Author Topic: Can this part be saved? Internal stress  (Read 2722 times)

Offline ddmckee54

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Re: Can this part be saved? Internal stress
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2025, 07:54:00 AM »
Stress relieving is done at a lower temperature, for a longer time, and with a more controlled cooling than annealing - isn't it?

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Re: Can this part be saved? Internal stress
« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2025, 02:36:10 PM »
Stress relieving is done at a lower temperature, for a longer time, and with a more controlled cooling than annealing - isn't it?
In general, yes. The exact 'recipe' varies with the alloy. For brass, the cooling doesn't matter as much as it does for steel.

 

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