Decrease in austenite retained percentage by shot peening process

ABSTRACT

The technological advancement suggests the development of the new materials and technologies that can be supply economically competitive products and with the desired mechanical properties. During the carburizing process and quenching the material undergoes a transformation from that austenitic for the martensitic structure. This transformation is generally not full due of the carbon stabilization and other alloy elements result in the austenite residual phase. This component destroys the mechanical properties of steel causing dimensional changes and decreasing in its mechanical strenght. For the limit the presence retained austenite, moreover of the mechanical forming process, the tempering is one of the most used heat treatments. These methods require expensive cost equipments, complex procedures and high uncertainties in the results. In the context the superficial treatment process trought the shot peening appears as a alternative to improve the mechanical properties in the surface of the metals. Given the above that this paper aims to develop a reliable technique for the decreasing the percentage retide austenite in the martensite improving the performance of cemented componentes. To this end, the steel sample was realized the carburing of for the application of the dinamic and static shot peening process and microstructutal and microhardness analisys. The results indicated that the application of the shot peening mechanical process performed with the reliable technique for the transformation from retide austenite for the martensite, improving the performance of the cemented components. Among these processo the static shot peening was the presented the best performance with the retained austenite porcentage values of 6,04% and microhardness of 92 HV. The results are consistents with the those found in the literature and contribute for that technique can be used in order to provide the material with minor failure rate.

Keywords
DIN 20MnCr5 steel; Carbonitriding; Shot blasting microspheres