HARDENING OF RAIL STEELS BY QUENCHING IN BOILING WATER

A new process for the heat treatment of steel rail has been developed by Wilhelm Heller and assigned to Fried. Krupp Huttenwerke AG, Bochum, Germany. It results in a steel rail having improved, high hardness, without the need for substantial quantities of alloying elements. This heat treatment involves the quenching of steel rails from the heated condition in water at a temperature of at least 80 degree C. This technique of quenching complete rails can be used on a wide variety of rails.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Industrial Publishing Company

  Union Trust Building
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15219
• Publication Date: 1981-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 8-10
• Serial:
  • Industrial Heating
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: National Industrial Publishing Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Low alloy steel; Metal heating; Rail steel; Technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Heat treatment; Quenching
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail steel metallurgy
• Subject Areas: Construction; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00341934
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 28 1981 12:00AM