Performance Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of EN41B using Gas Nitriding Process

The main objective of this project is to develop and establish a gas nitriding process and investigation of Gas nitriding characteristics of most commonly used EN41B alloy steel. Gas nitriding process is heat treatment process used for improving wear resistance, corrosion resistance and to improve mechanical properties almost applied to the range of steels containing nitride-forming elements such as chromium, molybdenum, vanadium and aluminium. With the use of furnace the gas nitriding process is possible by using different input parameter as Process control, Process chamber maintenance, Time, Temperature, Gas activity control, Gas flow, Carbon content, Furnace temperature etc, and observe its effects on output parameter like layer thickness, hardness, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, mechanical properties. To perform the experiment, an experimental design matrix was constituted using the design of the experiments.