L. D. C. F. Canale, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; E. Merheb, EESC-Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil; J. C. Vendramim, Isoflama Ind .e Com. de Equip. Ltda, Indaiatuba, Brazil; G. Totten, Portland State University, Portland, OR; D. N. Kobasco, IQ Technologies, Inc., Clevleand, OH; M. A. Aronov, J. A. Powell, IQ Technologies, Inc., Akron, OH
There is an ongoing interest in the heat treatment industry to identify methods of reducing production cost, energy consumption and to reduce environmental impact of heat treatment practices and materials. Automobile industry offers a number of opportunities in this regard including: reduction of substantial carburizing times which would result in substantial energy savings and reduction in production costs due to shorter processing times and the potential replacement of flammable and relatively toxic petroleum-based quenchants. One way of achieving these goals is to use intensive quenching processes (IQ) which utilize non-flammable and environmentally benign aqueous-based quenchants. Furthermore, IQ offers the potential of significantly reducing total carburizing diffusion times by 50%, or more. This paper will discuss the results of a collaborative study conducted by the University of Sao Paulo at Sao Carlos, Combustol, and Intensive Quenching Technologies to utilize an IQ process to successfully achieve the afore mentioned goals. These results are potentially of major importance to the heat treatment industry.
Summary: There is an ongoing interest in the heat treatment industry to identify methods of reducing production cost, energy consumption and to reduce environmental impact of heat treatment practices and materials. Automobile industry offers a number of opportunities in this regard including: reduction of substantial carburizing times which would result in substantial energy savings and reduction in production costs due to shorter processing times and the potential replacement of flammable and relatively toxic petroleum-based quenchants. One way of achieving these goals is to use intensive quenching processes (IQ) which utilize non-flammable and environmentally benign aqueous-based quenchants. Furthermore, IQ offers the potential of significantly reducing total carburizing diffusion times by 50%, or more. This paper will discuss the results of a collaborative study conducted by the University of Sao Paulo at Sao Carlos, Combustol, and Intensive Quenching Technologies to utilize an IQ process to successfully achieve the afore mentioned goals. These results are potentially of major importance to the heat treatment industry.
