This has been done by developing advanced coatings such as hybrid- and nanocoatings and their deposition methods, which include magnetron sputtering and plasma-enhanced deposition; modern mechanical hardening methods such as ultrasonic, laser and cavitation jet peening; and advanced case-hardening methods like plasma nitriding and induction and flame hardening. One is the tooth-to-tooth method shown in Fig. Furnaces for Plasma (Ion) Nitriding are fully automated. Other gasses like hydrogen or Argon are also used. This process supports the aerospace, defense, power generation, oil, gas, automotive, medical, and commercial industries. Pictures courtesy of Advanced Heat Treat Corp. Monroe, Michigan. Comparison of friction traces for two surface treatments of aluminium alloy; (a) titanium coating, (b) duplex treated (PVD titanium and plasma nitrided). It is a heat treatment process which diffuses nitrogen into the surface of a metal to create a case-hardened surface. The nitrogen is able to bind to other elements in the metal such as iron, carbon, manganese etc. Besides nitriding, the use of carbon for alloying according a laser carburization has been investigated as well and will be described now. The maximum attainable surface hardness with induction hardening is about 55 HRC [39,41]. Contour hardening provides strength and wear resistance on the contact areas of the gear while minimizing dimensional movement by leaving the tooth tips unhardened [43]. From: Thermochemical Surface Engineering of Steels, 2015, K.-M. Winter, ... D. Koshel, in Thermochemical Surface Engineering of Steels, 2015. A glow discharge with a high ionisation level (plasma) is generated around the parts. These rapidly diffuse interstitially or can be readily implanted into metal matrices, and once incorporated they readily react to form generally hard metal nitride, carbide, and boride compounds. The hollow cathode discharge is very dangerous since it quickly leads to an uncontrollable, local increase of temperature and may result in damage to the treated part (Grün and Günther, 1991; De Sousa and Alves, 1997). Anyway, cw-mode treatments are still more distributed but the reviewing of previous results appears in very interesting information At adequate conditions hardness values of 13 GPa were achieved. The limited space for the glow in the tube results in disturbance caused by compression of CDS and NG. The main advantages of plasma nitriding over conventional nitriding processes are: reduced cycle time, controlled growth of the surface layer, elimination of white layer, reduced distortion, no need of finishing, pore-free surfaces and mechanical masks instead of copper plating. As technology progressed so did the … Any Hauzer system with a plasma source can be used for our Nitrocoat process: plasma nitriding and coating in the same cycle. The formation of the precipitates on the gear-case results in lattice expansion. This method is generally not applicable for a tooth size finer than 16 DP. In the normal glow, only a portion of the cathode is covered by the glow; therefore, voltage stays constant when the coverage increases. R.C. Special process engineering features … The rise in current density begins when two negative glows coalesce and light intensity from the glow increases at the same time. The effect of increasing temperature may then be to change the ratio of oxygen and nitrogen in the layer: plasma nitriding at 550 °C, as compared to 500 °C, produces more nitrides than oxides, a higher hardness, a higher depth of hardening and some diffraction peaks which probably belong to intermetallics at the aluminium–titanium interface, Fig. Börner et al. External spur and helical gears, worm gears, bevel and internal gears, racks, and sprockets are typically induction hardened. Case-hardening produces a hard, wear-resistant case, or surface layer (to increase pitting resistance and bending strength) on top of a ductile and shock-resistant interior also known as core, of hardness 30–40 HRC to avoid tooth breakage [1]. Plasma nitriding/nitrocarburising is a modern thermochemical treatment which is carried out in a mixture of nitrogen, hydrogen and an optional carbon spending gas. In an extreme situation, the discharge current can rise 102–103 times above the ‘normal’ when the distance between two plane cathodes of a glow discharge is reduced or discharge is in a hole. According the binary phase Ti. The standard preheating cycle ranges in temperature from 850 to 1050 Fahrenheit. It employs thermal diffusion to incorporate nonmetal or metal atoms into a material surface to modify its chemistry and microstructure [37]. Figure 6.12. Except for the plasma assist and low pressures, these processes are very much like traditional nitriding and carburizing, which in essence are high-temperature, atmospheric-pressure CVD treatments. Plasma Nitriding in general is a heat treating that is used to case harden surfaces using nitrogen. Kapil Gupta, ... Rudolph Laubscher, in Advanced Gear Manufacturing and Finishing, 2017. 10.17). Nitriding is a case-hardening process of enriching the solid steel surface with nitrogen at a low temperature, normally in the range of 500-575°C (i.e., below Since the former may have complex three-dimensional shapes, it is important to conformally surround them with a “glow seam.” These workpieces are maintained below 600°C and subjected to N2/H2 mixtures at pressures between∼0.5 and 5 torr. The glow discharge at the surface of the steel part produces atomic nitrogen by ionisation of the ammonia gas. The process window is small and engineering and technical challenges have to be solved. 6.10). ), or the gas respective to nitrogen flow (nozzle) or background pressure (chamber) are influencing the performance. The plasma nitriding process began in the 1920's as an alternative to conventional gas nitriding. Pulsed treatment and its performance. In turn the iron nitrides are partially broken down on the surface of the cathode, after which the nitrogen diffuses into the gear material and results in nitriding [41]. 6.11). One of the very first successful experiments in 1985 on laser nitriding on cp-Ti was performed applying a microsecond pulsed CO, This is most widely spread “version” of pulsed nitriding. Once the entire surface of the cathode is covered, the glow becomes abnormal and any increase in voltage causes an increase in current. In the glow discharge and electrical potential gradient, the gas becomes ionized and the nitrogen ions are accelerated toward the negatively charged surface. In the plasma nitriding and carburizing processes treated in this section, nitride and carbide films are not deposited. At temperatures below 600 °C, on the other hand, the deposition of oxygen predominates, and there is no extensive nitriding. Convective effects can influence the process, determine the surface quality, and affect the material transport. By adding CH4 and CO2 to the gas mix, carbo-nitriding of surfaces can be achieved. Plasma modification of other metals, e.g., nitriding of titanium alloys, and by different processes, e.g., plasma boriding of steel, are additional variations on the theme. They not only improve hardness, wear resistance, and fatigue strength, but also control friction, reduce adhesion, and improve lubrication and corrosion resistance. Cracks can be avoided by controlling the pulse energy and the related cooling rate. For example, nanosecond pulses refer to very short interaction times and arise in coating thicknesses on a hundred nanometer scale. It is also reported that plasma nitrided 12Cr steels performed better than 13Cr–4Ni steel (Mann and Arya, 2002). This, consequently, improves the tribological performance, load-carrying ability, and smooth motion transmission characteristics of gears, with an appreciable reduction in noise, vibration, and wear rate. (2006) have produced thick nitrides (ZrN, CrN and TiN) and carbonitrides (ZrSiCN and TiSiCN) using a plasma-enhanced magnetron sputtering (PEMS) technique for sand erosion protection. The variation in the process efficiency is not only related to the pulse duration. Ion (plasma) nitriding makes use of an ionized gas that serves as a medium for both heating and nitriding. There are some similarities between the reaction of nitrogen and oxygen with titanium, and the surface layers may well be a mixed oxy-nitride, denoted as TiX, where X represents a variable mixture of oxygen and nitrogen. Manisekaran (2005) has reported 2-fold increases in erosion resistances for plasma nitrided 13Cr–4Ni steel compared with as-received 13Cr–4Ni steel but poor performance compared with laser hardened 13Cr–4Ni steel. Figure 11.2. Wei et al. Gases used for flame heating are acetylene and propane. The microstructure developed according the solidification conditions in needle-like TiN phases and dendrites. The fast treatment leads to further hardening compared to conventional processing due to rapid cooling rates. Ionitriding (Plasma), or Glow-Discharge Nitriding: It is a case-hardening process of enriching the surface of the steel with nascent nitrogen by glow discharge method. Nitriding is the largest plasma nitriding center in Bulgaria. In induction surface hardening the heat input into the gear is achieved with the introduction of eddy currents. The formation of nitrides and microhardness, however, were optimum for nitriding at 550 °C. Temperature profiles of blasted and ground block samples of AISI-SAE 1008 steel during plasma nitriding. This in turn reduces the stresses in the coating when loaded, leading to improved tribological properties and coating durability. Plasma technology is primarily for stainless steel and other low alloy steels which are not suitable for a “standard” heat treatment processes. The nitriding cycle is continued for 2 to 72 hours until the desired case depth of 0.002" to 0.024" is achieved. In this technique the glow discharge phenomenon is used to introduce nascent nitrogen to the surface of a gear and its subsequent diffusion into subsurface layers [37]. The process involves low temperature (350-450°C) nitriding and/or carburizing, which super-saturates the surface of the metal and expands the lattice. This process is mostly used on materials such as low-carbon, low-alloy steels and other medium and high carbon steels. In the last few decades, plasma nitriding, flame hardening, laser-hardening, and induction hardening methods have emerged as alternative methods for case-hardening of gears, with relatively small impact on their quality class [38–40]. According to the type of parts to be treated and the treatment specificities (with or without resistance), each of these thermochemical techniques will have its advantages and limitations. D. Höche, ... P. Schaaf, in Laser Surface Engineering, 2015. Among the advantages claimed for such plasma treatment are enhanced mass transfer of carbon and prevention of surface and intergranular oxidation, a feature that confers greater resistance to mechanical fatigue damage. Gears made of cast irons (ductile, malleable, and gray), and low-alloy and medium-carbon steels with 0.4–0.55% carbon content (i.e., AISI 4140, 4340, 1045, 4150, 1552, 5150) are commonly heat treated by induction hardening process. Plasma nitriding allows the efficient nitriding of stainless steels at low temperatures with the aim of a hardened case while maintaining corrosion resistance by creating so-called expanded austenite or expanded martensite (see gaseous nitriding, Section 3.7.3). This compressive stress lowers the applied tensile stress on the gear material, increasing the fatigue strength. 10.18. Typical micrographs of duplex treated (PVD titanium and plasma nitrided) aluminium alloy; (a) fracture section, (b) coating surface, (c) coating-substrate interface in a polished and etched section. This ionized gas collides with the product removing impurities from the surface and preparing the product for the nitriding process to begin. For a comparison of the two processes choose the Plasma vs. Gas option from the menu. The thickness of the hardened layer should be such that it can withstand the maximum contact stress without collapsing into the softened core of the gear-tooth. Neither of the titanium coatings nor the plasma nitriding of aluminium could produce comparable properties. Figure 11.1 (see also Plate V between pages 392 and 393) shows the near-cathode regions of the glow discharge taken during plasma nitriding at two different pressures. Evolution of the hollow cathode glow discharge in a tube at different pressure and temperature. The well-known fatigue issue during prolonged heat treatments on titanium will be minimized, too. In this process the component is made cathodic in relation to the furnace shell and ammonia gas is fed into the evacuated chamber. During the last few decades, an impressive number of process variations and applications have been developed. The main advantages of plasma nitriding over conventional nitriding processes are: reduced cycle time, controlled growth of the surface layer, elimination of white layer, reduced distortion, no need of finishing, pore-free surfaces and mechanical masks instead of copper plating. Plasma nitriding can be further branched out into plasma nitrocarburising. The parts are placed in a vacuum chamber and the furnace is filled with process gas containing N2 and H2 to a pressure of 100–800 Pa. Here, the duration of efficient melting, nitrogen absorption and diffusion is too short. The major case-hardening processes include nitriding, carburizing and their combinations, e.g., nitrocarburizing. On the surface area that is directly charged by the ions, nitrogen-rich nitrides are formed and decompose, releasing active nitrogen into the surface. is linearly dependent on j. During treatment, the plasma field, glowing on the exposed surface of the components, causes nitrogen ions to diffuse into the material forming a diffusion zone. Plasma carburizing using methane is a special process for partial hardening and carburizing of internal bores. The process gas is ionized by a voltage that is applied to the product. The process of the plasma-nitriding of gears is carried out in a furnace where an electrical voltage is applied between the gear to be treated, as the cathode, and the furnace as the anode (see Fig. When the nitrogen ions bombard the part they heat up the … Ion plating and subsequent plasma nitriding were applied to aluminium alloy in an investigation to improve the tribological properties of such alloys (Ashrafizadeh, 1992). In plasma nitriding, the reactivity of the nitriding media is not due to the temperature but to the gas ionized state. Plasma Nitriding, also referred to as ion nitriding, is a diffusion process that improves the wear resistance and fatigue properties of the product being nitrided. As can be seen in Figure 11.1, pressure has an effect on the thickness of the cathode dark space (CDS) and negative glow (NG). When the preset heating time has elapsed, the product is subjected to an ion bombardment to clean impurities from the surface. Induction hardening is a localized heat treatment used to improve the fatigue life, strength, and the wear resistance of gears. E. Roliński, in Thermochemical Surface Engineering of Steels, 2015. As technology progressed so did the plasma nitriding process. He observed and modeled an initial parabolic growth of the compound layer, which then saturates after a certain plasma nitriding time. The nitrided layer has a diffusion zone and a compound zone, i.e., a white layer. Both processes increase surface hardness based on nitrogen diffusion into the product, increasing usable life span, wear resistance and/or fatigue strength, depending on the alloy. Then iron nitride is formed when the atomized ions combine with nitrogen ions in the plasma, which is then deposited in an even iron nitride layer on the cathode. The terminology of carbonitriding and nitrocarburizing often creates misunderstandings. For the case-hardening of gears subjected to high loads, contour hardening is used (see Fig. Modernization in surface engineering has advanced the gear industry with improved functional performance and an enhanced service life of gears. By optimizing the nitrogen to hydrogen ratio, it is possible either to eliminate some of the brittle/white layers or to improve the erosion/ corrosion properties (Mann and Arya, 2002). Laser nitriding is a very efficient technique, allowing accurate spatial control of the surface treatment without any undesired heating of the substrate. 8.03.4.1 Plasma Nitriding. However, at the surface of our one-dimensional semiinfinite solid, D(dC/dx) (x = 0, t > 0) = j/q, where D is the effective diffusion coefficient. The plasma nitriding process began in the 1920's as an alternative to conventional gas nitriding. The process was not introduced into the United States until after 1950 and has only been used as a production process for the past 20-25 years. 105 York Street Plasma nitriding usually takes place at temperatures from 450 to 550 °C in a vacuum with the help of the plasma generated by a glow discharge on the workpiece surface. Basically, plasma nitriding is a glow discharge process in a mixture of nitrogen and hydrogen gases. Corengia et al. Nevertheless, the process is very sensitive to the huge amount of process parameters and is hard to control. The lower holding temperature with shorter duration time was cost-effective, and, the nitrided surface was free from roughing with less nitride precipitates. The process of plasma carburizing is carried out in an Ar/H2 atmosphere containing CH4 or C3H8 reactants at pressures between∼3 and 20 torr at temperatures of∼1000°C. Low alloy steels are generally processed for longer cycle times. By continuing you agree to the use of cookies. Furthermore, the combination of two techniques, such as hardening and coating, or superfinishing and coating, or finishing and hardening, achieves a significantly enhanced effect than a single treatment. Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. or its licensors or contributors. Therefore induction hardening by the dual-frequency method is more favorable towards generating compressive residual stresses compared to the single-frequency induction method. In order to maintain its original dimensions the core keeps the nitrided case in compression. In carbonitriding, the main element is carbon with a small amount of nitrogen. (2005) have investigated the DC pulsed plasma nitrided 4140 steels and found that the process improved wear resistance. The required hardness profile and resulting gear strength and residual stress distribution are basically determined by the type of gear material (steel or cast iron), its prior microstructure and the desired gear performance characteristics. During pin-on-disc wear testing, the oxide–nitride compounds on the plasma nitrided surfaces have the advantage of controlling the damage to the steel counterface and, thus, a lower coefficient of friction and longer sliding under mild wear conditions. Vacuum plasma carburizing has been investigated. Besides, geometrical aspects (substrate, technical equipment), the scanning parameters (meandering, spot overlap, scan speed, etc. Plasma contains approximately equal concentrations of positive ions and electrons as well as a large number of excited but neutral species (Malvos et al., 1989). ScienceDirect ® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V. ScienceDirect ® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V. 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If the temperature of the hollow cathode is controlled, this phenomenon can be used for a very effective nitriding of various parts with a need for hardening small holes, slots, etc. Contour type induction hardening is performed with a shaped intensifier that oscillates back and forth in the gear-tooth space. The decomposition of the ammonia to release both nitrogen and hydrogen diffusion is very similar with each of the above methods except with the Plasma nitriding. Due to the small heat-affected zone, both in depth and lateral dimension, pieces sensitive to heat and of complex shape can be modified. Figure 11.3. The amount of heat applied by the dual-frequency process is considerably less than a single-frequency process. The dopant in nitriding is nitrogen alone. Alloy steels with more than 0.5% carbon are susceptible to cracking [1,41]. We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content and ads. Plasma nitriding, also known as ion nitriding, plasma ion nitriding or glow-discharge nitriding, is an industrial surface hardening treatment for metallic materials. The low-temperature plasma nitriding process with use of the RF-DC plasmas had several superior features to the conventional processes [12,13]. These advanced methods are more environmentally friendly, safer, and cleaner. Substrate treatment has considerable influence on the tribological properties of ta-C coated AISI 4140 steel. The case depth may be as high as 900 µm. Plasma nitriding is a modern technique for surface hardening of metallic components to improve their service life. The major case-hardening processes include nitriding, carburizing and their combinations, e.g., nitrocarburizing. Generation of ions or ionization in mixtures of gases such as nitrogen, hydrogen, and argon is larger than in pure gases due to the ‘Penning effect’ (Brown, 1994). Plasma nitriding equipment consists of a vacuum vessel (retort), a pumping system to control the furnace pressure, a plasma generator and a cooling system. The glow discharge is influenced by pressure (Ruset, 1991) and the radiant heat losses, which are controlled by proper shielding (Ruset, 1994). A low temperature plasma nitriding process has become one of the most promising methods to make solid-solution hardening by the nitrogen super-saturation, being free from toxicity and energy consumption. F. Ashrafizadeh, in Surface Engineering of Light Alloys, 2010. A very high degree of control of the case depth and compound layer is achieved by this form of Nitriding. In the tooth-to-tooth method the gear is heated and quenched by the machine itself, which limits the amount of heat going into the gear. (A) Root/flame method. Plasma Nitriding known also as ion nitriding is a form of case hardening process. By extrapolation to high-energy pulsed-plasmas, there is the PIII process discussed in Section 5.5.6. As a result of those mechanisms, the cathode is principally heated by neutral gas collisions in the near-cathode discharge zones (Michel et al., 1995). The plasma is created between the part as cathode and the chamber wall as anode. 10.19. The energy transfer to the cathode during glow discharge heating is a combination of radiation from NG and an exchange of the kinetic energy into thermal energy of the species bombarding it. Plasma nitriding, known also as ion nitriding is a form of case hardening process. This type of discharge is used in plasma nitriding. Due to the ion bombardment via the plasma and potential difference, both the nitrogen diffusion mechanisms and the parabolic law of layer growth are changed (56–59). Each of these processes has different processing requirements and technique utilizing different sources and mediums. 1-24 is. The process was developed in the 1920's as an alternative to the gas nitriding process. Flame hardening is a heat treatment process where oxyfuel gas flames are directly impinged onto the gear-tooth surface area to be hardened which is then subjected to quenching. The usual range of carbon content required in gear steels for flame hardening is 0.40–0.50%. The plasma is created through glow discharge by applying a direct electrical current, with the part acting as the cathode and the chamber wall acting as the anode. With the nitriding furnaces fully automated, we are able to run 24/7. Plasma nitriding uses plasma discharge physic to diffuse nitrogen into the surface of a ferrous alloy. The composition of the white layer provides natural lubricity and corrosion resistance, provided its depth does not exceed 10–12 µm [41,42]. The gear is placed inside a coil, and when a high-frequency alternating current is passed through the coil, rapid heating takes place due to electromagnetic induction. 100 μm coatings containing dendritic TiN embedded in α-titanium with dissolved nitrogen. Plasma nitriding. Under these conditions a very hard nitrogen-rich layer some 2–10 μ m thick, consisting of assorted FexN (x = 2–4) compounds, forms within a diffusion zone a few hundred microns deep. Plasma (Ion) Nitriding Plasma Nitriding or Ion Nitriding is a significant development of the original Nitriding process. The applied voltage (300–800 V) accelerates the ions towards the surface of the part. 10.17. Gas nitriding is only applied, as a rule, for alloyed steels. The process is conducted in solid, liquid, or gaseous media, with one or several simultaneously active chemical elements. A more modern development of the nitriding process, also known as ion nitriding. 10.18 shows the presence of oxides and nitrides, and one possible explanation for the tribological behaviour of these specimens is the relative amounts of the two phases in terms of the nitriding temperature and the cleanliness of the nitriding atmosphere. Plasma nitriding process techniques can also be known also as Glow discharge nitriding, or Plasma nitriding Continuous DC nitriding, Pulsed Plasma nitriding. The processing time is dependent on the composition of the steel being nitrided and the required case depth. Dimitrov has developed a general diffusion model for surface plasma treatment that takes into account the erosion of the material surface (60–62) based on the original work of Wagner (63,64). On the other hand, carbonitriding and nitrocarburizing are frequently used with the same meaning. Uniformity of both glow discharge zones CDS and NG, around a complex geometry cathode, depends on gas pressure. Plasma Nitriding, also called Ion Nitriding, is an environmentally friendly and efficient nitriding process which uses plasma as a source of energy and as a source of nitriding … Table 2.2 shows important aspects for different timescales. We may assume the surface ion current-density (j) is essentially equivalent to a diffusion flux (J), i.e., J = j/q, where q is the charge per ion and J has units of ions/cm2-s. A boundary-value problem somewhat different from the two presented in Section 1.6.1, but like the one in Section 3.5.2.3, is then suggested. Despite this, plasma carburizing of steel has not displaced conventional heat-treating to the same extent that its low-temperature plasma-nitriding counterpart has. 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