Surface layer hardening of metastable austenitic steel – Comparison of shot peening and cryogenic turning

In this paper, the effect of shot peening and cryogenic turning on the surface morphologyof the metastable austenitic stainless steel AISI 347 was investigated. In the shot peeningprocess, the coverage and the Almen intensity, which is related to the kinetic energy of thebeads, were varied. During cryogenic turning, the feed rate and the cutting edge radiuswere varied. The manufactured workpieces were characterized by X-ray diffractionregarding the phase fractions, the residual stresses and the full width at half maximum.The microhardness in the hardened surface layer was measured to compare the hardeningeffect of the processes. Furthermore, the surface topography was also characterized. Thenovelty of the research is the direct comparison of the two methods with identical work-pieces (same batch) and identical analytics. It was found that shot peening generally leadsto a more pronounced surface layer hardening, while cryogenic turning allows the hard-ening to be realized in a shorter process chain and also leads to a better surface topog-raphy. For both hardening processes it was demonstrated how the surface morphology canbe modified by adjusting the process parameter