摘要:
The present invention provides a steel wire rod for cold forging which can be spheroidizing-annealed in an as hot-rolled state without requiring preliminary drawing and can have high ductility after the spheroidizing annealing, and a method to produce the same: and is characterized in that; the steel contains, by weight, 0.1 to 0.5% of C, 0.01 to 0.5% of Si and 0.3 to 1.5% of Mn, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and further contains hardening elements as required; and the steel has a prior austenite grain size number, defined under Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) G 0551, of 11 or higher, the amount of diffusible hydrogen in the steel measured by the programmed temperature gas chromatography being 0.2 ppm or less, and the hardness being Hv 250 to 700. The production method is characterized by: hot rolling the steel at a low temperature; rapidly cooling and tempering the wire rod thus rolled by holding it in a furnace atmosphere controlled in the temperature range of 300 to 600° C. for 15 min. or longer but shorter than 1 h.; and then applying spheroidizing annealing as required.
摘要:
The present invention provides a hot rolled steel wire rod or bar for machine structural use having, even when a spheroidizing annealing time is reduced, cold workability equal to that of the wire rods or bars treated through conventional spheroidizing annealing of a long treatment time, as a result of controlling a metallographic structure, and a method to produce the same: and relates to a hot rolled steel wire rod or bar for machine structural use, characterized in that; the wire rod or bar is made from a steel consisting of, in weight, 0.1 to 0.5% of C, 0.01 to 0.5% of Si, 0.3 to 1.5% of Mn, and the balance comprising Fe and unavoidable impurities and containing hardening elements as required; its microstructure consists of ferrite and pearlite; its ferrite crystal grain size number defined under Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) G 0552 is 11 or higher; the granular carbide 2 &mgr;m or less in circle-equivalent diameter and having an aspect ratio of 3 or less accounts for a percentage area of 3 to 15%; and its hardness (Hv) satisfies the expression below, 165 Ceq+73.5≦Hv≦195 Ceq+73.5 (where, Ceq=C%+1/7 Si%+1/5 Mn%+1/9 Cr%).
摘要:
The present invention provides a hot rolled steel wire rod or bar for machine structural use having, in the as-hot-rolled condition, cold workability equal to that of the conventional wire rods or bars softened through annealing after hot rolling, and a method to produce the same: and relates to a hot rolled steel wire rod or bar for machine structural use, characterized in that; the wire rod or bar is made from a steel consisting of, in weight, 0.1 to 0.5% of C, 0.01 to 0.5% of Si, 0.3 to 1.5% of Mn, and the balance comprising Fe and unavoidable impurities and containing strengthening elements as required; its microstructure consists of ferrite and pearlite; its ferrite crystal grain size number defined under Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) G 0552 is 11 or higher; and a granular carbide 2 &mgr;m or less in circle-equivalent diameter and having an aspect ratio of 3 or less accounts for a percentage area of 3 to 15%.
摘要:
A cold forging steel excellent in grain coarsening prevention and delayed fracture resistance and method of producing the same are provided that enable omission of a step of annealing or spheroidization annealing before cold forging and improvement of delayed fracture resistance of a high-strength component used with a heat-treated surface. The cold forging steel is a steel of a specified composition having dispersed in the matrix thereof particles of not greater than 0.2 &mgr;m diameter of one or more of TiC, Ti(CN), NbC, Nb(CN) and (Nb, Ti)(CN) in a total number of not less than 20/100 &mgr;m2. The method of producing a cold forging steel includes the steps of heating this steel to not lower than 1050° C., hot-rolling the steel into steel wire or steel bar, and slowly cooling the steel at a cooling rate of not greater than 2 C./s during cooling to a temperature not higher than 600° C. to obtain a steel having dispersed in the matrix thereof particles of not greater than 0.2 &mgr;m diameter of one or more of TiC, Ti(CN), NbC, Nb(CN) and (Nb, Ti)(CN) in a total number of not less than 20/100 &mgr;m2.
摘要:
A machine structural steel bar or wire having a softening degree of at least that of the conventional spheroidization-annealed steel material, excellent hardenability, and improved cold workability, comprising 0.1 to 0.5 wt % of C, 0.01 to 0.15 wt % of Si, 0.2 to 1.7 wt % of Mn, 0.0005 to 0.05 wt % of Al, 0.005 to 0.07 wt % of Ti, 0.0003 to 0.007 wt % of B, 0.002 to 0.02 wt % of N and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, the unavoidable impurities including up to 0.02 wt % of P and up to 0.003 wt % of O, and having a microstructure comprising ferrite and spheroidal carbides, the ferritic grain size number according to JIS G0522 of the ferrite being at least No. 8 and the number of the spheroidal carbides per unit area mm2 being up to 1.5×106×C wt %.
摘要:
A bar or wire product for use in cold forging, characterized in that it comprises a steel having the chemical composition, in mass %: C: 0.1 to 0.6%, Si: 0.01 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.2 to 1.7%, S: 0.001 to 0.15%, Al: 0.015 to 0.05%, N: 0.003 to 0.025%, P: 0.035% or less, O: 0.003% or less and balance: Fe and inevitable impurities, and it has, in the region from the surface thereof to the depth of the radius thereof×0.15, a structure wherein ferrite accounts for 10 area % or less and the balance is substantially one or more of martensite, bainite and pearlite, and the average hardness in the region from the depth of the radius thereof×0.5 to the center thereof is less than that of the surface layer thereof by 20 or more of HV; and a method for producing the bar or wire product. The bar or wire product is excellent in the ductility after spheroidizing and thus allows the prevention of occurrence of cracks in a steel product during cold forging, which has conventionally been a problem in manufacturing structural parts for a machine by cold forging.
摘要:
Disclosed are an outer race for a constant velocity joint, having improved anti-flaking properties and shaft strength, and a process for producing the same. The outer race for a constant velocity joint includes a cup and a serration and comprises by weight carbon: 0.45 to 0.59%, silicon: 0.15 to 0.4%, manganese: 0.15 to 0.45%, sulfur: 0.005 to 0.15%, molybdenum: 0.1 to 0.35%, boron: 0.0005 to 0.005%, aluminum: 0.015 to 0.05%, and titanium: 0.015 to 0.03%, the proportion of the effective case depth in track grooves of the cup being 0.25 to 0.45 in terms of the ratio of the effective case depth t to the wall thickness of the cup w, t/w, the proportion of the effective case depth of the involute serration in its end being 0.20 to 0.50 in terms of the ratio of the effective case depth t to the radius r, t/r. The involute serration in its end preferably has a former austenite grain size of not less than 8 in terms of the grain size number specified in JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards).
摘要翻译:公开了一种用于等速万向节的外圈,具有改进的抗剥离性能和轴强度,以及制造该等离子体的方法。 用于等速万向节的外圈包括一个杯子和一个锯齿,并且包括重量百分比:0.45至0.59%,硅:0.15至0.4%,锰:0.15至0.45%,硫:0.005至0.15%,钼:0.1至 0.35%,硼:0.0005〜0.005%,铝:0.015〜0.05%,钛:0.015〜0.03%,杯的轨道槽的有效壳深度的比例为0.25〜0.45 表壳深度t相对于杯的壁厚w t / w,渐开线锯齿的有效壳体深度的比例在有效壳深度t与半径r之比为0.20至0.50时, t / r。 其渐开线锯齿末优选以JIS(日本工业标准)规定的粒径数以前的奥氏体晶粒尺寸不小于8。
摘要:
Disclosed are a high strength drive shaft and a process for producing the same. The high strength drive shaft comprises as a steel material, by weight, carbon: 0.48 to 0.58%, silicon: 0.01 to 0.15%, manganese: 0.35 to 0.75%, sulfur: 0.005 to 0.15%, molybdenum: 0.1 to 0.35%, boron 0.0005 to 0.005%, aluminum: 0.015 to 0.05%, and titanium: 0.02 to 0.08%, the proportion of the effective case depth of an involute serration in its end of the drive shaft being 0.3 to 0.7 in terms of the ratio of the effective case depth t to the radius r, t/r. The involute serration in its end preferably has a former austenite grain size of not less than 8 in terms of the grain size number specified in JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards). A steel comprising the above constituents and having a hardness of 85 to 95 HRB is machined and form rolled into a shaft, and the shaft is induction hardened and then tempered at 120 to 200° C. to produce the high strength drive shaft.
摘要:
The present invention provides case-hardening steel superior in tooth surface fatigue strength and a gear using the same used for parts of automobiles, construction machines, industrial machines, etc., that is case-hardening steel superior in tooth surface fatigue strength containing, by wt %, C: 0.1 to 0.3%, Si: 1.0 to 2.0%, Mn: 0.3 to 2.0%, S: 0.005 to 0.05%, Cr: 1.0 to 2.6%, Mo: 0.8 to 4.0%, V: 0.1 to 0.3%, Al: 0.001 to 0.2%, and N: 0.003 to 0.03%, limiting P to 0.03% or less, and having as a balance iron and unavoidable impurities, and satisfies the following expression, 31Si (%)+15Mn (%)+23Cr (%)+26Mo (%)+100V (%) is 100 or more, and a gear comprised of case-hardening steel and having an X-ray diffraction half width at a depth of 50 mm from the surface of the gear of 6.4 degrees or more.
摘要:
The present invention provides a steel bar or wire rod for cold forging excellent in ductility after spheroidizing annealing and capable of preventing the occurrence of cracking in the steel material during cold forging, which cracking has so far been a problem when manufacturing machine structural components by cold forging, and a method to produce the same. Specifically, a steel bar or wire rod for cold forging according to the present invention has a chemical composition comprising, in mass, 0.1 to 0.65% of C, 0.01 to 0.5% of Si, 0.2 to 1.7% of Mn, 0.001 to 0.15% of S, 0.015 to 0.1% of Al, 0.0005 to 0.007% of B, and the restricted elements of 0.035% or less of P, 0.01% or less of N and 0.003% or less of O, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and is characterized in that: the area percentage of ferrite structure is 10% or less at the portion from the surface to the depth of 0.15 time the radius of the steel bar or wire rod; the other portion consists substantially of one or more of martensite, bainite and pearlite; and further the average hardness of the portion from the depth of 0.5 time its radius to its center is less than the hardness of its surface layer (the portion from the surface to the depth of 0.15 times the radius) by HV 20 or more.