Skip to main content
Skip header

Modern methods of heat treatment

* Exchange students do not have to consider this information when selecting suitable courses for an exchange stay.

Course Unit Code636-3009/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
MAZ37prof. Ing. Eva Mazancová, CSc.
KRA58Ing. Martin Kraus, Ph.D.
Summary
In the introduction given subject is focused on basic heat treatment (HT) types, on which selected, the most perspective HT ways follow-up, including their analyses and/or physical metallurgical principles. Further, structures stability and instability conditions are discussed, which occur in case of up-to-day types of surface treatment of metal materials, e.g. after electo heating, plasma or laser exposition. Heat treatments of chosen nonferrous metals are integral part of subject. Up-to-day HT technologies enable to reach promising mechanical-metallurgical steels properties under economical advantageous conditions and favourable energy demands.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
- student will be able to compare the basic heat treatment (HT) types with unconventional HT types and will be able to use those in technical praxis.
- in some cases student will be able to use the acquired information for the „on line“ HT without conventional followed-up HT
- student will be able to suggest concrete steps for the HT using unconventional technics as are e.g. laser or plasma exposition, electric heat and/or ADI method
Course Contents
1. Summary of basic heat treatment types, Phase transformations in steels. Structure modification under heating.
2. Annealing, quenching and temperature influence and cooling way on final structure. Hardenability evaluation.
3. Tempering after quenching. Physical aspect of temper brittleness.
4. Quenching and deformation aging of low carbon steels and its practical use for basic mechanical properties interpretation.
5. Deformation in recrystallization area, in suppressed recrystallization area and in two phase area. Deformation bands, deformation and annealing twins.
6. Up-to-day treatment of some steel types without necessity of next application of conventional heat treatment types.
7. Prediction of microstructure characteristics during deformation strengthened austenite transformation.
8. Dissolving annealing and precipitation hardening. Unconventional inter-critical annealing applied in bainite steels.
9. Up-to-day treatment of multiphase steels.
10. Heat treatment of various tool steels types.
11. Materials treatment by use of laser exposition.
12. Material treatment by use of plasma exposition and of electric heating.
13. ADI treatment.
14. Selected treatment types of some nonferrous metals.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
MAZANCOVÁ, E. Modern Methods of Heat Treatment. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2013. Available from: https://www.fmmi.vsb.cz/cs/studenti/study-support/advanced-engineering-materials/index.html

GU, D.D., W. MEINERS, K. WISSENBACH and R. POPRAWE. Laser Aditive Manufacturing of Metallic Components, Materials, Processes and Mechanisms. Internat. Materials Reviews. 2011, 56(5/6), 341-388. ISSN 0950-6608.

MAZANCOVÁ, E. and K. Mazanec. Physical Metallurgy of Thermo-Mechanical Treatment of Structural Steels. Cambridge: Cambridge Int. Sci. Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1898326436.
MAZANCOVÁ, E. Moderní metody tepelného zpracování. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2013. Dostupné z: https://www.fmmi.vsb.cz/cs/katedry-a-pracoviste/636/vyukove-opory-katedry/index.html

VRBOVÁ, M., H. Jelínková a P. Gavrilov. Úvod do laserové techniky. Praha: ČVÚT Praha, 1998. ISBN80-01-01108-9.

DE MOOR, E., P.J. GIBBS, J.G. SPEER and D.K. MATLOK. Strategies for Third-Generation Advanced High-Strength Steel Development. Iron and Steel Technology. 2010, 7(3), 133-144. ISSN 1547-0423.

MAZANCOVÁ, E. and K. Mazanec. Physical Metallurgy of Thermo-Mechanical Treatment of Structural Steels. Cambridge: Cambridge Int. Sci. Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1898326436.
Recommended Reading:
MAZANCOVÁ, E. and K. Mazanec. Three Stage Heat Treatment and its Physical Metalurgy. In: Olabi, A.G. and S.J. Hashmi, ed. Advances in Materials and Technologies: 8.7.-11.7. 2003, DCU. Dublin: Dublin City University, 2003, p. 33-36. ISBN 1-882527-397.

ROBERTS, G., G. KRAUS and R. KENNEDY. Tool Steels. Materials Park, OH: ASM International, 1998. ISBN 0-8717-599-0.

TOTTEN, G.E. Steel Heat Treatment. Metallurgy and Technologies. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis Group, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8493-8455-4.

2. CALLISTER, W.D. Materials Science and Engineering. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014. ISBN 13 (EAN) 9781118319222.
FREMUNT, P., J. Krejík a T. Podrábský. Nástrojové oceli. Brno: DT-Brno, 1994.

FREMUNT, P. a T. Podrábský. Konstrukční oceli. Brno: CERM, 1996. ISBN 80-858667-95-8
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 15
        ExaminationExamination70 36