DIFFERENTIAL HEAT TREATMENT METHOD FOR FORMING ROLLER

Abstract

The present disclosure includes a differential heat treatment method for a forming roller including an outer circumferential surface heat treatment step for heating the outer circumferential surfaces of roller units. The method may additionally include a first natural cooling step for naturally cooling until the surface temperature reaches 100-150 C., an inner circumferential surface heat treatment step for heating the inner circumferential surfaces of the roller units. The method may additionally include a second cooling step for naturally cooling until the roller units reach a room temperature state after the inner circumferential heat treatment. Further, the method may include an inspection and release step for inspecting the hardness of the outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface after the second cooling and releasing when the hardness is within an error range.

Claims

1. A differential heat treatment method for a forming roller, the differential heat treatment method comprising: an outer circumferential surface heat treatment step (S100) of heating an outer circumferential surface of a roller unit constituting a forming roller such that a heat treatment is performed under a condition of a temperature of 1150 to 1200 C. for 25 to 35 minutes; a first natural cooling step (S200) of performing, after the outer circumferential surface heat treatment, natural cooling until a surface temperature reaches 100 to 150 C.; an inner circumferential surface heat treatment step (S300) of heating, after the natural cooling, an inner circumferential surface of the roller unit such that a heat treatment is performed under a condition of a temperature of 680 to 730 C. for 35 to 45 minutes; a second cooling step (S400) of performing, after the inner circumferential surface heat treatment, natural cooling until the roller unit reaches a room temperature state; and an inspection and release step (S500) of inspecting, after the second cooling, hardness of the outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface to perform release when the hardness is within an error range.

2. The differential heat treatment method of claim 1, wherein a material of the roller unit is one selected from high-speed tool steel, alloy tool steel, and special-purpose steel.

3. The differential heat treatment method of claim 1, wherein a heat source in the heating process is one selected from gas or electricity.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional forming roller.

[0015] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an exemplary heat treatment process according to the present invention.

[0016] FIGS. 3 to 6 are hardness result tables obtained by inspecting hardness of a sample roller unit.

[0017] FIG. 7 is a result summary table summarizing results of FIGS. 3 to 6.

BEST MODE

[0018] Hereinafter, a differential heat treatment method for a forming roller according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0019] First, as shown in FIG. 2, in the differential heat treatment method for the forming roller according to the present invention, an outer circumferential surface 21 of a roller unit 20 constituting a forming roller 10 may be heated such that a heat treatment is performed under a condition of a temperature of 1150 to 1200 C. for 25 to 35 minutes (S100).

[0020] After the outer circumferential surface heat treatment, first natural cooling may be performed until a surface temperature reaches 100 to 150 C. (S200), and, after the natural cooling, an inner circumferential surface 22 of the roller unit 20 may be heated such that a heat treatment is performed under a condition of a temperature of 680 to 730 C. for 35 to 45 minutes (S300).

[0021] After the inner circumferential surface heat treatment, second natural cooling may be performed until the roller unit reaches a room temperature state (S400), and, after the second cooling, hardness of the outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface may be inspected to perform release when the hardness is within an error range (S500), thereby completing a heat treatment process.

[0022] In this case, the heating may be performed to perform the heat treatments on the outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface, respectively, by using gas as a heat source after insertion into a heating furnace or using electricity as a heat source.

[0023] As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6 and 7, when the heat treatment is performed as described above, the hardness of the outer circumferential surface may be 52 to 60 HRC, and the hardness of the inner circumferential surface may be 31 to 39 HRC, so that the hardness may have a significant difference. Due to the difference, abrasion of the outer circumferential surface may be delayed, which may extend a lifespan and improve productivity, and wearing-away of the inner circumferential surface upon friction with a component that rotates while making surface contact may be reduced, which may improve durability.

[0024] In addition, a material of the roller unit 20 may be one selected from high-speed tool steel, alloy tool steel, and special-purpose steel.

[0025] The high-speed tool steel may be a steel material to which a relatively large amount of an alloy element such as tungsten, molybdenum, cobalt, chromium, and vanadium is added in combination, and may be mainly used for a cutting tool. Since the high-speed tool steel excellently withstands frictional heat generated during high-speed cutting and has high hardness at a high temperature so as to enable high-speed cutting, the high-speed tool steel may be referred to as high-speed steel (HSS), and a type of the high-speed tool steel may include tungsten-based steel (SKH2, SKH3, SKH4, and SKH10), molybdenum-based steel (SKH50 to SKH59), and powder metallurgy molybdenum-based steel (SKH40).

[0026] Symbols of the alloy tool steel have been standardized and used as STD/STS in KS and SKD/SKS in JIS, a material called STD11 may refer to alloy tool steel for a cold die, and the alloy tool steel may be classified into alloy tool steel for a cutting tool, impact-resisting tool steel, a cold die, and a hot die in the KS standard.

[0027] The special-purpose steel may be steel for special purposes, which is a steel material for special purposes, and may have a type such as tool steel, hollow drill steel, bearing steel, stainless steel, heat-resisting steel, superalloy, spring steel, free-cutting steel, and clad steel in KS.

[0028] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention by a person having ordinary skill in the art through supplement, change, removal, addition, and the like of components within the scope that does not depart from the idea of the present invention described in the appended claims, and such modifications and changes will also fall within the scope of the present invention.