Comparison of the microstructures in continuous-cooled and quench-tempered pre-hardened mould steels
Artikel i övrig tidskrift, 2011

The increased demand for plastic mould steels in pre-hardened condition has drawn the attention to this specific type of steel. As a result, more investigations are performed to understand microstructure and properties. In this work, the microstructures of two pre-hardened plastic mould steels, one quench-tempered (Uddeholm Impax HH) and the other continuously cooled (Uddeholm Nimax), are studied in delivery condition by means of different microscopy techniques and are linked to their production procedure. The results show that the quench-tempered material contains large amounts of M3C carbides formed within the martensite plates as well as at the lath- and prior austenite grain boundaries. A few coarser Cr-rich M7C3 carbides have also been found. In comparison, the microstructure of the continuously cooled material consists of mainly bainite with much lower density and finer cementite particles. The hardness is with similar to 40 HRC more or less constant over the cross section of both materials.

Microstructure

austenite

Scanning electron microscopy

Ferrous metals and alloys

Författare

Seyyed Mohammad Hamed Hoseiny

Research and Development

Uta Klement

Chalmers, Material- och tillverkningsteknik, Yt- och mikrostrukturteknik

Peter Sotkovszki

Chalmers, Material- och tillverkningsteknik, Yt- och mikrostrukturteknik

J. Andersson

Research and Development

Materials & Design

0261-3069 (ISSN)

Vol. 32 1 21-28

Ämneskategorier

Materialteknik

DOI

10.1016/j.matdes.2010.06.045

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2017-10-08