Fixing element comprising a low-alloyed steel and process for the production thereof

Abstract

A fixing element which comprises carbon-bearing steel and has a hardened functional tip is overall heated to the austenitisation temperature, held at that temperature and then quenched and is then subjected to an annealing operation which is effected by inductive heating and limited to the region of the fixing element, which lies outside the functional tip. In that way the structure of the fixing element comprises in part martensite and in part annealed martensite, wherein the functional tip comprises throughout martensite and the remainder of the fixing element comprises a martensite which is annealed by short-term inductive heating.

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