2018 ◽  
Vol 207 ◽  
pp. 02002
Author(s):  
Yaoke Wang ◽  
Meng Kou ◽  
Wei Ding ◽  
Huan Ma ◽  
Liangshan Xiong

When applying the non-parallel shear zone model to predict the cutting process parameters of carbon steel workpiece, it is found that there is a big error between the prediction results and the experimental values. And also, the former approach to obtain the relevant cutting parameters of the non-parallel shear zone model by applying coordinate transformation to the parallel shear zone model has a theoretical error – it erroneously regards the determinant (|J|) of the Jacobian matrix (J) in the coordinate transformation as a constant. The shape of the shear zone obtained when |J| is not constant is drew and it is found that the two boundaries of the shear zone are two slightly curved surfaces rather than two inclined planes. Also, the error between predicted values and experimental values of cutting force and cutting thrust is slightly smaller than that of constant |J|. A corrected model where |J| is a variable is proposed. Since the specific values of inclination of the shear zone (α, β), the thickness coefficient of the shear zone (as) and the constants related to the material (f0, p) are not given in the former work, a method to obtain the above-mentioned five constants by solving multivariable constrained optimization problem based on experimental data was also proposed; based on the obtained experimental data of AISI 1045 steel workpiece cutting force, cutting thrust, chip thickness, the results of five above-mentioned model constants are obtained. It is found that, compared with prediction from uncorrected model, the cutting force and cutting thrust of AISI 1045 steel predicted by the corrected model with the obtained constants has a better agreement with the experimental values obtained by Ivester.


1999 ◽  
Vol 338 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 177-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.L. Su ◽  
S.H. Yao ◽  
C.S. Wei ◽  
W.H. Kao ◽  
C.T. Wu

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