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01-02-2022
Development and Practical Use of the Steel Hardenability Engineering Program
Published in: Metallurgist | Issue 9-10/2022
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Abstract
This article presents an overview and brief results of the development of a special program for calculating the hardenability band depending on the steel chemical composition. This program is used by engineering and technical specialists of “BSW — management company of “BMC” holding.”
The program development included several stages of work and was implemented on a “simple-to-complex” basis. The programming language used was C#, and the interface was based on Windows Forms. The design environment was Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Professional. The program database was created using the design environment provided by the program for deploying and developing databases, i.e., Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The development period was from 2016 to 2021, the active development duration was from 2016 to 2019, and there was one developer. Currently, only data from new steel standards with a requirement for hardenability band are entered into the program. The data are kept up to date.
From 2018 to 2021, another version of the program was developed with almost the same functions only in the Microsoft Visual Basic design environment built into the Excel program, which has an open software code. This version is used in the plant for daily work.
Consequently, using company’s own resources, a software module was developed, which includes several variants of theoretical calculations and a database that includes the information from various technical standards. The program enables the generation of all kinds of reports and a block for data analysis.