Steel for induction hardening

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10793937-B2
Application number	US-201515120440-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2015
Priority date	Feb 24, 2014
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

A steel for induction hardening according to an aspect includes, as a chemical composition, predetermined amounts of alloy elements and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which Al×N is 0.000330 to 0.000825, Mn/S is 4.6 to 14.0, a machinability index M is 15.5 to 25.65, an area fraction of AlN having an equivalent circle diameter of more than 200 nm at a ¼ position of a diameter of the steel is 20% or less of an area fraction of all AlN having an equivalent circle diameter of 40 nm or more, and a number density of Mn sulfide-based inclusions having a maximum diameter of 0.3 μm or more and 10 μm or less at the ¼ position of the diameter is 100 pieces/mm2 or more and 2500 pieces/mm2 or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A steel for induction hardening comprising, as a chemical composition, by mass %:
C: 0.40% to 0.60%;
Si: 0.01% to 0.4%;
Mn: 0.2% to less than 1.0%;
Cr: 0.01% to less than 0.5%;
Al: 0.11% to 0.17%;
S: more than 0.03% to 0.07%;
N: 0.0030% to 0.0075%;
P: less than 0.05%;
B: 0% to 0.005%;
Mo: 0% to 0.2%;
Ni: 0% to 1.0%;
Cu: 0% to 1.0%;
Ca: 0% to 0.005%;
Mg: 0% to 0.005%;
Zr: 0% to 0.005%;
Rem: 0% to 0.005%;
Ti: 0% to 0.2%;
Nb: 0% to 0.2%;
V: 0% to 0.35%;
Sb: 0% to 0.015%;
Te: 0% to 0.2%;
Pb: 0% to 0.5%;
Bi: 0% to 0.5%; and
a remainder including Fe and impurities,
wherein the chemical composition satisfies Expressions (1) to (3),
at a ¼ position of a diameter of the steel, an area fraction of AlN having an equivalent circle diameter of more than 200 nm is 20% or less of an area fraction of all AlN having an equivalent circle diameter of 40 nm or more, and
at the ¼ position of the diameter of the steel, a number density of Mn sulfide-based inclusions having a maximum diameter of 0.3 μm or more and 10 μm or less is 100 pieces/mm 2 or more and 2500 pieces/mm 2 or less:
0.000330≤Al×N≤0.000825  (1)

4.6≤Mn/S≤14.0  (2)

15.5≤(−1.40×Al+0.0175)×(214×(C+( 1/7)×Si+(⅕)×Mn+( 1/9)×Cr)−211)≤25.65  (3)

where the symbols “C”, “Si”, “Mn”, “Cr”, “Al”, “N”, and “S” included in Expression (1), Expression (2), and Expression (3) respectively indicate amounts of C, Si, Mn, Cr, Al, N, and S by unit mass %.

2. The steel for induction hardening according to claim 1 , further comprising, as the chemical composition, by mass %,
one or two or more of
B: 0.0003% to 0.005%,
Mo: 0.01% to 0.2%,
Ni: 0.05% to 1.0%, and
Cu: 0.05% to 1.0%.

3. The steel for induction hardening according to claim 1 , further comprising, as the chemical composition, by mass %,
one or two or more of
Ca: 0.0003% to 0.005%,
Mg: 0.0003% to 0.005%,
Zr: 0.0003% to 0.005%, and
Rem: 0.0003% to 0.005%.

4. The steel for induction hardening according to claim 1 , further comprising, as the chemical composition, by mass %,
one or two or more of
Ti: 0.005% to 0.2%,
Nb: 0.005% to 0.2%, and
V: 0.005% to 0.35%.

5. The steel for induction hardening according to claim 1 , further comprising, as the chemical composition, by mass %,
one or two or more of
Sb: 0.0003% to 0.015%,
Te: 0.0003% to 0.2%,
Pb: 0.01% to 0.5%, and
Bi: 0.01% to 0.5%.

6. The steel for induction hardening according to claim 2 , further comprising, as the chemical composition, by mass %,
one or two or more of
Ca: 0.0003% to 0.005%,
Mg: 0.0003% to 0.005%,
Zr: 0.0003% to 0.005%, and
Rem: 0.0003% to 0.005%.

7. The steel for induction hardening according to claim 2 , further comprising, as the chemical composition, by mass %,
one or two or more of
Ti: 0.005% to 0.2%,
Nb: 0.005% to 0.2%, and
V: 0.005% to 0.35%.

8. The steel for induction hardening according to claim 3 , further comprising, as the chemical composition, by mass %,
one or two or more of
Ti: 0.005% to 0.2%,
Nb: 0.005% to 0.2%, and
V: 0.005% to 0.35%.

9. The steel for induction hardening according to claim 2 , further comprising, as the chemical composition, by mass %,
one or two or more of
Sb: 0.0003% to 0.015%,
Te: 0.0003% to 0.2%,
Pb: 0.01% to 0.5%, and
Bi: 0.01% to 0.5%.

10. The steel for induction hardening according to claim 3 , further comprising, as the chemical composition, by mass %,
one or two or more of
Sb: 0.0003% to 0.015%,
Te: 0.0003% to 0.2%,
Pb: 0.01% to 0.5%, and
Bi: 0.01% to 0.5%.

11. The steel for induction hardening according to claim 4 , further comprising, as the chemical composition, by mass %,
one or two or more of
Sb: 0.0003% to 0.015%,
Te: 0.0003% to 0.2%,
Pb: 0.01% to 0.5%, and
Bi: 0.01% to 0.5%.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp
• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Aiso Toshiharu
• Yoshida Suguru
• Miyanishi Kei

Classifications

• Y02P10/25

  Process efficiency · CPC title

• C22C38/18

  containing chromium · CPC title

• C22C38/04

  containing manganese · CPC title

• C21D8/02

  during manufacturing of plates or strips (C21D8/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C22C38/005

  containing rare earths, i.e. Sc, Y, Lanthanides · CPC title