Heat treatment & distortion simulation
Heat treatment decides the properties of a part — and often its final shape. Coupled thermal, metallurgical and mechanical simulation predicts carbon profiles, phase fractions, hardness, residual stress and distortion, so quench parameters and fixtures can be chosen by calculation instead of by scrap.
Before the trial, not after it.
- Will case depth and surface hardness meet the drawing after carburizing and quenching?
- How much will the part distort — and how much grinding stock is really needed?
- Gas or oil quench? Which pressure, flow and orientation?
- Where are the tensile residual stresses and quench-crack risks?
- How should the part be fixtured or loaded in the furnace?
Results you can act on.
- Carbon (and nitrogen) diffusion profiles
- Phase fractions, hardness and case depth
- Residual stress and distortion fields
- Quench-crack risk indicators
- Recommended quench and fixturing parameters
Where this matters most.
- Carburized aero-engine and rotorcraft gears and shafts (Pyrowear 53, AISI 9310)
- Induction-hardened shafts, splines and bearing components
- Armor and gun steels — quench cracking and plate distortion
- Ni-superalloy disks — quench and age, residual stress before machining
Want this capability in-house?
DEFORM-HT2 / HT3, or the Heat Treatment and Heating modules for DEFORM-2D/3D; Inverse HTC and Material Suite for calibration.
DEFORM systems and licenses →Heat treatment & distortion in DEFORM.
Preform design, die fill, laps and folds, press load.
Roll kinematics, fishtail, ovality and profile fill.
Recrystallization, grain growth and phase transformation.
Residual stress carried from forging and heat treatment into thin walls.
Multi-stage drawing, ironing, extrusion — and the tools that make them.
A part that keeps failing inspection?
Tell us the material and the defect. In 30 minutes you will know whether simulation can solve it.