Non-heat treated steel for induction hardening
AssigneeNippon Steel Corporation
InventorsMakoto Egashira, Shigefumi Nishitani
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Abstract
A non-heat treated steel for induction hardening contains, in mass %, C: 0.35 to 0.44%, Si: 0.01 to less than 0.30%, Mn: 0.80 to 1.50%, P: 0.030% or less, S: more than 0.010 to 0.095%, Cr: more than 0.10 to 0.30%, V: 0.050 to 0.200%, N: 0.0040 to 0.0200%, O: 0.0024% or less, Cu: 0.05% or less and Ni: 0.05% or less, and for which fn1≤50.0, fn2: 0.70 to 1.00, and fn3≥1.30. In the steel, a ratio of a number of Mn oxides containing oxygen in an amount of 20.0 mass % or more and Mn in an amount of 10.0 mass % or more to the number of oxides is 10.0% or less fn1=80C2+55C+13Si+4.8Mn+30P+30S+1.5Cr fn2=C+(Si/10)+(Mn/5)−(5S/7)+(5Cr/22)+1.65V fn3=−2C—Si+2.33Mn+0.26Cr+V−1.5Cu−1.5Ni.
Claims16
A non-heat treated steel for induction hardening, consisting of, in mass %,
- C:
- 0.35 to 0.44%,
- Si:
- 0.01 to less than 0.30%,
- Mn:
- 0.80 to 1.50%,
- P:
- 0.030% or less,
- S:
- more than 0.010 to 0.095%,
- Cr:
- more than 0.10 to 0.30%,
- V:
- 0.050 to 0.200%,
- N:
- 0.0040 to 0.0200%,
- O:
- 0.0024% or less,
- Cu:
- 0.05% or less,
- Ni:
- 0.05% or less,
- Al:
- 0 to 0.040%,
- Ti:
- 0 to 0.020%,
- Nb:
- 0 to 0.020%,
- Pb:
- 0 to 0.30%,
- Ca:
- 0 to 0.0100%,
- Mo:
- 0 to 0.20%,
- fn1 defined by Formula (1) being 50.0 or less,
- fn2 defined by Formula (2) being 0.70 to 1.00,
- fn3 defined by Formula (3) being 1.30 or more, and
- the balance being Fe and impurities,
- wherein oxides are defined as inclusions containing oxygen in an amount of 20.0 mass % or more, and, among the oxides, Mn oxides are defined as inclusions containing oxygen in an amount of 20.0 mass % or more and Mn in an amount of 10.0 mass % or more, and a ratio of a total number of the Mn oxides with respect to a total number of the oxides is 10.0% or less;
- fn1=80C2+55C+13Si+4.8Mn+30P+30S+1.5Cr (1)
- fn2=C+(Si/10)+(Mn/5)-(5S/7)+(5Cr/22)+1.65V (2)
- fn3=−2C-Si+2.33Mn+0.26Cr+V-1.5Cu-1.5Ni (3)
- where a content in mass % of a corresponding element is substituted for each symbol of an element in Formula (1) to Formula (3).
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