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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1995
Kyozaburo Furumura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a quench-hardening testing method in which the quench-hardened depth of a quench-hardened layer and the quench-hardening pattern in inner and outer circumferential surfaces of hollow and solid parts can be measured through non-destructive inspection. A quantity of change in size, between before and after quench-hardening, of a hollow or solid member subjected to quench-hardening treatment in at least one of inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the member is measured, and the measured quantity of change is compared with a pre-measured quantity of change in size of a good member or a value obtained by a comparative calculating operation in accordance with a predetermined algorithm on the basis of the measure quantity of change is compared with a predetermined value of the good member to thereby judge the state of quench-hardening. Thus, even in the case of parts complicated in shape or even in the case of small size hollow parts, the quench-hardened depth of a quench-hardened layer and the quality of the quench-hardening pattern of the parts can be measured through non-destructive inspection.