Steel bar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10131965-B2
Application number	US-201415032496-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2014
Priority date	Nov 19, 2013
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

A steel bar according to one embodiment of the present invention includes predetermined chemical composition, wherein a quenching deflection in a cross section is 1.5 mm or less, wherein Δmax and Δmin is 1.5 mm or less, wherein a structure in a surface layer area includes 10 area % or less of ferrite and a remainder including one or more selected from a group consisting of a bainite and a martensite, wherein an average value of the grain size of a bcc phase in the surface layer area is 1.0 to 10.0 μm, wherein an average value of the grain size of the bcc phase in a center area is 1.0 to 15.0 μm, wherein a hardness of a region of which a depth from the surface is 50 μm is Hv200 to Hv500, and wherein a total decarburized layer thickness DM-T is 0.20 mm or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A steel bar having a diameter of 19 to 120 mm, wherein the steel bar comprises, as a chemical composition in terms of mass %:
C: 0.30 to 0.80%;
Si: 0.01 to 1.50%;
Mn: 0.05 to 2.50%;
Al: 0.010 to 0.30%;
N: 0.0040 to 0.030%;
P: 0.035% or less;
S: 0.10% or less;
Cr: 0 to 3.0%;
Mo: 0 to 1.5%;
Cu: 0 to 2.0%;
Ni: 0 to 5.0%;
B: 0 to 0.0035%;
Ca: 0 to 0.0050%;
Zr: 0 to 0.0050%;
Mg: 0 to 0.0050%;
Rem: 0 to 0.0150%;
Ti: 0 to 0.150%;
Nb: 0 to 0.150%;
V: 0 to 1.0%;
W: 0 to 1.0%;
Sb: 0 to 0.0150%;
Sn: 0 to 2.0%;
Zn: 0 to 0.50%;
Te: 0 to 0.20%;
Bi: 0 to 0.50%;
Pb: 0 to 0.50%, and
a remainder including Fe and impurities,
wherein a region which is along a line extending between a center of a cross section of the steel bar and a periphery of the cross section of the steel bar and which has a hardness higher than an average hardness in the line by Hv20 or more is a hardening region in the line, a minimum value of depth of the hardening regions in the 8 lines of which the angle is 45° is a minimum hardening depth in the cross section, and a maximum value of the depth of the hardening regions in the 8 lines is a maximum hardening depth in the cross section,
wherein a difference between the maximum hardening depth in the cross section and the minimum hardening depth in the cross section is 1.5 mm or less,
wherein, in a 3300 mm length of the steel bar, a difference between a maximum value of the maximum hardening depth and a minimum value of the maximum hardening depth in the cross sections at 3 points which are separated from each other by 1650 mm parallel to a longitudinal direction of the steel bar is 1.5 mm or less,
wherein, in a 3300 mm length of the steel bar, a difference between a maximum value of the minimum hardening depth and a minimum value of the minimum hardening depth in the cross sections at the 3 points which are separated from each other by 1650 mm parallel to the longitudinal direction of the steel bar is 1.5 mm or less,
wherein a structure in an area from a surface of the steel bar to a depth of 25% of a radius of the steel bar includes 10 area % or less of a ferrite and a remainder including one or more selected from a group consisting of a bainite and a martensite,
wherein a boundary between grains which are adjacent to each other and of which an orientation difference is 15 degree or more is a grain boundary, and an equivalent circle diameter of an area surrounded by the grain boundary is a grain size,
wherein an average value of the grain size of a bcc phase in the area from the surface of the steel bar to the depth of 25% of the radius of the steel bar is 1.0 to 10.0 μm,
wherein an average value of the grain size of the bcc phase in an area from the depth of 50% of the radius of the steel bar to the center of the steel bar is 1.0 to 15.0 μm,
wherein a hardness of a region of which a depth from the surface is 50 μm is Hv200 to Hv500, and
wherein a total decarburized layer thickness DM-T is 0.20 mm or less.

2. The steel bar according to claim 1 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Cr: 0.1 to 3.0%;
Mo: 0.10 to 1.5%;
Cu: 0.10 to 2.0%;
Ni: 0.1 to 5.0%; and
B: 0.0010 to 0.0035%.

3. The steel bar according to claim 1 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Ca: 0.0001 to 0.0050%;
Zr: 0.0003 to 0.0050%;
Mg: 0.0003 to 0.0050%; and
Rem: 0.0001 to 0.0150%.

4. The steel bar according to claim 1 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Ti: 0.0030 to 0.0150%;
Nb: 0.004 to 0.150%;
V: 0.03 to 1.0%; and
W: 0.01 to 1.0%.

5. The steel bar according to claim 1 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Sb: 0.0005 to 0.0150%;
Sn: 0.005 to 2.0%;
Zn: 0.0005 to 0.50%;
Te: 0.0003 to 0.20%;
Bi: 0.005 to 0.50%; and
Pb: 0.005 to 0.50%.

6. The steel bar according to claim 2 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Ca: 0.0001 to 0.0050%;
Zr: 0.0003 to 0.0050%;
Mg: 0.0003 to 0.0050%; and
Rem: 0.0001 to 0.0150%.

7. The steel bar according to claim 2 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Ti: 0.0030 to 0.0150%;
Nb: 0.004 to 0.150%;
V: 0.03 to 1.0%; and
W: 0.01 to 1.0%.

8. The steel bar according to claim 3 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Ti: 0.0030 to 0.0150%;
Nb: 0.004 to 0.150%;
V: 0.03 to 1.0%; and
W: 0.01 to 1.0%.

9. The steel bar according to claim 6 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Ti: 0.0030 to 0.0150%;
Nb: 0.004 to 0.150%;
V: 0.03 to 1.0%; and
W: 0.01 to 1.0%.

10. The steel bar according to claim 2 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Sb: 0.0005 to 0.0150%;
Sn: 0.005 to 2.0%;
Zn: 0.0005 to 0.50%;
Te: 0.0003 to 0.20%;
Bi: 0.005 to 0.50%; and
Pb: 0.005 to 0.50%.

11. The steel bar according to claim 3 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Sb: 0.0005 to 0.0150%;
Sn: 0.005 to 2.0%;
Zn: 0.0005 to 0.50%;
Te: 0.0003 to 0.20%;
Bi: 0.005 to 0.50%; and
Pb: 0.005 to 0.50%.

12. The steel bar according to claim 4 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Sb: 0.0005 to 0.0150%;
Sn: 0.005 to 2.0%;
Zn: 0.0005 to 0.50%;
Te: 0.0003 to 0.20%;
Bi: 0.005 to 0.50%; and
Pb: 0.005 to 0.50%.

13. The steel bar according to claim 6 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Sb: 0.0005 to 0.0150%;
Sn: 0.005 to 2.0%;
Zn: 0.0005 to 0.50%;
Te: 0.0003 to 0.20%;
Bi: 0.005 to 0.50%; and
Pb: 0.005 to 0.50%.

14. The steel bar according to claim 7 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Sb: 0.0005 to 0.0150%;
Sn: 0.005 to 2.0%;
Zn: 0.0005 to 0.50%;
Te: 0.0003 to 0.20%;
Bi: 0.005 to 0.50%; and
Pb: 0.005 to 0.50%.

15. The steel bar according to claim 8 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Sb: 0.0005 to 0.0150%;
Sn: 0.005 to 2.0%;
Zn: 0.0005 to 0.50%;
Te: 0.0003 to 0.20%;
Bi: 0.005 to 0.50%; and
Pb: 0.005 to 0.50%.

16. The steel bar according to claim 9 , comprising, as the chemical composition in terms of mass %:
one or more selected from the group consisting of
Sb: 0.0005 to 0.0150%;
Sn: 0.005 to 2.0%;
Zn: 0.0005 to 0.50%;
Te: 0.0003 to 0.20%;
Bi: 0.005 to 0.50%; and
Pb: 0.005 to 0.50%.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp

Inventors

• Monden Atsushi
• Homma Shunta
• Banno Koichi

Classifications

• C21D8/06

  during manufacturing of rods or wires · CPC title

• C22C38/22

  with molybdenum or tungsten · CPC title

• C22C38/18

  containing chromium · CPC title

• C22C38/16

  containing copper · CPC title

• C22C38/14

  containing titanium or zirconium · CPC title