kersploosh@sh.itjust.worksM to Engineering@sh.itjust.works · 7 days agoOil quenchingi.imgur.comvideomessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down14file-text
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Watching heavy machinery never gets old. Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/oil-quenching-y3oiCKG#/t/toolgifs
minus-squareNate Cox@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·7 days agoWhy doesn’t the weight of the part cause the hook to distort the red hot metal?
minus-squareBrujones@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·7 days agoJust because it’s red hot does not mean it’s near molten. The material still has sufficient proprieties to support its weight.
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 days agoAnd may be much cooler on the interior
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoIt should be. If you heat it all the way through, you get more heat-stress. Ideally, you only want the outside hot (and then cold again) to surface-harden it. You don’t need the middle bits hardened, after all.
Why doesn’t the weight of the part cause the hook to distort the red hot metal?
Just because it’s red hot does not mean it’s near molten. The material still has sufficient proprieties to support its weight.
And may be much cooler on the interior
It should be. If you heat it all the way through, you get more heat-stress. Ideally, you only want the outside hot (and then cold again) to surface-harden it. You don’t need the middle bits hardened, after all.