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Precision Measurement and Modeling of Quenching-Tempering Distortion in Low-Alloy Steel Components with Internal Threads

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Distortion resulting from heat treatment may cause serious problems for precision parts. A precision component made from 30CrNi3Mo steel with internal threads distorts slightly after quenching-tempering treatment. Such a small distortion results in serious difficulties in the subsequent assembly process. The distortion of the internal thread was measured using semi-destructive testing with video measuring system. Periodic wavy distortions emerged in the internal threads after heat treatment. Then both XRD analysis and hardness testing were conducted. A numerical simulation of the complete quenching-tempering process was conducted by DANTE, which is a set of user subroutines that link into the ABAQUS/STD solver. The results from the simulations are in good agreement with the measurement in distortion, microstructure field, and hardness. The effects of the technological parameters including quenchant, immersion orientation, and grooves were discussed on the basis of the simulation results. Finally, strategies to significantly decrease distortion and residual stress are proposed.

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This research has been financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB013404) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51275254). This research was supported by Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology.

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  1. Beijing Key Lab of Precision/Ultra-Precision Manufacturing Equipments and Control, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Zhenguo Nie, Gang Wang & Yiming (Kevin) Rong

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA

    Yiming (Kevin) Rong

  3. School of Mechanical Electronic and Control Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China

    Yongliang Lin

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Nie, Z., Wang, G., Lin, Y. et al. Precision Measurement and Modeling of Quenching-Tempering Distortion in Low-Alloy Steel Components with Internal Threads. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 24, 4878–4889 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-015-1789-2

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