scholarly journals Effect on Ductile Iron Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Normalization Heat Treatment Conditions Applied at Different Temperatures

Author(s):  
Hakan GÖKMEŞE ◽  
Hakan Burak KARADAĞ ◽  
Şaban BÜLBÜL
Author(s):  
Giulliana Victória Tissi ◽  
Gláucio Soares Da Fonseca

Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) has excellent mechanical properties related to its microstructure ausferrite, and with the cycle of austempering heat treatment, many mechanical properties can be obtained from the same alloy, simply changing the time and temperature. To evaluate the influence of austempering time and temperature on the ADI, analyzed the modifications in the microstructures and mechanical properties of the samples of ductile iron, subjected to austempering heat treatment with austenitizing time and temperature of 910 °C and 90 minutes and during the austempering bath, the samples were submitted to different temperatures, 300, 320, 340, 360 e 380 °C, and for four different times for each temperature, 75, 110, 145 and 180 minutes. For the microstructural analysis, the microscopic techniques were used: optical and scanning electron and mechanical properties were obtained by mechanical testing of hardness and impact. The results show that there is a relationship between austempering temperature with microstructure and mechanical properties. The highest retained austenite and energy absorbed were 25.73% and 130 J, respectively, for the austempered sample at 380 °C and 180 minutes and the highest hardness value was 458 HB for the austempered sample at 300 °C and 75 minutes.  


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1036
Author(s):  
Eduardo Colin García ◽  
Alejandro Cruz Ramírez ◽  
Guillermo Reyes Castellanos ◽  
José Federico Chávez Alcalá ◽  
Jaime Téllez Ramírez ◽  
...  

Ductile iron camshafts low alloyed with 0.2 and 0.3 wt % vanadium were produced by one of the largest manufacturers of the ductile iron camshafts in México “ARBOMEX S.A de C.V” by a phenolic urethane no-bake sand mold casting method. During functioning, camshafts are subject to bending and torsional stresses, and the lobe surfaces are highly loaded. Thus, high toughness and wear resistance are essential for this component. In this work, two austempering ductile iron heat treatments were evaluated to increase the mechanical properties of tensile strength, hardness, and toughness of the ductile iron camshaft low alloyed with vanadium. The austempering process was held at 265 and 305 °C and austempering times of 30, 60, 90, and 120 min. The volume fraction of high-carbon austenite was determined for the heat treatment conditions by XRD measurements. The ausferritic matrix was determined in 90 min for both austempering temperatures, having a good agreement with the microstructural and hardness evolution as the austempering time increased. The mechanical properties of tensile strength, hardness, and toughness were evaluated from samples obtained from the camshaft and the standard Keel block. The highest mechanical properties were obtained for the austempering heat treatment of 265 °C for 90 min for the ADI containing 0.3 wt % V. The tensile and yield strength were 1200 and 1051 MPa, respectively, while the hardness and the energy impact values were of 47 HRC and 26 J; these values are in the range expected for an ADI grade 3.


2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2019) ◽  
pp. 892-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Süleyman Tekeli ◽  
Ijlal Simsek ◽  
Dogan Simsek ◽  
Dursun Ozyurek

AbstractIn this study, the effect of solid solution temperature on microstructure and mechanical properties of the AA7075 alloy after T6 heat treatment was investigated. Following solid solution at five different temperatures for 2 hours, the AA7075 alloy was quenched and then artificially aged at 120∘C for 24 hours. Hardness measurements, microstructure examinations (SEM+EDS, XRD) and tensile tests were carried out for the alloys. The results showed that the increased solid solution temperature led to formation of precipitates in the microstructures and thus caused higher hardness and tensile strength.


2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 376-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kannika Hemmatad ◽  
Patama Visuttipitukul ◽  
Panyawat Wangyao ◽  
Gobboon Lothongkum

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
B.C. Acosta-Cinciri ◽  
N.M. López-Granados ◽  
J.A. Ramos-Banderas ◽  
C.A. Hernández-Bocanegra ◽  
P. Garnica-González ◽  
...  

Abstract In this work, the effect of heat treatment conditions on the microstructure and mechanical properties of an American Petroleum Institute (API) X80 steel with a low carbon content of ~0.02% wt., destined for the manufacture of pipelines and pipeline transmission systems by welding, was investigated. Samples were heat treated under different conditions and then were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), orientation image microscopy (OIM), and electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD). The results showed that when the steel is fastly cooled from the austenitic field (990°C), the mechanical properties increase significantly [ultimate tensile strength (UTS) >1,100 MPa, yield strength (YS) 900 MPa, and elongation 27%] due to the high percentage of martensite (M) present in the microstructure (95%). In contrast, when the cooling rate decreases and the treatment conditions remain at/or above the bainitic/martensitic transformation (from 990°C to 600°C and 450°C), the mechanical properties are decreased by almost 50% because of the decrease in the percentage of martensite (18%). However, the percentage of elongation increases significantly (38%) due to the presence of other micro-constituents resulting from the phase transformation. On the other hand, the best combination of mechanical properties (UTS above 800 MPa and YS between 610 MPa and 720 MPa) was obtained when the steel acquired a dual-phase microstructure [(martensite/austenite)-(ferrite/martensite)] since the amount of martensite is conserved between 45% and 82%, in combination with the other micro-constituent present in the steel that allows us to achieve elongation percentages close to 30%.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1035 ◽  
pp. 568-577
Author(s):  
Yong Ji Niu ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Zhi Wei Zhang ◽  
Ning An ◽  
Yang Gao

In this paper, the effect of heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a deformed Co-Cr-Ni-W superalloy strip was investigated. The cold-rolled superalloy was annealed at different temperatures 500°C~1240°C for 10min. It was found that hardness increased in the range temperature 500°C~800°C, the annealing had aging strengthening effect, this was due to the fcc~hcp transformation. As the annealing temperature is higher than 800°C, the hardness decreased with the increase of the annealing temperature. There were four inflection points in the influence of annealing temperature on the hardness of the alloy, which were about 800°C,900°C,1050°Cand 1150°C. From 800°C to 900°C, the hardness of the alloy decreased rapidly, recovery and recrystallization was initial. From 900°C to 1050°C, the hardness of the alloy decreased slower, recrystallization was finished and grain growth slowly. The temperature reaches 1050°C to 1150°C, the hardness curve decreased rapidly, carbides dissolution and grain growth was considerable. Above 1150°C, the hardness tended to be stable, the grain growth of the alloy was obvious, and more annealing twins were also formed. As the annealing temperature increased, the tensile strength decreased and the elongation increased. Keywords Cobalt-base superalloy; Heat treatment; Microstructure; Mechanical Properties Yong-Ji Niu,Yue Zhang University of Science and Technology Beijing,Beijing 100083,china; e-mail: [email protected] Yong-Ji Niu, Zhi-Wei Zhang, Ning An, Yang Gao Beijing Beiye Functional Materials Corproration, Beijing 100192, China


2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
A. Kowalskia ◽  
S. Kluska-Nawarecka ◽  
K. Regulski

Abstract ADI subjected to austenitising at intercritical temperatures contains in its matrix the precipitates of pre-eutectoid ferrite. Studies were carried out on the ductile iron of the following chemical composition: C = 3,80%, Si = 2,30%, Mn = 0,28%, P = 0,060%, S = 0,010%, Mg = 0,065%, Ni = 0,60%, Cu = 0,70%, Mo = 0,21% This cast iron was austenitised at three different temperatures, i.e. 800, 815 and 830oC and austempered at 360 and 380oC. For each variant of the cast iron heat treatment, the mechanical properties, i.e. YS, TS, EL and Hardness, were measured, and structure of the matrix was examined. Higher plastic properties were obtained owing to the presence of certain amount of pre-eutectoid ferrite. The properties were visualised using fuzzy logic model in a MATLAB. software.


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