As a result of the demand for increasing the operating life of aeronautic
parts, it is sought in this work to optimize the mechanical characteristics
of a bearing submitted to marine environment.
Phase transformations during high speed austenizing have been
studied together with the influence of thermal stresses due to induction
heating. It is observed that there are two ways to obtain the best
mechanical properties among which the shortest cycle could be
used to reduce heat treatment time of highly alloyed cold work
steels.