Studying and Improving the Hardness Properties of Gray Cast Iron

Saad  T. Faris; Huda Salih Mahdi; Khuder N. Abed

doi:10.24237/djes.2022.15211

Authors

Saad T. Faris Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Diyala, 32001 Diyala, Iraq
Huda Salih Mahdi
hudasalih63@gmail.com
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Diyala, 32001 Diyala, Iraq
Khuder N. Abed Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Diyala, 32001 Diyala, Iraq

Keywords:

Gray cast iron,, Hardness property,, Improving machinability,, Laser hardening

Abstract

This research focuses on the hardness of gray cast iron. Hardness is a measure of the resistance to localized plastic deformation induced by either mechanical indentation or abrasion. The machinability cannot set a specific definition. However, several indicators and directories give a clear image, the most important of which is the factors that affect the machinability of gray cast iron according to the metallurgies and the metal cutting and cutting conditions. The main goal of this research is to improve the hardness of gray cast iron. Many experiments on several samples to get different results and then compare these results to get the best which is the goal of the research. The conclusions through the practical side of this research are the different values of hardness through the different hardening processes. As the hardening processes gave a sample of grey cast iron a hardness value that differs in each type of hardening. The notes through the graph that the hardness reaches its peak in the traditional hardening, where its value is (370.6), followed by the laser hardening process, which reaches (321.6) The amount of increase between the hardness of the laser and the traditional hardness takes the value of (15.24 %) The work on samples in the form of aggregates, and each group will be treated in a specific way and then subject to tests.

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