The invention provides a steel wire
quenching process, and relates to the technical field of heat treatment, and the steel wire
quenching process comprises the following steps: S1, pretreatment: a steel wire to be quenched is sequentially subjected to alkali washing, acid
pickling and
passivation treatment, the alkali washing treatment is performed for 5-8 min by using a 8%-12%
sodium hydroxide solution at 50-70 DEG C, the acid
pickling treatment is performed for 3-5 min by using a 15%-20%
hydrochloric acid solution at 20-30 DEG C, the
passivation treatment is performed for 1-2 min by using a chromate solution at
room temperature, and then the steel wire is aired; and S2,
induction heating: the pretreated steel wire is heated to 880-920 DEG C by a medium-frequency
induction heating device in a segmented mode, heat preservation is conducted for 5-8 s, and complete austenitizing is achieved. In the method, the
temperature control precision is improved, the surface
temperature difference of the steel wire is smaller than or equal to + / -5 DEG C through
induction heating, the austenitizing uniformity is improved, the tensile strength fluctuation range of the quenched steel wire is reduced to be smaller than or equal to 5%, and the product percent of pass is high. The water-soluble
quenching liquid is free of oil
smoke emission, the cyclic
utilization rate is larger than or equal to 90%, the COD value of waste liquid is smaller than or equal to 500 mg / L, compared with
mineral oil quenching,
pollutant emission is reduced by 92%, and the
salt bath quenching salt
slag generation amount is reduced to zero.