The invention belongs to the technical field of bearing manufacturing, and particularly relates to a
quenching and
tempering heat treatment method for a large heavy-duty bearing ring piece, which is suitable for
quenching and
tempering heat treatment of a thick large-section ring piece. And the thick and large-section
ferrule ring piece is heated to the
quenching temperature in a segmented and stepped mode, the
ferrule ring piece is hoisted to a circulating
water pool to be subjected to
water cooling after heat preservation is completed, cooling is conducted till the surface temperature of the ring piece is lower than 100 DEG C, and the quenched
ferrule ring piece is timely charged into a furnace to be tempered twice. The surface of the ferrule ring subjected to quenching and
tempering heat treatment is free of cracks, the deformation degree is small, a
martensite structure with the full cross section quenched thoroughly can be obtained, and the uniformity of the
surface layer, the core structure and the performance of the ferrule ring with the thick and large cross section can be greatly improved. In addition, the quenching and tempering heat treatment process is simple to operate, and the consistency of the performance of the ferrule ring pieces in all batches is easily ensured. The method is not limited to a process of a large heavy-duty bearing ring piece, is also very suitable for thermal refining of other large forgings, and solves the defect problems of non-uniform structure, unstable performance and the like.