The steel ring is a vulnerable part on the textile machine. It is a special part for winding and twisting cotton, wool, silk, silk and chemical fiber threads. During the working process, although the steel ring itself does not rotate, it still has to bear huge friction. Therefore, we usually require the steel ring to have high hardness, good wear resistance and anti-seize properties. In order to meet its working requirements, we used to perform carbonitriding heat treatment on steel rings. However, steel rings always have defects of one kind or another during use. After analyzing the causes of the defects, we found that using a medium frequency induction heating machine for heat treatment had good results and met the work requirements.
The following table shows the analysis and countermeasures of steel ring heat treatment defects. Among the countermeasures, stress relief annealing is often performed using a medium frequency induction heating machine, with good results.
Defect name | Cause | Harm | Prevention and countermeasures |
Soft spots, uneven hardness | There is carbon deposit or carbon black on the surface | Resulting in reduced wear resistance and poor bite resistance of the steel ring | Strictly implement the process flow and the ratio should meet the requirements |
Distortion out of tolerance |
1. No stress relief annealing treatment is performed before carbonitriding 2. Direct quenching without pre-cooling during quenching |
Plastic surgery is difficult and may become waste products |
1. Stress relief annealing should be supplemented to eliminate residual processing stress 2. Carry out appropriate pre-cooling to reduce quenching deformation |
Unsatisfactory microstructure | The raw material pearlite is poorly spheroidized and annealed. | Causes surface brittleness to increase and wear resistance to decrease | Strictly carry out organizational inspection of raw materials and put them into production after passing the test |
Practice has proven that after heat treatment using a medium-frequency induction heating machine, the above-mentioned defects no longer appear in the steel ring, and its service life is also greatly improved. What's even better is that this heat treatment process is suitable for large-scale production, which greatly improves economic benefits.