18Cr2Ni4WA钢的渗碳后热处理

针对合金钢18Cr2Ni4WA渗碳层热处理后残余奥氏体过多,硬度达不到要求这一问题,借助于实验方法。对18Cr2Ni4WA钢渗碳层中残余奥氏体在高温回火中转变机制进行研究,得知相变硬化消除理论和碳化物析出理论在高温回火的不同时间中的不同作用,提出：680℃×3h空冷回火,650℃×2h空冷回火,810℃×15min空冷淬火,180℃×1.5h空冷低温回火的热处理工艺。达到既能缩短生产周期又能满足性能要求的目的。

对汽车渗碳齿轮标准的论述

本文综合国内外对齿轮的试验研究，对当前我国的汽车渗碳齿轮技术标准进行探讨，提出为提高齿轮的质量应严控技术指标，并提出材料、工艺及设备的影响因素。

440C不锈钢材料热处理工艺研究

集成阀为起落架电液一体化控制单元,其多项核心零件材料为440C不锈钢。为研究440C不锈钢的热处理工艺参数,依据材料特性开展了空气炉和真空炉的二次回火、冷处理工艺试验。通过空气热处理和真空热处理工艺对比分析试验可知,空气炉刷涂料和真空炉淬火的表面污染测试均可满足要求;通过不同淬火温度后的硬度及残余奥氏体测试,确定了空气炉最优的淬火温度为1052℃;通过不同回火温度对比分析试验,确定了空气炉、真空炉回火温度为163℃;为消除应力,减少变形,开展了空气炉和真空炉的二次回火、冷处理工艺试验,结果表明,二次回火冷处理后对硬度影响不明显。440C不锈钢热处理研究填补了中航飞机股份有限公司长沙起落架分公司在440C不锈钢热处理方面的空白。

Effect of gear teeth finishing method on properties of teeth surface layer and its resistance to pitting wear creation

This work presented the characteristics of two gear teeth finishing methods, due to the properties of gear teeth surface layer obtained at the tooth working depth. These methods are: 1) the teeth carburization, hardening to a hardness of HRC 60-62 and then grinding, 2) the soft gear shaving as the final mechanical treatment and then carburizing and hardening to the hardness of HRC60-62. This work included the test results of the contact fatigue strength carried out on the circulating power system. The Wohler curves were plotted due to the obtained results, as the basis for the practical evaluation of the considered gear finishing methods. The parameters like volume distribution of the voids, content of the retained austenite, compressive residual stress value, but also the results of contact fatigue strength tests, are more favorable for the teeth shaving method than for the teeth grinding method.

Effects of laser heat treatment on salt spray corrosion of 1Cr5Mo heat resistant steel welding joints

The surface of 1Cr5 Mo heat-resistant steel welding joint was processed with CO2 laser, and the corrosion behaviors before and after laser heat treatment(LHT) were investigated in the salt spray corrosion environments. The microstructures, phases, residual stresses and retained austenite content of 1Cr5 Mo steel welding joint before and after LHT were analyzed with optical microscope and X-ray diffraction, respectively. The cracking morphologies and chemical compositions of corrosion products after salt spray corrosion were analyzed with field emission scanning electron microscopy(FESEM) and energy disperse spectroscopy(EDS), respectively, the polarization curves were measured on a PS-268 A type electrochemical workstation, and the mechanism of corrosion resistance by LHT was investigated as well. The results show that the passive film of original sample is destroyed owing to the corrosive media penetrating into the subsurface, resulting in the redox reaction. The content of residual austenite in the surface and the self-corrosion potential are increased by LHT, which is contributed to improving the capability of salt spray corrosion resistance.

Stepping-quenching-partitioning treatment of 20SiMn2MoVA steel and effects of carbon and carbide forming elements

A novel heat treatment process,stepping quenching and partitioning(S-Q-P),has been developed to manipulate microstructure and mechanical properties of steels.Based on incomplete partitioning of carbon from martensite to austenite,volume fraction and distribution of the retained austenite resulting from the following quenching of the steels could be effectively controlled,and then the synthesized mechanical properties of the steels would be improved.In this paper,20SiMn2MoVA steel was treated with conventional quenching-tempering(Q-T),currently prevailing quenching-partitioning(Q-P) and S-Q-P processes,respectively.The results indicated that the volume fraction of the retained austenite of the steel treated by Q-P and S-Q-P processes increased significantly that resulted in the increase of ductility and decrease of strength.The product of strength and ductility of the steel treated by S-Q-P process reached 23.7GPa%,that was increased by about 13% and 7% compared with that after Q-T and Q-P processes,respectively.Compared with the great improvement of the synthesized mechanical property obtained by S-Q-P process with another steel 35SiMn,there would be some factors that deteriorated the effect of S-Q-P process on 20SiMn2MoVA steel.It was found by microstructural testing that the carbide forming elements V and Mo in the steel led to precipitation of carbides during partitioning period and lack of carbon in austenite.As a result,less austenite would remain after final quenching and mechanical properties of the steel would be influenced.The results would be beneficial for understanding the principle of S-Q-P process and improving the design of the S-Q-P steel compositions.

Relation of martensite-retained austenite and its effect on microstructure and mechanical properties of the quenched and partitioned steels

A two-step quenching and partitioning （Q＆P） treatment was applied to low-carbon alloy steels. The relation of initial martensite - retained austenite - fresh martensite and its effect on microstructure and mechanical properties were investigated by experiments. The results reveal that the volume fraction of retained austenite can reach the peak value of 17%, and the corre- sponding volume fractions of initial martensite and fresh martensite are 40% and 43%, respectively, when the tested steel is treated by initial quenching at 330℃, partitioning at 500℃ for 60s and final quenching to room temperature. Moreover, the micromorphologies of austenite and martensite become finer with the increasing of initial martensite fraction. The elongation is the highest when the volume fractions of initial martensite and retained austenite are 70% and 11%, respectively, meanwhile, the yield strength increases and tensile strength decreases gradually with the increase of initial martensite fraction, which proves that the mechanical properties including elongation, yield strength and tensile strength are based on the comprehensive effect of the retained austenite fraction, the finer microstructure and austenite stability.

Austenite/martensite structure and corresponding ultrahigh strength and high ductility of steels processed by Q&P techniques

The microstructure of steels treated by Q&P(quenching and partitioning) process was characterized,a method of controlling retained austenite fraction based on inhomogeneous martensitic transformation was proposed,and the mechanical properties of steels treated by Q&P process were measured.The results show that the microstructure of the studied steels is mainly composed of initial martensite,fresh martensite and retained austenite.The initial marteniste formed at the first quenching step is easily etched;the fresh martensite formed at the final quenching step looks like 'blocky' type phase,and the retained austenite is mainly located on the packet boundary and initial austenite grain boundary.The inhomogeneous microstructure causes the experimental optimum quenching temperature corresponding to maximum retained austenite fraction to be higher than the calculation based on CPE(constrained paraequilibrium) model.The product of tensile strength and total tensile elongation is 47.5 GPa%,and tensile strength of 1760 MPa was obtained for the steel with carbon content of 0.51 wt%.The TRIP(transformation induced plasticity) effects of the large fractioned metastable austenite make a main contribution to the high ductility improvement,and the martensitic matrix provides high strength.

Technology for high performance TRIP steel

Thermodynamics of martensite transformation in low alloy TRIP steel was evaluated.It follows from the calculation that ε phase might be formed at above room temperature in the low Mn steel.Tested steel was therefore prepared according to the estimation result.High volume fraction of retained austenite(above 20%) containing 1.37%C was obtained in the steel after continuous annealing treatment.Tensile test showed that the ultimate strength of the steel was 1248 MPa,elongation rate 25%,the product of strength and elongation rate 31200 MPa%,reaching the grade of the third generation automobile steel.XRD detection indicated that after tensile test there existed ' martensite while TEM revealed that ε martensite also existed in the steel.Strengthening-toughening of the steel was thus raised due to the effect of transformation induced plasticity of two kinds of martensite.In addition,the phase stability of carbonitrates containing V was estimated and the complex micro-alloying effect was applied to the steel to control the size of austenite(about 1 μm) and enhance the stability of austenite.

Microstructural evolution in 35CrMnSi steel during multi-cyclic quenching and partitioning heat treatment

A novel method,i.e.multi-cyclic quenching and partitioning(M-Q-P)heat treatment,is used to tailor the content of retained austenite(RA)in commercial steels.For 35CrMnSi steel,5 times of Q-P heat treatment can increase the content of RA from 8vol.%to 17 vol.%.As a result,the ultimate elongation of the steel is improved from 17.4%after the typical Q-P heat treatment to 27.1%after 5 times of Q-P treatment.Meanwhile,the improved combination of strength and ductility for steels by typical Q-P heat treatment is retained by the multi-cyclic Q-P heat treatment.It is shown that the content of RA in some specific steels,and furthermore their mechanical properties,can be regulated through the M-Q-P.