The invention discloses a heat treatment method for improving the low-temperature
impact performance of 12Cr13
martensitic stainless steel in the technical field of heat treatment. The heat treatment method comprises the following steps that S1, water
quenching pretreatment is conducted, specifically, a
forge piece is heated to 940-960 DEG C, and heat preservation is conducted for 1-2 h; s2,
quenching cooling: after heat preservation of the
forge piece is finished, discharging and water-cooling; s3,
quenching and heating: heating the
forge piece to 830-850 DEG C, and keeping the temperature for 1-2 hours; s4, quenching cooling: discharging and water-cooling the forged piece after heat preservation is finished; s5, high-temperature
tempering is conducted, specifically, the forge piece is heated to 600-680 DEG C, and heat preservation is conducted for 3.5-4.5 h; and S6,
tempering and cooling, wherein after heat preservation is finished, discharging and
air cooling are conducted, and cooling is conducted to the
room temperature. According to the method, the material
fastener forge piece is subjected to water quenching pretreatment and
fine grain treatment, then the
fastener forge piece is heated at the temperature lower than the conventional austenitizing temperature for subcritical quenching, a small amount of retained
austenite structures are obtained, and the 0 DEG C
impact toughness of the 12Cr13 material
fastener forge piece is improved.