Heat conduction in partial vacuum. Final technical progress report

Thomas, J. R.

doi:10.2172/6832247

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“…The residual tensile stress peaks are just beyond the two-phase regions. The present study shows that flame cutting parameters have a strong influence on HAZ microstructure, hardness and residual stresses and this agrees also well with the earlier studies [1,4,6,7,8] .…”

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“…Microstructure changes to tempered martensite after two-phase region. Slow cutting speed is known to produce wider martensite layer to the cut edge than fast speed [7]. Present study also indicates that slow cutting speed creates wider martensite layer.…”

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“…[1,5] Wood [6] observed that faster cutting speed produced narrower HAZ and slower cutting speed created wider HAZ. In the study of Thomas et al [7] HAZ of flame cut Fe52 plate contained martensitic layer and the thickness of the martensite layer was dependent on the plate thickness and cutting speed. Flame cutting with preheating produced very thin layer of martensite in the cut edge.…”

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The Characterization of Flame Cut Heavy Steel – The Residual Stress Profiling of Heat Affected Surface Layer

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Saarinen

Santa-aho

et al. 2016

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Flame cutting is commonly used thermal cutting method in metal industry when processing thick steel plates. Cutting is performed with controlled flame and oxygen jet, which burns steel and forms cutting edge. Flame cutting process is based on controlled chemical reaction between steel and oxygen at elevated temperature. Flame cutting of thick wear-resistant steels is challenging while it can result in cracks on and under the cut edge. Flame cutting causes uneven temperature distribution in the plate, which can introduce residual stresses. In addition, heat affected zone (HAZ) is formed and there both volume and microstructural changes as well as hardness variations are taking place. Therefore flame cutting always causes thermal stress, shape changes and consequently residual stresses to the material. Material behaviour under thermal and mechanical loading depends on the residual stress state of the material. Due to this, it is important to be able to measure the residual stresses. The aim of this study was to examine residual stresses on the cutting edge as a function of different flame cutting parameters. Also resulting microstructures and hardness values were verified. Varying parameters were the cutting speed, preheating and post heating procedures. Flame cut samples were investigated with X-ray diffraction method to produce residual stress profiles of the heat affected surface layer. Results indicated that different cutting parameters provide different residual stress profiles and that these profiles can be modified by changing the cutting speed and pre-or post-treatment procedures. Cutting parameters also affect the depth of the reaustenized region in the surface. The results correlate well with the actual industrial flame cutting and thus they provide an effective tool for optimizing the flame cutting process parameters.

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