Preliminary communication

A sound pressure field during the quenching of a steel specimen in different water solutions

J. Prezelj ; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija
M. Čudina ; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija

Abstract

The purpose of controlling the quenching process of an orange-hot steel workpiece is to ensure its required surface hardness. A sound in a cooling liquid generated by the quenching process was experimentally analyzed. It contains sufficient information about the ongoing process for its quantification, and it can be used in real time. Traditionally, the quenching and the resultant hardening can be controlled by selecting different process parameters, like, for example the characteristics of the cooling liquid, the velocity of the cooling liquid flow, its temperature, the temperature of the work-piece, and many others. The possibility of controlling the quenching process by using acoustic cavitation is considered in this article.

Keywords

acoustic cavitation; quenching; steel hardening; ultrasound

Hrčak ID:

60852

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/60852

Publication date:

3.1.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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