Metal treatment – Compositions – Heat treating
Patent
1977-06-01
1978-08-22
Dean, R.
Metal treatment
Compositions
Heat treating
148 166, 148 203, C21D 148
Patent
active
041086937
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a method of and an installation for the heat treatment of steels, such as heating before hardening, annealing, and carburization, which heat treatment is carried out in a furnace in the presence of a protection or carbon-enrichment atmosphere which flows continuously through the furnace, the atmosphere being obtained by the mixture, before its introduction into the furnace, of a carrier gas including nitrogen and possibly hydrogen, and an active gas constituted by a hydrocarbon, the mixture containing at least 0.2% by volume of hydrocarbon.
The active gas may be constituted by ethylene, ethane or acetylene and the treatment is carried out at a temperature between 850.degree. and 1050.degree. C.
The installation includes a device for analyzing the atmosphere at the furnace outlet, this analyzer actuating a regulating valve for the inlet flow of active gas through a servo-mechanism, in dependence on the proportion of carbon in the treated steel.
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Godart Pierre
L'Hermite Mathurin
Le Bossenec Raymond
Pierrard Francois
Dean R.
L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et, l'Exploitation de
Robinson, Jr. Lee C.
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