Machine components are prone to wear during their service lives. This is a serious menace in engineering because of the consequent failure of the component and eventual economic loss. This study has examined the causes, and analyzed the media which enables the carbon mass that is responsible for the hardness and the case-depth to be transported into the surface of steel. A 12 sample 1030 steel carburized component was prepared for micro-examination by mounting, grinding, polishing and etching. Solid and Liquid Carburizers were used to effectively determine their performance. The mechanical properties and the case-depth variation at different temperatures in solid carburizing were compared with the liquid carburizer. The Volutish appearance on the case revealed high case-depth with retrogressive increase toward the core due to martensite formation. While, PK, recorded highest tensile strength of 610.6 N/mm2 compared to WC, BC, and Ce-80B with a respective 570.1N/mm2, 4452 N/mm2 and 410.3 N/mm2.This will hopefully can be a substitute to the existing carburizers as studied to satisfy the local content demand.
PAPER TITLE :EFFECT OF DIFFERENT CARBURIZING MEDIA ON THE CASE DEPTH AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF 1030 STEEL COMP
JOURNAL Of SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY | VOLUME 2 NUMBER 1 2011
Paper Details
- Author(s) : ADEGBOLA, A.A. and OLANIYAN, A.
- Abstract:
