Research on On-Line Pre-Hardening Process of 718H Die Steel

Abstract:

New on-line pre-hardening (OPH) equipment for quenching die steel has been developed by University of Science and Technology Beijing and Dongbei Special Steel Group in Dalian Special Steel Co., LTD. OPH consists of strong cooling water jet, medium cooling water jet, weak cooling water jet, air-water spray and side water jet and has flexible cooling and control ability. Based on the equipment, online quenching process of 718H die steel was performed by numerical simulation and production experiment. The result of temperature field by numerical simulation agrees well with experiment result, which can prove that numerical simulation can be a very good guidance for production experiment. Experimental tempering metallographic structure of the whole 718H plate is tempered troostite and sorbite and the tempering hardness difference of 718H die steel can be controlled within 2 HRC in the whole plate under on-line pre-hardening process by numerical simulation. The prediction technology of numerical simulation can meet the different cooling rate control and make quenching process comply with preset quenching route to guarantee material microstructure and performance.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 331)
• Pages: 583-588
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.331.583
• Online since: July 2013
• Authors: Guo Yong Liu, Dong Mei Zhu, Shao Jun Zhang, Mou Wei Li, Shi Chuang Gong
• Keywords: Die Steel, Numerical Simulation, On-Line Pre-Hardening, Quenching, Temperature Field

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