kersploosh@sh.itjust.worksM to Engineering@sh.itjust.works · 9 months agoOil quenchingi.imgur.comvideomessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down13file-text
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Watching heavy machinery never gets old. Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/oil-quenching-y3oiCKG#/t/toolgifs
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minus-squareBrujones@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42·9 months agoJust because it’s red hot does not mean it’s near molten. The material still has sufficient proprieties to support its weight.
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoAnd may be much cooler on the interior
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoIt should be. If you heat it all the way through, you get more heat-stress. Ideally, you only want the outside hot (and then cold again) to surface-harden it. You don’t need the middle bits hardened, after all.
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Just because it’s red hot does not mean it’s near molten. The material still has sufficient proprieties to support its weight.
And may be much cooler on the interior
It should be. If you heat it all the way through, you get more heat-stress. Ideally, you only want the outside hot (and then cold again) to surface-harden it. You don’t need the middle bits hardened, after all.