Thermo-mechanicaltreatment(TMT):TMTisanacronymforthephrase‘thermo-mechanicaltreatment’
TheBureauofIndianStandardswhileissuingthenewcodeIS:1786-1985TMTBarsisanacronymfor“thermo-mechanicaltreatment”
ThermoMechanicallyTreated(TMT)barsaremanufacturedusingthe'Quenching&Tempering'(Q&T)technology
TMTbarsgetsitsstrengthpropertiesfromquenchingandtempering
NomechanicaltreatmentisinvolvedinTMTBars
Quenching:HotTMTbarscomingoutfromrollingmillsaretreated(cooled)withwateronthesurfacetoformmartensiteonthesurface,thecoreremainaustenitic
TheTMTsteelbarsarepassedthroughawater-coolingsystemwheretheyarekepttilltheoutersurfaceofthebarsbecomescolderwhilethecoreremainshot
Thiscreatesatemperaturegradientinthebars
Tempcore:TMTBARSareremovedfromcoolingzone
Atemperaturegradientisestablishedinthecrosssection
Itcauses