CN110735105A - method for prolonging contact fatigue life of high-carbon bearing steel - Google Patents

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CN110735105A
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method for prolonging the contact fatigue life of high carbon bearing steel, which belongs to the technical field of the control of the long service life of the high carbon bearing steel, the technical steps and the technical parameters of the control are that the high carbon bearing steel obtains a carburized layer with a surface layer larger than 0.2mm through carburization, the carburization temperature is 880-980 ℃, the carburization time is 3-10 h, gas carburization is carried out, the carburization potential is 1.5-3.0%, the vacuum carburizing furnace pressure is 700-900 Pa, the vacuum carburizing gas flow is 1500-2000L/h, 2-4 bar air cooling is carried out after carburization, quenching is carried out within 4h after carburization, the heating temperature is 880-950 ℃, the temperature is kept for 1-4 h, water quenching, gas quenching or oil cooling is carried out to the room temperature, carburizing and tempering are carried out after quenching, the temperature is 120-220 ℃, the temperature is kept for 1-4 h, and air cooling is carried out.

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method for prolonging contact fatigue life of high-carbon bearing steel
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of control of long service life of high-carbon bearing steel, and particularly relates to methods for prolonging the contact fatigue life of high-carbon bearing steel, which greatly prolong the contact fatigue life and wear resistance of the high-carbon bearing steel and improve the contact fatigue life of the bearing steel or bearing by more than 10 times to the maximum.
Technical Field
The bearing is an indispensable basic part of various equipment, and the service life and the reliability of the main machine are determined. The bearing performance is closely related to the metallurgical quality of the bearing material. Generally, the metallurgical quality of bearing steel includes important metallurgical indexes such as oxygen content, titanium content and large-particle inclusions, and the performance of bearing steel mainly includes wear resistance, contact fatigue property and cold and hot workability. The oxygen content of the prior common vacuum degassing bearing steel is less than or equal to 10ppm, the titanium content is less than or equal to 20ppm and the DS of large-particle inclusions is less than or equal to 1 level, so that the test contact fatigue life L10 measured by a thrust piece is more than or equal to 0.5x10 under the contact fatigue stress level of 4.5GPa7Secondly; the oxygen content of the high-end bearing steel is less than or equal to 6ppm, the titanium content is less than or equal to 15ppm and the DS of large-particle inclusions is less than or equal to 0.5 grade, so that the contact fatigue life L10 of the test, which is measured by a thrust piece, of the common bearing steel is more than or equal to 1x10 under the contact fatigue stress level of 4.5GPa7And meanwhile, the wear-resistant steel has excellent wear resistance and cold and hot processability.
However, with the increasing demands of the service life and reliability of high-end equipment main machines such as high-speed railways, aviation airplanes and high-speed precision machine tools, the contact fatigue life L10 of the surface of the bearing material is required to be more than or equal to 1x108To meet the development requirements of for long life and high reliability, at home and abroad improves the quality of the material metallurgy by improving the cleanliness of the steel, reducing the contents of oxygen and titanium in the steel and controlling large-particle inclusions in the steel, and improving the life and reliability of the bearingThe mass fraction of medium oxygen is generally controlled below 5ppm, some of the medium oxygen even reaches 2-3 ppm, the maximum inclusion size is 11 μm, Ovako in Sweden is bearing steel smelted by die casting, the mass fraction of oxygen in common-grade (B-grade) bearing steel is controlled between 4-6 ppm, and the mass fraction of titanium is 8-12 ppm, the service life of the bearing can be greatly improved by degrees through regulation and control of a matrix structure and carbide.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide methods for prolonging the contact fatigue life of high-carbon bearing steel, wherein 15-35% of carbide is introduced into the surface of the bearing steel, 15-30% of retained austenite is introduced into the surface of the bearing steel, and the surface hardness of the bearing steel is improved by 10%, and the contact fatigue life of the bearing steel is improved by more than 10 times by the process, and the specific process steps and the controlled technical parameters are as follows:
(1) carburizing the high-carbon bearing steel to obtain a carburized layer with the surface layer larger than 0.2mm, wherein the carburization temperature is 880-980 ℃, the carburization time is 3-10 h, the carburization carbon potential is 1.5-3.0%, the furnace pressure of vacuum carburization (the vacuum degree is 3-5 Pa) is 700-900 Pa, the gas flow rate of the vacuum carburization is 1500-2000L/h, and the carburized layer is cooled by air at 2-4 bar; performing vacuum oil quenching on the mixture,
(2) quenching the high-carbon bearing steel within 4 hours after carburizing treatment, heating to 880-950 ℃, preserving heat for 1-4 hours, then performing water quenching, gas quenching or oil cooling (vacuum degree is 3-5 Pa), and cooling to room temperature;
(3) and (3) carrying out tempering treatment after carburizing and quenching treatment of the high-carbon bearing steel, heating at 120-220 ℃, preserving heat for 1-4 h, and then carrying out air cooling.
And (2) improving the carbon content of the surface layer of the high-carbon bearing steel by carburizing treatment in the step (1) to obtain the carbon concentration of the surface layer of more than 1.2 percent.
Through the carburizing treatment in the step (1) and the quenching treatment in the step (2), 10-30% of residual austenite is obtained on the surface layer of the bearing steel.
Through the carburizing treatment in the step (1), the quenching treatment in the step (2) and the tempering treatment in the step (3), 15-35% of carbide tissues are obtained on the surface layer of the bearing steel, and the carbide forms are in a grid shape and a strip shape.
The principle of the process selection of the invention is as follows:
the carbon content of the surface layer of the high-carbon bearing steel is improved through high-temperature carburization, and preparation for introducing a large amount of carbide and a large amount of austenite for the surface layer is made. Adjusting the carbon content in the high-carbon bearing steel to be in a range of 1.2-2.8% according to the carburizing temperature, the carburizing carbon potential and the carburizing time;
the heat preservation process is to rapidly transfer the carburized high-carbon bearing steel from the high temperature of carburization to a lower heat preservation temperature, ensure that carbon in high-carbon austenite obtained in the carburization process is converted into sheet carbide as much as possible, promote the formation of a latticed carbide structure and further improve the wear resistance and the contact fatigue performance;
the high-carbon bearing steel after heat preservation is quenched to a lower temperature to obtain a martensite structure with high hardness and a large amount of retained austenite of 15-30%, and the high hardness and the surface hardness of nearly 10% of the surface of the bearing steel are improved. A large amount of retained austenite and 10% of surface hardness are improved, and the key for ensuring the high contact fatigue life is also realized;
tempering is carried out at 120-220 ℃, and the main purpose of the tempering is to improve the stability of retained austenite and the dimensional stability of the high-carbon bearing steel. Through low-temperature tempering, the carbon content in the martensite enters austenite through distribution, so that the austenite is retained at the temperature, the quenching stress is reduced, and the dimensional stability of the carburized high-carbon bearing steel is improved.
The invention has the advantages that the watch is usedThe surface carburization treatment is carried out to form a high-hardness surface multi-phase structure containing a large amount of carbides and residual austenite, the contact fatigue life and the wear resistance of the bearing steel are greatly improved, and the contact fatigue life L10 of the bearing steel measured by a thrust piece is more than or equal to 1x10 under the contact fatigue stress level of 4.5GPa8Secondly, the maximum contact fatigue life of the bearing steel or the bearing is improved by more than 10 times, the long service life and the high reliability of the bearing made of the high-carbon bearing steel are endowed, which is an effective process method for realizing the long service life and the high reliability of the bearing for high-end equipment is realized, and the broad bearing manufacturing promotion application market is provided.
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FIG. 1 is a diagram of a high carbon bearing steel thrust plate sample used in the practice of the process technology of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a data diagram of a fatigue life test of a high carbon bearing steel thrust piece sample after being treated by the method and the traditional process.
FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of a plurality of strip-shaped carbides formed on the surface of high carbon bearing steel after the treatment of the present invention and a latticed carbide formed therefrom.
FIG. 4 is M formed on the surface of high carbon bearing steel after treatment according to the present invention3Type C carbide diagram.
FIG. 5 is a graph showing the results of the surface hardness distribution of the sample after carburization.
FIG. 6 is a diagram of the results of the X-ray testing of the austenite on the surface of the high carbon bearing steel treated by the present invention.
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The present invention is further illustrated in detail in connection with the following examples.
Example (b):
selecting super-clean bearing steel GCr15 bar materials produced by domestic steel works, wherein the oxygen content is 5ppm, the titanium content is 9ppm and the DS of large-particle inclusions is less than or equal to 0.5 grade. The specific chemical composition is shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1 GCr15 chemical composition (balance Fe)
Figure BDA0002250676140000041
The GCr15 steel thrust plate sample is processed as shown in figure 1, and the heat treatment process comprises the following steps:
(1) vacuum carburization, the vacuum degree is 4Pa, the pressure in the furnace is 800Pa, the carburization temperature is 950 ℃, carburization-diffusion circulation is carried out for 20 times, the carburization time is 4 hours, and 2bar air cooling is carried out after the carburization is finished.
(2) Vacuum oil quenching, wherein the vacuum degree is 4Pa, the heating temperature is 840 ℃, the temperature is kept for 1h, and oil cooling is carried out.
(3) Tempering: keeping the temperature at 170 ℃ for 3h, and cooling in air.
The processed GCr15 steel thrust piece sample is subjected to a fatigue test, the maximum Hertz stress of the test is 4.5GPa, the rotating speed is 1500 rpm, oil lubrication is adopted, data are processed according to Weibull distribution, and the fatigue test result is shown in figure 2. Compared with the traditional treatment process, the fatigue life is improved by more than 10 times.
The processed GCr15 steel thrust piece sample is characterized by a surface microstructure, and the results are shown in figures 3, 4 and 5 by means of EBSD orientation scanning under an optical microscope and a scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction and the like, and the results are shown in figures 3, 4 and 5, a carburized layer is obtained, figure 3 shows a large amount of strip-shaped carbide which is observed by the optical microscope and a grid-shaped carbide structure which is formed by the strip-shaped carbide, the carbide content is analyzed to reach 30 percent, according to carbide hardness (1040HV) and matrix hardness (680HV), the surface hardness which reaches 788 HV. is calculated and basically which is the surface hardness which is measured by the test, the surface hardness which is improved by 10 percent can be realized by carburization and surface carbide control, as shown in figure 5, figure 4 shows the orientation result of the carbide which is characterized by EBSD and the matrix structure, and shows that the carbide which is formed in the carburized process and has the content of3Type C carbide. FIG. 6 shows the surface austenite content measured by X-ray, which yields about 20% of surface retained austenite.

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1, method for improving the contact fatigue life of high carbon bearing steel, characterized in that, the technological steps and the controlled technical parameters are as follows:
(1) carburizing the high-carbon bearing steel to obtain a carburized layer with the surface layer larger than 0.2mm, wherein the carburization temperature is 880-980 ℃, the carburization time is 3-10 h, the carburization is carried out by gas, the carburization carbon potential is 1.5-3.0%, the vacuum carburizing furnace pressure is 700-900 Pa, the vacuum carburizing gas flow is 1500-2000L/h, and the carburized steel is subjected to gas cooling at 2-4 bar;
(2) quenching the high-carbon bearing steel within 4 hours after carburizing treatment, heating to 880-950 ℃, preserving heat for 1-4 hours, then performing water quenching, gas quenching or oil cooling, and cooling to room temperature;
(3) and (3) carrying out tempering treatment after carburizing and quenching treatment of the high-carbon bearing steel, heating at 120-220 ℃, preserving heat for 1-4 h, and then carrying out air cooling.
2. The method for improving the contact fatigue life of the high-carbon bearing steel according to claim 1, wherein the carbon content of the surface layer of the high-carbon bearing steel is increased by the carburizing treatment in the step (1), and the carbon concentration of the surface layer is more than 1.2%.
3. The method for improving the contact fatigue life of the high carbon bearing steel according to claim 1, wherein 10 to 30% of the retained austenite is obtained on the surface layer of the bearing steel by the carburizing treatment in the step (1) and the quenching treatment in the step (2).
4. The method for improving the contact fatigue life of the high-carbon bearing steel according to claim 1, wherein 15-35% of carbide structures are obtained on the surface layer of the bearing steel through the carburizing treatment in the step (1), the quenching treatment in the step (2) and the tempering treatment in the step (3), and the carbide structures are in a grid shape and a strip shape.
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