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Tool Steel - S7 - Surface defects?

Tool Steel - S7 - Surface defects?

Tool Steel - S7 - Surface defects?

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Hello,
Is there a good web site or book which shows pictures of defects that can occur with steels.

For example at work I have seen that after tool steel (S7) has been heat-treated the surface apears to have a rippling, something like I can only describe as a fingerprint or maze as when viewed under a microscope.

More pronounced when microblasting.

Thank you for your time


Qu1nn

RE: Tool Steel - S7 - Surface defects?

Sounds like you could have a scaling problem.  You need a protective atmosphere during heat treatment.

RE: Tool Steel - S7 - Surface defects?

Where there any finishing like grinding done to the part prior to HT?
What was the starting material's condition as received?

We never had any problem with S-7

RE: Tool Steel - S7 - Surface defects?

To answer your first question, there is a web site that was originally posted by unclesyd, which I happened to book mark. It is a German web site that includes a section on surface and subsurface defects in steel (with pictures). A hyperlink under material defects will take you to an English version. Very informative.

http://www.metallograf.de/start-eng.htm

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