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ABSTRACT
In this work we studied the improvement in wear resistance of some tool and die steels by Cryogenic Treatment. Five different materials are tested for improvement in abrasive wear resistance by treating cryogenically at different temperatures below 00 C. All the samples are first heat treated as per standard norms and re tempered after Cryogenic treatment. The samples are treated at 00 C, -200 C, -400 C, -800 C and at -1900 C. It is observed that the wear resistance has been improved for all the samples from 300% to 700% depending on the material.
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transformation of austenite in to martensite yields 4% volume expansion causing distortion, which cannot be ignored 3. Therefore the retained austenite should be transformed to the maximum possible extent before any component or tool is put into service. Treating the material after heat treatment at sub zero or cryogenic temperatures transforms the retained austenite into martensite. Meng and etal
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proposed that greater wear resistance can be obtained with longer soaking
periods (~24hour) because of the formation of Eta carbides which improves the wear resistance to the maximum possible extent. Notations M1 H13 EN19 52100
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- Molybdenum high speed steel - Chromium/molybdenum hot die steel - Chromium molybdenum (constructional) steel - Standard steel - Degree Centigrade - Initial Weight in grams
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EXPERIMENTATION
Standard bar stock of 8-12mm diameter available in the market was procured and samples of 50mm length were made (the samples made are shown in figure: 2). The samples are heat treated separately as per the prescribed ASM standards. All the samples are divided in to six groups. First group of the samples are kept aside after heat treatment and tempering to help as a reference for measuring the improvements in wear resistance at different temperature treatments. Second group of the samples are cooled down to 0 0 C slowly at a rate of 0.9 K/min. Third group of the samples are cooled to -200 C, Fourth group of the samples are cooled down to -400 C, Fifth group of the samples are cooled down to -800 C and the sixth group of the samples are cooled down to -1900 C. All the samples are soaked at the respective temperatures for 24 hours and slowly warmed back to the room temperature and retempered. The wear test apparatus is shown in schematically in Figure 3. Each sample is abraded for 3 min against a fine grinding wheel of outer diameter 200mm,
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running at 288 rpm under a load of 20N. The sample is weighed before and after every abrasion period. The analyses are presented in table 3-7, the results summery is plotted in Figure 1.
RESULTS
It is observed that the wear resistance of the materials tested is improved with redduction in temperature. The improvement shown has steady growth upto -800 C, but the improvement is substantial for specimens treated at -1900 C Table 1: Materials Selected S.No 1 2 3 4 5 AISI # M1 H13 D3 EN19 52100 Description of the Material Molybdenum high speed steel Chromium/molybdenum hot die steel High carbon high chromium die steel Chromium molybdenum (constructional) steel Standard steel Table 2: Composition AISI M1 H13 D3 EN19 52100 C 0.85 0.35 2.25 0.35 1.0 Mn 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.65 --Si 0.3 1.0 0.6 ----Cr 4.0 5.0 12.0 1.1 1.4 V 1.0 1.0 1.0 ----Mo 8.5 1.5 0.8 0.3 --W 1.5 ---------
Table 3: M1 Samples Analysis S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 Temperature HT 00 C -200 C -400 C -800 C -1900 C In.Wt. (1) 16.8 20.9 16.55 13.8 17.68 14.72 Fn.Wt. (2) 14.49 18.78 15.05 12.92 16.84 14.18 2-1 2.31 2.12 1.5 0.88 0.84 0.54 %Wt Lost 13.75 10.14 9.06 6.3 4.75 3.6 Improvement in Wear Resistance 100 135 151 218 289 382
Table 4: D3 Samples Analysis S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 Temperature HT 00 C -200 C -400 C -800 C -1900 C In.Wt. (1) 31.5 30.45 31.33 32.77 31.27 18.54 Fn.Wt. (2) 28.39 28.1 29.31 31.06 30.45 18.28 1-2 3.11 2.35 2.02 1.71 0.82 0.26 %Wt Lost 9.87 7.7 6.4 5.2 2.62 1.4 Improvement in Wear Resistance 100 128 154 190 377 705
Table 5: H13 Samples Analysis S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 Temperature HT 00 C -200 C -400 C -800 C -1900 C In.Wt. (1) 22.42 20 28 23.83 25.6 22.04 Fn.Wt. (2) 20.21 18.08 26.4 22.63 24.7 21.39 1-2 2.21 1.92 1.6 1.2 0.9 0.65 %Wt Lost 9.85 9.6 5.7 5.03 3.51 2.94 Improvement in Wear Resistance 100 103 172 195 280 335
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Table 6: EN19 Samples Analysis S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 Temperature HT 00 C -200 C -400 C -800 C -1900 C In.Wt. (1) 32.01 26.13 21.67 30.04 25.12 31.94 Fn.Wt. (2) 29.99 24.73 20.72 28.91 24.3 31.3 2-1 2.02 1.4 0.95 1.13 0.82 0.64 %Wt Lost 6.31 5.35 4.38 3.76 3.26 2 Improvement in Wear Resistance 100 117 144 167 193 315
Table 7: 52100 Samples Analysis S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 Temperature HT 00 C -200 C -400 C -800 C -1900 C In.Wt. (1) 26.56 24.02 29.72 27.58 29.05 26.54 Fn.Wt. (2) 24.14 22.04 27.76 26.68 28.23 26.1 2-1 2.42 1.98 1.96 0.9 0.82 0.43 %Wt Lost 9.11 8.24 6.59 3.26 2.8 1.62 Improvement in Wear Resistance 100 110 138 279 325 562
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