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The Tempering And Quenching Of Cast Iron

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The so-called quenching is to reduce the temperature of the material from the austenite region at a very fast rate to prevent the formation of pearlite or sorbite. The cooling from the austenite region to the Ms temperature will not cause carbon diffusion due to too short time. It is basically directly transformed into martensite.

This structure is very hard but also quite brittle. It can be softened by tempering to improve toughness. Therefore, after different temperatures, different combinations of hardness, strength and toughness can be obtained.

The Tempering And Quenching Of Cast Iron

There is the so-called constant temperature quenching or hot melt quenching, that is, quenching in the salt bath and metal bath, resulting in the mesophase or the structure of the toughened iron. In the cast iron, the quenching and tempering treatment is often performed on spheroidal graphite cast iron. In terms of it, it has no special significance. At most, quenching treatment is considered when the abrasion strength of gray cast iron is to be improved. In fact, this result can be achieved by surface treatment.

For spheroidal grey cast iron, after quenching and tempering treatment, the same strength as casting or normalization treatment can be obtained, but it has higher yield strength, resulting in greater elasticity, especially higher toughness, because After quenching and tempering, the base contains higher carbon, and in this case, it is easier to perform surface hardening treatment than when it contains Bain structure.
 
If it is cooled in air, the hardening ability of non-alloyed and low-alloyed cast iron is not high enough, so it must be quenched in some liquid. In order to avoid hot cracking during quenching, the quenching liquid used is preferably oil or some kind of suspension The use of water should be avoided. During quenching, a temperature gradient will form inside the casting. At the same time, due to the time difference, the volume change rate caused by the formation of martensite is also different. At the same time, the internal stress inside the casting increases. It is easy to form hot cracks or form very high internal stress in the casting. In this case, the temperature of the oil bath should be increased to between 50~100℃, so as to avoid the formation of stress. For large castings, be especially careful to extend the thicker part to the quenching liquid first, so as to reduce the thermal stress on the thinner part. At the same time, the oil in the oil must be stirred or allowed to flow. Or keep the casting swaying in the quenching liquid.

The quenching temperature of cast iron should be between 820~920℃, and the most commonly used temperature in general factories is between 850~900℃. When the quenching temperature is too low, the austenite with lower carbon content will be softer after quenching, and the strength of the martensite formed will be lower. On the contrary, if the quenching temperature is too high, the austenite will contain carbon. If the amount is too high, the risk of hot cracking during quenching will increase, and the chance of forming retained austenite will also increase.

The quenched cast iron is actually very brittle and contains too high internal stress. In order to improve its hardness and toughness, it must be tempered. The processing procedure is similar to that of steel. The heating rate should be lower than 100℃/hour. The temperature should be between 450~600℃, and the tempering time is about 4 hours. If the tempering time is too long or the temperature is too high, the strength and hardness will decrease a lot, but the elasticity can be improved. Tempering within a period of time can result in a fairly uniform tempering effect. At the same time, the distribution of the characteristics of the entire casting is also very uniform. In order to prevent the recurrence of internal stress, especially for complex castings, it should be slowly cooled to below 200°C after tempering. .


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