【Haichuan’s Creative Thoughts】Can artificial simulation be used to accelerate natural processes?
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I just saw a post about stress relief through natural aging. Natural aging relies on the temperature differences between day and night to eliminate stress, and these temperature differences aren’t very large; therefore, a long time is required. What if we use exposure to sunlight and rain instead? Could we create a room with controllable temperatures, at 50 degrees Celsius during the day and minus 10 degrees Celsius at night (this is just a hypothesis)? By alternating between high and low temperatures throughout the day, multiple cycles could be achieved (the number of such cycles also needs to be tested). Would this approach result in better stress relief through natural aging? And shorten the time? @gn_1984 @RedLee_ZZHI @rjs999 @ylb913 @Shutong @Zhizhiming Dear friends, I can only tag these people. If you think this topic is interesting, please also tag your friends to join in this creative discussion
It is feasible, but the controlled temperature chamber itself is expensive – its cost is much higher than that of heat treatment. Moreover, depending on the complexity of the structure and differences in thickness, the speed at which the temperature rises or falls varies; a large amount of data is needed to support this process. For important components, the aging process may not follow a daily cycle, but rather be based on the temperature variations throughout the four seasons
This requires breaking traditional thinking. First, if delivery times can be shortened in this way, isn’t that meant to reduce the cost associated with capital utilization and shorten the time during which funds are tied up? For example, if a piece of equipment is worth 100,000 units, its typical production time is five years; by shortening this to two years…
In industrial processing, artificial simulation of aging can save some time, but for heavy industrial machine tools (such as 4-axis/5-axis machining centers), the traditional natural aging method is generally still used.
It seems that the direction has not been deviated from. Is the long natural aging time due to poor aging effects, or insufficient temperature differences during aging?
Vibration aging – any questions? Mechanical waves induce resonance in the metal lattice; strictly speaking, it is vibration, not shaking. Of course, calling it vibration is also fine; everyone understands.
“\"Annealing\" is a method for eliminating stress. I remember when I worked at a foreign company (producing crystal glass cups), I took a defective glass cup that hadn’t been annealed to collect a water sample. After that, I placed it on the windowsill; later, when I wanted to get it back, I saw only a pile of broken glass on the sill……
I’ve learned it; I hadn’t been exposed to it before. Thank you