Heat Treat of 1045 material
Heat Treat of 1045 material
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I have been playing around with heat treating 1045 material. I have gotten good results by raising the oxygen analizer to 66%. But I cannot explain why this works? I am trying to obtain a finished Rc25-32 after quench and finish machine off .015 machine stock.





RE: Heat Treat of 1045 material
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RE: Heat Treat of 1045 material
I agree with the above post that your level of O2 would be a
problem in big way. Not only would scale but decarozation and you you could have metal ignite at your stated O2 level. If this is N2 these levels will eventually be problem due to nitriding of the elements.
RE: Heat Treat of 1045 material
Please provide some basic process details, like furnace vs. induction heating, the type of quenching, etc.
RE: Heat Treat of 1045 material
RE: Heat Treat of 1045 material
http://www.trafilix.com/en_pdf/C45E.pdf