EP2601321A1 - A method for shot peening a gas carburised steel - Google Patents
A method for shot peening a gas carburised steelInfo
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- EP2601321A1 EP2601321A1 EP11760871.1A EP11760871A EP2601321A1 EP 2601321 A1 EP2601321 A1 EP 2601321A1 EP 11760871 A EP11760871 A EP 11760871A EP 2601321 A1 EP2601321 A1 EP 2601321A1
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- hardness
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
- C21D7/00—Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation
- C21D7/02—Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation by cold working
- C21D7/04—Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation by cold working of the surface
- C21D7/06—Modifying the physical properties of iron or steel by deformation by cold working of the surface by shot-peening or the like
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24C—ABRASIVE OR RELATED BLASTING WITH PARTICULATE MATERIAL
- B24C1/00—Methods for use of abrasive blasting for producing particular effects; Use of auxiliary equipment in connection with such methods
- B24C1/10—Methods for use of abrasive blasting for producing particular effects; Use of auxiliary equipment in connection with such methods for compacting surfaces, e.g. shot-peening
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
- C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
- C23C8/00—Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces; Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive gas, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals
- C23C8/80—After-treatment
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
- C21D11/00—Process control or regulation for heat treatments
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a method for shot peening. Specifically, it relates to a method for shot-peening a gas carburized steel.
- shot peening has been known to produce compressive residual stresses and to increase hardness to improve the fatigue strength of gears (see authored by the Society of Shot Peening Technology of Japan; Fatigue of Metals and Shot Peening; published by Gendai Kogaku-sha; 2004). Further, to achieve high fatigue strength aimed at reducing the weight of parts, a method for increasing compressive residual stresses produced by shot peening has been known (see Kazuyoshi Ogawa and Takashi Asano; Theoretical Prediction of Residual Stress Produced by Shot Peening for Hardened Steel; Transactions of JSSR, No. 48 (2003) pp. 31-38).
- the object of the present invention is to provide a method for shot peening for producing high compressive residual stresses in a gas carburized steel that has a soft layer on the surface.
- a depth where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated is estimated, and no data on the hardness on the surface or near the surface is used.
- the method for shot peening of the first aspect of the present invention is to produce a compressive residual stress in a processed steel by peening shot media onto the processed steel.
- the processed steel comprises a gas carburized steel having a hardness of 750HV or higher at the depth z, where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated.
- the depth z is estimated by using Equations (1) to (4) below.
- the shot media have a hardness that is above that of the processed steel by 50HV or more.
- the method for the shot peening of the second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the diameters of shot media are in the range from 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm in the method for the shot peening of the first aspect.
- the position where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated is estimated by multiplying the depth by a constant.
- the depth is determined as the depth where the maximum stress is generated by the collision of shot media.
- a gas carburized steel By shot-peening a gas carburized steel a maximum compressive residual stress that is equal to, or more than, 1,600 MPa, is produced. At that depth the gas carburized steel has a hardness that is equal to, or more than, 750HV.
- the shot media have a hardness that is above that of the processed steel by 50HV or more.
- the processed steel is processed to have a high fatigue strength. That is, by estimating the depth z, where the maximum compressive stress is generated, from Equations (1) to (4), it is possible to produce a high compressive residual stress in a gas carburized steel that has a soft layer.
- the diameters of shot media are in the range from 0.2 to 1.0 mm, the maximum compressive residual stress can be securely produced in the processed steel.
- Fig. 1 is a graph showing the distribution of the hardness of the processed steels that were used in the embodiments of the present invention.
- Fig. 2 is a table showing the conditions and the results of the shot peening that were used in the embodiments of the present invention.
- Fig. 3 is a graph showing the relationship between the estimated values and measured values where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated.
- Fig. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between the differences between the hardness of shot media from the hardness at the depth where the maximum residual stresses is generated and the maximum compressive residual stresses.
- Fig. 1 is a graph showing the distribution of the hardness of the processed steels that were used in the embodiments.
- the abscissa denotes depths (micrometer) from the surface of the steel, and the ordinate denotes the Vickers hardness.
- a gas carburized steel is used for the processed steels.
- TP. A and TP. B denote the steels which have been tempered at 180 degree C and 180 degree C, respectively.
- Fig. 2 is a table showing the conditions and the results of shot peening that were used in the embodiments.
- a compressive-air shot peening system was used. Shot media that have a hardness of 700HV to 1,000HV and diameters (the mean diameters) of 0.2 to 1.0 mm were used.
- the in the table denotes the maximum compressive residual stresses in the processed steels.
- the compressive residual stresses were measured by using a micro-stress analyzer that is available from Rigaku Corporation
- the “Depth of Peak” in the table denotes the depth from the surface where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated.
- the “Hardness at Peak” denotes the hardness at the "Depth of Peak,” i.e., the Vickers hardness of the processed steels at the depth where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated.
- the “Relative Hardness” denotes the differences between the hardness of shot media and that of the processed steels, specifically the value that is calculated by subtracting the hardness at peak of the processed steels from the hardness of shot media. As shown in the table, if the relative hardness is 50HV or more, the maximum compressive residual stress of -1,600 MPa or more can be obtained. The maximum compressive residual stress of -1,600 MPa is a typical value that is required for gear materials.
- Fig. 3 is a graph showing the estimated values and measured values of the depths where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated.
- the estimated values are calculated by using the following Equations (1) to (4).
- the estimated values where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated are generally coincident with the measured values. That means that the depths where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated can be estimated by multiplying the depth where the maximum stress is generated under contact stresses caused by the collision of shot media, by the constant K.
- Fig. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between the differences between the hardness of shot media and the hardness at the depth where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated. Specifically, it shows the values (the relative hardness) that are calculated by subtracting the hardness of the processed steels at the peak depth from the hardness of shot media on the abscissa and the maximum compressive residual stresses (MPa) of the processed steels on the ordinate.
- the maximum compressive residual stress does not reach -1,600 MPa. This is because shot media are subject to plastic deformation when they are shot onto the processed steel. Thus energy is insufficiently transmitted from shot media to the processed steel.
- the maximum compressive residual stress exceeds -1,600 MPa. Since the maximum compressive residual stress is generally expressed as a minus value, that means that the absolute value exceeds 1,600 MPa. This is because shot media are seldom subject to plastic deformation when they are shot onto the processed steel. Thus sufficient energy is transmitted from shot media to the processed steel.
- the maximum compressive residual stress does not reach -1,600 MPa even when the value that is calculated by subtracting the hardness of the processed steels at the peak depth from the hardness of shot media is 50HV or more.
- the maximum compressive residual stress to be produced in a steel is known as being limited by the yield strength of the steel. The yield strength is proportional to the hardness. Thus, unless the hardness of the processed steel at the depth where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated is 750HV or more, the yield strength that is required to produce the maximum compressive residual strength of -1,600 MPa cannot be ensured.
- the threshold for the difference in the hardness of shot media and the processed steels i.e., 50HV is determined as follows. As shown in Fig. 4, the maximum compressive residual stresses are shown in relation to the values that are calculated by subtracting the hardness of the processed steels at the "Depth of Peak" from the hardness of shot media. An estimated curve is drawn by the least square method. Based on the curve the threshold is determined. The threshold for the hardness at the depth where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated, i.e., 750HV, is determined as follows. The maximum compressive residual stresses are shown in relation to the hardness of the processed steels. An estimated curve is drawn by the least square method. Based on the curve the threshold is determined.
- processed steels are used that have a hardness that is greater than 750HV at the depth z, where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated.
- the depth z is estimated from Equations (1) to (4).
- the shot media that have the hardness that is greater than that of the processed steels at the depth z by 50HV or more are shot onto the processed steels.
- a compressive residual stress is produced in the processed steels.
- the depth where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated is estimated by multiplying the depth where the maximum stress is generated under contact stresses caused by the collision of shot media by the constant K.
- the processed steels that have a hardness at that depth that exceeds 750HV are used.
- the shot media that have a hardness that is greater than that of the processed steels at the estimated depth by 50HV or more are shot onto the processed steels.
- a maximum compressive residual stress that is 1,600 MPa or more can be produced in the processed steels.
- the processed steels can be improved in fatigue strength. That is, by estimating the depth z, where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated, from Equations (1) to (4), a high compressive residual stress can be produced in a gas carburized steel that has a soft layer.
- a maximum compressive residual stress that is 1,600 MPa or more can be securely produced in the processed steels.
- any shot media can be used.
- shot media made of steels, etc., are preferable.
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Abstract
Description
The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given below. However, the detailed description and the specific embodiment are illustrations of desired embodiments of the present invention, and are described only for an explanation. Various possible changes and modifications will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art on the basis of the detailed description.
The applicant has no intention to dedicate to the public any disclosed embodiment. Among the disclosed changes and modifications, those which may not literally fall within the scope of the present claims constitute, therefore, a part of the present invention in the sense of the doctrine of equivalents.
The use of the articles "a," "an," and "the" and similar referents in the specification and claims are to be construed to cover both the singular and the plural, unless otherwise indicated herein or clearly contradicted by the context. The use of any and all examples, or exemplary language (e.g., "such as") provided herein, is intended merely to better illuminate the invention, and so does not limit the scope of the invention, unless otherwise claimed.
Fig. 2 is a table showing the conditions and the results of the shot peening that were used in the embodiments of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a graph showing the relationship between the estimated values and measured values where the maximum compressive residual stress is generated.
Fig. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between the differences between the hardness of shot media from the hardness at the depth where the maximum residual stresses is generated and the maximum compressive residual stresses.
in the table denotes the maximum compressive residual stresses in the processed steels. The compressive residual stresses were measured by using a micro-stress analyzer that is available from Rigaku Corporation
Claims (2)
- A method for shot peening,
wherein a processed steel comprises a gas carburized steel that has hardness at 750HV or more at a depth z, where a maximum compressive residual stress is generated, the depth z being estimated by using Equations (1) to (4), and
wherein shot media that have a hardness that is greater than the hardness of the processed steel by 50HV or more are shot onto the processed steel to produce a compressive residual stress in the processed steel:
- The method for shot peening of claim 1, wherein diameters of the shot media are in a range from 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm.
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