Year: 2019
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Water pump machine impeller is made of gray cast iron with some variation of wall thickness. The thin part undergoes consequently a very rapid cooling and promotes the formation of hard ledeburite, This study removes the already formed ledeburite ((α + Fe3C) + Fe3C) by mean of heat treatment. By calculating the mass fraction of iron carbide at the level of 5%, heating the material at the austenite temperature, holding it for 2 hours and cooling it subsequently in the air, ledeburite changes to ferrite and graphite. Graphite is formed discrete along the grain boundaries of previous pearlite after the completion of heat treatment. The graphite resembles a randomly oriented eutectic undercooling type D and this is associated with a decrease of hardness to 115HV at the tip of the impeller blade.
Authors: W Purwadi, D Idamayanti
Institution: Politeknik Manufaktur Bandung
Language: English
Subfield: Metals and Alloys
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2955643142