What is ISO 683‑2 - Quenching and tempering about?
ISO 683 is a series of international standards on heat-treatable steels, alloy steels, and free-cutting steels that discusses the best procedures and specifications required for quenching and tempering of alloy steel. ISO 683‑2 is the second part of a series of documents on heat-treatable steels, alloy steels, and free-cutting steels. ISO 683‑2 specifies the technical delivery requirements for semi-finished products, hot-formed, e.g. blooms, billets, slabs, bars, wire rod, finished flat products, and hammer or drop forgings manufactured from the direct hardening alloy steels and the alloy flame.
Who is ISO 683‑2 - Quenching and tempering for?
ISO 683‑2 on heat-treatable steels, alloy steels, and free-cutting steels is relevant to:
- Steel manufacturers
- Metallurgist
- Metal testing laboratory
Why should you use ISO 683‑2 - Quenching and tempering?
Quenching and tempering are processes that strengthen materials like steel and other iron-based alloys. These processes strengthen the alloys by heating the material while simultaneously cooling in water, oil, forced air, or gases such as nitrogen.
ISO 683‑2 provides information on the manufacturing process, heat-treatment condition, surface condition, chemical composition, mechanical properties and hardenability, surface quality, testing procedures, frequency of testing, verification of the hardenability, hardness and mechanical properties, mechanical tests.
ISO 683‑2 exemplifies the required chemical composition, mechanical properties that help you achieve precision in terms of product functionality and specification.
As a user of ISO 683‑2, you can be ensured of the properties of alloy steel. With obedience and compliance to ISO 683‑2, you can efficiently perform quenching and tempering of alloy steel. With ISO 683‑2 you can be ensured that the products consistently meet and exceed quality assurance targets. ISO 683‑2 provides you with comprehensive information useful throughout the process of production.
