Case depth determination in heat-treated industrial steel products using photothermal radiometric interferometric phase minima
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A quantitative calibrated methodology based on photothermal radiometric (PTR) depth-profilometry for non-contact, non-intrusive determination of effective case depth in heat-treated case-hardened steel products was developed. Several types of heat-treated C1018 industrial steel screw products (with hexagonal, cylindrical and spherical heads) are statistically evaluated using the case-depth-induced interferometric thermal-wave phase minima. Calibration curves for each type of sample are established with the help of conventional destructive indenter measurements. It is shown that PTR thermal-wave interferometric phase minima can be used as a fast, on-line inspection methodology of industrial steel products for non-destructive quality and feedback control of heat-treating processes. r 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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