ABSTRACT

Turbine blade in an electric generator steam power was a critical component

which convert energy from steam flow to mechanical energy. Turbine blade run in a
high volution that might bring a failure because of a damage in turbine when friction
between blade and foreign material. The aim of this study was to know the impact of
heat distribution in quenching and tempering method against the hardness and
resillience of abration in unrustable steel martensitic 13Cr.
In this study, the heat distributed in quenching method at the temperature of
950C-1100C with oil as a quenching media while tempering in a temperature of
300C-700C. Hardness tested by Rockwell method and abration resilience tested by
giving 100 grams, 500 grams and 1000 grams load with 1000 rotation for each load.
There was an increase in hardness test result. In the hardening tempering
temperature of 600C, the highest rate in austenisation temperature of 1050C was
49,7 HRC, the lowest rate in hardening temperature of 1000C was 38,2 HRC. In the
tempering with asustenisation temperature of 1050C, the highest rate in tempering
temperature of 300C was 57,3 HRC, the lowest rate in tempering temperature 700C
was 32,9 HRC. The best result for abration resillience test in quenching with
tempering temperature of 600C was 1000 grams load when the highest durability of
wear in hardening temperature of 1050C with 18,54 mg/cm weight loss, the lowest
rate was in hardening temperature 950C with the 24,10 mg/cm weight loss. When
the best result for tempering durability of wear in hardening temperature of 1050C
was 1000 grams load with highest durability of wear rate in tempering temperature of
300C with the 13,72 mg/cm weight loss, the lowest was in tempering temperature of
700C with 27,32 mg/cm weight loss.
Keywords: Steam Turbine Blade, Quenching, Tempering, Hardness, and Durability of
Wear