Research Article

Investigation in Gas Carburizing of AISI 4140, EN36, and 16MnCr5 Steels Using the Grey Incidence-Based Taguchi (GIBT) Method

Table 1

Levels of carburizing factors.

SymbolFactorsLevel 1Level 2Level 3

ASubstrate materialEN3616MnCr5AISI 4140
BCarburizing temperature (°C)860900940
CSoaking time (h)456
DTempering temperature (°C)220250280