Evaluation of Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of a High Carbon-Vanadium Tool Steel Produced by Powder Metallurgy

2006 ◽  
Vol 530-531 ◽  
pp. 140-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.P. Soares ◽  
Jan Vatavuk ◽  
Renato Panelli ◽  
M.F. Pillis

Tool steels have important participation in the worldwide market of steels. They are used by metal-mechanical industry as cutting tools, molds, punches, etc. Because the use is of great responsibility, it is important to discuss the relationship between microstructure and mechanical properties. The starting material was powder of a commercial tool steel with the composition (wt%) 2.5%C, 5.25%Cr, 0.9%Si, 9.75%V, 0.5Mn, 1.3%Mo and balance Fe. The samples were obtained by hot isostatic pressing (hip) process, and than were austenitizing at 1120°C and submitted to tempering in the temperature range varying from 430° to 550°C. The aim of this work was to evaluate the correlation between heat treatment, microstructure and mechanical properties. Results of toughness and hardness are presented.

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (S2) ◽  
pp. 691-692
Author(s):  
K.C. Hsieh ◽  
E.A. Kenik

There has been increasing interest from industry to characterize the different precipitate distributions in ferrous materials to account for different mechanical properties that are observed. For this study, two different heat treatments were chosen for the experimental S5 tool steel, modified to have 0.24 wt% C. Alloy S5-1 received 1 hour of austenitizing at 970°C, was quenched at rate of 140°C/s and tempered for 1 hour at 200°C. Alloy S5-2 received 40 minutes of austenitizing at 940°C, was quenched at rate of 16°C/s and tempered for 1 hour at 200 °C. In this relatively low hardenability steel, both S5-1 and S5-2 show mixed microstructures of tempered martensite and bainite (Fig. 1, 2). Not surprisingly, the slower cooling rate for S5-2 created an alloy with inferior microstructure and mechanical properties. Even though these differences in precipitate distributions, could not directly account for differences in mechanical properties, it is of interest to study how the different heat treatments affected the precipitate distributions in S5-1 and S5-2.


Author(s):  
Kateryna Slipchenko ◽  
Denys Stratiichuk ◽  
Nadezhda Belyavina ◽  
Vladimir Turkevich ◽  
Volodymyr Bushlya ◽  
...  

Silicide based compounds are widely used for coatings due to their high melting temperature, oxidation resistance and moderate density. Employment of binders based on silicides of transitional metals can provide cBN-based cutting tools with higher chemical stability and better performance. The relationship between phase composition, microstructure and mechanical properties of novel polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (PcBN) materials were investigated. Three series of PcBN samples were made by high pressure high temperature (HPHT) sintering. Silicides of chromium – CrSi2, vanadium – VSi2 and molybdenum MoSi2 were used as a binder phase in each case, while aluminum was introduced to the mixture as an oxygen getter. During HPHT sintering at temperatures above 1850 ∘C the formation of borides of binder phase were observed in cases with VSi2 and MoSi2. For system with CrSi2 binder, temperature of boride formation was found to be lower – 1600 ∘C. Materials with MoSi2 binder phase demonstrated the highest level of microhardness. Performance of materials were investigated in conditions of machining of stainless steel AISI 316L and Inconel 718.


2008 ◽  
Vol 591-593 ◽  
pp. 271-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Martinez ◽  
R. Calabrés ◽  
J. Abenojar ◽  
Francisco Velasco

In this work, ultrahigh carbon steels (UHCS) obtained by powder metallurgy with CIP and argon sintered at 1150°C. Then, they were rolled at 850 °C with a reduction of 40 %. Finally, steels were quenched at 850 and 1000 °C in oil. In each step, hardness, bending strength and wear performance were evaluated. Obtained results are justified with a metallographic study by SEM. Both mechanical properties and wear resistance are highly favoured with the thermomechanical treatment that removes the porosity of the material. Moreover, final quenching highly hardens the material. The obtained material could be used as matrix for tool steels.


2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2019) ◽  
pp. 404-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weijuan Li ◽  
Haijian Xu ◽  
Xiaochun Sha ◽  
Jingsong Meng ◽  
Zhaodong Wang

AbstractIn this study, oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) ferritic steels with nominal composition of Fe–14Cr–2W–0.35Y2O3 (14Cr non Zr-ODS) and Fe–14Cr–2W–0.3Zr–0.35Y2O3 (14Cr–Zr-ODS) were fabricated by mechanical alloying (MA) and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) technique to explore the impact of Zr addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of 14Cr-ODS steels. Microstructure characterization revealed that Zr addition led to the formation of finer oxides, which was identified as Y4Zr3O12, with denser dispersion in the matrix. The ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of the non Zr-ODS steel is about 1201 MPa, but UTS of the Zr-ODS steel increases to1372 MPa, indicating the enhancement of mechanical properties by Zr addition.


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