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Carbonitride and +.005 tap?
- Thread starter Mtndew
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sfriedberg
Diamond
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2010
- Location
- Oregon, USA
Straight nitriding has essentially no dimensional change.
Don't know about carbo-nitriding. It's midway between nitriding and carburizing w.r.t. the temperatures involved and what it adds to the surface chemistry. A quick check finds some people saying no dimensional change, other people saying some dimensional change. I did find one paper that claims nitro-carburizing produces less dimensional change than carbo-nitriding, apparently there's some.
Consult your heat treater, and they will consult the tea leaves. Or, run a prototype sample and see how the actual part behaves.
Don't know about carbo-nitriding. It's midway between nitriding and carburizing w.r.t. the temperatures involved and what it adds to the surface chemistry. A quick check finds some people saying no dimensional change, other people saying some dimensional change. I did find one paper that claims nitro-carburizing produces less dimensional change than carbo-nitriding, apparently there's some.
Consult your heat treater, and they will consult the tea leaves. Or, run a prototype sample and see how the actual part behaves.
Mike1974
Diamond
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2014
- Location
- Tampa area
Is it the same as "gas nitriding"? I remember years back making parts out of 4140 (I think) and having them gas nitrided(?), no dimensional changes that I remember...
AARONT
Stainless
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2013
- Location
- Madison, WI
I run a batch of parts that have a 7/16-20 3A thread. We have no issues with them when they come back from carbonitride.