摘要:
Provided is a steel for nitrocarburizing that can ensure hardened case depth by suppressing precipitation of Cr, V, and Nb in a part of the surface layer very close to the surface. The provided steel comprises: a specific chemical composition satisfying 9.5≤([Cr]/52+[V]/50.9+[Nb]/92.9+M)×103≤18.5, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; and a steel microstructure in which an area ratio of bainite phase with respect to the entire microstructure is more than 50%.
摘要:
The present invention provides a steel for nitrocarburizing having excellent mechanical workability before nitrocarburizing, and showing excellent fatigue properties after nitrocarburizing, which is suitable for applying in mechanical structural components for automobiles etc. prepared by adjusting the composition so that it contains in mass %, C: 0.01% or more and less than 0.10%, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.06% or less, Cr: 0.3% to 3.0%, Mo: 0.005% to 0.4%, V: 0.02% to 0.5%, Nb: 0.003% to 0.15%, Al: 0.005% to 0.2%, and Sb: 0.0005% to 0.02%, and the balance including Fe and incidental impurities, and setting the area ratio of bainite phase to the whole microstructure to more than 50%.
摘要:
A case hardening steel suitable as raw material for producing a mechanical structural part having high rotating bending fatigue strength and pitting fatigue strength at relatively low cost and a method of producing the case hardening steel are provided. A case hardening steel comprises a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C, Si, Mn, P, S, Cr, Mo, Al, N, and O in a predetermined relationship, with a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein √I≤80 (where I denotes an area (μm2) of an oxide-based inclusion located in a fish eye central portion at a fracture surface after subjecting the case hardening steel to carburizing-quenching and tempering and then performing a rotating bending fatigue test).
摘要:
The present invention provides a steel for nitrocarburizing having excellent mechanical workability before nitrocarburizing, and showing excellent fatigue properties after nitrocarburizing, which is suitable for applying in mechanical structural components for automobiles etc. prepared by adjusting the composition so that it contains in mass %, C: 0.01% or more and less than 0.10%, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.06% or less, Cr: 0.3% to 3.0%, Mo: 0.005% to 0.4%, V: 0.02% to 0.5%, Nb: 0.003% to 0.15%, Al: 0.005% to 0.2%, and Sb: 0.0005% to 0.02%, and the balance including Fe and incidental impurities, and setting the area ratio of bainite phase to the whole microstructure to more than 50%.
摘要:
Disclosed are a case hardened steel which is suitable as a material for producing mechanical structural parts having high rotating bending fatigue strength and impact fatigue strength at a relatively low cost, and a method of producing the same. The case hardening steel has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C, Si, Mn, P, S, Cr, Mo, B, Ti, N, and O within a range satisfying a predetermined relationship, and Al in at least a predetermined amount in relation to the B, N, and Ti contents, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein √I≤80 is satisfied, where I represents an area in μm2 of an oxide-based inclusion located at the center of a fish-eye on a fracture surface of the case hardening steel after being subjected to carburizing-quenching and tempering and subsequently to a rotating bending fatigue test.
摘要:
A high manganese content deformed reinforcing bar having an austenite single phase microstructure has excellent bending workability. A deformed reinforcing bar includes a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.7% or more and 1.2% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 9% or more and 15% or less, Cr: 1.0% or less, P: 0.03% or less, and S: 0.05% or less, the balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities; and a microstructure comprising an austenite single phase. The ratio of the difference between the maximum and minimum hardness at a periphery of a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction with respect to a central average hardness is 15% or less. Two or more ribs extend in the longitudinal direction at equal intervals in a cross-sectional circumferential direction. The ratio of the difference between the maximum and minimum width of the ribs to the minimum width is 50% or less.
摘要:
According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain steel for nitrocarburizing having a predetermined chemical composition, a bainite area ratio exceeding 50% and excellent machinability by cutting before nitrocarburizing, and having strength and toughness equivalent to conventional steel, such as SCr420 carburized steel material, and excellent fatigue properties after nitrocarburizing.