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Evaluation of Normalizing Heat Treatment to Develop Improved Properties in Heavy Section Pearlitic Iron A DIS Project Proposal June 6, 2012 Rick Gundlach Element Wixom

Evaluation of Normalizing Heat Treatment to Develop Improved … · 2013-06-05 · Background •Normalizing is commonly employed in heavier sections to obtain 80‐55‐06 properties

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Evaluation of Normalizing Heat Treatment to Develop Improved Properties inHeavy Section Pearlitic Iron

A DIS Project Proposal

June 6, 2012

Rick GundlachElement Wixom

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Objectivej

Investigate the influence of super critical and g pintercritical heat treatments on the mechanical properties of heavy section ductile iron castings 

(2 inches and greater)(2 inches and greater) 

The combination of strength and ductility is so g ydifficult to achieve in the pearlitic grades cast in heavy sections 

Focus on ASTM Grades 80‐55‐06 and 100‐70‐03

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Backgroundg

• Normalizing is commonly employed in heavier sections to• Normalizing is commonly employed in heavier sections to obtain 80‐55‐06 properties 

• DIS Project 46 ‐‐Mechanical properties in 3‐inch Y‐blocks

Tensile elongations of 6% never obtained, when a i i i ld h f 55 k i h dminimum yield strength of 55 ksi was reached. 

•Intercritical heat treatments were even more effective in raising mechanical properties

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Schematic Equilibrium Phase DiDiagram

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Intercritical Normalizingi i l l i l1545 F Intercritical plus Air Cool

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Formation of Acicular Austeniteby Intercritical Heat‐Treatment

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Intercritical Normalizingi i l l i l1545 F Intercritical plus Air Cool

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METHODOLOGY

Numerous keel block legs from Project 46 are available, particularly those from the 3 inch Y blocks of the DOE study (Y blocks from 9 heats)

METHODOLOGY

from the 3‐inch Y‐blocks of the DOE study (Y‐blocks from 9 heats)

• Supercritical and intercritical heat treatments will be performed. 

D t i th ti i t iti l t t‐ Determine the optimum intercritical temperature  ‐ Hardness testing and metallography will be performed

• Heat treat Keel block legs according to parameters derived above and perform mechanical testing and metallography

• Fractographic inspection of the broken tensile specimens will be performed on selected test barson selected test bars.

• Heat treatments that successfully produced the minimum properties of Grade 80‐55‐06 will be defined.  

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ScheduleSchedule

• Element Wixom has DOE test materials on hand DIS members are• Element Wixom has DOE test materials on hand.  DIS members are encouraged to provide additional test bars.

• Within 6 weeks, the 3‐inch Y‐blocks and any additional materials received will be subjected to heat‐treatment experiments.  

• Evaluate the properties of the heat‐treated materials and determine the optimum heat‐treatment parameters (requires 3 to 4 months)p p ( q )

• Conduct additional heat‐treatment experiments and perform final round of mechanical testing, metallography and fractography  (requires 2 months)

P j i d b l d i 9 h• Project is expected to be completed in 9 months.

• Estimated charges total $20,000