Demo Results Area
Shown below is an example of the Temperature Gradients versus Time plot produced by AxiTherm.
The one gradient is between the surface and the center of the piece. The other gradient is between the furnace temperature and the surface of the piece.
The simulation was performed for a 48 inch diameter piece of 1040 steel initially at 100F. The thermal cycle consists of heating in a furnace for 720 minute (12 hours) from 1000F to 1300F (giving a heating rate of 25F/hr), followed by a hold at 1300F for 360 minutes (6 hours), then heating from 1300F to 1700F in 240 minutes (4 hours) (which is a heating rate of 100F/hr), followed by a hold at 1700F for 1440 minutes (24 hours), then a quench into 150F water for 360 minutes (6 hours).
This information has been provided by cvantyne@mines.edu.
Last updated, October 1999
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