The precipitation and dissolution of alloy iron carbides in vacuum carburization processes for automotive and aircraft applications – Part II

The article is dedicated to the experiments and tests on the phenomena of precipitation and dissolution of alloy iron carbides in vacuum carburization processes. Special attention has been paid to the possibility of using artificial neural networks to predict the speed of the processes examined. In the section below, we are presenting the precipitation phenomena taking place in vacuum carburization processes and the experiments that were conducted. Moreover, a qualitative and metallographic analysis of carbide phenomena was described together with the method of numerical modelling and predicting the processes with the use of artificial neural networks.