Steel wire material for spring and its producing method

Abstract

The steel wire material for a spring of the invention contains; C: 0.37-0.54%, Si: 1.7-2.30%, Mn: 0.1-1.30%, Cr: 0.15-1.1%, Cu: 0.15-0.6%, Ti: 0.010-0.1%, Al: 0.003-0.05%, and the balance including iron with inevitable impurities, wherein ferrite decarburized layer depth is 0.01 mm or less, whole decarburized layer depth is 0.20 mm or less, and fracture reduction of area is 25% or more. It alternately may contain; C: 0.38-0.47%, Si: 1.9-2.5%, Mn: 0.6-1.3%, Ti: 0.05-0.15%, Al: 0.003-0.1%, and the balance including iron with inevitable impurities, wherein ferrite decarburized layer depth is 0.01 mm or less, Ceq1 in the equation (1) below is 0.580 or more, Ceq2 in the equation (2) below is 0.49 or less, and Ceq3 in the equation (3) below is 0.570 or less. Ceq1=[C]+0.11[Si]−0.07[Mn]−0.05[Ni]+0.02[Cr]  (1) Ceq2=[C]+0.30[Cr]−0.15[Ni]−0.70[Cu]  (2) Ceq3=[C]−0.04[Si]+0.24[Mn]+0.10[Ni]+0.20[Cr]−0.89[Ti]−1.92[Nb]  (3) (In the above equations, [ ] shows the content (mass %) of each element in steel.)

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