Failure analysis of axle shaft of a fork lift

Un nouveau cas concret d’analyse de défaillance publié dans « Case studies in Engineering Failure Analysis » sur Science Direct.com.

An axle shaft of fork lift failed at operation within 296 hours of service. The shaft transmits torque from discrepancy to wheel through planetary gear arrangement. A section of fractured axle shaft made of induction-hardened steel was analyzed to determine the root cause of the failure.  The analysis suggests that the fracture initiated from the martensitic case as brittle mode due to improper heat treatment process (high hardness). Moreover the inclusions along the hot working direction i.e. in the longitudinal axis made the component more susceptible to failure.

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