Progress in sensor controlled nitriding and nitrocarburising

Spies, H.‐J.; Thien, H. Le; Biermann, H.

doi:10.1179/174951407x169213

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“…The fluctuations of these values result in “parasitic” signals called electronic noise . The fluctuations of a single physical value give rise to a type of noise called elementary noise [ 5 , 6 ]. The primary physical parameters whose fluctuations generate elementary noise are electric charge, electric current, electric polarization, magnetization, and number of carriers.…”

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Using Noise and Fluctuations for In Situ Measurements of Nitrogen Diffusion Depth

et al. 2016

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In manufacturing processes involving diffusion (of C, N, S, etc.), the evolution of the layer depth is of the utmost importance: the success of the entire process depends on this parameter. Currently, nitriding is typically either calibrated using a “post process” method or controlled via indirect measurements (H2, O2, H2O + CO2). In the absence of “in situ” monitoring, any variation in the process parameters (gas concentration, temperature, steel composition, distance between sensors and furnace chamber) can cause expensive process inefficiency or failure. Indirect measurements can prevent process failure, but uncertainties and complications may arise in the relationship between the measured parameters and the actual diffusion process. In this paper, a method based on noise and fluctuation measurements is proposed that offers direct control of the layer depth evolution because the parameters of interest are measured in direct contact with the nitrided steel (represented by the active electrode). The paper addresses two related sets of experiments. The first set of experiments consisted of laboratory tests on nitrided samples using Barkhausen noise and yielded a linear relationship between the frequency exponent in the Hooge equation and the nitriding time. For the second set, a specific sensor based on conductivity noise (at the nitriding temperature) was built for shop-floor experiments. Although two different types of noise were measured in these two sets of experiments, the use of the frequency exponent to monitor the process evolution remained valid.

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confidence: 99%