Automatic quantitative analysis of microstructure of ductile cast iron using digital image processing

Authors

  • Abhijit Malage
  • Priti P. Rege
  • Manoj J. Rathod

Keywords:

Ferritic Pearlitic Ductile iron, microstructure, nodule, CHT

Abstract

Ductile cast iron is preferred as nodular iron or spheroidal graphite iron. Ductile cast iron contains graphite in form of discrete nodules and matrix of ferrite and perlite. In order to determine the mechanical properties, one needs to determine volume of phases in matrix and nodularity in the microstructure of metal sample. Manual methods available for this, are time consuming and accuracy depends on expertize. The paper proposes a novel method for automatic quantitative analysis of microstructure of Ferritic Pearlitic Ductile Iron which calculates volume of phases and nodularity of that sample. This gives results within a very short time (approximately 5 sec) with 98% accuracy for volume phases of matrices and 90% of accuracy for nodule detection and analysis which are in the range of standard specified for SG 500/7 and validated by metallurgist.

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Malage, Abhijit, Priti P. Rege, and Manoj J. Rathod. 2015. “Automatic Quantitative Analysis of Microstructure of Ductile Cast Iron Using Digital Image Processing”. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 21 (3):155-66. https://metall-mater-eng.com/index.php/home/article/view/77.

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