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Modern Technologies for Strengthening Steels for the Manufacture of Protective Elements of Bulletproof Vests. Part 1
(National Science Center, Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkiv, 2026) Deineko, Leonid M.; Pinchuk, Victoria L.; Panchenko, A. V.
ENG: In the conditions of a full-scale war that is ongoing in Ukraine, the issue of protecting the lives and health of citizens has acquired particular importance. Reliable personal protective equipment, in particular personal protective equipment (PPE) – bulletproof vests, are vital to save lives and minimize the risks of injuries and wounds not only from bullets, but to a greater extent from fragments. The key requirement for the armor plate material is the ability to withstand the action of ammunition of a certain type without penetrating and damaging a person with fragments that can peel off from the opposite plane of the armor plate. Armor steels provide such ballistic resistance with high-strength low-alloy or alloyed grades and the structural state of the metal, which is provided by preliminary and final thermal (or combined) treatment. The specific level of properties of the metal of armor plates already depends on the protection class (for which they are planned), chemical composition and metal processing parameters. The purpose of this article is to study the influence of the chemical composition of steels and the modes of thermal (for a homogeneous state) and chemical-thermal treatments (to obtain a heterogeneous state) on the properties of the steels selected for the study and to choose a rational composition of steels for the manufacture of protective sheets of armor and to develop modern processing modes to ensure 4–5 classes of protection according to DSTU 8782:2018, which is one of the key ones in Ukraine in this area. Based on the results of theoretical and experimental research, parameters of the technology of heat treatment with volumetric strengthening of protective elements of body armor are proposed, using chromium-nickel-molybdenum-vanadium steel as an example to obtain bulletproof effect up to class 5 of protection in the conditions of operation of body armor.
Strengthening of Expanders for Tube Profile Presses for the Production of Corrosion-Resistant Tubes by Liquid Carbonitriding
(National Science Center, Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkiv, 2025) Deyneko, Leonid M.; Kryvchyk, Lilia S.; Pinchuk, Victoria L.; Baskevych, O. S.; Panchenko, A. V.; Taranenko, A. O.
ENG: In the creation of competitive products at the stage of technological development, one of the most important tasks of applied science is the development of new materials for advanced products and technologies for their strengthening. One of the types of hot metal deformation is hot pressing. It is widely used for the manufacture of products from many steels and alloys that are difficult to deform. With the development of production in various industries, a large number of varieties of the pressing process have emerged, and the number of alloys being pressed has sharply increased. Another most important advantage of pressed products is that they can be made in such a complex configuration that cannot be obtained by other methods of pressure processing or even cutting. The most widespread application of pressing is for the production of tubes from low-plasticity steels and alloys. The quality of tubes obtained by pressing is largely determined by the durability of the tool [1]. Blanks made of high-alloy steels are subjected to through drilling before pressing and, in some cases, expansion. The expansion process is used in the production of tubes from high-alloy steels because piercing them is difficult and leads to increased wall thickness variation. The expansion of the blank is carried out by an expander, with a piercing needle coaxially fixed at the front end of the expander, the length of which is 1.2–3.0 times the length of the drilled blank. Steels for hot pressing tools have prolonged contact with hot metal, and the working tool operates under conditions of high temperatures, intense sliding speeds, and significant specific pressure, which necessitates the use of high-alloy heat-resistant tool steels with increased toughness and strength as the material [2]. The article proposes and justifies the use of liquid carbonitriding after quenching and tempering of tool die steel 4X4VMFS for the manufacture of expanders for tube profile presses with the aim of increasing the strength, wear resistance, and operational durability of tube pressing tools for the production of tubes from corrosion-resistant high-alloy steels.
Structure and Properties of the Nitrogenated Layer of X40CrMoV5-1-1 Steel Obtained in the Ion-Plasma Two-Stage Vacuum-Arc Discharge
(National Science Center "Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology", Kharkiv, 2024) Deyneko, Leonid M.; Stolbovyy, V. O.; Romanova, Natalia S.; Kryvchyk, Lilia S.; Pinchuk, Victoria L.
ENG: In the production of pipes from corrosion-resistant steels on tube rolling mills, a relevant problem is the low durability of the pipe tooling. Therefore, the creation of high-performance and durable tools is primarily associated with obtaining and processing materials capable of withstanding harsh working conditions. The paper analyzes the structure and properties of the nitrogenated layer formed on the surface of the stamping tool made of X40CrMoV5-1-1 steel using the ion-plasma nitriding technology in a two-stage vacuum-arc discharge, aimed at improving the wear resistance of the pipe pressing tool. The article proposes, substantiates, and calculates a mathematical model of microhardness distribution with depth of the diffusion layer based on the Kolmogorov-Johnson-Mehl-Avrami equation, which takes into account phase transformations associated with reaction diffusion processes during nitriding. An analysis of the thermodynamic stability of nitride diffusion zones responsible for improving the wear resistance of the tool is provided.