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Solving Critical Heat Treatment Challenges with Practical Process Modeling

Heat treaters are encountering an ever-increasing need for practical process design and troubleshooting methods to effectively address quality, cost and production time requirements for thermal treatment of steel parts. Over the last two decades, substant

February 6, 2024

Sources of Distortion Study during Quench Hardening using Computer Modeling

Quench hardening is a transient thermal stress process with phase transformations. It is inevitable that a component will go through plastic deformation due to phase transformations, which will lead to distortion in the hardened part. Understanding the so

February 6, 2024

Stress and Deformation during Induction Hardening of Tubular Products

Simulation of stresses and deformation during induction hardening is complicated. This paper is a follow on modeling work of induction hardening process presented at 26th HTS in Cincinnati, in October 2011 and UIE Congress in St. Petersburg, Russia, in Ma

February 6, 2024

Process Innovation to Eliminate Cracking Problems in Large Diameter Parts with Nonuniform Wall Thickness

The induction hardening process has been widely adopted in the heat treatment industry due to its energy efficiency, process consistency, and clean environment. Compared to traditional furnace heating and liquid quenching processes, induction hardening is

February 6, 2024

Effect of Steel Hardenability on Stress Formation in an Induction Hardened Axle Shaft

Previous work was reported on the induction hardening process for a 1541 steel axle shaft. This presentation compares the previous results with the stress formation dynamics in the same shaft made from steels with lower hardenability. Hardened using a sca

February 6, 2024

Effect of Spray Quenching Rate on Distortion and Residual Stresses during Induction Hardening of a Full-Float Truck Axle

Computer simulation is used to predict the residual stresses and distortion of a full-float truck axle that has been induction scan hardened. Flux2D® is used to model the electromagnetic behavior and the power distributions inside the axle in terms of tim

February 6, 2024

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