Processing method for enlarging partial diameter of steel shaft heated locally by high frequency induction

摘要

In the present works effective application of partial preheating by high frequency induction to enlarge the partial diameter of middle carbon steel was experimentally investigated. The partial reheating was carried out by varying preheating times under the same electric power conditions. As all other conditions other than temperature remained constant during the diameter enlargement experiments, the partial preheating effects were clarified to be estimative using a parameter of the sigma/sigma(gamma), which was found to be dependent on temperature regardless of constant compressive axial stress. For heating times of less than 50 sec. the preheating effect for promoting partial diameter-enlargement did not appear. In fact the reverse effect appeared in times ranging from 30 sec to 50 sec due to blue brittleness generated at temperatures from about 523K to about 623K. Also, low cycle fatigue cracks must be avoided when initiating at the filet end of an enlarged shaft while passing through the temperature range of blue brittleness during the cooling process. Therefore, the preheating temperature found to be most effective for promoting the diameter enlargement was greater than about 856K so as to increase easily the D-f/D-0 to above 2 times without generating damage cracks from fatigue.