International Scientific Journals
of Scientific Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering "Industry 4.0"

The subject of our study is the effect of the tempering duration /for up to 7 hours, at 180°C/ on the mechanical properties of 20CrMo5 quenched steel samples. Possibilities were studied, including through eddy currents, to control the final tempering of parts which have gone through carburizing, double-quenching and interim high-temperature tempering. The parts were 20CrMo5 steel shafts, which had their carburized layer removed in certain zones before the thread was made.

It has been established that a strong correlation exists between the HV50 quality indices and the eddy currents characteristic Z.

The process of low-temperature tempering has been studied by eddy current testing and measuring the hardness HRC at a constant temperature as well as at increasing temperature and duration. Technological factors of tempering were considered in their interdependence, according to the Hollomon-Jaffe equation. It has been argued that the factor levels, temperature and duration, are determined by the carburization and quenching results. Eddy current testing has been introduced as an indicator of quality with high sensitivity to changing technological factors; it has integral importance in terms of structural changes and electromagnetic properties of the parts. Hardness and electromagnetic characteristics, as indicators of quality after low-temperature tempering, were presented as a function of the tempering parameter Pa.