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Precipitation Hardening

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Mostly for Al alloys,
1. Heat and soak to make a homogenous structure
2. Quench to retain uniform structure
3. Heat to slightly elevated temp, disperse precipitate throughout structure

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Heat Treatment Types (6)

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  1. Annealing (Process and full)
  2. Precipitation hardening
  3. Normalising
  4. Tempering
  5. Spheroidising
  6. Austempering
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Normalising

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Heat to austenitic region (above UCT), then cooled in still air
- finer grain structure then annealing, thus stronger

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Process Annealing

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Less that 0.3%C, heated to 550-650 (below UCT). Cooled in still air
Releaves stress from cold working or deformation
Unstressed ferrite, stressed pearlite

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Full annealing

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Heat to above UCT, (hypo-eutectoid or eutectoid), then cool slowly in furnace. Large, equaxied grains of unstressed pearlite and ferrite.

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Spheroidising

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Medium to high carbon steels
Heat steel to around 650-700, soak (slightly below UCT). Slowly cool
- forms spheres of cementite (easier to machine then lamellar pearlite)
- improved ductility, malleability

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Hardening Process

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Heating transforms to austenite (BCC-FCC). Quenching does not give it enough time to react, and so: Cannot transform to BCC, remains trapped in between as BCT (MARTENSITE) (>0.3%C)
- hard yet brittle

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Tempering

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Used to make tempered martensite from acicular martensite. (DIAGRAM: needles to needles with smudges)
- reduced hardness slightly, increases toughness.

Heat below UCT. Harder then annealed or normalised steels.

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Austempering

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Forms Banite, small cementite particles in a ferrite matrix.
- similar properties to tempered marten., yet more resiliant

Austenitic steel quenched to 400, soaked till uniform temp, then quenched to room temp.

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Banite

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Forms when quenching slightly slower to form martensite, some cementite forms. Even slower = pearlite.

Particles of cementite in a ferrite matrix.

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Testing Types

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Hardness Tests (4)

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  1. Brinell
  2. Vickers
  3. Rockwell
  4. Shore Scleroscope
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  1. Brinell
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Manufacturing Processes:

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Wire Drawing

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Drawn through successively smaller diameter dies
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Put in tension and stetched by running it around progessively faster winding drums

  • usually process annealed during to relieve stressed from cold working
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Surface hardening types

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  1. Case Hardening (carburising)
  2. Nitriding
  3. Flame hardening
  4. Induction hardening
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Surface Hardening Pros and Cons

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Hardness of outside with toughness of inside

Makes further heat treating difficult.

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Case Hardening

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Heating and soaking in a carbon rich atmosphere: carbon diffuses into surface

CONS: further heat treatment is difficult

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Nitriding

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Specific steel alloy is heated in furnace with gaseous nitrogen (from decomposition of material e.g. ammonia): soaked for long time.
- reacts with Al, Cr, of V

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Nitriding Pros and cons

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Pros: corrosion resistance, high hardness in core, keeps hardness up to 500.
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More costly setup, only specific alloys, if heated beyond 500 properties lost.

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Flame Hardening

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Flame applied to steel above 0.4%C in localised area then quenched. Martensite formed on surface.

  • Mechanised with a single assembly (waterjet follows flame holder)
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Induction Hardening

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Same idea as flame, but uses electromagnetic induction.

  • uses induction coil, then current is turned off and quenched.
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3 ways to alter steels

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  1. Carbon Content
  2. Heat treating
  3. Alloying
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Ferritic manufacturing processes

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  1. Forging
  2. Rolling (hot and cold)
  3. Casting
  4. Extrusion
    5.Powder forming
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Manufacturing types
1. Forming 2. Casting 3. Molding 4. Joining 5. Machining 6. Additive
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Forming Process and types
Mostly metals, done by applying force to PLASTICALLY DEFORM 1. Forging 2. Extruding 3. Drawing 4. Rolling
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Forging
Applying force to plastically deform. Grain flow follows the shape of the metal and is not interrupted: improves strength
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Hot vs Cold Rolling
Hot: heated above recrystallisation temperature: structure will be unstressed, equiaxed grains. LESS dimensionally accurate, poor surface finish More ductile and malleable Cold: below recryst: elongated grains harder and increased strength with work hardening. Requires more force: stronger, more expensive machinery required.
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Rolling: description and pros/cons
Passed through successive rollers that produce a smaller thickness. Pros: automated, better mechanical properties CONS: Simple shapes, high tooling cost
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Casting
Pouring of molten metal into a die, then cooing - primary shaping process: often needs further manufacturing for good finish
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Casting types
1. Die Casting (pressure + gravity) - low melting point metals 2. Sand Casting 3. Investment/lost wax casting
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Pressure Die Casting
Molten metal is poured into a chamber and forced into a reusable die using a ram. This is then cooled and removed.
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Pressure Die Casting Pros and cons
Pros: good for low melting point metals Good surface finish Denser casting then with gravity Reusable die Good for high production runs Cons: needs excess equiptment for ferritic metals Expensive set up
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Gravity Die casting + pros and cons
Molten metal poured into die using gravity Pros: cheaper then sand casting in long production runs Good surface finish Tight tolerances CONS: - high set up cost
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Sand Casting
Sand with a binder Temporary mold is made by separating drag in cope in two halves, then imprinting with pattern. They are rejoined, molten metal is added. Once cooled, it is removed and sand is reused - pins are used to make runner and riser: runner allows excess material to flow in as it contracts.
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Investment/lost Wax Casting Pros and Cons
High tolerances, good surface finish Expensive (single-use mold) and time consuming
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Sand Casting pros and cons
Pros: low cost Good final grain structure Can do large and complex parts Cons: single-use mold: expensive for large production runs Poor surface finish and dimensional accuracy: further machining required.
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Investment/lost Wax Casting
1. Temporary mold made out of wax: "tree" 2. Dipped in ceramic slurry 3. Wax melted out, molten metal poured in 4. Once cooled, ceramic is shaken off 5. Individual parts removed from tree.
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Powder Forming/Power metallurgy
Metal is ground made into powder form, then blended with lubricants and mixed with desired compositions. Then pressed into a mold: pressure compoacts particles together. - then sintered together in a furnace to make a homogenous grain structure.
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Casting Pros and Cons
Can have uneven grain structure due to cooling: increase stresses.
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Extrusion
Metal is forced using a ram through a die: constant cross section. HOT WORKING PROCESS Direct and indirect extrusion
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Extrusion pros and cons
good surface finish tight tolerances BUT Only good for 2D shapes
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Powder metallurgy products (4)
1. Poros metals: use deliberately larger powder sizes. Good for self-lubricating items e.g. bike suspension, electrical motor bearings 2. Complex articles 3. products difficult to machine 4. composites
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Powder Metallurgy pros and cons
Pros: good to make things otherwise to hard to make. Cons: Limited shapes Expensive set-up Final product less strong as normally produced
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Machining processes
Drilling, turning, reaming, et.c - removing material via a tool (usually secondary process) Metals, plastics and composites
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Joining types
1. Welding 2. Riveting 3. Bolting 4. Soldering 5. Fastening
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Welding process + Pros and cons
Using extremely high heat to fuse metal parts together: melts base metal. Pros: Less preparation Stronger and more rigit Less maintenance then riveted joints Less corrosion (riveting, etc subject to galvanic corrosion) Less equipment then riveting Cons: Subject to warping under heat and metal fatigue Stress corrosion can occur Some metals need special treatment before welding Needs specialisation Stress cracking can occur at HAZ
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Bolting Pros and Cons
Pros: Easy to use if holes made during construction Less equipment needed Cons: drilling accuracy needed Holes weaken beams Differential aeration corrosion Can loosen under vibrations
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Riveting Pros and cons
Pros: Not subject to vibration: thus more used for planes and transport craft. Cons: Time consuming to install and remove then bolting Limited loads Weaker then welding
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Hooke's law
Stress is proportional to strain
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Bronze
Copper and tin
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aluminium
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Copper
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Brass
Copper and zinc
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Glass manufacturing processes
1. Lamination 2. Toughened 3. Annealed
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Toughened glass
Glass is heated, outer surfaces cooled at a greater rate and contracts - outside in compression: must overcome compressive force first before applying tensile load.
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Thermoset plastics and types
Undergo a chemical change when heat is applied: non-reversable 1. Epoxy resins 2. Silicone 3. Polyeutherane 4. Polyester
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Thermoplastics and types
Weak Van Der Waal's forces 1. Polyethylene 2. Polystyrene 3. PTFE 4. Acrylic 5. Polypropylene 6. PVC 7. ABS
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Rubber
Natural polymer, can be vulcanised by adding sulpher and heating to 150: adds cross links - more rigid but still flexible
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Polymer Manufacturing
1. Molding (injection, rotational) 2. Extruding 3. Thermoforming 4. Calendaring
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Injection molding
Done on polymers Similar to investment casting but small pellets added into a hopper, forced through a barrel with a screw which heats up an melts until it is forced into mold.
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Composite manufacturing
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Guided media + pros and cons
Guided: transmission media that carries signals with a conductor e.g. fibre optic cables: has a PHYSICAL LINK - short distance, but expensive for long distance/weird terrain
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3 Guided media types
1. Twisted pair cable 2. Coaxial 3. Fibre optical
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Geotextiles
Fabric that lets through liquids but blocks solids e.g. road surfaces, retaining walls
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True Stress
Final stress at failure: use FINAL diameter (vs. engineering stress, use original diameter)
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