Method of Making Surface-Hardened Metal Shot
Author: Yoshio Miyasaka et. al
Source: US Patent 6,018,854
Doc ID: 2023012
Year of Publication: 2000
Abstract:
When a shot having a hardness equal to or higher than a
ferrous or nonferrous metal shot material is blasted against
the surface of the metal shot material at a blasting speed of
80 m/s or above, the collision causes heat to be generated
only in portions of the metal shot material against which the
shot has collided. The temperature is raised in the vicinity of
the surface of the metal shot material. Alternatively, the
metal shot material may be blasted against a metal body
having a hardness at least equal to that of the temperature of
the metal shot material. In either case, the temperature in the
vicinity of the surface of the metal shot material is increased
to or above an A3 transformation temperature when the
material is ferrous and is increased to or above a recrystallization
temperature when the material is nonferrous.
Subsequently, the metal shot material is quickly cooled. As
a result, the metallurgical structure of the surface layer 20μ
deep from the surface of the metal shot material is refined
such that a highly hardened and tough structure is obtained.
Part of the metal shot material and the shot is recovered and
the recovered metal shot material and the shot are reblasted
against unrecovered metal shot material and the shot, repeatedly.
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