Abstract
The article concerns the technology of layered castings made with a system where the base part is made of gray cast iron with flake graphite and the working part is made of high-chromium steel X46Cr13. The castings were produced using mould cavity preparation method utilizing a molding sand based on SiC. The idea of the research was to perform heat treatment of X46Cr13 steel directly in the casting mould, with the success of this approach guaranteed by selecting molding sand with appropriate physicochemical parameters. During the pouring and cooling of the mould, the temperature on the outer surface of the steel insert was recorded to check if it reached the required austenitization temperature. The castings were then examined for the quality of the bond between the gray cast iron base part and the steel working part, microstructure studies were conducted using light and scanning microscopes, and hardness was measured on the surface of X46Cr13 steel. Based on the conducted research, it was found that the high thermal conductivity of the molding sand made with a silicon carbide base disqualifies it for use in the analyzed technology of integrating heat treatment of X46Cr13 steel with the process of producing a bimetal system with gray cast iron. In the microstructure of the steel, in addition to martensite, pearlite and ferrite were present. Therefore, a satisfactory increase in the hardness of the working surface compared to the annealed state of X46Cr13 steel was not achieved, which ultimately confirmed that the hardening of the steel insert was unsuccessful.
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