EP2582856A1 - Method for manufacturing mechanical components made of particularly wear-resistant austempered spheroidal cast iron - Google Patents
Method for manufacturing mechanical components made of particularly wear-resistant austempered spheroidal cast ironInfo
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- EP2582856A1 EP2582856A1 EP11725767.5A EP11725767A EP2582856A1 EP 2582856 A1 EP2582856 A1 EP 2582856A1 EP 11725767 A EP11725767 A EP 11725767A EP 2582856 A1 EP2582856 A1 EP 2582856A1
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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
- C21D5/00—Heat treatments of cast-iron
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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
- C21D1/34—Methods of heating
- C21D1/44—Methods of heating in heat-treatment baths
- C21D1/46—Salt baths
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22C—ALLOYS
- C22C33/00—Making ferrous alloys
- C22C33/08—Making cast-iron alloys
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22C—ALLOYS
- C22C37/00—Cast-iron alloys
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22C—ALLOYS
- C22C37/00—Cast-iron alloys
- C22C37/04—Cast-iron alloys containing spheroidal graphite
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- the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing mechanical components made of particularly wear-resistant austempered spheroidal cast iron.
- austempered spheroidal cast irons of various types and having different structures are known and are used in particular for manufacturing various types of mechanical components.
- the thermal treatment required in order to obtain this type of cast iron consists of a treatment of complete austenitization, with holding of the component at a temperature higher than the upper austenitization limit temperature (usually designated by A c3 ) followed by quenching in a molten salt bath.
- a c3 the upper austenitization limit temperature
- ausferritic structure is composed of acicular ferrite and austenite. This particular structure gives the material high mechanical characteristics.
- alloying elements such as nickel and/or molybdenum.
- the cited international standard ISO 17804:2005 defines, in Annex A, "Abrasion-resistant grades of ausferritic spheroidal graphite cast iron", grades ISO17804/JS/HBW400 and ISO17804/JS/HBW450. These are the two recommended grades for applications that require high resistance to wear.
- the maximum contribution to wear-resistance is given by the high proportion of acicular ferrite in the matrix and by its hardness.
- FIG. 5 taken from "Section IV Ductile Iron Databook for Design Engineers” (http://www.ductile.org/didata/Section4), shows schematically the Dorazil curve (the topmost chart).
- the curve represents the volumetric fraction of stabilized austenite as a function of the time elapsed from the moment when the material is immersed in the austempering bath.
- the horizontal portion which represents the maximum of this curve, corresponds to the maximum stability of the austenite as a consequence of its progressive enrichment with carbon. Accordingly, the Brinell hardness of the material also reaches its minimum value, since the transformation into martensite of an important volume fraction of the matrix subjected to the hardness test is avoided.
- first stage The part of the transformation process from the beginning to the attainment of the cited condition of maximum stability of the austenite is termed first stage, since an excessive extension of the holding of the material in the austempering bath would cause an unwanted decomposition of the austenite, stabilized by the carbon enrichment, into acicular ferrite and carbides, a possible part of the transformation process known as second stage.
- the condition of maximum stability of the austenite is necessary in order to manage the process in controlled and repetitive conditions. It is also known that the optimum time, with respect to this requirement, of permanence in the thermal bath in order to reach the condition of maximum stability of the carbon-enriched austenite depends essentially on the thickness of the casting, on the austenitization temperature, on the isothermal quenching temperature, and on the content of silicon, manganese and other elements with strong segregation, such as molybdenum.
- This comparative chart shows the advantageous behavior, in wear resistance, of ADI cast irons with respect to the materials with which they have been compared.
- the wear resistance values offered by ADI cast irons advantageous in many applications in which it has been possible to avoid the induction quenching of cast irons and/or steels, the nitriding of cast irons and/or steels, the cementation of steels, such as for example:
- ADI cast irons are insufficient and it is necessary to resort to other families of abrasion-resistant cast irons.
- These materials besides being penalized by the cost associated with a high content of carbide-forming alloying elements (these are in fact ledeburitic white cast irons in which the carbon is predominantly in a form that is combined with iron), are even more limited in use due to their fragility, which is a consequence of the ledeburitic white structure.
- wear-resistant steels which, as is known, are characterized by a foundry process that is more complex and expensive than the typical one of cast iron foundry.
- CADI cast irons make it possible indeed to obtain mechanical components that are particularly wear-resistant, on the other hand they are more fragile than normally required in many applications and are also difficult to obtain.
- the aim of the present invention is to provide a new method for manufacturing austempered spheroidal cast iron that makes it possible to obtain a material that has an optimum wear-resistance and at the same time a sufficient resilience.
- Figure 1 is a comparative chart of the wear resistance of various metallic materials, including various ADI cast irons and various types of hardened and tempered spheroidal cast irons and steels;
- Figure 2 is a chart, similar to the previous one, in which the behavior of an ADI cast iron and of CADI cast irons with different percentages of carbides are compared with abrasion-resistant cast irons;
- Figure 3 is a perspective view of a hammer subjected to a method according to the invention.
- Figure 4 is a micrograph at 500 magnifications of a component subjected to a method according to the invention.
- Figure 5 is a schematic diagram showing the effect of austempering time on the amount and stability of austenite and the hardness of ADI;
- Figure 6 is a plot of a time/temperature curve of a thermal treatment for interrupted quenching in a salt bath related to the method according to the invention.
- the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing spheroidal cast iron mechanical components such as, for example, armors for stone mills and for the cement industry, screw conveyors for the cement industry, hammers for stone mills, lamination rollers for clays and mechanical components in general.
- the method entails the following steps:
- a casting of a spheroidal cast iron mechanical component with a percentage by volume of pearlitic structure greater than 70% having a carbon content by weight comprised between 2.5% and 4.0%, a silicon content by weight comprised between 1.5% and 3.5%, a manganese content by weight comprised between 0.6% and 1.2%, a molybdenum content by weight comprised between 0% and 1%, and a chromium content by weight comprised between 0% and 0.5%;
- - performing a thermal treatment for interrupted quenching in a salt bath comprising a step of cooling said mechanical components in a salt bath at a cooling rate that is higher than the critical rate and an isothermal holding step at a temperature comprised between 250°C and 320°C for a time comprised between 10 minutes and 60 minutes in order to obtain a matrix comprising metastable unsaturated austenite in a percentage by volume comprised between 40% and 90% of the total.
- critical rate is understood as the minimum cooling rate required to prevent pearlitic transformation.
- interrupted quenching in salt bath is understood to be a temperating process (as shown in Figure 6) that has a cooling step at a rate that is higher than the critical rate and stops at a temperature higher than that at the beginning of the martensitic transformation MS, followed by a holding period at this temperature for the time sufficient to start the reaction but insufficient to complete it; finally, rapid cooling to ambient temperature is performed.
- interrupted quenching in salt bath in practice is interrupted twice: a first time because during the quick cooling step one stops at the isothermal holding temperature, which is higher than MS, the second time because we interrupt the reaction at isothermal temperature at a time that is very early with respect to the condition of maximum stability of carbon-enriched austenite.
- the method according to the invention provides for limiting, during the step for producing the casting, the forming of disperse primary carbons (Fe 3 C) in a percentage by volume of less than 5% of the volume.
- the step that consists in limiting the forming of disperse primary carbons (Fe C) comprises a process of post-inoculation in the step for pouring the casting into the die.
- the casting of the spheroidal cast iron mechanical component subjected to the method according to the invention has a nickel content by weight comprised between 0% and 3% and a copper content by weight comprised between 0% and 1.2%.
- the casting of the spheroidal cast iron mechanical component subjected to the method according to the invention can have a silicon content by weight comprised between 1.5% and 2.5%.
- the casting of the spheroidal cast iron mechanical component subjected to the method according to the invention has a molybdenum content by weight comprised between 0.4% and 1%.
- the temperature used preferably to perform the isothermal step of interrupted quenching is comprised between 290 °C and 310 °C.
- thermal interrupted quenching treatment designates a cooling with a rate that is higher than the critical one (minimum cooling rate required to prevent pearlitic transformation), keeping the casting at a higher isothermal temperature than the temperature of martensitic transformation MS; the holding at this temperature has a duration sufficient to make the ausferritic reaction start at the edges of the spheroids and is interrupted at such a stage as to obtain the desired proportion of metastable austenite.
- Control of the process is possible thanks to the conspicuous slowing of the reaction, caused by the relatively high ratio of high- segregation alloying elements.
- the temperature at which the mechanical components are held, as mentioned, during the austenitization step is higher than the temperature technically identified as A c3 , or temperature of complete austenitization for the time necessary to obtain a fully austenitic structure.
- Such temperatures are indicative for cast irons having a carbon content of approximately 3.5% and a silicon content of approximately 2%, but, obviously, may vary according to the percentages of these elements in the casting to be subjected to the thermal treatment.
- the holding time of the mechanical component at the austenitization temperature A c3 is comprised between 90 minutes and 210 minutes, preferably between 120 minutes and 180 minutes.
- the isothermal holding step has a duration comprised between 10 minutes and 30 minutes.
- the method according to the invention is based essentially on the addition of a high ratio of high- segregation alloying elements, such as manganese and molybdenum.
- a high ratio of high- segregation alloying elements such as manganese and molybdenum.
- a hammer was provided by casting with a weight of approximately
- the component was brought to a complete austenitization temperature (higher than A c3 ) equal to 890 °C and was held at this temperature for 120 minutes.
- the components made of austempered spheroidal cast iron according to the invention have always shown, for an equal hardness, a higher resistance to abrasive wear (by approximately 10-15%) than traditional austempered cast irons and Q&T steels.
- the dimensions may be any according to the requirements, although it has been found that the method according to the invention is particularly effective for treating components with dimensions up to 100 mm.
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