The invention discloses a
thermal treatment method for carrying out
carburizing and
quenching on a low-
carbon alloy steel workpiece. The
thermal treatment method comprises the steps that (1) after thesurface of the workpiece is cleaned, non-working surfaces of the workpiece are subjected to anti-seepage treatment; (2) after the workpiece is heated to a certain temperature, the temperature is maintained for a certain time, and then, the workpiece is subjected to
carburizing treatment and
diffusion treatment at the temperature; (3) then, the workpiece is cooled, and
quenching is maintained; (4)a part is directly discharged and air-cooled; (5) after
carbon layer turning and stress release
tempering, the workpiece is quenched; (6) the workpiece is quenched in oil; and (7) finally, secondarylow-temperature
tempering is carried out. According to the
thermal treatment method, the workpiece processed and manufactured through low-
carbon alloy steel is subjected to surface
carburizing treatment, so that surface
hardness of the workpiece is improved,
carbide of a product is decreased, and the service life of the product is prolonged; besides, the carburizing and
quenching technology of theproduct is improved, so that utilization performance of the product is improved; and the problem that the service life and utilization performance of the product are affected as
carbide is redundantand too large in a traditional thermal treatment technology is solved, retained
austenite on the surface of the product is decreased as much as possible under the
precondition that performance of theproduct is guaranteed, and deformation of the product is controlled.