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Effect of Induction Quenching and Tempering Temperature on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure Evolution of 45 Steel for Linear Guide

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In this paper, the influence of induction quenching and tempering temperatures on the evolution of mechanical properties and microstructure of 45 steel for linear guides were investigated based on the tensile, impact, hardness tests and fracture morphology. The results indicate that the hardness of untempered and 200 °C tempered samples are higher and the difference is not significant, while the hardness of 300 and 400 °C tempered samples decrease as tempering temperature increases. Lower tensile strengths are observed in untempered and 200 °C tempered samples, which increase significantly after being tempered at 300 °C and then decrease slightly after being tempered at 400 °C. As the tempering temperature remains constant, the impact toughness value steadily declines as the quenching temperature rises, whereas when the quenching temperature remains constant, the impact toughness increases as the tempering temperature rises. The optimum induction quenching temperature was finally determined to be 850-900 °C, and the optimum tempering temperature was 300 °C. The findings of this study can be used to develop technical guidelines for the design of induction hardening and tempering process parameters for linear guides.

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This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52175342), The Natural Science Foundation of Shandong (ZR2021ME129), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52005304), Science and Technology Plan for Youth Innovation Team in Colleges and Universities of Shandong Province (2022KJ219).

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Sun, Y., He, L., Gao, Y. et al. Effect of Induction Quenching and Tempering Temperature on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure Evolution of 45 Steel for Linear Guide. J. of Materi Eng and Perform (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-023-08839-9

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