Steel product for induction-hardened shaft component and shaft component using the same

Abstract

The present invention provides a steel product, for all induction-hardened shaft component, which can prevent quench crack and has an excellent torsional strength of not less than 160 kgf/mm.sup.2, and a shaft component using the steel product. The subject matter of the present invention resides in a steel product for an induction-hardened shaft component comprising C: 0.35 to 0.70%, Si: more than 0.15 to 2.5%, Mn: 0.2 to 1.5%, Cr: 0.20 to 1.5%, Mo: 0.05 to 0.5%, Al: 0.015 to 0.05%, N: 0.002 to 0.02% and other ingredients, reduced amounts of P, Cu and O, further comprising particular amounts of Ti, B and the like, and an induction-hardened shaft component using the steel product, which shaft component has an average in-section hardness HVa of not less than 560, a grain size number of prior-austenite in an induction-hardened layer of not less than 9 and a surface residual stress of not more than -80 kgf/mm.sup.2.

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