Hot-forging micro-alloyed steel and hot-rolled steel excellent in fracture-splitability and machinability, and component made of hot-forged microalloyed steel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9255314-B2
Application number	US-201414245048-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 4, 2014
Priority date	Feb 26, 2008
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

The invention provides a hot-forging micro-alloyed steel which achieves excellent fracture-splitability and machinability, without impairing productivity or mechanical properties and without the addition of Pb or the like. It also provides a component made of hot-forged micro-alloyed steel. The hot-forging micro-alloyed steel contains, in mass %, C: from 0.35 to 0.60%, Si: 0.50 to 2.50%, Mn: 0.20 to 2.00%, P: 0.010 to 0.150%, S: 0.040 to 0.150%, V: 0.10 to 0.50%, Zr: over 0.0023 to 0.0050%, Ca: 0.0005 to 0.0050% and N: 0.0069 to 0.0200%, Al being limited to less than 0.010%, and a balance substantially of Fe and unavoidable impurities.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hot-forging micro-alloyed steel excellent in fracture-splitability and machinability comprising, in mass%, C: from 0.35 to 0.60%, Si: 0.50 to 2.50%, Mn: 0.20 to 2.00%, P: 0.010 to 0.150%, S: 0.040 to 0.150%, V: 0.10 to 0.50%, Zr: over 0.0023 to 0.0050%, Ca: 0.0005 to 0.0050% and N: 0.0069 to 0.0200%, Al being limited to less than 0.010%, and a balance substantially of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein in ¼ diameter of the hot-forging micro-alloyed steel, a ratio of a number of MnS inclusions having a width of 1 μm or less to a total number of MnS inclusions is greater than 90%, and an average aspect ratio of MnS inclusions is 10 or less.

2. The hot-forging micro-alloyed steel excellent in fracture-splitability and machinability according to claim 1 , further comprising, in mass %, one or more of Cr: 0.05 to 0.25%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.050% and Ti: 0.005 to 0.050%.

3. The hot-forging micro-alloyed steel excellent in fracture-splitability and machinability according to claim 1 or 2 , further comprising, in mass %, Mg: 0.0005 to 0.0050%.

4. The hot-forged micro-alloyed steel according to claim 1 , wherein in ¼ diameter of the hot-forging micro-alloyed steel, a ratio of a number of MnS inclusions having a width of 1 μm or less to a total number of MnS inclusions is greater than 97.8%.

5. The hot-forged micro-alloyed steel component excellent in fracture-splitability and machinability having a steel composition according to claim 1 , wherein the steel structure comprises a bainite fraction of 3% or less and a balance of fenite-pearlite.

6. The hot-forged micro-alloyed steel according to claim 1 , wherein the steel deformation value is 78 μm to 43 μm.

7. The hot-forged micro-alloyed steel according to claim 1 , wherein the steel deformation value is 60 μm to 43 μm.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp

Inventors

• Kubota Manabu
• Teramoto Shinya

Classifications

• C22C38/24

  with vanadium · CPC title

• C21D2211/009

  Pearlite · CPC title

• C22C38/34 Primary

  with more than 1.5% by weight of silicon · CPC title

• F16C33/121

  Use of special materials · CPC title

• C22C38/28

  with titanium or zirconium · CPC title