Date of Issue 99/12/24

Product HES Office

HES

HES
A 3032-99A
B REV1
SPECIFICATION STANDARD OF HYDROGEN
EMBRITTLEMENT REMOVAL TREATMENT

1. SCOPE
This standard specifies the removal treatment of hydrogen embrittlement (hereinafter referred to as
baking), resulting from electroplating and acid pickling.

2. APPLICABLE PARTS
The applicable parts for baking shall be as follows:
2.1 Parts which are electroplated after heat treatment (quenching, or quenching and tempering), and
whose true hardness (*1) after the heat treatment exceeds HRC 32 (or equivalent).
2.2 Parts which are electroplated after case hardening (*2) except for nitriding, and whose true hardness
after the heat treatment exceeds HRC 32 (or equivalent).
2.3 Parts which are electroplated after nitriding, and whose nitrided layer has an inside hardness which
exceeds HRC 32 (or equivalent).
2.4 Parts which are electroplated after cold working, and whose true hardness exceeds HRC 32 (or
equivalent).
2.5 Parts which are pickled, and whose true hardness exceeds HRC 40 (or equivalent).
2.6 Other parts which specially require baking.
Note:
(*1) True hardness refers to the hardness of the material below the plated layer. (When performed by
heat treatment in a recarburization atmosphere, some parts, which are specified to be hardened and
tempered in ordinary procedure, may produce a surface hardening phenomena. If 30 for HRC and 340
for HMV obtained as the measured values, they mean HMV 340 ( HRC 34) as the true hardness,
requiring hydrogen embrittlement removal treatment.)
(*2) Refers to carburizing, induction hardening, and flame hardening.

3. BAKING
3.1 The Temperature and Duration of Baking
Temperature: 185 + 10 oC
Duration: 4 hours min.

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 Remarks:
1. Baking conditions other than that given above shall be determined after discussion with the
department responsible.
2. The temperature of baking means the temperature of the baked material.

3.2 Baking procedure

Baking shall be performed immediately after acid pickling and plating. A chemical treatment, such as
zinc chromating, shall be performed after baking.

4. DRAWING INDICATIONS
4.1 Refer to HES A 3010 for the method of indicating baking on the plated parts.
Example: SURFACE TREATMENT: MFZn2-H B
Indication code for baking
4.2 The baking indication for acid pickling shall conform to the processes of each factory, as a rule.

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 Revision Record
Year Rec Issue NewsNo Prep Conf Appvl Remarks
71 EST 71/09/20 71040 Shimazaki Shimane Sato
74 REV1 74/03/12 74004 Katagiri Shimane Endo
74 Rewrite 87/03/02 ----- Oooka Tomino Katagiri Data transfer to W/P
74 Rewrite 95/02/07 ----- Tanaka Shimada Yamada Data transfer to PC
74 Rewrite 98/06/30 ----- Tashiro Shimada Honda Data transfer to Notes DB
99 Correction 99/08/05 99011 Kobayashi Naya Tomino Correction of errors
99A Correction 99/12/24 99017 Tomonaga Naya Tomino Correction of errors

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