US20090139610A1 - Method for hardening groove walls of the ring groove of a steel piston - Google Patents

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US20090139610A1
US20090139610A1 US12/291,735 US29173508A US2009139610A1 US 20090139610 A1 US20090139610 A1 US 20090139610A1 US 29173508 A US29173508 A US 29173508A US 2009139610 A1 US2009139610 A1 US 2009139610A1
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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
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    • C21D1/06—Surface hardening
    • C21D1/09—Surface hardening by direct application of electrical or wave energy; by particle radiation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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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
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    • 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
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  • the invention relates to a method for hardening groove walls of the ring groove of a steel piston.
  • German Patent No. DE 103 37 962 A1 describes a method for laser hardening of groove walls of the ring grooves of a steel piston, in which a laser beam having a wavelength of less than 5 ⁇ m is used in order to achieve a degree of absorption of the laser beam energy that is suitable for hardening.
  • the laser beam furthermore has to be directed at the groove to be hardened at a sufficiently great incidence angle. It is disadvantageous, in this connection, that there is only a small selection of laser sources that generate laser radiation at a wavelength of less than 5 ⁇ m. Furthermore, the selection of a sufficiently great incidence angle is limited by the geometry of the ring groove, i.e. by the groove wall that lies opposite the groove wall to be hardened, depending on the position of the laser source relative to the steel piston.
  • This object is achieved by a method for hardening groove walls of the ring groove of a steel piston that put into rotation about its piston axis, by means of a laser beam is directed at a groove wall.
  • the method includes the following steps:
  • a mixture of argon and oxygen is used as the process gas.
  • a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen can be used as the process gas.
  • a mixture of nitrogen, argon, and oxygen can be used as the process gas.
  • at least approximately 1% oxygen is mixed into the process gas.
  • the groove wall surface of the steel piston that is to be hardened is colored with iron oxide, its heat conductivity is increased to such an extent, and furthermore its reflectivity is reduced so greatly that the laser light can be radiated onto the groove wall surface to be hardened at any desired angle of incidence, independent of its wavelength.
  • FIG. 1 shows a device for laser hardening of the wall of a groove for a piston ring
  • FIG. 2 shows an enlarged representation of the piston ring groove, the lower wall of which is being hardened by a laser.
  • FIG. 1 shows a laser source 2 attached to a holder device 1 , which source, as shown in an enlargement in FIG. 2 , directs a laser beam 3 at the lower wall 10 of the upper ring groove 11 of a piston 5 made of steel, for an internal combustion engine. Ring groove 11 is provided for a compression ring not shown in the figures.
  • Steel piston 5 is mounted on a turntable 6 , by way of a clamping holder 12 , to rotate about its piston axis 13 .
  • Turntable 6 is attached to a foundation 7 having an electrical drive device not shown in the figure, by which the turntable is put into rotation, under electrical control.
  • a gas line 8 is attached to holder device 1 and to a stand 9 , by which line process gas is passed in the direction of upper ring groove 11 , by way of a gas jet 4 , which particularly surrounds the region of lower wall 10 , which is to be laser-hardened, with the process gas.
  • a diode laser or an Nd:YAG laser can be used as the laser source 2 , for example.
  • lower wall 10 of ring groove 11 for the compression is hardened, because this wall is exposed to increased stress during engine operation, by the compression ring.
  • any surface of piston 5 that is subject to great mechanical stress can be hardened using the method according to the invention.
  • the small focus of laser beam 3 heats lower surface 10 of ring groove 11 of piston 5 that is put into rotation by means of turntable 6 , in tracks.
  • a cooling medium for bringing about the cooling of the heated track that is required for the hardening process is not necessary, since very rapid temperature equalization between the heated track and the adjacent piston material, steel, occurs, bringing with it automatic quenching, which brings about good hardening of lower groove wall 10 .
  • the process gas is passed onto lower groove wall 10 by way of gas jet 4 ; it can consist of a mixture of argon and oxygen, of nitrogen and oxygen, or of argon, nitrogen, and oxygen.
  • gas jet 4 can consist of a mixture of argon and oxygen, of nitrogen and oxygen, or of argon, nitrogen, and oxygen.
  • the groove wall surface hit by laser beam 3 colors as the result of oxide formation, whereby iron oxide (Fe 2 O 3 ) is formed on the surface.
  • iron oxide Fe 2 O 3
  • an improvement of the heat conductivity of the surface irradiated by the laser occurs, for one thing, thereby accelerating the heating of this surface and thus improving the degree of effectiveness of the laser.
  • the coloring of the groove wall surface by iron oxide reduces the reflectivity of this surface, thereby reducing the intensity of the laser beam 3 ′ reflected by groove wall 10 and shown with a dotted line in FIG. 2 to such an extent that groove root 14 hit by it is no longer sufficiently heated so that it is hardened. It is undesirable to harden groove root 14 , i.e. the edge between groove wall 10 and groove root 14 , because hardening of these regions reduces the basic impact resistance of the piston material in these regions to such an extent that cracks can form here during engine operation.
  • the method according to the invention for hardening groove wall 10 has the additional advantage that the angle of incidence ⁇ formed by groove wall 10 and laser beam 3 can be selected as desired, and is selected in such a manner that the size of the hardness penetration zone is optimally adjusted for the best possible hardening result.

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