Is this material salvagable, How would we get the correct rc reading from each bar, 4 ft lengths? Would the decarb need to be removed?
Is there anyone who has ran across this problem? How was it resolved?
Thanks,
Jim
Could you go into more detail about decarburization & method of hardness testing and a solution. How thick would the decarb be ? How could the decarb be removed?
Have you seen this problem before? It has us scratching our heads. We though we just send the bars out for ht get them back certified...
We had 7/8" dia bar 4140h heat treated, 41-50 rc. the vendor could not get a consistent rc reading on the outside ,30-54. Why would this be. Also we machined some parts and got 41-54 rc readings. Why would this be? The vendor has also tried re-heat treating the bars with the same result on the...