摘要:
To provide a coil spring having excellent fatigue resistance. Disclosed is a coil spring made of steel, including (in % by mass, the same shall apply for a chemical composition): C: 0.40 to 0.70%; Si: 1.50 to 3.50%; Mn: 0.30 to 1.50%; Cr: 0.10 to 1.50%; V: 0.50 to 1.00%, and Al: 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), with the balance being iron and inevitable impurities, wherein an average crystal grain size number of prior austenite crystals in a depth of 0.3 mm from a surface is 11.0 or more, while a difference in grain size number between the respective prior austenite crystals is in a range of less than 3 from a grain size number observed at the maximum frequency, and wherein a carburized layer is provided in a depth of 0.30 to 1.00 mm from the surface, while an average Vickers hardness is 600 or higher at a position in a depth of (1/4) × diameter in the depth direction from the surface.
摘要:
A steel wire for a spring, characterized in that it has a tempering martensite structure and comprises 0.53 to 0.68 % of C, 1.2 to 2.5 % of Si, 0.2 to 1.5 % of Mn, 1.4 to 2.5 % of Cr, 0.05 % or less of Al, and contains, as optional elements, 0.4 % or less of Ni, 0.4 % or less of V, 0.05 to 0.5 % of Mo, 0.05 to 0.5 % of Nb, and others, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, old austenite grains have a grain size number of 11.0 or more, and it exhibits an offset yield strength ratio (sigma0.2/sigmaB) of 0.85 or less. The steel wire is a high strength steel wire for a spring which is excellent in both of the resistance to setting and fatigue characteristics, and further excellent in workability (cold workability).
摘要:
A steel wire rod for a spring for use in producing a hard drawn spring, which comprises, in mass %, C: 0.5 % or more and less than 0.7 %, Si: 1.4 to 2.5 %, Mn: 0.5 to 1.5 %, Cr: 0.05 to 2.0 % and V: 0.05 to 0.40 %, and has the area rate Rp of a pearlite structure satisfying the following formula (1): Rp (area %) = 55 x [C] + 61 ... (1) wherein [C] represents the content (mass %) of C. A hard drawn spring produced by using the above steel wire rod exhibits the fatigue strength and resistance to setting which are comparable or superior to those of a spring produced through drawing an oil tempered steel wire rod.