Conditions Leading to Quench Cracking
Other Than Severity of Quench

CASE HISTORIES


INTRODUCTION

Heat Treating Metallurgical Processing

  • Cracking is major concern
    - monetary loss
    - loss of production time
  • Sources of steel cracking often incorrectly assumed 
    without microstructure examination.
  • A tutorial will be provided here on sources of 
    steel cracking.

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