WO2003000939A1 - Procede et dispositif de trempe des aciers a l'air pression - Google Patents
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- WO2003000939A1 WO2003000939A1 PCT/FR2002/002152 FR0202152W WO03000939A1 WO 2003000939 A1 WO2003000939 A1 WO 2003000939A1 FR 0202152 W FR0202152 W FR 0202152W WO 03000939 A1 WO03000939 A1 WO 03000939A1
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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
- C21D9/00—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor
- C21D9/0062—Heat-treating apparatus with a cooling or quenching zone
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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
- C21D1/00—General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
- C21D1/62—Quenching devices
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- the present invention relates to a process for quenching steels by pressurized air, making it possible to guarantee metallurgical characteristics identical to oil quenching and in particular to avoid surface decarburization after a carburizing or carbonitriding treatment carried out at atmospheric pressure.
- Pressure gas quenching processes have many advantages over liquid quenching processes mainly because the parts are clean and dry after quenching.
- the most commonly used gas is nitrogen because it is chemically inert and its relatively acceptable cost means that it cannot be recycled after each quenching operation. Most often, it is used under pressures of between 1 and 10 bars.
- the devices used to ensure quenching by pressurized gas all include a turbine allowing the circulation of gas on the parts. The gas is then cooled by passing through a heat exchanger and then reinjected onto the parts charge.
- the Applicant has set itself the objective of using pressurized air to carry out the quenching, because of its low cost and its availability.
- its use poses a major problem.
- Oxygen is chemically very reactive towards steel at high temperature and usually causes a surface decarburization that is not industrially acceptable.
- the invention therefore relates to a method and its implementation methods for performing a quenching of steels, after a carburizing or carbonitriding treatment carried out at atmospheric pressure, with air under pressure from temperatures between 700 and 1100 ° C., such quenching leading to metallurgical characteristics identical to quenching in oil from the surface of the steel, that is to say in particular by totally avoiding any surface decarburization.
- the process for quenching a steel charge comprising the following steps:
- - cooling of the load to a temperature below 400 ° C is characterized by the fact that the fluid is mainly composed of air, and the part is brought to a temperature of at most 400 ° C in a time such as it leaves the oven that an oxide layer is formed which prevents the decarburization of the steel.
- the process of the invention notably allows quenching with pressurized air of carbon steels, case hardened steels, carbonitrided steels and tool steels.
- the invention is based on the following observation.
- the oxidation of carbon steel at temperatures close to 900 ° C leads to the formation of an oxide layer of w ⁇ stite type (FeO sub-stoichiometric).
- the thickness of this layer increases regularly over time, reaching 10 to 12 ⁇ m after one minute in calm air. It is estimated that a w ⁇ stite oxide layer with a thickness of 1 ⁇ m is formed in the air after 5 seconds. Its thickness is approximately 4 ⁇ m after 20 seconds at 870 ° C, the usual temperature for the start of hardening of cemented or carbonitrided steels.
- the invention was to recognize that the w ⁇ stite type oxide layer could play this role insofar as it adhered sufficiently to the surface of the steel.
- a thickness of 1 ⁇ m is sufficient to significantly prevent the formation of CO.
- the air is transferred, the charge made up of pieces of steel maintained at the temperature of start of tempering is introduced into the quenching cell and the quenching is started so as to bring the surface of the parts at a temperature below 600 ° C in a period of less than 40 seconds, preferably less than 20 seconds.
- the quenching fluid in the cell is under a pressure of up to 40 bars and is set in motion with speeds of up to 20 m / s, in a few seconds.
- the quenching fluid is mainly composed of air. We can add other constituents to improve heat transfer.
- the temperature of the surface of the parts was measured during quenching. It drops to a value less than 700 ° C in less than 2 seconds and to a value less than less than 600 ° C in less than 4 seconds and to less than 400 ° C in less than 10 seconds. At a temperature below 600 ° C., the rate of diffusion of carbon in the steel is so slow that the phenomenon of decarburization is no longer observed.
- Figure 1 shows a schematic representation of a device according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a graph showing the carbon concentration profiles of surface layers of case hardened steels according to the invention on the one hand, and oil on the other hand.
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing the micro-hardness profiles of surface layers of case-hardened and quenched steels according to the invention on the one hand, and oil on the other hand.
- the device of Figure 1 comprises a treatment oven known per se.
- It can be a case-hardening or carbonitriding oven (1), continuous or batch type of a well oven, a bell oven, these ovens carrying out thermochemical treatments at atmospheric pressure.
- a cell (3) for quenching by a gaseous fluid This cell is hermetically closed by a door (31). Inside, a rotor provided with blades (33), for example centrifugal or helical, called a turbine, is rotated by an electric motor (35). The function of the turbine is to set in motion the gaseous quenching fluid contained in the enclosure. The latter is guided by guide members (37) in the direction shown by the arrows or in the opposite direction. The gas passes through a heat exchanger means (39). To ensure quenching, the charge represented by the block A4 is placed in the cell which is closed hermetically, as shown in dotted lines.
- the cell is charged with gas up to the desired pressure, between 1 and 40 bars, and it is driven by the turbine (33).
- the pressure is greater than 3 bars and in particular, depending on the nature of the parts to be treated, between 5 and 20 bars.
- Appropriate deflectors inject the cold gas, relatively, against the load A4. After extracting the heat from the load it is guided to the turbine. It passes through the exchanger where it is brought back to the quenching temperature.
- the exchanger and the turbine are arranged inside the cell, but they can also be placed outside.
- the load to be treated can for example consist of gears or pinion shaft
- a manipulator (40) is placed between the oven and the cell. Its function is to receive the load from the oven and place it on the cell support. The different positions of the charge are shown, between A0 where it is still in the oven and A4 where it is on its support during quenching.
- the manipulator comprises a plate (41) which can rotate around a vertical axis and can be moved in height.
- the plate (41) carries an arm (43) which can move in a horizontal plane and collect a load to be treated.
- the arm (43) is movable between an external position where it collects or deposits the load and an internal position where the load is housed in a protective bell (45).
- the operating cycle is as follows
- the arm (43) is opposite the opening. We extend the arm on which the load is placed. We retract the arm. The load comes into position Al under the bell (45).
- the time elapsed is less than 40 seconds; time during which an oxide layer formed and formed a barrier to the decarburization of the charge.
- the manipulation allows the transfer between the oven and the cell in less than thirty seconds.
- micro-hardness profiles produced on the side and at the base of the teeth are equivalent to those obtained after direct quenching at 870 ° C in oil.
- the graph in Figure 3 shows that the micro-hardness values, expressed in VICKERS and measured at different depths on a part treated with air quenching on the one hand, and, on a part treated with oil on the other hand, are almost identical.
- FIG. 2 shows the carbon concentration profiles established on a gear at the level of a toothing, and of toothing. The profiles are equivalent between oil quenching and air quenching. They are characteristic of a hardened hardened layer without surface decarburization.
- a first series of measurements relates to a part having undergone a carbonitriding treatment followed by an air quenching at 870 ° C.
- a second series of measurements relates to a part having undergone a carbonitriding treatment followed by an oil quenching
- the present invention also comprises a process in which the transfer is carried out under a protective atmosphere and the quenching of which is performed in air at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure. In this case decarburization is avoided essentially at the quenching level by the formation of an oxide layer during the first phases of the quenching.
- the present invention also covers a process where the quenching fluid is air to which a gas is added which modifies its density and / or its thermal conductivity.
- the present invention also covers a process where the temple fluid is air to which a sprayed liquid has been added allowing the cooling of the parts by a two-phase mixture
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Priority Applications (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE60217344T DE60217344T2 (de) | 2001-06-21 | 2002-06-20 | Verfahren zum abschrecken von stahl mittels druckluft |
EP02751278A EP1404882B1 (fr) | 2001-06-21 | 2002-06-20 | Procede de trempe des aciers a l'air pression |
US10/481,489 US20050000597A1 (en) | 2001-06-21 | 2002-06-20 | Method and device for quenching steel in pressurized air |
MXPA03012026A MXPA03012026A (es) | 2001-06-21 | 2002-06-20 | Metodo y dispositivo para extinguir acero en aire presurizado. |
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FR01/08175 | 2001-06-21 | ||
FR0108175A FR2826374B1 (fr) | 2001-06-21 | 2001-06-21 | Procede et dispositif de trempe des aciers a l'air sous pression |
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CN (1) | CN1289695C (fr) |
AT (1) | ATE350497T1 (fr) |
DE (1) | DE60217344T2 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR2826374B1 (fr) |
MX (1) | MXPA03012026A (fr) |
WO (1) | WO2003000939A1 (fr) |
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US3231432A (en) * | 1964-10-08 | 1966-01-25 | Morgan Construction Co | Process for the quenching of hot rolled rods in direct sequence with rod mill |
DE29913751U1 (de) * | 1999-08-06 | 1999-09-30 | Mannesmann Sachs AG, 97424 Schweinfurt | Eisen enthaltendes Metallteil mit einer Eisenoxid enthaltenden Oberflächenschicht |
EP1101826A1 (fr) * | 1999-11-17 | 2001-05-23 | Etudes Et Constructions Mecaniques | Procédé de trempe après cémentation à basse pression |
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US3231432A (en) * | 1964-10-08 | 1966-01-25 | Morgan Construction Co | Process for the quenching of hot rolled rods in direct sequence with rod mill |
DE29913751U1 (de) * | 1999-08-06 | 1999-09-30 | Mannesmann Sachs AG, 97424 Schweinfurt | Eisen enthaltendes Metallteil mit einer Eisenoxid enthaltenden Oberflächenschicht |
EP1101826A1 (fr) * | 1999-11-17 | 2001-05-23 | Etudes Et Constructions Mecaniques | Procédé de trempe après cémentation à basse pression |
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CN1545564A (zh) | 2004-11-10 |
FR2826374B1 (fr) | 2003-10-03 |
MXPA03012026A (es) | 2005-07-01 |
US20050000597A1 (en) | 2005-01-06 |
DE60217344D1 (de) | 2007-02-15 |
DE60217344T2 (de) | 2007-10-25 |
CN1289695C (zh) | 2006-12-13 |
EP1404882A1 (fr) | 2004-04-07 |
EP1404882B1 (fr) | 2007-01-03 |
ATE350497T1 (de) | 2007-01-15 |
FR2826374A1 (fr) | 2002-12-27 |
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