Carburized steel part having excellent low cycle bending fatigue strength
AssigneesSanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
InventorsShuji KOZAWA, Manabu KUBOTA, Osamu KADA, Motohiro NISHIKAWA, Takashi TANAKA, Norimasa TSUNEKAGE
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Abstract
A carburized steel part having excellent low cycle bending fatigue strength which is comprised of a steel material which contains, by mass %, C: 0.1 to 0.6%, Si: 0.01 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.3 to 2.0, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.001 to 0.15%, N: 0.001 to 0.03%, Al: 0.001 to 0.06%, and O: 0.005% or less and has a balance of substantially iron and unavoidable impurities and which is carburized and quenched, and then tempered, which steel part has a surface hardness of HV550 to HV800 and a core hardness of HV400 to HV500.
Claims5
A carburized steel part having excellent low cycle bending fatigue strength which is comprised of a steel material consisting of, by mass %,
- C:
- 0.1 to 0.6%,
- Si:
- 0.01 to 1.5%,
- Mn:
- 0.3 to 2.0%,
- P:
- 0.02% or less,
- S:
- 0.001 to 0.15%,
- N:
- 0.001 to 0.03%,
- Al:
- 0.001 to 0.06%,
- Ti:
- 0.01 to 0.2%,
- B:
- 0.0002 to 0.005%,
- Cr:
- 1.2 to 3.0%,
- Ca:
- 0.0002 to 0.005%,
- O:
- 0.005% or less and
- one or both of Nb:
- 0.01 to 0.2% and V:
- 0.03 to 0.2%, and
- a balance of substantially iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein the steel material which is carburized, quenched, and then tempered,
- wherein said carburized steel part has a surface hardness of HV550 to HV800, and a core hardness of HV400 to HV500.
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