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Heating Of Manganese Steel
Another form of heat-treating furnace is that which is used ...

The Forging Of Steel
So much depends upon the forging of steel that this operation...

Heat Treatment Of Axles
Parts of this general type should be heat-treated to show the...

Bessemer Process
The bessemer process consists of charging molten pig iron int...

Properties Of Steel
Steels are known by certain tests. Early tests were more or l...

Classifications Of Steel
Among makers and sellers, carbon tool-steels are classed by g...

Liberty Motor Connecting Rods
The requirements for materials for the Liberty motor connecti...

Quenching The Work
In some operations case-hardened work is quenched from the bo...

Effect Of Different Carburizing Material
[Illustrations: FIGS. 33 to 37.] Each of these different p...

Hardening Operation
Hardening a gear is accomplished as follows: The gear is tak...

Annealing To Relieve Internal Stresses
Work quenched from a high temperature and not afterward tempe...

Correction By Zero Adjustment
Many pyrometers are supplied with a zero adjuster, by means ...

Air-hardening Steels
These steels are recommended for boring, turning and planing...

Instructions For Working High-speed Steel
Owing to the wide variations in the composition of high-speed...

Forging High-speed Steel
Heat very slowly and carefully to from 1,800 to 2,000 deg.F....

Hardening
Steel is hardened by quenching from above the upper critical....

Conclusions
Martien was probably never a serious contender for the honor ...

Annealing
ANNEALING can be done by heating to temperatures ranging from...

Steel Can Be Worked Cold
As noted above, steel can be worked cold, as in the case of ...

Carbon Tool Steel
Heat to a bright red, about 1,500 to 1,550 deg.F. Do not ham...



Steel Worked In Austenitic State






Category: THE FORGING OF STEEL

As a general rule steel should
be worked when it is in the austenitic state. (See page 108.) It
is then soft and ductile.

As the steel is heated above the critical temperature the size of
the austenite crystals tends to grow rapidly. When forging starts,
however, these grains are broken up. The growth is continually
destroyed by the hammering, which should consequently be continued
down to the upper critical temperature when the austenite crystals
break up into ferrite and cementite. The size of the final grains
will be much smaller and hence a more uniform structure will result
if the mother austenite was also fine grained. A final steel
will be composed of pearlite; ferrite and pearlite; or cementite
and pearlite, according to the carbon content.

The ultimate object is to secure a fine, uniform grain throughout
the piece and this can be secured by uniform heating and by thoroughly
rolling it or working it at a temperature just down to its critical
point. If this is correctly done the fracture will be fine and
silky. Steel which has been overheated slightly and the forging
stopped at too high a temperature will show a granular fracture.
A badly overheated or burned steel will have iridescent colors
on a fresh fracture, it will be brittle both hot and cold, and
absolutely ruined.





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