HEAT TREATMENT OF NODULAR CAST IRON （球墨铸铁的热处理）.pdf

13th International Research/Expert Conference “Trends in the Development of Machinery and Associated Technology” TMT 2009, Hammamet, Tunisia, 16-21 October 2009 HEAT TREATMENT OF NODULAR CAST IRON Hasan Avdusinovic Faculty for Metallurgy and Materials Science, Zenica Almaida Gigović-Gekić Faculty for Metallurgy and Materials Science, Zenica ABSTRACT Production of nodular cast iron in the world is constantly growing and according to literature data, today is over 20 million tons annually. Wide range of usage of this material is related to low production cost, good mechanical and ductile properties. Possibility of thermal treatment is additional advantage of this material. Applying an adequate thermal treatment regime gives the superior characteristics to the nodular castings that are in many cases substitution for expensive steel parts and other materials. Improvements are primarily related to the improvement of mechanical and ductile properties of the castings due to developing of new metallic microstructure i.e. ausferrite with nodular graphite. Key words: nodular cast iron, austempering, ausferrite, austempered ductile iron, ADI 1. INTRODUCTION Nodular cast iron is cast iron in which the graphite is present as tiny balls in metallic matrix. Nodular cast iron is also known as ductile iron, spherical graphite iron, and spherulitic iron. This type of cast iron has increased strength and ductility when compared with a similar structure of gray cast iron. Trough heat treatment, new microstructure can be produced with superior mechanical properties. Austempered ductile cast iron (ADI) is the newes