ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Processing Errors and Defects
Fracturing of Gray Iron Door-Closer Cylinder Castings Caused by Lack of Foundry Control Over Chemistry
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Published:2019
Abstract
Door-closer cylinder castings manufactured of class 30 gray iron were breaking during machining. The manufacturing source reported that a random sampling of castings from this lot had hardnesses from 180 to 210 HRB. Based on the color of the components, heat treatment of these castings was suspected. Metallurgical examination on two representative castings supported the conclusions that the cracks in these gray iron door closers that were present either before or during the heat treatment were attributed to a substandard microstructure of the wrong type of graphite combined with excessive ferrite. This anomalous structure is caused by shortcomings in...
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