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US 9,957,595 B2Granted
Carburized alloy steel having improved durability and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsSung-Chul Cha, Moon-Ki Bae, Seung-Hyun Hong, Si-Yup Lee
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Abstract
A carburized alloy steel includes, based on a total weight of the carburized alloy steel, 0.1 to 0.35 wt % carbon, 0.1 to 2.0 wt % silicon, 0.1 to 1.5 wt % manganese, 1.5 to 3.0 wt % chromium, 0.2 to 0.5 wt % molybdenum, greater than 0 to 0.07 wt % niobium, and a balance of iron.
Claims3
A carburized alloy steel comprising:
- based on a total weight of the carburized alloy steel,
- 0.1 to 0.35 wt % carbon,
- 0.1 to 2.0 wt % silicon,
- 0.1 to 1.5 wt % manganese,
- 1.5 to 3.0 wt % chromium,
- 0.2 to 0.5 wt % molybdenum,
- greater than 0 to 0.07 wt % niobium,
- 0.1 to 0.6 wt % nickel,
- more than 0 to 0.3 wt % vanadium,
- more than 0 to 0.2 wt % titanium,
- more than 0 to 0.015 wt % nitrogen,
- 0.00002 to 0.00005 wt % boron, and
- a balance of iron.
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A method of manufacturing a carburized alloy steel, the method comprising steps of:
- carburizing an alloy steel comprising, based on a total weight of the carburized alloy steel,
- 0.1 to 0.35 wt % carbon,
- 0.1 to 2.0 wt % silicon,
- 0.1 to 1.5 wt % manganese,
- 1.5 to 3.0 wt % chromium,
- 0.2 to 0.5 wt % molybdenum,
- greater than 0 to 0.07 wt % niobium,
- 0.1 to 0.6 wt % nickel,
- more than 0 to 0.3 wt % vanadium,
- more than 0 to 0.2 wt % titanium,
- more than 0 to 0.015 wt % nitrogen,
- 0.00002 to 0.00005 wt % boron, and
- a balance of iron,
- at 880 to 940° C. for 1.5 to 2 hours;
- oil-quenching the carburized alloy steel at 80 to 120° C.;
- and
- tempering the oil-quenched alloy steel at 170 to 200° C. for 1 to 3 hours.
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