surface heat treatment

Surface heat treatment is a metal heat treatment process that only heats the surface of the workpiece to change the mechanical properties of the surface. In order to only heat the surface layer of the workpiece without allowing too much heat to pass into the inside of the workpiece, the heat source used must have a high energy density, that is, a larger amount of heat energy is given to the workpiece per unit area, so that the surface or part of the workpiece can be short-term or instantaneous. reach high temperature. The main methods of surface heat treatment are flame quenching and induction heating heat treatment. Commonly used heat sources are flames such as oxyacetylene or oxypropane, induced current, laser and electron beam.
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Chemical heat treatment is a metal heat treatment process that changes the chemical composition, structure and properties of the workpiece surface. The difference between chemical heat treatment and surface heat treatment is that the latter changes the chemical composition of the workpiece surface. Chemical heat treatment is to heat the workpiece in a medium (gas, liquid, solid) containing carbon, nitrogen or other alloying elements for a long time, so that the surface layer of the workpiece is infiltrated with elements such as carbon, nitrogen, boron and chromium. After the elements are infiltrated, other heat treatment processes such as quenching and tempering are sometimes carried out. The main methods of chemical heat treatment are carburizing, nitriding, and metalizing.
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Heat treatment is one of the important processes in the manufacturing process of mechanical parts and tooling. Generally speaking, it can ensure and improve various properties of the workpiece, such as wear resistance, corrosion resistance, etc. It can also improve the structure and stress state of the blank to facilitate various cold and hot processing.
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For example, after long-term annealing treatment of white cast iron, malleable cast iron can be obtained, which can improve plasticity; gears adopt the correct heat treatment process, and the service life can be doubled or dozens of times longer than those without heat treatment; Some alloying elements have some expensive alloy steel properties and can replace some heat-resistant steels and stainless steels; almost all tools and dies need to be heat treated before they can be used.