• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.3 no.5
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• pp.538-545
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• 1993

By using propagation characteristics of ultrasonic surface wave, the depth of the surface hardened layer of SCM440 steel with different high frequency induction heat treatments was measured and the same was done on the carburized SCM415 steel. The propagation velocity of surface wave was constant and independent of frequency in t.he specimens with identical microstructure, it was, however, decreased by 59m/s in the hardened layers compared to the unhardened part. From t.he relationship between the effective case depth and the wave length of surface wave, the depth of the hardened layer could be measured and evaluated nondestructively for both induction hardened and carburized steels.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.159-160
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• 2007

저온 플라즈마 침탄 처리 후 연속적인 공정으로 저온 플라즈마 질화를 실시하여 내식성과 표면경도를 향상시키는 처리에서 질화처리 시 Ar 가스가 표면특성에 미치는 영향을 조사 하였다. 모든 시편의 경도가 미처리재 보다 약4배 증가하였으며, Ar가스의 양이 증가할수록 N의 침투깊이가 깊어졌다. 전체 경화증의 두께는 거의 일정하였고, 경화층은 모재보다 내식성이 증가되어 단면조직사진에서 밝게 나타났다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.505-514
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• 2000

The carburizing behavior and fatigue properties of the plasma carburized low carbon Cr-Mo steel(0.176C-1.014Cr-0.387Mo) have been investigated. The effective case depth in plasma carburized steel increased up to 50% in comparison with that of gas carburizing, and this case depth increased with the increasing surface carbon content. With increasing time in plasma carburizing, the surface carbon content increased but its increasing rate decreased. Fatigue properties were studied in terms of microstructure, case depth, retained austenite and residual stress near the surface. The fatigue limit of the plasma carburized steel was higher than that of gas carburized one. The initiation of microcracks and initial crack propagation were retarded due to a relatively little surface and internal oxidation layer in plasma carburized steel. Fractography showed the crack initiated at the surface, and transgranular fracture at surface layer was more predominant in plasma carburized steel compared to that of gas carburized steel.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.1-9
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• 1996

철강재료에 대한 플라즈마질화법의 적용에는 지금까지 많은 연구결과가 나와 있는데, 탄소강이나 적합금강의 경우는 그 표면정도가 Hv400 - 900, 고합금강의 경우 는 Hv1000이상의 정도를 얻을 수 있으며, 내마모성도 향상한다고 알려져 있다. 그리 고 플라즈마질화처리에 의한 질화층의 형성기구나 화합물층 및 확산층의 생성에 관여 하는 처리조건의 영향, 질화층의 경도 및 깊이에 대한 합금원소의 영향등이 어느 정도 밝혀져 있다. 그리고 스테인레스강의 경우는 그 표면에 견고한 산화피막을 형성하기 때문에 염욕질화나나 가스질화법에 의한 처리가 일반적으로 곤란하다. 그러나 프라 즈마질화처리에 의하면, 분위기를 질소와 수소의 혼합가스로 함으로서 특별한 전처리 를 하지않고도 질화처리가 가능한 것으로 알려져 있다. 또한 철강재료 이외의 비철 금속에 대한 플라즈마질화처리의 적용이 검토되었으며, 질화물을 형성하기 쉬운 Ti 와 그 합금, Zr, Al 그리고 Va, AIa족원소의 경우는 Hv1000이상의 경도가 얻어진다는 것과 최적 질화조건등이 보고되어져 있다. 또한 질화물을 형성하지 않는 금속, 즉 Ni 나 Cu합금 등에 대하여도 Ti, Al 등의 질화물생성원소를 첨가하여 플라즈마질화법에 의한 표면경화특성도 검토되고 있다. 본 해설에서는, 탄소강, 탄소저합금강 등의 철강 재료를 중심으로하여 플라즈마질화처리한 경우의 표면경화특성에 대하여 서술하고자 한다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1991.10a
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• pp.252-257
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• 1991

This paper proposed that the eddy-current measurement method can be used a means of in-process measuring the hardening depth in Laser surface treatment process. Also, this paper deal with the numerical analysis of magnetic flux distribution and experimental result of measurement. In Laser heat treatment process of steels, a thin layer of the substrate is rapidly heated to austenitizing temperature and subsequently cooled at a very fast rate due to the self-quenching by heat conduction into the bulk body, to produce a martensite structure which have low magnetic permeability. The eddy-current measurement method depends on the properties of material to be measured such as electric conductivity, magnetic permeability and geometry. In this paper, the hardening depth was measured by detecting relevant magnetic permeability changes caused by heat treatment of steels.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.189-189
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• 2012

여기서는 오스테나이트 스테인리스강에 내구성능을 부여하기 위하여 여러 가지 공정온도 조건 중에서 플라즈마 이온질화 처리하여 질화층을 제작하였다. 이와같은 이온질화 층들에 대해서 형성기구를 해석함을 물론 경도, 마모 및 충격 시험들의 기계적 특성과 염수분무시험(Salt Spray Test), 침지 자연전위($E_{coor}$), 전기화학적 양분극 부식 특성을 평가하였다. 이들 층은 표면, 경화 깊이, 미세조직 및 결정구조를 분석하였고, 질화층 표면의 기계적 특성 및 부식 특성과의 상관관계를 해명-정리하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.16 no.10
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• pp.1861-1868
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• 1992

Laser beam hardening of 12%-Cr steel has been evaluated by using a continuous wave 3kW co$_{2}$ laser with a hardening mirror set. Experiment was performed on the hardening condition with a laser power of 2.85kW and travel speed of 1.0 and 1.5m/min. Multi passes have been also tried to find the hardening characteristics of partly overlapped zone. The black paint to use at high temperature was adopted to increase the absorptivity of laser beam energy with the wavelength of 10.6.mu.m at the surface of base metal. The microstructure of the hardened layers was observed by using a light microscopy, SEM and TEM. A fine Lamellar martensite formed in the hardened zones exhibits very high Vickers microhardness of 600Hv, whereas the tempered martensite distributes in the base metal with Vickers microhardness of 240Hv.It has been found that laser hardening with multi passes showed no significant drop of the hardness between adjacent passes.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.71-80
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• 1991

This paper reveals the effect of the effective case depth(ECD) on the fatigue behavior of a high-frequency induction hardened SM45C in rotated bending fatigue test. In addition, the effects of fracture modes(surface origin type, inner origin type) on it are discussed. The fatigue limit of the induction hardened steel is remarkably increased compared with that of base metal. In addition, the fatigue limit is linearly increased as the effective casedepth grows deep in the region of this experiment (ECD/R;0.23-0.49). The S-N curve and fracture mode in the induction case hardened steel are classified into two kinds, as a result : N$_{f}$<10$^{5}$ ;surface origin type fracture(at high stress), N$_{f}$>10$^{5}$ ; in ner origin type fracture(at low stress). In case of inner origin type fracture; as the effective case depth(ECD) gets deep, the fatigue limit is increased by the reason that the fracture origin moves toward center; in reverse, is decreased by reason that the compressive residual stress gets low. As a result, the increasing effect of the former is much bigger than the decreasing effect of the latter, and the fatigue limit is increased as the ECD gets deep.eep.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.543-547
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• 2015

The cooling process referred to as Tempcore has been applied to produce a high-strength rebar. Excellent rebar with strength and weldability can be manufactured from mild steel without the addition of alloying elements by using the Tempcore process. However, there are limitations to evaluating the effect of various chemical compositions and cooling conditions within a site facility. In this study, we developed an apparatus to simulate the Tempcore process and obtained microstructures with a hardened surface layer, an intermediate region and a soft inner core. The experimental apparatus has been equipped with a cooler set that is the same as the site facility and consists of a pump line that supplies pressure of 12-13 bar and flow rate of up to $50m^3/h$. In accordance with the simulation result of steel grade SD400 that requires more than 400 MPa of yield strength, both the hardened area ratio and the hardness with respect to each cooling depth were found to agree well with the product.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.12 no.11
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• pp.52-62
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• 1995

In the laser surface hardening process the geometrical parameters, especially the depth, of the hardened layer are utilized to assess the integrity of the hardening layer quality. Monitoring of this geometrical parameter ofr on-line process control as well as for on-line quality evaluation, however, is an extremely difficult problem because the hardening layer is formed beneath a material surface. Moreover, the uncertainties in monitoring the depth can be raised by the inevitable use of a surface coating to enhance the processing efficiency and the insufficient knowledge on the effects of coating materials and its thicknesses. The paper describes the extimation results using neural network to estimate the hardening layer depth from measured surface temperanture and process variables (laser beam power and feeding velocity) under various situations. To evaluate the effec- tiveness of the measured temperature in estimating the harding layer depth, estimation was performed with or without temperature informations. Also to investigate the effects of coating thickness variations in the real industry situations, in which the coating thickness cannot be controlled uniform with good precision, estimation was done over only uniformly coated specimen or various thickness-coated specimens. A series of hardening experiments were performed to find the relationships between the hardening layer depth, temperature and process variables. The estimation results show the temperature informations greatly improve the estimation accuracy over various thickness-coated specimens.