Continuous austempering fluidized bed furnace. Final report
- Lamar Univ., Beaumont, TX (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
The intended objective of this project was to show the benefits of using a fluidized bed furnace for austenitizing and austempering of steel castings in a continuous manner. The division of responsibilities was as follows: (1) design of the fluidized bed furnace--Kemp Development Corporation; (2) fabrication of the fluidized bed furnace--Quality Electric Steel, Inc.; (3) procedure for austempering of steel castings, analysis of the results after austempering--Texas A and M University (Texas Engineering Experiment Station). The Department of Energy provided funding to Texas A and M University and Kemp Development Corporation. The responsibility of Quality Electric Steel was to fabricate the fluidized bed, make test castings and perform austempering of the steel castings in the fluidized bed, at their own expense. The project goals had to be reviewed several times due to financial constraints and technical difficulties encountered during the course of the project. The modifications made and the associated events are listed in chronological order.
- Research Organization:
- Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Texas Engineering Experiment Station; Kemp Development Corp., Houston, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG07-94ID13323
- OSTI ID:
- 532525
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ID/13323-T1; ON: DE97009420; TRN: AHC29721%%75
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 23 Sep 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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