EP1476585A1 - Gas quenching installation and the corresponding quenching method - Google Patents
Gas quenching installation and the corresponding quenching methodInfo
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- EP1476585A1 EP1476585A1 EP03720608A EP03720608A EP1476585A1 EP 1476585 A1 EP1476585 A1 EP 1476585A1 EP 03720608 A EP03720608 A EP 03720608A EP 03720608 A EP03720608 A EP 03720608A EP 1476585 A1 EP1476585 A1 EP 1476585A1
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- quenching
- buffer
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- pressure
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
- C21D1/00—General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
- C21D1/62—Quenching devices
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
- C21D1/00—General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
- C21D1/56—General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering characterised by the quenching agents
- C21D1/613—Gases; Liquefied or solidified normally gaseous material
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
- C21D2241/00—Treatments in a special environment
- C21D2241/01—Treatments in a special environment under pressure
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a gas quenching installation, of the type comprising a quenching cell intended to receive objects to be quenched and adapted to withstand a determined quenching pressure of the quenching gas, and means for supplying quenching gas under pressure, connected to this cell.
- Gas quenching installations for steel parts.
- Gas quenching systems are known.
- Such an installation comprises a quenching cell in which the objects to be quenched are arranged and means for supplying quenching gas under pressure, connected to this cell.
- Such quenching installations generally include a buffer gas intermediate storage capacity located between the gas source and the quenching cell.
- the gas supply means comprise a compressor permanently connected to the source of quenching gas.
- the object of the invention is to overcome these drawbacks by means of an economical quenching installation.
- the subject of the invention is an installation of the aforementioned type, characterized in that the gas supply means comprise:
- Said second connecting means being devoid of any means for compressing the gas between the evaporator and the buffer tank. According to particular embodiments of the installation, it may include one or more of the following characteristics:
- the first sealing means divide said first connecting means into a buffer part associated with the buffer tank and into a cell part associated with the quenching cell and in that the volume (V ta mpon) of the buffer tank and the volume ( V ct ) of the buffer part of the connecting means form an effective buffer volume (V ta mpon- ⁇ ft), while the volume (V C ⁇ ⁇ U ie) of the quenching cell and the volume (V cc ) of the part cell connecting means form an effective cell volume (V ce ⁇ iuie-eff), the effective buffer volume (Vtampon-eff) being greater than the effective cell volume (V C ⁇ nuie-eff) •
- the effective buffer volume (Vtampon-eff) is greater than 1.2 times the effective cell volume (V ce ⁇ iuie-eff), and in particular between 1, 4 times and 5 times this volume.
- the buffer pressure (Ptampon) is greater than or equal to 1.2 times the quenching pressure (Pempempe), and is preferably between 1.2 and 1.8 times this pressure.
- the quenching pressure (Tempering) is between 5 and 25 bars, and preferably between 10 and 20 bars.
- the storage pressure (Pstockage) is greater than the buffer pressure (Ptampon), and is in particular greater than 8 bars, and is preferably between 10 and 40 bars, or even more preferably between 15 and 40 bars.
- the installation further comprises an auxiliary source of quenching gas connected to the buffer tank by auxiliary connecting means, adapted to supply the buffer tank with auxiliary quenching gas.
- the auxiliary source of quenching gas comprises at least one of the gases of the group formed by hydrogen and helium.
- - Said quenching gas is nitrogen.
- the invention further relates to a method of operating an installation as defined above, characterized by the following successive steps:
- the buffer tank is filled with quenching gas at the buffer pressure;
- the object to be quenched is placed in the quenching cell;
- the first controllable closure means are open, establishing a connection between the buffer tank and the quenching cell, until the quenching pressure is established in the quenching cell,
- the object to be soaked is cooled to a determined temperature; and - the quenched object is removed from the quench cell.
- the installation is intended for quenching an object 3 by heat treatment.
- the object is for example a piece of steel.
- the quenching installation 2 comprises a high-pressure storage tank 4 for a quenching gas 6 in the liquid state, an evaporator 8 for this gas, a buffer tank 10 as well as a quenching cell 12.
- the storage tank 4 is a so-called “high pressure” storage tank.
- the quenching gas 6 is stored there under a storage pressure P storage greater than 8 bars, in this case between 15 and 40 bars.
- the quenching gas 6 is for example nitrogen.
- the storage tank 4 is provided with an outlet 14, which is connected to an inlet 16 of the evaporator 8 by a first connecting pipe 18.
- the evaporator 8 is preferably a so-called "high pressure” evaporator, which is suitable to generate a gas under high pressure, from the reservoir of storage 4. This pressure is located slightly below the storage pressure.
- the evaporator 8 has an outlet 20 which is connected to an inlet 22 of the buffer tank 10 by a second connecting pipe 24 provided with a first shut-off valve 26.
- the first shut-off valve 26 is arranged at the inlet of the buffer tank 10.
- these connecting means are devoid of any means of compressing the gas between the evaporator and the buffer tank.
- the buffer tank 10 is adapted to withstand a pressure of the gas during the operation of the installation, called the buffer pressure Ptamp o n- It is substantially identical to the pressure of the gas at the outlet of the evaporator 8.
- An outlet 28 of the buffer tank 10 is connected to an inlet 30 of the quenching cell 12 by means of a third connection pipe 32 provided with a second shut-off valve 34.
- the quenching cell 12 is suitable for resist a gas pressure during quenching, called quenching pressure Ptr e mp e -
- the buffer tank 10 proper has a volume V a mpon-
- the volume of the third line 32 consists of a first part V ct associated with the buffer tank 10, extending between the buffer tank 10 and the second stop valve 34, as well as a second part V cc , associated with the quenching cell 12 and extending between the second valve 34 and this cell 12.
- the quenching cell has a volume V ce ⁇ iuie-
- the two volumes V ta mpon and V ct taken together define an effective buffer volume V tamp on- ⁇ ff, while the two volumes V C ⁇ nuie and V cc taken together define an effective cell volume V C ⁇ iiui ⁇ - ⁇ ff-
- the effective buffer volume V la mpon- ⁇ ff is greater than the effective cell volume V C ⁇ ⁇ iui ⁇ - ⁇ ff.
- the effective buffer volume V ta mpon-eff is greater than 1.2 times the effective cell volume V C ⁇ ⁇ U i ⁇ - ⁇ ff. and is in particular between 1, 4 times and 5 times this volume.
- the effective buffer volume V ta mpon- ⁇ ff advantageously satisfies the condition Vtam P on-eff ⁇ Vceuuk-eff pe -.
- the buffer— r quenching effective buffer volume and the effective cell volume are related by the relationship , which minimizes the size of the tank 10.
- the installation also includes means for evacuating the quenching cell 12. These evacuation means consist of a vacuum pump 36 connected to the quenching cell 12 by a fourth pipe 38.
- the installation according to the invention works as follows. Initially, the buffer tank 10 comprises quenching gas at a residual pressure, and the quenching cell 12 comprises a residual atmosphere generally at a pressure below atmospheric pressure. In the quenching cell there is no object to be quenched.
- the second stop valve 34 is closed and the first stop valve 26 is open.
- the evaporator 8 is thus started and produces quenching gas, which has substantially the buffer pressure P tampo n, and a temperature Ttampon-
- This pressure P ta m P on is here between 25 and 35 bars.
- the evaporator 8 is stopped by closing the first valve 26.
- the filling of the buffer tank 10 typically lasts between 5 and 20 minutes.
- the object to be soaked 3 undergoes a heat treatment (not shown). Then the object 3 to be soaked hot is placed in the quenching cell 12 and the latter is closed.
- the pressure prevailing in the quenching cell 12 is often the ambient pressure i.e. around 1000 hPa (but it could also be under vacuum initially), and the temperature is ambient temperature.
- the quenching gas 6 contained in the buffer tank 10 flows rapidly through the third line 32 in the quenching cell 12, until the desired quenching pressure is reached.
- This quenching pressure Ptr e mp e is between 5 and 25 bars, preferably between 10 and 20 bars.
- the buffer pressure Ptampon it is advantageous for the buffer pressure Ptampon to be chosen between 1.2 and 1.8 times the quenching pressure in order to be able to use a buffer tank which is not very bulky.
- the quenching cell 12 When the object to be quenched 3 has reached the desired temperature, the quenching cell 12 is depressurized, and the quenched object 3 is removed from the cell. Finally, the second stop valve 34 is closed and the first stop valve 26 is open.
- the treatment cycle can start again.
- the installation according to the invention has the following advantages. Since the effective buffer volume V ta mpon-eff is greater than the effective cell volume V C ⁇ ⁇ iuie- ⁇ ff. the gas pressure in the buffer tank Ptampon is relatively low, for a given quenching pressure Ptempe. As a result, the wall thickness of the buffer tank 10 can be relatively small. In addition, this installation does not have a compressor placed between the evaporator 8 and the buffer tank 10, which eliminates the consumption of electrical energy during the generation of pressurized gas Pt ampo n- The installation also has a high availability thanks to the low maintenance time required. In addition, the installation is compact and produces little noise.
- the buffer tank 10 can be arranged adjacent to the quenching cell 12, so that the third line 32 can be omitted.
- the volumes V ct and V cc are equal to 0, and the effective volumes V tam pon- ⁇ ff and V c ⁇ ⁇ iui ⁇ -eff are identical to the respective volumes of the buffer tank 10 and the quenching cell 12.
- the buffer tank is supplied only from the high-pressure liquid storage / evaporator assembly
- auxiliary quenching gas gas advantageously comprising at least one of the gases of the group formed by hydrogen and helium, for example in order to thus have mixtures of quenching nitrogen-helium, nitrogen-hydrogen, C ⁇ 2 -helium etc ...
- high pressure storage tank for quenching gas in liquid state has been used in all of the above to mean that there is thus a high pressure reserve in liquid form of quenching gas.
- This reservation advantageously will simply be in the form of high pressure storage but it is understood that it is also possible (for example for practical reasons related to the local site), and without in any way departing from the scope of the present invention, consider this “high pressure storage tank” in the form of a combination of a storage tank in low pressure liquid form, which supplies a system for pressurizing the quenching gas in the liquid state.
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FR0201701A FR2835907B1 (en) | 2002-02-12 | 2002-02-12 | GAS QUENCHING INSTALLATION AND CORRESPONDING QUENCHING METHOD |
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PCT/FR2003/000412 WO2003068998A1 (en) | 2002-02-12 | 2003-02-10 | Gas quenching installation and the corresponding quenching method |
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DE (1) | DE60301860T2 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2250887T3 (en) |
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