Procedimiento para la realización de carburización de aceros mediante el proceso OAW.

Abstract

In the present work, the application of fuel flames (rich in carbon) through the OAW process to a SAE 1018 low-carbon steel was carried out experimentally in order to increase its hardness. Through a hardness test, different values of the base material were taken to obtain the hardness with which the material is marketed, this would be the reference to later corroborate and verify if the material in question after carburization increases its hardness, therefore that several specimens were correctly prepared for experimentation. This process was carried out in the Welding Laboratory of the National Polytechnic School. Once the carburization process was carried out with oxyacetylene fuel flames, several specimens were subsequently quenched, in order to harden the material even more, with which the useful life of the material can be prolonged. Finally, through a metallography test, it was possible to obtain different micrographs of both the base material and the specimens to which the flames were applied, with this it is desired to visualize the behavior of the microstructure of the material to be analyzed in relation to the increase in hardness.