Spring steel having good durability and sag-resistance
AssigneesAichi Steel Works, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Chuo Hatsujo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAtsushi Sugimoto, Osamu Nakano, Shigeru Yasuda, Chikatoshi Maeda, Toshio Ozone, Makoto Kawagoe
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Abstract
A spring steel having a good durability and a good sag-resistance consisting essentially of by weight 0.35-0.55% carbon, 1.80-3.00% silicon, 0.50-1.50% manganese, 0.50-3.00% nickel, 0.10-1.50% chromium, 0.01-0.05% aluminum and 0.010-0.025% nitrogen, the remainder being iron and inevitable impurities. The spring steel has been completed for the purpose of obtaining a spring steel having a high toughness in a high hardness of not less than HRC 55 and having a good sag-resistance, in particular examining the contents of nickel, chromium and nitrogen in addition to the carbon content.
Claims4
A spring steel having a good durability and a good sag-resistance consisting essentially of by weight 0.35-0.55% carbon, 1.80-3.00% silicon, 0.50-1.50% manganese, 0.50-3.00% nickel, 0.10-1.50% chromium, 0.01-0.05% aluminum and 0.010-0.025% nitrogen, the remainder being iron and inevitable impurities.
A spring steel having a good durability and a good sag-resistance consisting essentially of by weight 0.35-0.55% carbon, 1.80-3.00% silicon, 0.50-1.50% manganese, 0.50-3.00% nickel, 0.10-1.50% chromium, 0.01-0.05% aluminum, 0.010-0.025% nitrogen, and at least one selected from a group consisting of 0.05-0.50% vanadium, 0.05-0.50% niobium and 0.05-0.50% molybdenum, the remainder being iron and inevitable impurities.
A spring steel having a good durability and a good sag-resistance consisting essentially of by weight 0.35-0.55% carbon, 1.80-3.00% silicon, 0.50-1.50% manganese, 0.50-3.00% nickel, 0.10-1.50% chromium, 0.01-0.05% aluminum, 0.010-0.025% nitrogen and not more than 0.0015% oxygen, the remainder being iron and inevitable impurities.
A spring steel having a good durability and a good sag-resistance consisting essentially of by weight 0.35-0.55% carbon, 1.80-3.00% silicon, 0.50-1.50% manganese, 0.50-3.00% nickel, 0.10-1.50% chromium, 0.01-0.05% aluminum, 0.010-0.025% nitrogen, at least one selected from a group consisting of 0.05-0.50% vanadium, 0.05-0.50% niobium and 0.05-0.50% molybdenum and not more than 0.0015% oxygen, the remainder being iron and inevitable impurities.
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