Please answer sub-parts, A,B, and C . Thank you! Question 3. The company, which

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Please answer sub-parts, A,B, and C. Thank you!

Question 3. The company, which makes the forging die was impressed by your knowledge and problem solving skill and introduced you to a truck company, which have a problem in one of their product. This lift truck manufacturer has to recall several thousand lift-trucks to change lifting-fork arms because many lifting-fork arms had failed prematurely. When you observed the failure lifting-fork arms, you found small surface cracks in various locations but no full through crack was found. The arm was not fractured but bended. The failed lifting-fork arms were made of forged EN25 steel and had been subjected to shock loading and heavy lifting while in service. A metallographic study showed that a coarse pearlite microstructure was present at the center of the arm and coarse bainite microstructure as shown below) was observed

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1. heat treatment is not properly carried out.

2.the temperature should be monitered very carefuly .proper heat treatment process should be selected

3.all should be heat treated again.

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