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Shown below is an example of the Temperature versus Time plot produced by AxiTherm.

 

 

The temperatures at 6 locations in the piece are plotted as a function of time. The position of each location is indicated by the depth value on the graph and is color coordinated with the line.

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).

 

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