Steel heat treatment : Equipment and process design

Preface

The first edition of the Steel Heat Treatment Handbook was initially released in 1997. The

objective of that book was to provide the reader with well-referenced information on the

subjects covered with sufficient depth and breadth to serve as either an advanced under￾graduate or graduate level text on heat treatment or as a continuing handbook reference for

the designer or practicing engineer. However, since the initial release of the first edition of the

Steel Heat Treatment Handbook, there have been various advancements in the field that

necessitated the preparation of an updated text on the subject. However, with the addition of

new chapters and expanded coverage, it was necessary to prepare this updated text in two

books. Steel Heat Treatment: Metallurgy and Technologies focuses on steel heat treatment

metallurgy while this text addresses heat treatment equipment and processes. Steel Heat

Treatment: Equipment and Process Design contains updated revisions of the earlier Steel

Heat Treatment Handbook while other chapters are new to this book. The chapters included

in this book are:

SECTION I—EQUIPMENT

Chapter 1. Heat Treatment Equipment

Chapter 2. Design of Steel-Intensive Quench Processes

Chapter 3. Vacuum Heat Processing

Chapter 4. Induction Heat Treatment: Basic Principles, Computation, Coil Construction,

and Design Considerations

Chapter 5. Induction Heat Treatment: Modern Power Supplies, Load Matching, Process

Control, and Monitoring

Chapter 6. Laser Surface Hardening

SECTION II—TESTING METHODS

Chapter 7. Metallurgical Property Testing

Chapter 8. Mechanical Property Testing Methods

This book is intended to be used in conjunction with Steel Heat Treatment: Metallurgy

and Technologies. Together, both books provide a thorough and rigorous coverage of steel

heat treatment that will provide the reader with an excellent information resource.

George E. Totten, Ph.D., FASM

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

Editor

George E. Totten, Ph.D. is president of G.E. Totten & Associates, LLC in Seattle, Washing￾ton and a visiting professor of materials science at Portland State University. He is coeditor of

a number of books including Steel Heat Treatment Handbook, Handbook of Aluminum,

Handbook of Hydraulic Fluid Technology, Mechanical Tribology, and Surface Modification

and Mechanisms (all titles of CRC Press), as well as the author or coauthor of over 400

technical papers, patents, and books on lubrication, hydraulics, and thermal processing. He is

a Fellow of ASM International, SAE International, and the International Federation for

Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE), and a member of other professional

organizations including ACS, ASME, and ASTM. He formerly served as president of

IFHTSE. He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck,

New Jersey and a Ph.D. degree from New York University, New York.

Contributors

Micah R. Black

INDUCTOHEAT, Inc.

Madison Heights, Michigan

Jan W. Bouwman

Ipsen International, GmbH

Kleve, Germany

Raymond L. Cook

INDUCTOHEAT, Inc.

Madison Heights, Michigan

Bernd. Edenhofer

Ipsen International, GmbH

Kleve, Germany

N. Gopinath

Fluidtherm Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Chennai, India

Janez Grum

University of Ljubljana

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Daniel H. Herring

The Herring Group, Inc.

Elmhurst, Illinois

Nikolai I. Kobasko

Intensive Technologies Ltd.

Kiev, Ukraine

Don L. Loveless

INDUCTOHEAT, Inc.

Madison Heights, Michigan

D. Scott MacKenzie

Houghton International

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Wytal S. Morhuniuk

Intensive Technologies Ltd.

Kiev, Ukraine

David Pye

Pye Metallurgical Consulting, Inc.

Meadville, Pennsylvania

Valery I. Rudnev

INDUCTOHEAT, Inc.

Madison Heights, Michigan

George E. Totten

Union Carbide Corporation

Tarrytown, New York

Boris K. Ushakov

Moscow State Evening

Metallurgical Institute

Moscow, Russia

Xiwen Xie

Beijing University of Aeronautics and

Astronautics

Beijing, China

Contents

SECTION I: Equipment

Chapter 1 Heat Treatment Equipment ................................................................................3

George E. Totten, N. Gopinath, and David Pye

Chapter 2 Design of Steel-Intensive Quench Processes ................................................... 193

Nikolai I. Kobasko, Wytal S. Morhuniuk, and Boris K. Ushakov

Chapter 3 Vacuum Heat Processing................................................................................. 239

Bernd. Edenhofer, Jan W. Bouwman, and Daniel H. Herring

Chapter 4 Induction Heat Treatment: Basic Principles,

Computation, Coil Construction, and Design Considerations........................ 277

Valery I. Rudnev, Raymond L. Cook, Don L. Loveless,

and Micah R. Black

Chapter 5 Induction Heat Treatment: Modern Power Supplies,

Load Matching, Process Control, and Monitoring......................................... 395

Don L. Loveless, Raymond L. Cook, and Valery I. Rudnev

Chapter 6 Laser Surface Hardening................................................................................. 435

Janez Grum

SECTION II: Testing

Chapter 7 Metallurgical Property Testing........................................................................ 569

Xiwen Xie

Chapter 8 Mechanical Property Testing Methods ........................................................... 641

D. Scott MacKenzie

Index................................................................................................................................... 697

Section I

Equipment