Process for forming cold formed high-load bearing steel parts

A process for forming a roller bearing, said process comprising:

• obtaining a cylindrical slug having lateral and side surfaces and having sufficient volume to form said roller bearing, said slug comprising a high-carbon steel that having at least 0.7 weight percent carbon and up to 1.6 weight percent of at least one alloying element;
• forming in said slug a centered indentation in each said side surface and a circular chamfer surface at each intersection of said side and lateral surfaces;
• after said forming step cold forming said slug, including deepening said centered indentations and forming a blank, having a web separating said deepened indentations and having end surfaces and chamfer surfaces that are substantially at net shape for said roller bearing;
• removing said web from said blank, thereby forming a pierced blank having a through hole with an inner surface;
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• finishing said inner and lateral surfaces to dimensions having, respectively, specified inner and outer diameters for said roller bearing.