This invention relates to the field of
steel ball manufacturing technology, and particularly to a high-efficiency
quenching process for
steel ball manufacturing. The process sequentially includes
raw material pretreatment, segmented preheating,
induction heating, three-dimensional flow-guided
quenching, two-stage
tempering, surface
residual compressive stress strengthening, online detection, and
quenching medium circulation regeneration. This ensures that the internal structure of the
steel ball is fully austenitized before entering the quenching tank. A high-speed circulating
polymer aqueous solution quenching structure is used, allowing the steel ball to achieve a rapid and uniform
cooling rate under the action of three-dimensional eddies, effectively reducing quenching cracks and
microstructure inhomogeneity. Two-stage
tempering combined with high-pressure rolling strengthening forms a deep compressive stress layer on the surface. Through closed-
loop control of temperature, flow rate, vacuum degree, and
data acquisition, this process significantly improves the
hardness consistency of the steel ball, reduces the probability of quenching deformation and defects, and produces products with high precision, dense
microstructure, and long fatigue life. It overcomes the problems of
high energy consumption, low efficiency, and unstable quality associated with traditional intermittent quenching.