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US1697068A US85112A US8511226A US1697068A US 1697068 A US1697068 A US 1697068A US 85112 A US85112 A US 85112A US 8511226 A US8511226 A US 8511226A US 1697068 A US1697068 A US 1697068A
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    • C21DMODIFYING 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
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  • My invention relates to the manufacture of lrregular shaped metallic objects and particularly to the manufacture of wheels for railway tender, passenger car, and freight car service.
  • Car wheels in railway service usually have heavy hub and rim portions and a light plate or web portion compared with the hub and rum portions, and when the wheel is completely immersed in or uniformly subjected to the quenching medium, so that it is cooled rapidly through the critical range, the plate portion cools much more rapidly than the hub and rim portion with the result that dangerous cooling strains are immediately set up in the metal constituting the plate portionand, the hub and rim portions continuing to shrink impose further stresses on the plate portion and increases the strains in the metal of that portion to such an extent that the metal may fracture.
  • the rapid cooling of the wheel rim portion alone while allowing the plate and hub portion to cool slowly to room temperature may also result in the fracturing of the plate portion for'the reason that while the rapid contraction of the rim portion does not strain the metal of the plate portion, owing to the latter being in a more or less plastic state, the plate portion cools much more rapidly than the hub portion and reaches a rigid condition before the metal in the hub portion, and the continued contraction of the latter portion imposes further stresses on the plate portion thus further increasing the strain in i the material which may result in the fracturing ofthat portion.
  • the material of the plate portion cools much more rapidly than the heavier portions thereof when the wheel is quenched in the above described manner, and
  • the fracturing of the material forming the plate portion may result when it is subjected to severe stresses, such as are occasioned b the contraction of the metal while cooling. uch fractures are more liable to occur when the temperature passes throu h the blue heat zone. What I mean by the Inc heat zone is a range of temperature, below the AC1 point,
  • Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic View illustrating the apparatus for quenching certain portions
  • Fig. 2 is 'a cross section thru the wheel showing the position of the quenching sprays.
  • I When practicing my method of manufacturing can wheels, I preferably heat a block of steel to forging temperature and place it in dies and upset it into disc form. I then re-' heat the disc and place it in dies to partially form the rim portion, the plate portion and the hub portion of the wheel. The partially formed wheel is then placed in the dies and the hub bore is punched out.
  • The-forged blank is preferably reheated and placed in a rolling milland the plate portion and rim portionare rolled to finished size. Some of the heating and forming operations may be omitted, if the presses and mill are arranged so that the blank is transferred quickly from one press to the other so that there is comparatively little loss of heat between the 0pform to the wheel.
  • the level of water contained in the tank is. quickly raised to just cover a segment of the rim portion, preferably by means of the displacement block 13 which may be quickly raised or lowered by suitablemeans, such as a hoist, so that the level of the water may be quickly raised to cover the segment portion or lowered out of contact with the wheel.
  • the roller 15' frictionally drives the wheel and is operably connected to a motor 16.
  • the wheel is spun very rapidly while the quenching medium, preferably water, is sprayed by means of the pipes 17 and 18 solely on the rim and hub portion of the wheel blank.
  • the spinning is very rapid and throws off the water tangentially so that very little of the water contacts with the plate and the spinning is continued until the temperature of the rim portion is under the AC1 point of the critical range, but still retains a substantial amount of heat.
  • the Wheel is then quickly removed from the tank and immediately placed in a heating furnace of suitable construction, that is maintained at a temperature which is suflicient to hold the temperature of the wheel at some point below the AC1 point of the particular grade of material, but above the temperature at which the material passes through the brittle, blue heat zone.
  • a wheel blank weighing approximately 970 lbs. and made from material comprising .65 carbon and .7% manganese leaves the coning press at about 1700 F. and is spun in the quenching tank for about one minute until the rim portion is cooled to a point somewhat below the A01 point, which for this particular composition is about 1300 F. but is still at a temperature of above about 600, that is, abovef the temperature at which the metal passes through the brittle blue-heat zone; at a temperature preferably about 7 50 to 1000 F.
  • the temperatures of the superficial portions of the wheel may to 1100 F., so as to equalize the material and relieve it of internal strains and it is then allowed to cool slowly to atmospheric temperature.

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Jan. 1, 1929.
E. F. KENNEY MANUFACTURE IRREGULAR SHAPED OBJECTS Filed Feb. 1
Patented Jan. 1, 1929.
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EDWARD F. KENNE Y, OF -IBETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.
MANUFACTURE OF IRREGULAR-SHAPED OBJECTS.
Application filed February 1, 1926. Serial No. 85,112.
My invention relates to the manufacture of lrregular shaped metallic objects and particularly to the manufacture of wheels for railway tender, passenger car, and freight car service.
Car wheels in railway service usually have heavy hub and rim portions and a light plate or web portion compared with the hub and rum portions, and when the wheel is completely immersed in or uniformly subjected to the quenching medium, so that it is cooled rapidly through the critical range, the plate portion cools much more rapidly than the hub and rim portion with the result that dangerous cooling strains are immediately set up in the metal constituting the plate portionand, the hub and rim portions continuing to shrink impose further stresses on the plate portion and increases the strains in the metal of that portion to such an extent that the metal may fracture. The rapid cooling of the wheel rim portion alone while allowing the plate and hub portion to cool slowly to room temperature may also result in the fracturing of the plate portion for'the reason that while the rapid contraction of the rim portion does not strain the metal of the plate portion, owing to the latter being in a more or less plastic state, the plate portion cools much more rapidly than the hub portion and reaches a rigid condition before the metal in the hub portion, and the continued contraction of the latter portion imposes further stresses on the plate portion thus further increasing the strain in i the material which may result in the fracturing ofthat portion. The material of the plate portion cools much more rapidly than the heavier portions thereof when the wheel is quenched in the above described manner, and
the fracturing of the material forming the plate portion may result when it is subjected to severe stresses, such as are occasioned b the contraction of the metal while cooling. uch fractures are more liable to occur when the temperature passes throu h the blue heat zone. What I mean by the Inc heat zone is a range of temperature, below the AC1 point,
at which the steel when exposed to the air takes on a blue color, and about the polnt where the material changes from'a somewhat plastic to a more rigid state. Through this range the molecular structure of the material exists in its most brittle state and if the metal is stressed at this stage, particularly if internal strains are present, there is a possibility of the material fracturing.
' of the wheel.
Because of danger of the fractures occurring when rapidly cooling the material, it is customary in the manufacture of wrought steel wheels toallow them to cool comparatively slowly through the AC3 to AC1 range. However, the rapidity of the cooling through this range determines the efiectiveness of the treatment in preventing the segregation of the various constituents, andas the desired hardness and toughness in the treated steels are dependent on the degree to which the segregation of the ferrite, .cementite, etc., has been prevented, it is clear that the comparatively slow cooling of the rim will not give the best results. I have discovered that even such intricate and ununiform sections as wheels can be very rapidly cooled through the AC3-AC1 range, if the cooling is so regulated that the which embodies a novel method of heat treatment to provide physical properties which are superior to the forged wheels now in use.
The novel features will be more fully understood from the. following description and taken with the drawings in which Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic View illustrating the apparatus for quenching certain portions Fig. 2 is 'a cross section thru the wheel showing the position of the quenching sprays.
When practicing my method of manufacturing can wheels, I preferably heat a block of steel to forging temperature and place it in dies and upset it into disc form. I then re-' heat the disc and place it in dies to partially form the rim portion, the plate portion and the hub portion of the wheel. The partially formed wheel is then placed in the dies and the hub bore is punched out. The-forged blank is preferably reheated and placed in a rolling milland the plate portion and rim portionare rolled to finished size. Some of the heating and forming operations may be omitted, if the presses and mill are arranged so that the blank is transferred quickly from one press to the other so that there is comparatively little loss of heat between the 0pform to the wheel.
The level of water contained in the tank is. quickly raised to just cover a segment of the rim portion, preferably by means of the displacement block 13 which may be quickly raised or lowered by suitablemeans, such as a hoist, so that the level of the water may be quickly raised to cover the segment portion or lowered out of contact with the wheel. The roller 15' frictionally drives the wheel and is operably connected to a motor 16.
The wheel is spun very rapidly while the quenching medium, preferably water, is sprayed by means of the pipes 17 and 18 solely on the rim and hub portion of the wheel blank. The spinning is very rapid and throws off the water tangentially so that very little of the water contacts with the plate and the spinning is continued until the temperature of the rim portion is under the AC1 point of the critical range, but still retains a substantial amount of heat. The Wheel is then quickly removed from the tank and immediately placed in a heating furnace of suitable construction, that is maintained at a temperature which is suflicient to hold the temperature of the wheel at some point below the AC1 point of the particular grade of material, but above the temperature at which the material passes through the brittle, blue heat zone. The wheel is held at this temperature until it is uniformly soaked, in order to relieve the material of strains which to illustrate my invention and by way of example, a wheel blank weighing approximately 970 lbs. and made from material comprising .65 carbon and .7% manganese leaves the coning press at about 1700 F. and is spun in the quenching tank for about one minute until the rim portion is cooled to a point somewhat below the A01 point, which for this particular composition is about 1300 F. but is still at a temperature of above about 600, that is, abovef the temperature at which the metal passes through the brittle blue-heat zone; at a temperature preferably about 7 50 to 1000 F. It is obvious that in this quenching operation, as in quenching operations generally, the temperatures of the superficial portions of the wheel may to 1100 F., so as to equalize the material and relieve it of internal strains and it is then allowed to cool slowly to atmospheric temperature.
Of course, it should be understood that the above figures are only given by way of an example and that the temperatures may be varied depending upon the location of the presses relative to the tank and heating furnace, the equipment available for transporting the -blank, the size and shape of the object, and the chemical properties of the material used in the manufacture of the wheels. By abstracting heat from the hub and rim portions of the wheel more rapidly than from the plate portion fractures are avoided and the presence of dangerous internal strains minimized; by placing the wheelin an equalizing furnace after this quenching operation but before the temperature has dropped to the blue heat zone dangerous internal strains are eliminated.
It will be seen from the foregoing description that I have devised a novel method oftreating car wheels which increases the strength, ductility and wearing properties thereof; regulating the treatment of the wheel to prevent the development of internal strains, due to quenching, which are invariably present in the material of wheels treated by treatments heretofore used.
While I have shown my invention in but one form, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that it is not so limited, but is susceptible of various other changes and modifications without departing from the spirit thereof, and I desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall be placed thereupon as are imposed by the prior art or as a'lre specifically set forth in the appended c aim.
Having thus described the invention, what I I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The method of treating a metallic object having thick and thin portions, comprising cooling rapidly from above to below the critical range by abstracting heat more rapidly from the thicker than from the thinner portions, equalizin at a temperature above the blue heat zone Tmt below the critical range before the object has cooled below the blue v
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US2596345A (en) * 1944-12-27 1952-05-13 Bethlehem Steel Corp Wheel quenching device
US2776230A (en) * 1951-10-22 1957-01-01 United States Steel Corp Method and apparatus for quenching pipe
US2820466A (en) * 1954-09-09 1958-01-21 United States Steel Corp Apparatus for quenching steel railroad wheels
US3121437A (en) * 1960-05-27 1964-02-18 Joseph A Tomchak Tire treating apparatus
US3369555A (en) * 1963-05-03 1968-02-20 Amsted Ind Inc Apparatus for heat treating annular castings
US3531334A (en) * 1966-10-10 1970-09-29 Inland Steel Co Quench system
US4030711A (en) * 1974-05-31 1977-06-21 Esser-Werke Gmbh Vorm. Westmontan-Werke Method and apparatus for the surface hardening of the inner surface of tube bends
US5326409A (en) * 1987-03-24 1994-07-05 Wyman-Gordon Company System for peripheral differential heat treatemnt to form dual-property workpiece
US5964419A (en) * 1997-03-03 1999-10-12 Lovett; Alvin L. Water sprinkler apparatus for auto body repair operations

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2596345A (en) * 1944-12-27 1952-05-13 Bethlehem Steel Corp Wheel quenching device
US2776230A (en) * 1951-10-22 1957-01-01 United States Steel Corp Method and apparatus for quenching pipe
US2820466A (en) * 1954-09-09 1958-01-21 United States Steel Corp Apparatus for quenching steel railroad wheels
US3121437A (en) * 1960-05-27 1964-02-18 Joseph A Tomchak Tire treating apparatus
US3369555A (en) * 1963-05-03 1968-02-20 Amsted Ind Inc Apparatus for heat treating annular castings
US3531334A (en) * 1966-10-10 1970-09-29 Inland Steel Co Quench system
US4030711A (en) * 1974-05-31 1977-06-21 Esser-Werke Gmbh Vorm. Westmontan-Werke Method and apparatus for the surface hardening of the inner surface of tube bends
US5326409A (en) * 1987-03-24 1994-07-05 Wyman-Gordon Company System for peripheral differential heat treatemnt to form dual-property workpiece
US5964419A (en) * 1997-03-03 1999-10-12 Lovett; Alvin L. Water sprinkler apparatus for auto body repair operations

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