OPTIMIZATION OF HEATTREATMENT PROCESS FOR 45C8 STEELS

Abstract

The requirement of mechanical properties of the material depends on the application of the material. As the alloying elements have tendency to change the mechanical properties of the material but an alternative can also be used to change the mechanical properties by heat treatment process after keeping a fixed alloying element and this will serve great reduction of cost paying for alloying element. By experiment it is found that heat treatment process on the alloy steel can change the mechanical properties of the material without the variation of alloying element in iron.. In this paper a comparative statement has been made for obtaining maximum hardness for a highly stressed environment parts and optimum value has been selected for 45C8 material with number of heat treatment processes.