Application and Optimization of Heat Treatment Technology in Stainless Steel Forgings
Heat treatment technology is a crucial process in the manufacturing of stainless steel forgings, which can effectively enhance their mechanical and corrosion-resistant properties, and improve their service life and reliability. Therefore, how to optimize heat treatment processes and improve heat treatment quality has become an important issue for the sustainable development of the stainless steel forging industry.
Currently, with the country’s strict environmental protection and high efficiency requirements for heat treatment technology, as well as the new national strategy of “artificial intelligence + advanced manufacturing industry,” the stainless steel forging industry is facing increasing government regulation and market competition. Independent innovation and transformation and upgrading are indispensable development strategies.
Firstly, the national policy encourages enterprises to create efficient, energy-saving, and low-carbon heat treatment processes and equipment. For example, in the “Guiding Opinions on the Steel Industry in 2025” released by the National Iron Ore Corporation in 2017, it is explicitly stated to support the construction of new furnaces and kilns and improving the energy utilization rate in the steel production process. At the same time, strengthening the source control of the production process of stainless steel forgings and achieving harmonious development has positive significance for promoting healthy industry development.
Secondly, the country encourages enterprises to increase their scientific and technological innovation efforts, promote the transformation of stainless steel forging manufacturing processes. For example, Luoyang Molybdenum Co. Ltd. has developed stainless steel forgings based on high-strength micro-alloys by exploring and improving heat treatment processes, significantly improving their mechanical and corrosion-resistant properties, and obtaining a national invention patent. This innovative achievement not only reveals a revolutionary new approach to heat treatment but also opens up new prospects for safe and efficient stainless steel forging manufacturing.
Lastly, the national policy encourages enterprises to strengthen quality control and management, promote the automation and intelligence of heat treatment processes. For example, the upgrading of the heat treatment control system of China Shipbuilding Heavy Industries Group Company eliminated unnecessary human factors, avoided variations and fluctuations in the heat treatment process, thereby achieving stable and efficient heat treatment processes and improving the consistency and reliability of stainless steel forgings.
In summary, there is still considerable room for the application and optimization of heat treatment technology in the manufacturing of stainless steel forgings. With the gradual improvement of policies and regulations and the increasingly fierce market competition, enterprises should base themselves on their own industrial characteristics, use advanced technology means such as the Internet and artificial intelligence, explore new heat treatment processes and equipment, improve product quality and market competitiveness.
