EP1280943A1 - Procede de cementation basse pression - Google Patents
Procede de cementation basse pressionInfo
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- EP1280943A1 EP1280943A1 EP02704886A EP02704886A EP1280943A1 EP 1280943 A1 EP1280943 A1 EP 1280943A1 EP 02704886 A EP02704886 A EP 02704886A EP 02704886 A EP02704886 A EP 02704886A EP 1280943 A1 EP1280943 A1 EP 1280943A1
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
- C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
- C23C8/00—Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces; Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals
- C23C8/06—Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces; Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using gases
- C23C8/08—Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces; Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using gases only one element being applied
- C23C8/20—Carburising
- C23C8/22—Carburising of ferrous surfaces
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- the present invention relates to the treatment of metal parts and more particularly carburizing, that is to say the introduction of carbon over a certain depth of the parts to improve their mechanical characteristics.
- Russian patent n ° 6678978 filed on June 2, 1977 proposes to inject acetylene into the carburizing chamber at a temperature of 850 to 1000 ° C, by varying the pressure from 0.01 to 0.95 atmosphere ( 1 to 95 kPa) at a pressure change rate of 0.001 to 1 atmosphere per hour. It is explained that the amount of soot is reduced in particular when the speed of pressure increase is very low. However, this process is complex. To the knowledge of the applicant, the process described in this Russian patent has not been the subject of industrial exploitation and the results of the proposed solution could not be verified.
- the present invention provides a new process for the efficient use of acetylene and more generally Also of any carburizing gas liable to produce soot and tar.
- the present invention provides a low pressure carburizing process consisting in using an alternation of enrichment steps at low pressure and diffusion steps in the presence of a neutral gas in which, during the stages of enrichment, a mixture of enrichment gas and carrier gas is used, the carrier gas being in a proportion of 5 to 50% by volume of the enrichment gas.
- the enrichment gas is acetylene (C2H2).
- the carrier gas is nitrogen. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the carrier gas is hydrogen.
- the carrier gas comprises nitrogen and hydrogen in a proportion of 5 to 60%.
- the pressure in the cementation enclosure is greater than 1 kPa.
- the pressure in the cementation enclosure is between 1 and 2 kPa.
- the diffusion and enrichment steps are carried out at substantially the same pressure.
- the treatment temperature is of the order of 850 to 1200 ° C.
- each of the enrichment steps is divided into sub-steps of durations of less than one minute separated by diffusion sub-steps of duration of less than half a minute, preferably of about ten seconds.
- the carburizing gas is C2H2 and the pressure of 0.3 kPa
- the carburizing gas is C2H2 and the pressure of 0.7 kPa
- the carburizing gas is C2H2 and the pressure of 1.2 kPa
- the gas injected during the carburizing phases is a mixture of
- FIG. 7 illustrates experimental results characterizing the formation of tars during successive carburizing cycles.
- the Applicant has carried out various cementation experiments on a test piece of the type shown in FIG. 1, consisting of a steel cylinder provided with a non-through bore and measurements have been made as to the cementation depth of ex t outside the test piece and at the cementation depth di n t inside the bore formed in one test piece.
- FIG. 2 represents a cementation-diffusion cycle of the type described in French patent 2678287 and used according to the present invention.
- the cementation-diffusion operations are carried out at constant temperature and at constant pressure after an initial warm-up and pressure phase.
- Enrichment phases E are carried out successively over time during which a carburizing gas is injected into a carburizing enclosure containing charges, at least one test tube of the type shown in FIG. 1, and diffusion phases in which a neutral gas is inserted in one enclosure.
- the durations and the number of the respective enrichment and diffusion stages are modified.
- the temperature is between 850 to 1200 ° C., the duration of each of the enrichment and / or diffusion phases being of the order of a few minutes.
- FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 correspond to three particular pressures, maintained during the cementation-diffusion phases, namely 0.3 kPa for FIG. 3 respectively, 0.7 kPa for FIG. 4 and 1, 2 kPa for Figure 5.
- Each of the curves represents the hardness as a function of the cementation depth for a point taken outside (Ext) of the test piece and for a point taken inside (Int) of 1 ' test tube. The different points of each curve result from the testing of various test pieces having undergone different processing times.
- FIG. 5 represents the results obtained for a pressure of 1.2 kPa: when the depth of case hardening outside the test piece reaches 1 mm, the depth of case hardening inside reaches 0.8 mm, which corresponds to generally accepted standards.
- soot and tar The generation of soot and tar was tested and it was noted that the creation of soot and tar is negligible in the case where the pressure is 0.3 kPa, but that it becomes noticeable from 0, 7 kPa.
- the present invention provides for using a cycle of the type shown in FIG. 2 and for injecting no longer a pure carburizing gas but a mixture of a carburizing gas and a carrier gas.
- the proportion of carrier gas will be chosen in the range of 25 to 50% of the amount of enrichment gas.
- FIG. 6 indicates that one then obtains, for example for a mixture of acetylene (C2H2) and nitrogen (N2) with a total pressure of 1.5 kPa and a proportion of approximately 30% of nitrogen, satisfactory cementation substantially identical to that illustrated in FIG. 5.
- C2H2 acetylene
- N2 nitrogen
- FIG. 7 represents the benzene (C H6) concentration observed at the end of successive enrichment cycles. Indeed, it is known that the formation of tar involves a generation phase of aromatic compounds such as benzene and phenylethylene. The generation of benzene is therefore a good indicator of the formation of soot and tar.
- the curves marked C2H2 and C2H2 + N2 correspond respectively to the cases described in relation to FIGS. 5 and 6. It can be seen that, using pure acetylene according to the prior art, the benzene concentration increases notably at the end of each enrichment cycle, which corresponds well to a significant tar formation.
- the concentration of benzene remains substantially constant, at a low value, which corresponds well to a formation negligible tars.
- the present invention provides, in all cases where cementation is carried out in the presence of an aliphatic hydrocarbon under conditions where problems arise in generating soot and tar, to add a neutral gas.
- a neutral gas Preferably the proportion of neutral gas will be chosen in the range of 5 to 50% of the amount of enrichment gas.
- the neutral gas is not necessarily nitrogen but may be any other type of gas not involved in the cementation reaction, for example argon or a mixture of gases. Nitrogen will preferably be chosen because of its low cost. But, for specific requirements, or if the costs of the gases come to fall, one can choose another neutral gas or carrier gas to solve the problem of the generation of soot and tars.
- the Applicant has also shown that it may be advantageous to add hydrogen during the cementation phases. If we add a neutral gas comprising a proportion of 5 to 40% by volume of hydrogen, a perfectly satisfactory characteristic curve is obtained such as that of FIG. 6 (to be compared with that of FIG. 4 in the case where acetylene is used alone). It may be thought that the dissolution of acetylene by the carrier gas during the enrichment phases reduces the polymerization reactions of acetylene and its derivatives, which results in the significant reduction observed in the amount of tar formed at 1 inside the oven and possibly at the pumping unit.
- each of the enrichment cycles into brief steps followed by short broadcast durations.
- enrichment steps could be planned with a maximum duration of 50 s followed by a step of diffusion of a duration of the order of 10 s.
- the first enrichment cycle E1 will then comprise 10 or 11 enrichment stages, each of which is followed by a diffusion stage of about ten seconds, the final diffusion phase Dl being maintained substantially at its initial duration indicated in the table above.
- the second enrichment cycle E2 will include 4 enrichment stages, each of which is followed by a diffusion stage of ten seconds, the final diffusion phase D2 being maintained substantially at its initial duration indicated in the table above. . And so on.
- the benzene concentration at the end of each enrichment cycle for this pulsed operating mode is indicated in FIG. 7 by the curve C2H2 + N2 (draws). It can be seen that the benzene concentration is cut in half by half compared to the case where uninterrupted cycles are conventionally used.
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FR0102513A FR2821362B1 (fr) | 2001-02-23 | 2001-02-23 | Procede de cementation basse pression |
PCT/FR2002/000674 WO2002068707A1 (fr) | 2001-02-23 | 2002-02-22 | Procede de cementation basse pression |
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US (1) | US7118634B2 (fr) |
EP (1) | EP1280943B1 (fr) |
JP (1) | JP3833615B2 (fr) |
KR (1) | KR100875547B1 (fr) |
CN (1) | CN1220788C (fr) |
AT (1) | ATE377097T1 (fr) |
BR (1) | BR0204223A (fr) |
CA (1) | CA2407372C (fr) |
DE (1) | DE60223202T2 (fr) |
ES (1) | ES2295315T3 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR2821362B1 (fr) |
MX (1) | MXPA02010434A (fr) |
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WO (1) | WO2002068707A1 (fr) |
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