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interal stresses in low carbon steel

interal stresses in low carbon steel

interal stresses in low carbon steel

(OP)
I have a block of low carbon steel with a 3.543 (90mm) bore located to within half a tenth.  Does anyone know of or have a source/rule of thumb that would allow me to find a maximum tempurature i could heat the block up to before I have to start worrying about the relaxation/release of internal stresses that could shrift the alignment/roundness of my bore.

RE: interal stresses in low carbon steel

How was this component fabricated?  What type of thermal processing/heat treating was used?

RE: interal stresses in low carbon steel

(OP)
the hole was rough bored to near diameter than fined bored to spec- no processing or heat treating was performed.

RE: interal stresses in low carbon steel

A half a tenth? IE: 0.00005"? (jig grinders tenth) or 0.050" (an actual 1/2 of a tenth of an inch)

RE: interal stresses in low carbon steel

(OP)
.00005"- thats why im worried about the hole walking when i heat it up.

RE: interal stresses in low carbon steel

What is the purpose of the intended heating?

RE: interal stresses in low carbon steel

Why not rough bore, stress relieve & then fine bore?
Solve the problem at the start, don't worry about it.

RE: interal stresses in low carbon steel

At that kind of precision I dont think that you can even hold it with as little as a 100F temp rise.

How about LN2 or dry ice on the bearing? In a dry environment you wont have much condensation. (very dry, use warm dry air to pull any moisture back off the surface.)

for your 3.543 hole the amount of diameter change when heating is going to be ~11.7uin/in * degC. (1022 steel)

so from room temp to boiling water is delta T of 80.

giving 3.543*.0000117 * 80 = 0.0033 growth of the dia.

If the stresses and section sizes are not equal then I could easily see the hole moving more than 0.00005".


Nick
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