A New Hot Stamping Process with Quenching and Partitioning Treatment

Abstract

A new hot stamping process with quenching and partitioning treatment is proposed in the paper. Compared to direct hot stamping process, the microstructures with some retained austenite not only including martensite are formed according to the constrained carbon equilibrium (CCE) model. During the new hot stamping process, tools with high temperature are used to control the quenching temperature (QT) between Ms and Mf, and the partitioning treatment of the part is also implemented in the tools by prolonging holding times. In this paper, different holding times (partitioning times) controlled by servo press, are used to research the influence of partitioning time on mechanical properties.