EP2518177A1 - Nitriding process for maraging steel - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a nitriding process for a maraging steel containing titanium, and specifically, the present invention relates to an improvement in a technique for controlling the degree of compressive residual stress.
- compressive residual stress may be generated at the surface of the steels by a nitriding treatment. In this case, if excessive degrees of the compressive residual stress are generated, there may be cases in which notch sensitivity is increased or toughness is decreased. Therefore, it is necessary to generate an appropriate degree of the compressive residual stress.
- an oxide layer existing at the surface of the steel prevents nitriding of the steel.
- a nitriding treatment is performed on a steel with low nitridability, an oxide layer existing at the surface of the steel prevents nitriding of the steel.
- a solution heat treatment is performed in a specific atmosphere which prevents oxidation as much as possible, thereby preventing increase of the surface concentrations of the atoms that easily combine with oxygen.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a nitriding process for a maraging steel, by which greater compressive residual stress is generated in the maraging steel.
- the inventors of the present invention conducted an intensive research on a nitriding process for a maraging steel containing titanium. As a result, the following findings were obtained, and the present invention has been completed.
- the solution heat treating step is performed so as not to increase surface concentration of titanium, which easily combines with oxygen.
- a solution heat treating step is performed so as to facilitate increase of surface concentration of titanium oxide, and a reducing treatment is performed according to the surface concentration of the titanium oxide before a nitriding step. As a result, nitriding is facilitated, whereby the degree of the compressive residual stress is controlled.
- the present invention provides a nitriding process for a maraging steel containing titanium, and the nitriding process includes a solution heat treating step for generating and concentrating titanium oxide at the surface of the maraging steel by a solution heat treatment.
- the nitriding process also includes a reducing step for reducing the titanium oxide so as to concentrate the titanium at the surface of the maraging steel.
- the nitriding process further includes a nitriding step for nitriding the maraging steel, in which the titanium is concentrated at the surface, thereby applying compressive residual stress at the surface of the maraging steel.
- a solution heat treatment is performed on a maraging steel containing titanium (Ti), whereby titanium oxide (TiO 2 ) is formed at the surface thereof (a solution heat treating step).
- Ti titanium
- TiO 2 titanium oxide
- a workpiece is made of a maraging steel in which titanium is solid-solved, and a partial amount of the titanium is oxidized at the surface of the workpiece. Therefore, titanium oxide is positively generated and is concentrated at the surface of the workpiece. Accordingly, the surface concentration of the titanium is increased.
- the titanium oxide is positively generated in the solution heat treating step, which is a great difference from the technique disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Laid-open No. 2004-162134 in technical concept.
- the titanium oxide is reduced so as to concentrate the titanium at the surface of the maraging steel (a reducing step).
- a reducing treatment is sufficiently performed as a pretreatment of the nitriding treatment.
- oxygen is removed. Accordingly, the surface concentration of the titanium in an activated state is increased.
- the maraging steel in which the titanium is concentrated at the surface, is subjected to a nitriding treatment, whereby compressive residual stress is applied at the surface (a nitriding step).
- a nitriding step the reduced titanium and the solid-solved titanium combine with nitrogen and form titanium nitride (TiN) by the nitriding treatment.
- TiN titanium nitride
- the titanium since the titanium is in the activated state, the titanium is easily nitrided.
- the surface concentration of the titanium in the activated state is high, a large amount of nitrogen infiltrates into the workpiece. As a result, greater compressive residual stress is applied at the surface of the workpiece by nitriding the titanium, whereby strength of the workpiece is greatly improved.
- the nitriding process for the maraging steel of the present invention may be performed in various manners.
- the solution heat treating step of the maraging steel by controlling the atmosphere, the surface concentration of the titanium oxide is controlled.
- the amount of the oxygen to be removed is controlled.
- a necessary degree of the compressive residual stress is applied at the surface of the maraging steel.
- the surface titanium concentration of the maraging steel after the solution heat treating step is preferably set to be not less than 13.0 at %.
- the reducing step is preferably performed by using reducing gas at a flow rate of not less than 24.7 L/m 3 .
- the solution heat treatment may be performed by vacuum treatment, atmosphere treatment, or the like.
- a furnace for the solution heat treatment a batch furnace, a continuous furnace, a mesh belt furnace, etc., may be used.
- the reducing step may be performed by using NF 3 gas or the like.
- the nitriding process for the maraging steel of the present invention is suitably applied to parts such as, for example, an endless metal belt which may be used in a continuously variable transmission (CVT).
- CVT continuously variable transmission
- the surface concentration of the titanium oxide is increased by the solution heat treatment. Moreover, by performing the reducing treatment before the nitriding treatment, the surface titanium concentration is increased. Therefore, nitriding of the maraging steel is facilitated. As a result, high compressive residual stress is obtained, whereby the strength of the maraging steel is further improved.
- 1 denotes a sheet
- 2 denotes a drum
- 3 denotes a heating furnace
- 4 denotes a ring.
- the present invention will be described in detail with reference to specific practical examples hereinafter.
- the nitriding process for the maraging steel of the present invention is applied to the production method of an endless metal belt.
- a sheet 1 made of maraging steel is welded at both ends so as to have a cylindrical shape, thereby forming a drum 2 (a welding step).
- the drum 2 has a portion 2a that is hardened by the heat of the welding. Therefore, the drum 2 is subjected to a first solution heat treatment in a heating furnace 3, whereby the hardness of the drum 2 is homogenized (a first solution heat treating step).
- the drum 2 is cut into predetermined widths, thereby forming plural rings 4 with an endless belt shape (a drum cutting step). Then, the rings 4 are rolled so as to have a predetermined thickness (a ring rolling step).
- the metallic structure of the rings 4 is deformed by the rolling. Therefore, the rings 4 are subjected to a second solution heat treatment so that the metallic structure of the rings 4 is recrystallized (a second solution heat treating step).
- a second solution heat treating step by controlling the atmosphere, titanium oxide is formed and is concentrated at the surface of the rings 4.
- the rings 4 are corrected so as to have a predetermined perimeter (a ring perimeter correcting step).
- the correction is performed so that the perimeters of the rings 4 differ slightly from each other.
- the rings 4 are subjected to an aging treatment and subsequent nitriding treatment, whereby the hardness and the wear resistance of the rings 4 are improved (an aging and nitriding step).
- a reducing treatment is performed on the rings 4 before the nitriding treatment, thereby increasing the surface concentration of the titanium in an activated state (a reducing step).
- a reducing step is performed on the rings 4 before the nitriding treatment, thereby increasing the surface concentration of the titanium in an activated state.
- an endless metal belt is produced (a ring laminating step).
- the test pieces 11 to 13 were made of maraging steel consisting of, by mass %, 0.004 % of C, 0.02 % of Si, 0.01 % of Mn, 0.002 % of P, less than 0.001 % of S, 18.58 % of Ni, 0.02 % of Cr, 4.99 % of Mo, 9.28 % of Co, 0.01 % of Cu, 0.12 % of Al, 0.47 % of Ti, 0.0004 % ofN, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.
- the maraging steel having the above compositions was used in the Examples, but other maraging steels may be used as long as the compositions are in the following ranges.
- a maraging steel consisting of, by mass %, not more than 0.01 % of C, not more than 0.10 % of Si, not more than 0.10 % of Mn, not more than 0.005 % of P, not more than 0.005 % of S, not more than 0.05 % of Cr, not more than 0.04 % of Cu, 17 to 19 % of Ni, 4.5 to 5.5 % ofMo, 9.2 to 9.5 % of Co, 0.05 to 0.15 % of Al, 0.40 to 0.50 % of Ti, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, may be used.
- first and the second solution heat treating steps a heating furnace shown in Table 1 was used and the atmosphere was set with respect to each of the test pieces 11 to 13.
- the first and the second solution heat treating steps were performed at a temperature in the range of not less than the recrystallizing temperature of the maraging steel and not more than 850 °C.
- the oxygen concentration was controlled so as to be in the range of 0.1 to 14 ppm, whereby the surface titanium concentration was controlled so as to be in the range of 4.1 to 31.4 atm %.
- the surface titanium concentration was measured by analyzing the surface of each test piece with ⁇ ESCA (manufactured by Ulvac-phi, Inc., "Quantera SXM").
- the surface titanium concentrations are shown in Table 1 and are maximum titanium concentrations (at %) in the region from the surface to 50 nm depth of the test pieces.
- the reducing treatment before the nitriding treatment was performed by using NF 3 gas as a reducing gas.
- the NF 3 gas was used in the range of 0 to 61.7 L/m 3 based on a unit flow of 12.3 liters per volume.
- the test pieces 11 to 13 of the rings thus obtained were subjected to a residual stress measurement.
- an X-ray stress measuring device manufactured by Rigaku Corporation, "PSPC/MSF-3M" was used.
- the residual stress of the outer circumferential surface of the ring was measured in the thickness direction (the direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface).
- Table 2 shows each surface titanium concentration after the solution heat treatment of the second solution heat treating step.
- Table 2 also shows compressive residual stress values after the nitriding treatment that was performed at each flow rate of the reducing gas.
- Table 3 is a graph that shows a relationship between the surface titanium concentration after the solution heat treatment and the compressive residual stress value after the nitriding treatment shown in Table 2.
- Table 2 Titanium concentration after solution heat treating step at % 4.1 13.0 31.4 Flow rate of reducing gas 0 L/m 3 876 1038 877 12.3 L/m 3 843 1215 1419 24.7 L/m 3 843 1297 1717 37.0 L/m 3 882 1146 1735 61.7 L/m 3 943 1160 1694
- the compressive residual stress was increased by generating the titanium oxide at the surface of the maraging steel in the solution heat treatment and by performing the reducing treatment before the nitriding treatment.
- the titanium concentration at the surface of the maraging steel after the solution heat treatment is preferably set to be not less than 13.0 at %.
- the flow rate of the reducing gas is preferably set to be not less than 24.7 L/m 3 in the reducing treatment.
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- The present invention relates to a nitriding process for a maraging steel containing titanium, and specifically, the present invention relates to an improvement in a technique for controlling the degree of compressive residual stress.
- In order to improve strengths of steels, compressive residual stress may be generated at the surface of the steels by a nitriding treatment. In this case, if excessive degrees of the compressive residual stress are generated, there may be cases in which notch sensitivity is increased or toughness is decreased. Therefore, it is necessary to generate an appropriate degree of the compressive residual stress.
- When a nitriding treatment is performed on a steel with low nitridability, an oxide layer existing at the surface of the steel prevents nitriding of the steel. For example, in a case of maraging steel, if surface concentrations of atoms that easily combine with oxygen, such as titanium, are high, oxide layers of the atoms are formed in a solution heat treating step. Therefore, nitriding is prevented by the oxide layers in a nitriding step, whereby sufficient degree of the compressive residual stress cannot be generated in the steel. In regard to this, a method is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Laid-open No.
2004-162134 - However, according to the technique disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Laid-open No.
2004-162134 - Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a nitriding process for a maraging steel, by which greater compressive residual stress is generated in the maraging steel.
- The inventors of the present invention conducted an intensive research on a nitriding process for a maraging steel containing titanium. As a result, the following findings were obtained, and the present invention has been completed. In the technique disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Laid-open No.
2004-162134 - The present invention provides a nitriding process for a maraging steel containing titanium, and the nitriding process includes a solution heat treating step for generating and concentrating titanium oxide at the surface of the maraging steel by a solution heat treatment. The nitriding process also includes a reducing step for reducing the titanium oxide so as to concentrate the titanium at the surface of the maraging steel. The nitriding process further includes a nitriding step for nitriding the maraging steel, in which the titanium is concentrated at the surface, thereby applying compressive residual stress at the surface of the maraging steel.
- In the nitriding process for the maraging steel of the present invention, first, a solution heat treatment is performed on a maraging steel containing titanium (Ti), whereby titanium oxide (TiO2) is formed at the surface thereof (a solution heat treating step). Specifically, as shown in
Fig. 1A , a workpiece is made of a maraging steel in which titanium is solid-solved, and a partial amount of the titanium is oxidized at the surface of the workpiece. Therefore, titanium oxide is positively generated and is concentrated at the surface of the workpiece. Accordingly, the surface concentration of the titanium is increased. Thus, the titanium oxide is positively generated in the solution heat treating step, which is a great difference from the technique disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Laid-open No.2004-162134 - Then, the titanium oxide is reduced so as to concentrate the titanium at the surface of the maraging steel (a reducing step). Specifically, since titanium in an oxide state does not combine with N in a nitriding treatment, a reducing treatment is sufficiently performed as a pretreatment of the nitriding treatment. As a result, as shown in
Fig. 1B , oxygen is removed. Accordingly, the surface concentration of the titanium in an activated state is increased. - Next, the maraging steel, in which the titanium is concentrated at the surface, is subjected to a nitriding treatment, whereby compressive residual stress is applied at the surface (a nitriding step). Specifically, as shown in
Fig. 1C , the reduced titanium and the solid-solved titanium combine with nitrogen and form titanium nitride (TiN) by the nitriding treatment. In this case, since the titanium is in the activated state, the titanium is easily nitrided. In addition, since the surface concentration of the titanium in the activated state is high, a large amount of nitrogen infiltrates into the workpiece. As a result, greater compressive residual stress is applied at the surface of the workpiece by nitriding the titanium, whereby strength of the workpiece is greatly improved. - The nitriding process for the maraging steel of the present invention may be performed in various manners. In the solution heat treating step of the maraging steel, by controlling the atmosphere, the surface concentration of the titanium oxide is controlled. In addition, in the reducing step before the nitriding step, by controlling the reducing conditions, the amount of the oxygen to be removed is controlled. By controlling both the surface concentration and the reduction amount as described above, a necessary degree of the compressive residual stress is applied at the surface of the maraging steel. In this case, in order to obtain higher compressive residual stress than a conventional degree, for example, the surface titanium concentration of the maraging steel after the solution heat treating step is preferably set to be not less than 13.0 at %. The reducing step is preferably performed by using reducing gas at a flow rate of not less than 24.7 L/m3.
- The solution heat treatment may be performed by vacuum treatment, atmosphere treatment, or the like. As a furnace for the solution heat treatment, a batch furnace, a continuous furnace, a mesh belt furnace, etc., may be used. The reducing step may be performed by using NF3 gas or the like. The nitriding process for the maraging steel of the present invention is suitably applied to parts such as, for example, an endless metal belt which may be used in a continuously variable transmission (CVT).
- According to the nitriding process for the maraging steel of the present invention, the surface concentration of the titanium oxide is increased by the solution heat treatment. Moreover, by performing the reducing treatment before the nitriding treatment, the surface titanium concentration is increased. Therefore, nitriding of the maraging steel is facilitated. As a result, high compressive residual stress is obtained, whereby the strength of the maraging steel is further improved.
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Figs. 1A to 1C are schematic drawings of a surface part of a maraging steel of an embodiment in each step relating to the nitriding process for the maraging steel of the present invention.Fig. 1A is a schematic drawing of a solution heat treating step,Fig. 1B is a schematic drawing of a reducing step, andFig. 1C is a schematic drawing of a nitriding step. -
Fig. 2 is a schematic flow diagram that shows a production process of an endless metal belt relating to practical examples, which were subjected to the nitriding process for the maraging steel of the present invention. -
Fig. 3 is a graph that shows results of practical examples, which were subjected to the nitriding process for the maraging steel of the present invention. - 1 denotes a sheet, 2 denotes a drum, 3 denotes a heating furnace, and 4 denotes a ring.
- The present invention will be described in detail with reference to specific practical examples hereinafter. In the Examples, the nitriding process for the maraging steel of the present invention is applied to the production method of an endless metal belt.
- In the production of the endless metal belt, as shown in
Fig. 2 , first, a sheet 1 made of maraging steel is welded at both ends so as to have a cylindrical shape, thereby forming a drum 2 (a welding step). In this case, thedrum 2 has aportion 2a that is hardened by the heat of the welding. Therefore, thedrum 2 is subjected to a first solution heat treatment in a heating furnace 3, whereby the hardness of thedrum 2 is homogenized (a first solution heat treating step). Next, thedrum 2 is cut into predetermined widths, thereby formingplural rings 4 with an endless belt shape (a drum cutting step). Then, therings 4 are rolled so as to have a predetermined thickness (a ring rolling step). In this case, the metallic structure of therings 4 is deformed by the rolling. Therefore, therings 4 are subjected to a second solution heat treatment so that the metallic structure of therings 4 is recrystallized (a second solution heat treating step). In the second solution heat treating step, by controlling the atmosphere, titanium oxide is formed and is concentrated at the surface of therings 4. - Next, the
rings 4 are corrected so as to have a predetermined perimeter (a ring perimeter correcting step). In this case, the correction is performed so that the perimeters of therings 4 differ slightly from each other. Then, therings 4 are subjected to an aging treatment and subsequent nitriding treatment, whereby the hardness and the wear resistance of therings 4 are improved (an aging and nitriding step). In this case, a reducing treatment is performed on therings 4 before the nitriding treatment, thereby increasing the surface concentration of the titanium in an activated state (a reducing step). Then, by laminating therings 4, an endless metal belt is produced (a ring laminating step). - In the Examples, the steps from the welding step to the second solution heat treating step in the above production method of the endless metal belt were performed, and obtained
rings 4 were used as test pieces 11 to 13. - The test pieces 11 to 13 were made of maraging steel consisting of, by mass %, 0.004 % of C, 0.02 % of Si, 0.01 % of Mn, 0.002 % of P, less than 0.001 % of S, 18.58 % of Ni, 0.02 % of Cr, 4.99 % of Mo, 9.28 % of Co, 0.01 % of Cu, 0.12 % of Al, 0.47 % of Ti, 0.0004 % ofN, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The maraging steel having the above compositions was used in the Examples, but other maraging steels may be used as long as the compositions are in the following ranges. For example, a maraging steel consisting of, by mass %, not more than 0.01 % of C, not more than 0.10 % of Si, not more than 0.10 % of Mn, not more than 0.005 % of P, not more than 0.005 % of S, not more than 0.05 % of Cr, not more than 0.04 % of Cu, 17 to 19 % of Ni, 4.5 to 5.5 % ofMo, 9.2 to 9.5 % of Co, 0.05 to 0.15 % of Al, 0.40 to 0.50 % of Ti, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, may be used.
- In the first and the second solution heat treating steps, a heating furnace shown in Table 1 was used and the atmosphere was set with respect to each of the test pieces 11 to 13. The first and the second solution heat treating steps were performed at a temperature in the range of not less than the recrystallizing temperature of the maraging steel and not more than 850 °C. In the second solution heat treating step, the oxygen concentration was controlled so as to be in the range of 0.1 to 14 ppm, whereby the surface titanium concentration was controlled so as to be in the range of 4.1 to 31.4 atm %. The surface titanium concentration was measured by analyzing the surface of each test piece with µ ESCA (manufactured by Ulvac-phi, Inc., "Quantera SXM"). The surface titanium concentrations are shown in Table 1 and are maximum titanium concentrations (at %) in the region from the surface to 50 nm depth of the test pieces. The reducing treatment before the nitriding treatment was performed by using NF3 gas as a reducing gas. The NF3 gas was used in the range of 0 to 61.7 L/m3 based on a unit flow of 12.3 liters per volume.
Table 1 Furnace Atmosphere Oxygen Concentration ppm Titanium concentration after solution heat treating step at % Test piece 11 Mesh belt furnace N2 + H2 (N2 71.4 %) (H2 28.6 %) 0.1 4.1 Test piece 12 Mesh belt furnace N2 (N2 100 %) 5 13.0 Test piece 13 Vacuum furnace Vacuum (Degree of vacuum 5 × 10-3 Pa)14 31.4 - The test pieces 11 to 13 of the rings thus obtained were subjected to a residual stress measurement. In the residual stress measurement, an X-ray stress measuring device (manufactured by Rigaku Corporation, "PSPC/MSF-3M") was used. The residual stress of the outer circumferential surface of the ring was measured in the thickness direction (the direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface). The results are shown in Table 2 and
Fig. 3 . Table 2 shows each surface titanium concentration after the solution heat treatment of the second solution heat treating step. Table 2 also shows compressive residual stress values after the nitriding treatment that was performed at each flow rate of the reducing gas.Fig. 3 is a graph that shows a relationship between the surface titanium concentration after the solution heat treatment and the compressive residual stress value after the nitriding treatment shown in Table 2.Table 2 Titanium concentration after solution heat treating step at % 4.1 13.0 31.4 Flow rate of reducing gas 0 L/m3 876 1038 877 12.3 L/m3 843 1215 1419 24.7 L/m3 843 1297 1717 37.0 L/m3 882 1146 1735 61.7 L/m3 943 1160 1694 - As shown in
Fig. 3 and Table 2, the compressive residual stress was increased by generating the titanium oxide at the surface of the maraging steel in the solution heat treatment and by performing the reducing treatment before the nitriding treatment. Specifically, in order to obtain high compressive residual stress, the titanium concentration at the surface of the maraging steel after the solution heat treatment is preferably set to be not less than 13.0 at %. Moreover, in order to obtain high compressive residual stress, the flow rate of the reducing gas is preferably set to be not less than 24.7 L/m3 in the reducing treatment.
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- A nitriding process for a maraging steel containing titanium, comprising:a solution heat treating step for generating and concentrating titanium oxide at the surface of the maraging steel by a solution heat treatment;a reducing step for reducing the titanium oxide so as to concentrate the titanium at the surface of the maraging steel; anda nitriding step for nitriding the maraging steel, in which the titanium is concentrated at the surface, and thereby applying compressive residual stress at the surface of the maraging steel.
- The nitriding process for the maraging steel according to claim 1, wherein the concentration of the titanium at the surface of the maraging steel after the reducing step is set to be not less than 13.0 at %.
- The nitriding process for the maraging steel according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the reducing step is performed by using reducing gas at a flow rate of not less than 24.7 L/m3.
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