anneal stainless steel
anneal stainless steel
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I need to fully anneal, for machining, some 304 stainless bar. What is a good temperature to set my oven, heat and then turn off for the night to cool?
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RE: anneal stainless steel
In this 304L (low carbon) material?
Will grain growth hurt you? (are you concerned about fatigue life or surface finishes)
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RE: anneal stainless steel
RE: anneal stainless steel
"You cool it very fast probably hence the dificulty in machining".
I encountered this statement just today. I just grinned and walked off.
RE: anneal stainless steel
RE: anneal stainless steel
When you say oven, do you mean a proper heat treating furnace? As Flesh points out, the solution annealing temperature is quite high for austenitic stainless steels like Type 304.
RE: anneal stainless steel
If you are just trying to relive stresses then stay low, say 1850F. Let the part cool out of the furnace in still air. When it gets to the point that you cannot see any glow (about 1500F) it will be strong enough that you can force cool it without causing much residual stress or deformation.
If you need to fix the microstructure then you need to anneal hotter (about 2050F). This will increase grain size.
If you do any of this in the open air you will need to remove the oxides formed. This needs to be done by either machining off material or by acid pickling.
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RE: anneal stainless steel
It's important that you source barstock specified for machining, also. Such barstock will have about 0.025% sulfur and about 0.035% phosphorous, which will aid machinability, although at a slight loss of corrosion resistance.
RE: anneal stainless steel
Yes, TEV, We have many customers that buy cold finished tube for machining. It isn't that hard (Rc in the low 30's) and you get a lot better surface. If hte application doesn't require an annealed material you just leave it hard.
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