Composition and properties of steel in cast and forged railroad wheels

Effect of Heat Treatment Process on the Microstructure and Hardness of Train Wheel Material

“…Therefore, efforts are needed to reduce dependence on imported the train wheel. Train wheels can be made by either casting or forging methods [1,2]. In general, the forged train wheel shows superior mechanical properties in comparison to the cast train wheel [1].…”

“…The forging process is also more competitive to produce products in large quantities (mass production) [3]. On the other hand, cast train wheel requires cheaper costs both initial investment and production costs for a limited number of products [1,2]. Therefore, this method is still widely applied by many train wheel industries.…”

“…Therefore, this method is still widely applied by many train wheel industries. The cast train wheel manufacturing process begins with the casting process and followed by heat treatment processes namely normalizing, surface hardening, and tempering [1,2].…”