Influence of the nitriding time in the wear behaviour of an AISI H13 steel during a crankshaft forging process

G Castro, A Fernández-Vicente, J Cid - Wear, 2007 - Elsevier
The influence of nitriding time in the wear behaviour of an AISI H13 hot work steel used on
forging dies has been studied. AISI H13 steel was nitrided by a patented sursulf bath …

Microstructure and corrosion resistance of the layers formed on the surface of precipitation hardenable plastic mold steel by plasma-nitriding

DC Wen - Applied Surface Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Plasma-nitriding is used to improve the wear resistance and corrosion resistance of plastic
mold steels by modifying the surface layers of these steels. In this study, a precipitation …

A new model for growth mechanism of nitride layers in plasma nitriding of AISI H11 hot work tool steel

H Aghajani, M Torshizi, M Soltanieh - Vacuum, 2017 - Elsevier
A new mechanism of layer growth in plasma nitriding of H11 hot work tool steel was
developed. The nitriding was performed at 450, 500 and 550° C temperature, nitriding times …

Plasma nitriding of plastic mold steel to increase wear-and corrosion properties

DC Wen - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2009 - Elsevier
In this study, the wear-and corrosion resistance of the layers formed on the surface of a
precipitation hardenable plastic mold steel (NAK55) by plasma nitriding were investigated …

Enhanced chromizing kinetics of tool steel by means of surface mechanical attrition treatment

SD Lu, ZB Wang, K Lu - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2010 - Elsevier
A nanostructured surface layer of about 20μm in thickness was fabricated on a hot-working
tool steel (AISI H13) plate by means of surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) …

Phase transformations in the nitrocarburizing surface of carbon steels revisited by microstructure and property characterizations

WL Chen, CL Wu, ZR Liu, S Ni, Y Hong, Y Zhang… - Acta materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
Ferritic nitrocarburizing is a widely employed industry process by which a strengthened
nitrocarburized surface can be formed on mechanical tools or parts made of steels. Mainly …

Effect of process time on structural and tribological properties of ferritic plasma nitrocarburized AISI 4140 steel

M Karakan, A Alsaran, A Çelik - Materials & design, 2004 - Elsevier
AISI 4140 steel was plasma nitrocarburized at a gas mixture of 49% N2+ 49% H2+ 2% CO2,
for different process times (1, 2, 4, 8 and 12 h), at a temperature of 570° C. The structural …

Microstructure and tribological behaviour of liquid nitrocarburised tool steels

P Psyllaki, G Kefalonikas, G Pantazopoulos… - Surface and Coatings …, 2003 - Elsevier
In the present work, industrial-scale liquid nitrocarburising in cyanide salt bath (Tufftriding) at
580° C was employed to improve the wear resistance of three tool steels: the AISI D6, the …

Comparative tribological studies of duplex surface treated AISI 1045 steels fabricated by combinations of plasma nitriding and aluminizing

F Haftlang, A Habibolahzadeh, MH Sohi - Materials & Design, 2014 - Elsevier
Duplex surface treatments via aluminizing and plasma nitriding were carried out on AISI
1045 steel. A number of work pieces were aluminized and subsequently plasma nitrided (Al …

Effects of rare earth elements on the characteristics of low temperature plasma nitrocarburized martensitic stainless steel

RL Liu, YJ Qiao, MF Yan, YD Fu - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2012 - Elsevier
Low temperature plasma nitrocarburizing of 17-4PH martensitic stainless steel was
conducted at 430° C with and without rare earth (RE) addition. The microstructure, kinetics …