scholarly journals Cutting Performance of Austenitic and Duplex Stainless Steels with Drills of Three Cutting Edges

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Marouvo ◽  
Pedro Ferreira ◽  
Fernando Simões

Austenitic and duplex stainless steels are considered be the best in corrosion resistance among different grades of stainless steels. Due to high strength, duplex stainless steels applications are increasingly as an alternative to the austenitic stainless steels. In this sense, the machining study of this materials is an important issue, in order to better understand the performance of the tools and the quality of the parts manufactured for high-demand industries. In this research, the machinability of both stainless steels was evaluated in the drilling operation, using drills with three cutting edges. This type of drill geometry is particularly useful when conventional solid carbide drills fail. The drill point of triple edge is very stable, demonstrating optimal positioning accuracy and better performance in deep bores. Using the same tool geometry, a comparative analysis of drilling performance on austenitic and duplex stainless steels was made. In experimental procedure, external low-pressure cooling or internal high-pressure cooling was applied alternatively. The cutting vibration, the tool wear, the roughness and the hole diameter accuracy were evaluated in the series of holes made. The obtained results show that the most important factor to increase the number of holes made is the use of high-pressure internal cooling. When external cooling is used, AISI 304 have a worse behaviour than duplex stainless steel, due to greater susceptibility to built-up-edge formation and work hardening. The tool deterioration is mainly non-uniform chipping for external cooling and flank wear for internal cooling.

CORROSION ◽  
10.5006/3403 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 500-510
Author(s):  
Roger Francis

Duplex stainless steels were first manufactured early in the 20th century, but it was the invention of argon oxygen decarburization melting and the addition of nitrogen that made the alloys stronger, more weldable, and more corrosion resistant. Today, there is a family of duplex stainless steels covering a range of compositions and properties, but they all share high strength and good corrosion resistance, especially to stress corrosion cracking, compared with similar austenitic stainless steels. This paper briefly reviews the range of modern duplex stainless steels and why they are widely used in many industries. They are the workhorse corrosion-resistant alloy in the oil and gas industry. In this paper, their use in three industries common in Australia and New Zealand is reviewed: oil and gas, mineral processing, and desalination. The corrosion resistance in the relevant fluids is reviewed and some case histories highlight both successes and potential problems with duplex alloys in these industries.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (0) ◽  
pp. _OS2105-1_-_OS2105-2_
Author(s):  
Hisatake ITOGA ◽  
Takashi MATSUO ◽  
Hisao MATSUNAGA ◽  
Saburo MATSUOKA

Alloy Digest ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  

Abstract Avesta Sheffield SAF 2507 is an austenitic/ferritic duplex stainless steel with very high strength. The alloy has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion and a higher thermal conductivity than austenitic stainless steels. The alloy has a high resistance to pitting, crevice, and general corrosion; it has a very high resistance to chloride stress-corrosion cracking. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, and joining. Filing Code: SS-652. Producer or source: Avesta Sheffield Inc.


2018 ◽  
Vol 941 ◽  
pp. 679-685
Author(s):  
Kazuyoshi Saida ◽  
Tomo Ogura

The hot cracking (solidification cracking) susceptibility in the weld metals of duplex stainless steels were quantitatively evaluated by Transverse-Varestraint test with gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) and laser beam welding (LBW). Three kinds of duplex stainless steels (lean, standard and super duplex stainless steels) were used for evaluation. The solidification brittle temperature ranges (BTR) of duplex stainless steels were 58K, 60K and 76K for standard, lean and super duplex stainless steels, respectively, and were comparable to those of austenitic stainless steels with FA solidification mode. The BTRs in LBW were 10-15K lower than those in GTAW for any steels. In order to clarify the governing factors of solidification cracking in duplex stainless steels, the solidification segregation behaviours of alloying and impurity elements were numerically analysed during GTAW and LBW. Although the harmful elements to solidification cracking such as P, S and C were segregated in the residual liquid phase in any joints, the solidification segregation of P, S and C in LBW was inhibited compared with GTAW due to the rapid cooling rate in LBW. It followed that the decreased solidification cracking susceptibility of duplex stainless steels in LBW would be mainly attributed to the suppression of solidification segregation of P, S and C.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2622
Author(s):  
Malcolm Griffiths

Austenitic stainless steels are used for core internal structures in sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs) and light-water reactors (LWRs) because of their high strength and retained toughness after irradiation (up to 80 dpa in LWRs), unlike ferritic steels that are embrittled at low doses (<1 dpa). For fast reactors, operating temperatures vary from 400 to 550 °C for the internal structures and up to 650 °C for the fuel cladding. The internal structures of the LWRs operate at temperatures between approximately 270 and 320 °C although some parts can be hotter (more than 400 °C) because of localised nuclear heating. The ongoing operability relies on being able to understand and predict how the mechanical properties and dimensional stability change over extended periods of operation. Test reactor irradiations and power reactor operating experience over more than 50 years has resulted in the accumulation of a large amount of data from which one can assess the effects of irradiation on the properties of austenitic stainless steels. The effect of irradiation on the intrinsic mechanical properties (strength, ductility, toughness, etc.) and dimensional stability derived from in- and out-reactor (post-irradiation) measurements and tests will be described and discussed. The main observations will be assessed using radiation damage and gas production models. Rate theory models will be used to show how the microstructural changes during irradiation affect mechanical properties and dimensional stability.


Author(s):  
Martin Bjurstro¨m ◽  
Carl-Gustaf Hjorth

The fabrication of near net shape powder metal (PM) components by hot isostatic pressing (HIP) has been an important manufacturing technology for steel and stainless steel alloys since about 1985. The manufacturing process involves inert gas atomization of powder, 3D CAD capsule design, sheet metal capsule fabrication and densification by HIP in very large pressure vessels. Since 1985, several thousand tonnes of parts have been produced. The major applications are found in the oil and gas industry especially in offshore applications, the industrial power generation industry, and traditional engineering industries. Typically, the components replace castings, forgings and fabricated parts and are produced in high alloy grades such as martensitic steels, austenitic stainless steels, duplex (ferritic/austenitic) stainless steels and nickel based superalloys. The application of PM/HIP near net shapes to pump barrels for medium to high pressure use has a number of advantages compared to the traditional forging and welding approach. First, the need for machining of the components is reduced to a minimum and welding during final assembly is reduced substantially. Mechanical properties of the PM/HIP parts are isotropic and equal to the best forged properties in the flow direction. This derives from the fine microstructure using powder powder and the uniform structure from the HIP process. Furthermore, when using the PM HIP process the parts are produced near net shape with supports, nozzles and flanges integrated. This significantly reduces manufacturing lead-time and gives greater design flexibility which improves cost for the final component. The PM HIP near net shape route has received approval from ASTM, NACE and API for specific steel, stainless steel and nickel base alloys. This paper reviews the manufacturing sequence for PM near net shapes and discusses the details of several successful applications. The application of the PM/HIP process to high pressure pump barrels is highlighted.


Author(s):  
Seiji Fukuyama ◽  
Masaaki Imade ◽  
Kiyoshi Yokogawa

A new type of apparatus for material testing in high-pressure gas of up to 100 MPa was developed. The apparatus consists of a pressure vessel and a high-pressure control system that applies the controlled pressure to the pressure vessel. A piston is installed inside a cylinder in the pressure vessel, and a specimen is connected to the lower part of the piston. The load is caused by the pressure difference between the upper room and the lower room separated by the piston, which can be controlled to a loading mode by the pressure valves of the high-pressure system supplying gas to the vessel. Hydrogen gas embrittlement (HGE) and internal reversible hydrogen embrittlement (IRHE) of austenitic stainless steels and iron- and nickel-based superalloys used for high-pressure hydrogen storage of fuel cell vehicle were evaluated by conducting tensile tests in 70 MPa hydrogen. Although the HGE of these metals depended on modified Ni equivalent, the IRHE did not. The HGE of austenitic stainless steels was larger than their IRHE; however, the HGE of superalloys was not always larger than their IRHE. The effects of the chemical composition and metallic structure of these materials on the HGE and IRHE were discussed. The HGE of austenitic stainless steels was examined in 105 MPa hydrogen. The following were identified; SUS304: HGE in stage II, solution-annealed SUS316: HGE in stage III, sensitized SUS316: HGE in stage II, SUS316L: HGE in FS, SUS316LN: HGE in stage III and SUS310S: no HGE.


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