Abstract:
A method of heat-treating a rack bar includes a step of continuously conveying a rack bar provided with a rack teeth portion and a ball screw portion by a quenching means, and a step of sequentially applying a quenching treatment to each circumferential surface of the rack teeth portion and the ball screw portion. The quenching treatment is preferably and sequentially applied to each entire circumferential surface of the rack teeth portion and the ball screw portion.
Abstract:
A flat plate member with gear portion is formed to a predetermined shape by pressing a flat steel raw material having a composition comprising, by weight, 0.10-0.18% C, less than 0.03% Si, 0.60-1.50% Mn, less than 0.020% P, less than 0.013% S, 0.001-0.004% B and the balance Fe with inevitable impurities, wherein quenching is performed on only the gear portion.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to improved methods of reducing the sound level caused by meshing of gear teeth in a gear box, and in particular by reducing distortion caused by heat treatment as used in the manufacturing process of the gear teeth.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a safety wheel, for a subway coach bogie, or the like, running on pneumatic tires, adapted to be interposed between a chassis of the bogie and a corresponding tire, said wheel presenting an outer peripheral zone having a braking portion as well as a guiding portion projecting radially outwardly from the braking portion, the hardness of the braking portion being much greater than the hardness of the guiding portion. This may be achieved for example by effecting a selective tempering of the braking portion by peripheral nozzles projecting a cooling liquid. This safety wheel is considerably longer lasting than those of the prior art.
Abstract:
A planetary carrier supports pinion gears of a planetary gear set via pinion shafts. Each hole in which a pinion shaft is mounted has a shallow hardened wall surface that is hardened by very-high-frequency induction heating and quenching. Therefore, the durability of the pinion shaft-supporting holes of a cold-forged piece or a pressed piece can be improved without thermal strain.