Influence of the Thermal Cutting Process on Cracking of Pearlitic Steels

Autor: Lechosław Tuz, Aneta Ziewiec, Krzysztof Pańcikiewicz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Materials, Vol 14, Iss 5, p 1284 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1944
DOI: 10.3390/ma14051284
Popis: The paper presents research results of the influence of heat input into high carbon rail steel during cutting processes on microstructure transformation and cracking. The massive block of steel prepared for rail rolling processes was cut and examined by nondestructive magnetic testing and destructive testing by microscopic examination and hardness measurements. The results show unfavorable microstructure changes where pearlite and transformed ledeburite were obtained. The effects of the presence of such microstructures are high hardness near to cutting surfaces (above 800 HV) and microcracks which grow into low hardness block cores during rolling and rail shaping.
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