Ionitriding of Weapon Components

Abstract

The study revealed advantages and limitations of the ionitriding process, and documented the production sequences required for the case-hardening of AlSl 4140 and Nitralloy 135M steels. Determination of processing criteria included cleaning, loading, selective case-hardening, treatment times and temperatures, and geometric considerations. The production sequence was established for four weapon components presently manufactured at Rock Island Arsenal. Evaluation of processing times and quality of the case-hardened components revealed that significant advantages are gained when the ionitriding process is used for production.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA000635

Entities

People

  • Robert D. Busch

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Case Hardening
  • Control Systems
  • Elements
  • Glow Discharges
  • Hardening
  • Hardness
  • Machines
  • Manufacturing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Nitriding
  • Pressure Regulators
  • Production
  • Regulators
  • Security
  • Sequences
  • Vacuum Chambers
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Electrochemical Surface Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).