小口径ノズルプラズマによる炭素鋼の焼入れ

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Surface hardening by laser or electron beam is due to the rapid heating and cooling rates, which are caused owing to the localized heating produced by high power density beams. The quantity of energy required for hardening is so small that the thermal distortion generated in the workpiece is little. The paper deals with surface hardening of carbon steel by a newly developed small diameter nozzle plasma arc machine which produces power density of about 10^6 W/cm^2 at the exit of the nozzle. Carbon steel of S 45 C is hardened with the width of about 0.8 mm and depth of about 0.1 mm and Vickers hardness of about 1OOO is obtained under working conditions of arc voltage of 43.5V, arc current of 12A and moving speed of workpiece of 3 m/min. The hardening capability is the same as that of laser or electron beam. The spreading of plasma arc beam was also discussed. The absorbed power density on the work-piece surface is estimated to be about 10^4 W/cm^2,which is obtained from heat conduction theory and experimental width of hardened region.
公益社団法人精密工学会の論文
1989-08-05