AMCR METAL WORKING PROCESS Flashcards
Any process involving controlled heating and cooling to develop certain desirable characteristics
Heat Treatment
3 Stage Process of Heat Treatment
heat, soak, cool
Above critical temperature that eliminates the stresses
Heat
Maintain high temperature for a time period
Soak
Fast cooling (quenching), makes the steel hard while slow cooling
Cool
It is controlled by the rate of cooling
Hardening
Reduces the brittleness and some hardness but it improves ductility
Annealing
It relieves internal stresses, it refines grain structure and softens metals
Normalizing
Relieves stress due to mechanical working like forging, welding, machining.
Case Hardening
3 Processes of Case Hardening
Carburizing, Cyaniding, Nitriding
Heating steels in contact with a carbonaceous material
it is also the oldest method
Carburizing
Heating steels in contact with a cyanide salt
Fast and cheap
Seldom used in aircraft work
Cyaniding
Heating special alloys with ammonia gas or other nitrogenous materials
Nitriding
Basic Temper Designation
F - As fabricated
H - Strain Hardened
T - Thermally Treated
O - Annealed
W - Solution Heat Treated
Hardness Designation of H1
Cold Worked
Hardness Designation of H2
Strain Hardened, then partially annealed
Hardness Designation of H3
Strain Hardened, then stabilized
Degree of Hardening
HX2 - 1/4 hard
HX4 - 1/2 hard
HX6 - 3/4 hard
HX8 - FULL HARD
HX9 - EXTRA HARD
Heat Treatments for non-ferrous metals
Natural Aging, Artificial Aging, Annealing
The process that removes effects of cold work; softens
Annealing
Metal Working Processes
Forming, Cutting, Joining
Formed by physically working the metal into desired shape
Wrought
Formed by pouring metal into mold
Casting
Forming metal at an elevated temp when it is in its soft state
Hot Working
Forming at elevated temp also but it is pressed or hammered
Forging
Forming hot metal ingots with roller mills
Rolling
Mechanical working performed at a temp below critical range
Cold Working
Finishes the hot rolled material, it gives smooth finish and accurate dimensions
Cold Rolling
Used in making seamless tubing, wire, tie rods.
Cold Drawing
Forcing solid metal through a die which imparts a required cross section to the metal
Extrusion