WHAT IS HEAT TREATMENT SIMULATION WITH CAE? – BENEFITS & CASE STUDIES

By utilizing CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) in Heat Treatment, you can predict the deformation, structure conditions, quench cracks, and hardness through the process. In this article, we will introduce “Heat Treatment”, the benefits of CAE analysis, and case studies.

WHAT IS HEAT TREATMENT?

Heat Treatment is a process of modifying and improving the material properties by heating metals above a certain temperature, and then cooling them in proper ways.

The advantage of Heat Treatment is that you can apply abilities for product usages and strengths and that the treatment process improve machinability and grindability.

The disadvantage of the treatment is that that requires a fracture test to check the quality of the products and their insides, as well as strict control of conditions for treatment processes.

Heat treatment can be roughly divided into two types:

• Modification: Induction Hardening/ Laser Quenching/ Laser Carburizing/ Nitriding, etc.
• Improvement: Normalizing/ Annealing/ Quenching/ Tempering, etc.

BENEFITS OF CAE ANALYSIS FOR HEAT TREATMENT

CAE analysis for Heat Treatment enables you to predict the deformation, structure conditions, quench cracks, and hardness through the process. So that you can form metals in appropriate heating and cooling conditions, prevent deformation that may occur in another process after the treatment, and reduce production costs.

EXAMPLES OF HEAT TREATMENT SIMULATIONS WITH A CAE SOLUTION

Now, we will introduce you examples of simulations using the CAE software DEFORM.

CASE STUDIES (Click on the image to visit the 3D animation page)

There are case studies of simulations that predict temperature change and dimensional change in heat treatments such as induction heating, furnace heating, quenching, and carburizing.

The deformation and structure after the heat treatments would vary depending on cooling conditions and where the products would be placed.

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  Heat Treatment of Helical Gears Case study of the hardening simulation. You can see temperature distribution and strain.

   

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  Induction Hardening Case study of the induction hardening simulation. You can see a comparison of temperature rise depending on changings in frequencies.

   

CONCLUSION

Thank you for reading. We hope you like it.
By utilizing CAE, defects can be prevented in advance, and costs and lead times can be reduced.
In addition to the examples introduced here, the CAE software DEFORM has a wide range of functions to support designers, including other processes, data analysis, the design of an experiment module, and an optimization module.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns about product design and manufacturing.