The invention relates to the technical field of
metal heat treatment, and discloses an anti-
hydrogen embrittlement carburizing heat treatment process for a high-strength self-tapping screw, which comprises the following steps: placing a workpiece in a
carburizing furnace, heating to
carburizing temperature, and executing multi-cycle pulse carburizing, including a strong carburizing stage and a
diffusion stage; a
sulfur-containing
atmosphere is introduced in the workpiece heating and
diffusion stage; after carburization is finished, the workpiece is subjected to high-pressure
air cooling, the temperature of the workpiece is reduced to be higher than the
martensite phase transformation point, then the workpiece is immediately immersed into an in-situ
passivation quenching medium for liquid cooling, and a liquid-phase
hydrogen barrier is established in the medium-temperature phase transformation
window period; and the quenched workpiece is subjected to low-temperature
tempering. According to the invention, through a double cooperation mechanism of high-temperature dynamic
sulfur potential control and medium-temperature in-situ
passivation quenching, the invasion of
hydrogen is inhibited from the source in the whole process, so that the diffusible
hydrogen content of the workpiece is extremely low. Therefore, according to the process, the
hydrogen embrittlement risk is eliminated, the hydrogen removal baking procedure is not needed, meanwhile,
quenching deformation is reduced through segmented controlled cooling, and the product size precision is guaranteed.