Embrittlement of malleable cast iron resulting from heat treatment

effect of austempering heat treatment on strength properties and hardness of aluminum grey cast iron

in the present work, the effect of aluminum content, austenitizing temperature and austempering time and temperature on the mechanical properties and hardness of fe-c-al grey cast iron was investigated. for this purpose, three alloys containing 1, 2 and 4 weight percent of aluminum were provided. the tensile samples were austenitized at 850?c and 900?c for 120 min, followed by austempering proc...

Prediction of Heat Treatment Distortion of Cast Steel C-rings

Navy C-Ring test parts were made of AISI 1022, 4320, 8625, and CF8M steels and heat treated in a designed experiment to evaluate the commercial heat treatment distortion simulation software DANTE. The parts were machined and then measured with a CMM for original dimensions. The parts were then heated and subsequently quenched in two different immersion orientations in agitated water. Temperatur...

Regenerative Heat Treatment of Low Alloy Cast Steel

Cast Iron Metallurgy

Cast iron (CI) is one of the oldest materials in commercial use. It has excellent compressive strength and is commonly used for structures that require this property, as well as for water and sewer lines. This article explains CI metallurgy and why the understanding of this metallurgy is key to understanding other ferrous materials and alloys. The composition of cast iron (CI) varies significan...

Failure Analysis of a Four Cylinder Diesel Engine Crankshaft Made From Nodular Cast Iron

The premature breakage in some four cylinder diesel engine crankshafts was reported. All crankshafts were failed from the same region. Failures had occurred in the first crankpin, the nearest crankpin to the flywheel. Dynamic analysis and finite element modelling were carried out to determine the state of stress in the crankshaft. FEM results revealed that the first crankpin fillet is the most ...