[go: up one dir, main page]

US1976210A - Method of hardening iron and steel - Google Patents

Method of hardening iron and steel Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US1976210A
US1976210A US645413A US64541332A US1976210A US 1976210 A US1976210 A US 1976210A US 645413 A US645413 A US 645413A US 64541332 A US64541332 A US 64541332A US 1976210 A US1976210 A US 1976210A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
steel
hardening
hardening iron
articles
iron
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US645413A
Inventor
Bardt Hans
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US1976210A publication Critical patent/US1976210A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23CCOATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C8/00Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces; Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals
    • C23C8/40Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces; Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using liquids, e.g. salt baths, liquid suspensions
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21DMODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D1/00General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
    • C21D1/56General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering characterised by the quenching agents
    • C21D1/58Oils

Definitions

  • the subject of the invention is a process for hardening iron and steel, which difiers from the known similar methods essentially and advantageously in that itsucceeds in imparting to the steel an unusually high degree of hardness in a simple and comparatively short treatment whilst obtaining great core tenacity. Thereby the tedious and expensive case hardening is rendered superfluous in very many cases.
  • steel is hardened, bybeing heated after the forming treatment and quenched by being dipped into a cold fluid. Frequently it is previously subjected to a so called carbonization.
  • a quenching agent for the most part, water is employed either alone or with additions of salts, acids, alkalis or other substances.
  • Applicant has now found that high degrees of hardness can be imparted to the steel in a considerably simplified and more economical manner if it is heated to red heat in a carbon dioxide containing atmosphere and then dipped in a bath which contains resins or resin soaps together with carboncontaining and if desired nitrogen-containing substances, dissolved or suspended in oils or'fats.
  • this hardening means can be further increased if metal compounds in the form of resin bonyls and the like are added to it.
  • nitrogen and carbon containing compounds urea, formates and the like can be employed. Also numerous other organic compounds can be employed. It is important however that they contain no water of crystallization.
  • Example 1 The articles to be hardened are heated in a carbon dioxide-containing atmosphere .to 850-950" and then dipped in a hardening bath and allowed to cool completely. in this.
  • This hardening bath advantageously consists of 100 parts by weight of linseed oil in which 12 parts by weight of colophony are dissolved.v
  • the s'olution also contains 3 parts by weight of resin acid potassium and 3 parts by weightzrof nickel formate; instead of or in addition to the nickel formate, also 7.5 parts by weight of urea can be added.
  • the steel or steel articles treated in this hardening bath are then heated up again to red heat and quenched in water.
  • a method of hardening iron and steel comprising heating the articles to be hardened to red heat in an atmosphere containing carbon dioxide, quenching the articles in a bath of linseed oil in which colophony, resin acid potassium and nickel fo'rmate have been dissolved, reheating to

Landscapes

  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Metallurgy (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Oil, Petroleum & Natural Gas (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Heat Treatment Of Articles (AREA)
  • Heat Treatment Of Sheet Steel (AREA)
  • Heat Treatments In General, Especially Conveying And Cooling (AREA)

Description

Patented Oct. 9, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE No Drawing. Application December 2, 1932,
Serial No. 645,413. In Germany December 9, 1931 -2 Claims.
The subject of the invention is a process for hardening iron and steel, which difiers from the known similar methods essentially and advantageously in that itsucceeds in imparting to the steel an unusually high degree of hardness in a simple and comparatively short treatment whilst obtaining great core tenacity. Thereby the tedious and expensive case hardening is rendered superfluous in very many cases.
As is known, steel is hardened, bybeing heated after the forming treatment and quenched by being dipped into a cold fluid. Frequently it is previously subjected to a so called carbonization. As a quenching agent, for the most part, water is employed either alone or with additions of salts, acids, alkalis or other substances. For
quenching alloyed steels, rape seed oils are mainly used.
In order to incorporate more carbon in theimpart to it a greater hardsubstances, often subjected 'to an intermediateheating to red heat, and finally heatedagain and quenched.
Applicant has now found that high degrees of hardness can be imparted to the steel in a considerably simplified and more economical manner if it is heated to red heat in a carbon dioxide containing atmosphere and then dipped in a bath which contains resins or resin soaps together with carboncontaining and if desired nitrogen-containing substances, dissolved or suspended in oils or'fats.
The action of this hardening means can be further increased if metal compounds in the form of resin bonyls and the like are added to it.
Solutions or suspensions of resins, such as colophon together with resin acid salts, such to the so called case hardacid metals, metal formates, car-- as resin.- acid alkali in oils of high flash point such for example as linseed oil have been found to be particularly suitable for use.
As nitrogen and carbon containing compounds, urea, formates and the like can be employed. Also numerous other organic compounds can be employed. It is important however that they contain no water of crystallization.
Example The articles to be hardened are heated in a carbon dioxide-containing atmosphere .to 850-950" and then dipped in a hardening bath and allowed to cool completely. in this. This hardening bath advantageously consists of 100 parts by weight of linseed oil in which 12 parts by weight of colophony are dissolved.v The s'olution also contains 3 parts by weight of resin acid potassium and 3 parts by weightzrof nickel formate; instead of or in addition to the nickel formate, also 7.5 parts by weight of urea can be added. The steel or steel articles treated in this hardening bath are then heated up again to red heat and quenched in water.
It appears that the metal compounds act upon the articles to be hardened by catalytical properties.
I claim. 4
1. A method of hardening iron and steel, ,comprising heating the articles to be hardened to red heat in an atmosphere containing carbon dioxide, quenching the articles in a bath of linseed oil in which colophony, resin acid potassium and nickel fo'rmate have been dissolved, reheating to
US645413A 1931-12-09 1932-12-02 Method of hardening iron and steel Expired - Lifetime US1976210A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE1976210X 1931-12-09

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US1976210A true US1976210A (en) 1934-10-09

Family

ID=7853732

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US645413A Expired - Lifetime US1976210A (en) 1931-12-09 1932-12-02 Method of hardening iron and steel

Country Status (1)

Country Link
US (1) US1976210A (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2004099450A1 (en) * 2003-05-09 2004-11-18 A. & A. Fratelli Parodi S.R.L. Quenching fluid composition

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2004099450A1 (en) * 2003-05-09 2004-11-18 A. & A. Fratelli Parodi S.R.L. Quenching fluid composition

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3185600A (en) Cryogenic quenching method
US1976210A (en) Method of hardening iron and steel
US2881107A (en) Austempered, cold-finished steels
US2799606A (en) Products for and methods of quenching to harden steels
US1961520A (en) Method of case hardening steel
DE2601067A1 (en) PROCESS FOR FIRE-DIPPING ALUMINATION OF COMPACT PRODUCTS MADE OF IRON ALLOYS
US2848362A (en) Method of quenching metal articles in amineral oil
US1985456A (en) Method of treating metals
DE2553051C3 (en) Process for hot dip aluminizing of iron alloy products
US2563672A (en) Machinability of quench-hardened alloy steels containing retained austenite
US3009843A (en) Steel products and method for producing same
US1304946A (en) Chaeles dear
US1967994A (en) Method of hardening steel
DE872956C (en) Intermediate quenching of unalloyed and alloyed steels
US2360271A (en) Alloy steel article
GB416316A (en) Improvements in or relating to the hardening of iron and steel
US397476A (en) Robert
AT140193B (en) Process for surface hardening of stainless steels.
US3088855A (en) Metallurgical process and steels manufactured by same
US2538239A (en) Method for hardening cast iron
US1520744A (en) Bath for heat-treating metals
US2413929A (en) Heat-treating bath for aluminum
DE3142359A1 (en) Process and device for heat-treating workpieces
US2327976A (en) Quenching of metals
US397477A (en) Egbert j