NF EN ISO 2639
Steel - Determination and verification of the depth of carburized and hardened cases
ISO 2639 defines the case-hardened depth, and specifies methods for the determination of this depth, in steel.It is applicable tocarburized cases and carbonitrided cases;parts that, when heat treated to final hardness, have a hardness of less than 450 HV 1 at a distance of three times the case-hardened depth, from the surface.The case-hardened depth is defined by special agreement where these conditions are not met.
ISO 2639 defines the case-hardened depth, and specifies methods for the determination of this depth, in steel.
It is applicable to
- carburized cases and carbonitrided cases;
- parts that, when heat treated to final hardness, have a hardness of less than 450 HV 1 at a distance of three times the case-hardened depth, from the surface.
The case-hardened depth is defined by special agreement where these conditions are not met.
ISO 18203:2016 specifies a method of measuring the case hardening depth, surface hardening depth, nitriding hardness depth and total thickness of surface hardening depth obtained, e.g. thermal (flame and induction hardening, electron beam hardening, laser beam hardening, etc.) or thermochemical (carbonitriding, carburizing and hardening, hardening and nitriding, etc.) treatment.
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