CN1796591A - Carburized wire and method for producing the same - Google Patents

Carburized wire and method for producing the same Download PDF

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CN1796591A
CN1796591A CN200510118512.9A CN200510118512A CN1796591A CN 1796591 A CN1796591 A CN 1796591A CN 200510118512 A CN200510118512 A CN 200510118512A CN 1796591 A CN1796591 A CN 1796591A
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Abstract

A method is taught for processing low carbon steel wire into high carbon steel wire having improved characteristics for use in vehicle tire construction and other applications, including increased wire strength, corrosion resistance and rubber adherence. Low carbon steel wire is carburized to raise carbon content, resulting in increased strength and corrosion resistance. According to other aspects of the invention, the carburization process may occur in the presence of rubber adherence agents , which adhere to the steel wire, resulting in improved steel rubber adherence in a single processing step.

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Carburized wire and its production method
Technical field
The present invention relates to the method for steel carburizing, relate in the carburization process carbon content that improves used Mild Steel Wire in the tire construction especially, improve the erosion resistance of steel wire and the method for rubber adhesion simultaneously.
Background technology
In vehicle tyre, introduce the steel band layer and improved intensity, weather resistance and performance greatly.This class belt is made up of structurized steel wire floor usually, and these steel wires are embedded in the rubber compounding thing and form belt.Owing to exist in the tire heavily stressedly, therefore physicals, the ductility that comprises steel wire, stretching and the shock strength of the steel wire introduced in the belt carried out strictness control, so that produce the belt that is optimized for use in tire.Except the physicals of steel wire above-mentioned, be used for other physicalies of the steel wire of tire, comprise erosion resistance and be important equally with relevant rubber compounding thing adherent ability.Adhesion characteristic is even more important for guaranteeing that steel wire does not separate with relevant rubber in belt.
The component that influences a kind of steel of steel wire physicals is contained carbon.Usually, the steel wire with high carbon content is used to make the belt of tire.High carbon steel has high-intensity advantageous property, and this makes that it is preferred for using in tire applications." high carbon steel " is meant the steel with about 0.6% to 1.5% carbon content.The binding property of steel wire can for example cobalt, copper or brass be improved by introduce the binding property improving agent in steel wire, yet, improve steel wire by introducing these reagent, relate generally to buy the steel wire of expensive preprocess, perhaps steel wire is implemented additional processing step.For fear of steel wire is carried out additional processing, tiremaker can selectively be introduced relevant rubber with the binding property improving agent, but not introduces steel wire.Though this method has been improved the binding property of steel to rubber, also caused being dispersed in the waste of the binding property improving agent in the rubber, these binding property improving agents do not arrive the point of contact of steel wire and rubber fully.
Though high carbon steel is preferred for using in tire applications, it is compared with suitable soft steel is expensive.In addition, the steel wire that is used for tire industry is produced by steel wire being stretched to its final diameter usually.Compare with soft steel, the steel wire of high carbon steel is difficult to be drawn into the silk of appropriate size usually relatively, and this causes productive expense to increase.In addition, this silk needs processing dividually at present, so that apply erosion resistance and the necessary coating of rubber adhesion or other reagent in order to obtain to improve, has increased additional processing step thus.In order to satisfy the technical specifications of tire, tiremaker need be born these additional expenses; Yet, for produce high carbon content, corrosion-resistant, can be adhered to the steel wire on the rubber, the rubber adhesion that begins and single procedure of processing, improve carbon content and obtain erosion resistance and raising from the Mild Steel Wire of cheapness preferably.Like this, material cost, process period and procedure of processing number can be reduced, and do not sacrifice the benefit according to the high-carbon steel wire of existing method processing.
The present invention has solved this problem by novel method and the technology that proposition is used to make the high-carbon steel wire that is used for useful application, this method is passed through the Mild Steel Wire carburizing to improve the carbon content of steel wire, and in during identical processing, the steel wire carburizing is carried out being used to improve in the presence of the suitable reagent of erosion resistance and rubber adhesion.Like this, by means of a kind of technology, the Mild Steel Wire of cheapness can be converted into useful, high carbon content, corrosion resistant, can be adhered to the steel wire on the rubber, the latter can be used for various application.
Summary of the invention
According to one aspect of the present invention, in the presence of carburizing agent,, produce high-carbon steel wire with the soft steel carburizing.
According to another aspect of the present invention, use solid carburizer with the Mild Steel Wire carburizing, form high carbon steel.
According to another aspect of the present invention, use liquid carburizing compound with the Mild Steel Wire carburizing, form high carbon steel.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the using gas carburizing agent forms high carbon steel with the Mild Steel Wire carburizing.
According to another aspect of the present invention, in the presence of additive,, obtain having the high-carbon steel wire of the erosion resistance of raising with the Mild Steel Wire carburizing.
According to another aspect of the present invention, in the presence of additive,, obtain having the high-carbon steel wire of the rubber adhesion of raising with the Mild Steel Wire carburizing.
According to another aspect of the present invention, under about 1200 ℃ to 1350 ℃ temperature with the Mild Steel Wire carburizing.
According to another aspect of the present invention, carburized wire is promptly quenched and anneal, can be used for making the steel wire of vehicle tyre with production.
After reading and having understood following detailed description, those skilled in the art can clearer other benefits of the present invention and advantage.
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In the arrangement of some part and part, the present invention can take the certain physical form, at this specification sheets with will be described in detail and illustrate its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing of the part of book as an illustration, wherein:
Fig. 1 has described to be used for the steel wire of carburizing.
Fig. 2 has described the cross section of steel wire during carburization process of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the microstructural image according to the steel wire of method carburizing of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is demonstration another image according to the microtexture of the steel wire of the inventive method carburizing.
Fig. 5 is another image according to the steel wire of the inventive method carburizing.
Fig. 6 has described the carburized wire in the quenchant.
Fig. 7 A-7C has shown the neutralize microtexture of the steel wire of the method carburizing of instruction in following examples 1 particularly according to the present invention.Fig. 7 A is the carburizing rolled wire.Fig. 7 B is the microtexture of carburizing rolled wire surf zone.Fig. 7 C is the microtexture of carburized wire core.
Fig. 8 A and 8B have shown the neutralize microtexture of the steel wire of the method carburizing of instruction in following examples 2 particularly according to the present invention.Fig. 8 A is carburizing and quenching and rolled wire.Fig. 8 B is the microtexture of the surf zone of carburizing, quenching, annealing and rolled wire.
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With reference now to accompanying drawing,, the purpose of preferred embodiment in order to demonstrate the invention that wherein shown only is, rather than in order to limit purpose of the present invention, Fig. 1 has described to carry out according to method described herein one section steel wire 10 of carburizing.In one embodiment, one section steel wire 10 is one section Mild Steel Wire shown in." Mild Steel Wire " is meant to have the steel wire that is lower than about 0.25% carbon content.Should be noted that according to the present invention and can use steel wire 10, include, but are not limited to have the steel wire of about carbon content of 0.25% to 0.5% with any carbon content.Though compare with the use Mild Steel Wire, may be correspondingly lower in the steel wire of this higher carbon content by means of the carbon content increase that carburizing obtained, but according to the method for instructing herein, in the presence of corrosion inhibitor 22 or rubber adhesive 23, carry out method for carburizing, can in this steel wire, produce other benefits.
Steel wire 10 can have about 0.2 millimeter and arrive about 2.0 millimeters diameter (d), though can select the steel wire of any diameter according to correct engineering judgment.The steel wire 10 of minor diameter (d) allows steel wire 10 is carried out heating and cooling rapidly relatively, and this has improved the speed that carburization process can carry out.Steel wire 10 can be by die head drawn steel material, with the product of the diameter that reduces steel.Yet steel wire 10 can be made by any means of selecting according to correct engineering judgment.Though the present invention advocates steel wire is processed, should be noted that the present invention can implement on other forms of light material material, comprise without limitation, having about 0.2 millimeter steel plate to about 2.0 millimeters thickness.
Continuation is with reference to figure 1, and steel wire 10 can be placed in the container 15.Container 15 can be configured to the mounting medium (not shown) that comprises carburizing agent 20 or contain carburizing agent 20.In one embodiment, mounting medium can be identical with carburizing agent 20.The size of container 15 and material can be selected according to correct engineering judgment, and can be by the material manufacturing that is suitable for bearing the temperature relevant with carburization process (below discuss).
Considered that steel wire 10 is can container 15 longer.In this case, container can have import and outlet (not shown), and steel wire 10 can enter container 15 by import whereby, and after processing, comes out from container by outlet.Steel wire 10 can provide near the spool that is positioned at the import.Spool can rotate, and makes steel wire 10 feed from spool in fact continuously, by import, enters container 15, carries out carburizing processing in container 15, comes out from container 15 by outlet then.Can near outlet, provide second spool, be used to receive the steel wire 10 of processing.According to correct engineering judgment, can select any means to be used for steel wire 10 chargings by container 15.Steel wire 10 should be controlled fully by the input speed of container 15, so that carburization process carries out according to the present invention.As discussed below, steel wire 10 can be after carburization process, but before being received on second spool, quenched.
In the embodiment that Fig. 1 describes, carburizing agent 20 can be a liquid carburizing compound.Yet, should be appreciated that method for carburizing of the present invention can use liquid carburizing compound, solid carburizer or gaseous cement to carry out.The example of liquid carburizing compound comprises petroleum base oils, salt bath and synthetic mixture, and it is well-known in the art.The example of solid carburizer comprises carbon black and powdered graphite.The example of gaseous cement comprises methane, propane, ethene, acetylene and carbon monoxide.According to method disclosed herein, can use other solids, liquids and gases carburizing agent, these carburizing agents are well known in the art and can select according to correct engineering judgment.In addition, as mentioned above, carburizing agent 20 can be included in the mounting medium (not shown), and mounting medium can be solid, liquid or carrier gas medium.
In the embodiment that Fig. 1 describes, carburizing agent 20 is liquid carburizing compounds.At least a portion steel wire 10 can be dipped in the carburizing agent 20.In one embodiment, steel wire 10 can all be immersed in the carburizing agent 20.Steel wire 10 can keep contacting with carburizing agent 20 in container 15 by means of any means of selecting by correct engineering judgment.
Container 15 can comprise other reagent except that carburizing agent 20.For example, container 15 can comprise more than a kind of carburizing agent 21.In addition, container 15 can comprise anticorrosive reagent 22." anticorrosive reagent " is meant the material that is used to improve the steel wire erosion resistance that is known in the art.This class material can include but are not limited to, and comprises the material of chromium, nickel, vanadium or titanium.Anticorrosive reagent 22 can be selected from the material on the surface that can be adhered to steel wire 10, perhaps is selected from the material that can diffuse into steel wire 10.Anticorrosive reagent 22 can mix with mounting medium, and this mounting medium is identical with the mounting medium (if there is) of carburizing agent 20, or different mounting mediums.
The erosion resistance that should be noted that the raising of steel wire 10 can be produced by described carburization process, and does not need to add independently corrosion inhibitor 22.Carburization process of the present invention can cause the carbon from carburizing agent 20 to be diffused in the core of steel wire 10 (being shown in Fig. 2).The carbon of this immersion steel wire 10 can cause forming the layer (being depicted as 37 in Fig. 3-5) of the intensive cementite of carbon, and this layer originates in the surface of steel wire 10, and extends to the center of steel wire 10.Can improve the intensity of steel wire 10 by the cementite lamella 37 of carburization process generation.Even under the situation of the anticorrosive reagent 22 that does not have other, cementite lamella 37 also can provide the erosion resistance of raising for steel wire 10.Therefore, under the situation that does not have other anticorrosive reagent 22, the steel wire 10 that can predict according to the present invention's processing has the erosion resistance of raising, but by in the presence of aforesaid other anticorrosive reagent 22, steel wire 10 carburizings can further being improved erosion resistance.
Container 15 can also comprise rubber adhesion reagent 23." rubber adhesion reagent " be meant be known in the art, be used to improve rubber and based on the formulation of rubber fusible material to steel wire.This class rubber adhesion reagent 23 can include but are not limited to, and comprises the material of cobalt and copper; Yet, can use any this class reagent of selecting according to correct engineering judgment.Rubber adhesion reagent 23 can be selected from the material on the surface that can be adhered to steel wire 10, perhaps is selected from the material that can diffuse into steel wire 10.Rubber adhesion reagent 23 can mix with mounting medium, and this mounting medium is identical with the mounting medium (if there is) of carburizing agent 20, or different mounting mediums.
Though Fig. 1 has shown the container 15 that comprises carburizing agent 20, anticorrosive reagent 22 and rubber adhesion reagent 23, but it should be noted that, the present invention can only use carburizing agent 20 to implement, and perhaps uses carburizing agent 20 and a kind of of anticorrosive reagent 22 and rubber adhesion reagent 23 or both mixtures to implement.
Continuation wherein provides heating installation 25 with reference to figure 1, and this heating installation 25 combines with steel wire 10 to be operated, and is used to heat steel wire 10.Heating installation 25 can be induction heating equipment or resistance heating device, though can select any other to be used for steel wire 10 is heated to the equipment of the temperature that allows to carry out carburizing according to correct engineering judgment.According to the above, heating installation 25 can be an electrical heating device, wherein with the electricity importing with by steel wire 10, with the means as heating steel wire 10.In such embodiment, one or more electrodes 27,28 can be provided, they are connected to the difference end of steel wire 10.Electrode 27,28 can be connected to the power supply that is used to produce by the electric current of steel wire 10.Heating installation 25 also can be baking oven or stove, and it can be placed in the container 15, perhaps can be placed in outside the container 15.By correct engineering judgment, can select steel wire 10 to be heated to any heating installation 25 that is fit to temperature.
In one embodiment, heating installation 25 can be heated to steel wire 10 and surpass about 950 ℃ temperature.In another embodiment, heating installation can be heated to about 1200 ℃ to 1350 ℃ temperature with steel wire 10.
Continuation is with reference to figure 1, and the steel wire 10 in the container 15 that comprises carburizing agent 20 can be heated to about 1200 ℃ to 1350 ℃ temperature by means of heating installation 25.As mentioned above, container 15 can also comprise one or more anticorrosive reagent 22 and rubber adhesion reagent 23.Anticorrosive reagent 22 or rubber adhesion reagent 23 can add container 15 when steel wire 10 is heated.Selectively, anticorrosive reagent 22 or rubber adhesion reagent 23 can add container 15 before steel wire 10 is heated.Can be provided for improving the single procedure of processing of steel wire 10 in this way, wherein be improved in the erosion resistance of steel wire 10 or rubber adhesion or the identical heating steps that both used between carburizing cycle.
Shown in Fig. 2-5, heating steel wire 10 can cause the carburizing of steel wire 10 in the presence of carburizing agent 20, because the carbon of carburizing agent 20 diffuses through the surface of steel wire 10 and enters the core of steel wire 10.Carburizing causes the raising of steel wire 10 carbon contents, this so that can cause Mild Steel Wire to be converted into high-carbon steel wire.The carbon that the higher temperature that reaches during carburization process (about 1200 ℃-1350 ℃) can cause improving is diffused into speed the steel wire 10 from carburizing agent, can cause the short process period from the low carbon content to the high-carbon content like this.Fig. 3-5 has shown the cross section of the steel wire 10 after the carburization process.Cementite lamella 37 is because carbon diffuses into the result of the carbon content of the raising that steel wire causes.As mentioned above, even under the situation that does not have other anticorrosive reagent 22, cementite lamella 37 also can provide erosion resistance for steel wire 10.Cementite lamella 37 also improves the intensity of steel wire 10, and darker cementite lamella 37 is relevant with the intensity that improves.The carburizing of steel wire 10 can allow to proceed to and have enough cementite lamellas 37, thinks that steel wire 10 provides the intensity of requirement.
When carrying out in carburization process is comprising the container 15 of anticorrosive reagent 22, anticorrosive reagent 22 or its element can be attached to the surface of steel wire 10 or diffuse in the steel wire 10 or both, cause improved erosion resistance (not shown) thus in steel wire.In a similar manner, when in carburization process is comprising the container 15 of rubber adhesion reagent 23, carrying out, rubber adhesion reagent 23 or its element can be attached to the surface of steel wire 10 or diffuse in the steel wire 10 or both, between steel wire 10 and rubber compounding thing, produce the binding property that improves thus, can be used for the steel belt of tire like this.It should be noted that, carburizing agent 20, anticorrosive reagent 22 and the rubber adhesion reagent 23 of q.s can be added container 15, to guarantee that these elements are sufficiently absorbed,, make its intensity, erosion resistance and rubber adhesion with desired level to improve steel wire 10 fully.
As shown in Figure 6, when the correlated performance of steel wire 10, when promptly its carbon content, erosion resistance and rubber adhesion are suitably improved, can in quenchant 35, steel wire 10 be quenched.Quenchant 35 can be any quenchant, and it can select and can comprise oil quenching medium or water according to correct engineering judgment.It is well-known in the art that this class medium 35 is used for industrial application.A purpose of quenchant 35 is that steel wire 10 promptly is cooled to be less than about 200 ℃ temperature greatly, and makes the crystalline-granular texture of steel wire 10 obtain keeping after carburization process.
The carburization process of steel wire 10 can cause having the steel wire 10 of the carbon content of raising.The carbon content of steel wire 10 can be brought up to the level (as defined above) of high-carbon steel wire.In one embodiment, the carbon content of steel wire 10 can bring up to about 1.3% from being less than about 0.25% greatly.As the result of the method for this paper instruction, the carbon content of steel wire 10 can be brought up to up to about 4.3%.In addition, by means of introducing anticorrosive reagent 22 or cementite lamella 37 and rubber adhesion reagent 23 on the surface of steel wire 10 or in steel wire 23, steel wire 10 can be improved and have the erosion resistance and the rubber adhesion of raising.
Though the cementite lamella of carburized wire 10 (being shown as 37 in Fig. 3-5) can cause that steel wire 10 has the intensity of raising, the cementite lamella 37 in the steel wire 10 also may make steel wire 10 have the fragility of raising.Therefore, carburized wire 10 can experience additional tempering process, and wherein steel wire 10 is by tempering or annealing, to reduce the fragility that produces owing to carburization process.Tempering process can comprise that continuously wherein steel wire 10 is heated to about 200 ℃ to 400 ℃ temperature, is cooled to be lower than about 200 ℃ temperature then with steel wire 10 heating and cooling then.The tempering cycle of heating and cooling can repeat.In one embodiment, tempering process can repeat maximum three times.Additional processing step comprises by means of stretching and further reduces the diameter of steel wire 10, can carry out on the high-carbon steel wire of producing according to the present invention.
Though show and described the present invention, it is evident that those skilled in the art can expect suitable variation and correction in reading with after having understood this specification sheets and accompanying drawing with regard at least one embodiment.In addition, though more than may with regard in several illustrational embodiments only one special characteristic of the present invention has been described, but these features can combine with one or more other features of another embodiment, as for any given application-specific may be requirement with favourable.
With reference to the following illustrative embodiment that produces high-carbon steel wire according to the present invention, can understand all respects of the present invention more completely.Though following examples have and specific can be used for this method and can carry out many corrections and alternative to make step, the material and facility of high-carbon steel wire, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that.Therefore, all this corrections, variation, substitute and add and be considered to belong to the spirit and scope of the present invention that claims limit.
Embodiment 1-liquid carburizing.
By means of resistive heating, carry out the carburizing experiment by heating steel wire in machine oil.With 6 in the stainless steel vessel of " the long Mild Steel Wire with 0.2% carbon and 2mm diameter is clamped between two electrodes, and is immersed in 12 " x4 " x4 ".The heating of steel wire is used direct current and is exchanged both and carry out.Be in the oil it to be taken out from described container, and remove described oil with after steel wire heating and the cooling.The carburizing sample is installed in the conducting epoxy resin anchor, polishing, and carry out the Nital etching, so that show the microtexture of the steel wire of processing.The microtexture of the steel wire of research processing in Leica opticmicroscope and Jeol scanning electronic microscope.Fig. 3 and 4 has shown the microtexture of being made up of perlite and main cementite that is obtained.This microtexture is for being typical for the carbon content of the eutectic composition of 4.3% carbon.It provides the combination of the uniqueness of the high-strength characteristic of cementite and pearlitic ductility.In addition, sedimentary special resistates provides improved steel rubber adhesion in the surface.
Embodiment 2-solid carburizing.
In having the ceramic ladle of lid, with carbon black with 4 " have that 0.2% carbon is formed and the steel wire of 0.2 to 1.5 mm dia is packed.They were heated 5 to 30 minutes under 950 ℃ to 1350 ℃ temperature in tube furnace.With the sample purification of processing, and with top embodiment 1 in the same preparation metallographic sample discussed.The microtexture that obtains is characterized the surf zone that demonstrates at steel wire have cementite lamella, this is typical for the proeutectic steel with about 1.3% carbon content.This cementite lamella has improved the erosion resistance of steel.The steel wire that obtains is rolled in the steel wire milling train, to estimate the processing characteristics of steel wire.Reached the highest 2 true strain, and the fracture of silk has not taken place.Fig. 7 A has shown in initial steel wire diameter (non-rolling) and has had the transition portion of the rolled wire between the part (rolling part) of the diameter of reduction.Fig. 7 B and 7C have shown the microtexture of upper layer and steel wire core respectively.With some carburizing silk water quenching, annealed 30 to 120 minutes down at 600 ℃ then.The steel wire of as-quenched condition is brittle, and occurs crackle (Fig. 8 A and 8B) during steel wire is rolling.Annealing causes steel wire ductility to improve, and allows rolling and crackle do not occur.The microtexture of the tempered steel wire that is obtained (promptly quenching and annealed wire) is presented at has typical globular pearlite tissue in the upper layer.In wire-core, microtexture mainly remains ferrite, has typical some perlite cluster for soft steel.

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1. be used to improve the method for the steel wire that is used for the vehicle tyre structure, described method is characterised in that to have following steps:
One section steel wire is provided, and it has the carbon content that is in first carbon level,
At least the first carburizing agent is provided,
At least the first rubber adhesion reagent is provided,
At least the first carburizing agent is contacted with described steel wire with at least the first rubber adhesion reagent,
Be provided for heating the heating installation of described one section steel wire,
Operationally described heating installation is combined with described one section steel wire,
With described one section steel wire heating to first temperature, wherein said first temperature between about 950 ℃ and 1350 ℃ and
The described one section steel wire of heating is in second carbon level up to the carbon content of described one section steel wire under about first temperature, and wherein second carbon level is higher than first carbon level.
2. the method for claim 1 it is characterized in that described one section steel wire has about 0.2 millimeter and arrives about 2.0 millimeters diameter, and first carbon level of described one section steel wire is lower than about 0.5%.
3. it is about 0.25% that the method for claim 2, first carbon level that it is characterized in that described one section steel wire are lower than, and second carbon level of described one section steel wire is higher than about 0.6%.
4. the method for claim 3 is characterized in that first temperature is about 1200 ℃ to about 1350 ℃.
5. the method for claim 4 is characterized in that described at least the first carburizing agent is selected from solid carburizing reagent, liquid carburizing reagent and gas cementation reagent, and
The described at least the first rubber adhesion reagent is selected from the copper bearing rubber adhesion reagent of bag and comprises the rubber adhesion reagent of cobalt.
6. the method for claim 4 is further characterized in that to have the step that described one section steel wire is quenched into second temperature, wherein said second temperature be lower than about 200 ℃ and
With described one section steel wire tempered step.
7. the method for claim 1 is further characterized in that to have following steps: provide at least the first anticorrosive reagent and
Before the step of first temperature, the described at least the first anticorrosive reagent is contacted with described one section steel wire described one section steel wire heating.
8. the steel wire that has the rubber adhesion of raising, it is by being characterised in that the method preparation with following steps:
One section steel wire is provided, and it has the carbon content that is in first carbon level, wherein first carbon level be lower than about 0.50%,
At least the first carburizing agent is provided,
At least the first rubber adhesion reagent is provided,
At least the first carburizing agent is contacted with described steel wire with at least the first rubber adhesion reagent,
Be provided for heating the heating installation of described one section steel wire,
Operationally described heating installation is combined with described one section steel wire,
With described one section steel wire heating to first temperature, wherein said first temperature between 1200 ℃ and 1350 ℃,
The described one section steel wire of heating is in second carbon level up to the carbon content of described one section steel wire under about first temperature, and it is about 0.6% that wherein said second carbon level is higher than,
Described one section steel wire is quenched into is lower than the second about 200 ℃ temperature.
9. pass through the steel wire of the method preparation of claim 8, it is characterized in that first carbon level of described one section steel wire is lower than about 0.25%.
10. pass through the steel wire of the method preparation of claim 8, it is characterized in that described second carbon level is higher than about 1.0%.
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