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The Carbo-Austempering™ process is a high performance steel heat treatment that combines a high carbon bainitic case with either a bainitic or tempered Martensite core to produce a component with an exceptional combination of strength and toughness. This paper will review the Carbo-Austempering™ process and its commercial applications. The properties of Carbo-Austempered™ steel along with the benefits and limitations of the process will also be discussed.

The Austempering process is a high performance heat treatment that, when applied to ferrous materials, produces components that, in many cases, have properties superior to those processed by conventional means. The Austempering processes include: Austempered Ductile Iron Austempered Gray Iron Austempered Steels and Powdered Metals Carbo-Austempered™ Steels Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) has an exceptionally high strength-to-weight ratio with good fatigue strength and fracture toughness. In fact, with strength three times greater than that of aluminum with only two and a half times the density, ADI can replace aluminum at equal weight for a substantial cost savings. Austempered Gray Iron (AGI) has an excellent combination of noise damping, wear resistance and thermal conductivity. It has received a great deal of attention as diesel engine manufacturers increase cylinder pressures to meet ever more stringent exhaust requirements.