The influence of heat treatment and deep rolling on the mechanical properties and integrity of AISI 1060 steel

This work addresses the influence of distinct microstructures and deep rolling parameters on the behaviour of AISI 1060 steel. For this purpose, the work material was initially subjected to subcritical and full annealing as well as to hardening through quenching and tempering. The specimens were subsequently deep rolled under different rolling pressures and numbers of passes. The findings indicate that plastic deformation increases with rolling pressure and number of passes due to more intense cold working and that under identical deep rolling conditions the fully annealed material presents more severe deformation than the subcritically annealed samples. Moreover, the ability of deep rolling to increase surface hardness decreases with the elevation of the hardness of the original material. The values of the yield and ultimate tensile strength were affected in different manners by deep rolling depending on work material condition and the tensile residual stresses observed after turning were converted into compressive values by deep rolling. Finally, the elevation of rolling pressure and number of passes presented distinct effects on the microhardness distribution beneath the surface depending on the work material condition.