JPH0881743A - Carburizing steel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To produce a carburizing steel having high surface fatigue strength reduced in dispersion. CONSTITUTION: This steel is a carburizing steel, which has a composition containing, as alloying elements, 0.1-0.3%, by mass, C, 0.3-3.0% Si, <=1.5% Mn, <=0.02% P, <=0.005% S, 0.05-0.5% V, and <=0.0015% O and having the balance Fe with inevitable impurities, and a carburizing steel which has a composition further containing, besides the alloying elements, one or >=2 kinds among <=5.0%, by mass, Cr, <=3.% Ni, <=1.0% Mo, and <=0.1% Nb and having the balance Fe with the inevitable impurities.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to steel for carburizing or carbonitriding to obtain carburized parts excellent in wear resistance and surface fatigue strength.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, JISSCr420, SC has been used as a steel for gears such as gears and shafts which are mechanical structural parts.
Case-hardening steel represented by M420 has been used. However, the demand for higher strength of gears is further increasing, and various steels for carburized gears having improved bending fatigue strength at the tooth base have been proposed. However, when these steels are applied, the bending fatigue strength is certainly improved, but as a new problem,
Gear damage due to wear and surface fatigue has become noticeable. Similarly, in the case of carburized bearing steel as well, in order to improve its rolling contact fatigue strength, reduction of oxygen content in steel and effects of various alloying elements such as Si, Cr, Ni and Mo have been reported. ing. However, although the fatigue strength is certainly improved by adding or increasing the amount of these alloy elements, there are some that show extremely low strength, and due to this variation, the average life is not extended so much at present.

[0003]

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a carburized steel excellent in surface fatigue strength and having a very small variation in life. To provide.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] To improve surface fatigue,
Conventionally, the addition of Si and Cr has been considered promising and studied. However, although the surface fatigue strength is certainly improved by increasing the addition amount of Si and Cr, as a variation, the result that the strength is extremely inferior also occurs. As a result of studying combinations of various alloying elements, the present invention shows that, in improving surface fatigue strength, the combined addition of Si and V is effective in suppressing the phenomenon of fracture particularly in a short life and reducing the variation in life. I found something. Also, as a result of detailed observation of the broken test piece,
It was also found that the crack initiation of the short-time damaged sample originated from MnS.

That is, in the carburized steel of the present invention, the content of alloying elements is% by mass, C: 0.1 to 0.3%, Si:
0.3-3.0%, Mn: 1.5% or less, P: 0.
02% or less, S: 0.005% or less, V: 0.05
~ 0.5%, O: 0.0015% or less, balance F
e and inevitable impurities. In addition to the above alloy elements, in mass%, Cr: 5.0%
Below, Ni: 3.0% or less, Mo: 1.0% or less, N
b: One or more of 0.1% or less can be contained.

The reasons for limiting each alloying element will be described below. C: 0.1 to 0.3% C is an essential element for ensuring the strength of steel, and the content thereof determines the core hardness after carburizing, quenching and tempering. Therefore, in the present invention, the lower limit of the amount of C is set to 0.1% to secure the hardness of the core. However, if its content is too large, it causes adverse effects such as deterioration of toughness and machinability, so the upper limit of C content was made 0.3%.

Si: 0.3-3.0% Si is an element which plays an important role in the present invention,
It is added to give temper resistance to softening resistance to steel.
The effect can be further enhanced by coexisting with. In order to exert its effect, the content of 0.3% or more is required. However, even if added excessively, the effect is not only saturated, but it is necessary to raise the transformation point of the steel and raise the carburizing temperature, and the forgeability and machinability are impaired. %. Considering the tempering resistance, carburizing property, forgeability and machinability of steel,
3 to 2.0% is a preferable range.

Mn: 1.5% or less Mn is added to improve the hot workability of steel and to secure the hardenability. However, if added excessively, softening and annealing of the material becomes difficult, and machinability and cold forgeability are deteriorated, so the upper limit is made 1.5%.

P: 0.02% or less P segregates at austenite grain boundaries to reduce toughness, so the upper limit of the content is made 0.02%.

S: 0.005% or less S impairs the hot workability, forms non-metallic inclusions such as MnS in steel, and causes cracks during rolling. Direction toughness is impaired, so its upper limit is 0.00
Reduced as much as 5%.

V: 0.05 to 0.5% V is an element that plays an important role in the present invention together with Si, and has the effect of refining the crystal grains of steel.
In the coexistence with, it has the effect of increasing the tempering softening resistance synergistically. In addition, it is effective in forming carbonitrides in steel to suppress the segregation of Si, and preventing the variation of fatigue life, in particular, the phenomenon of breaking in a short life due to rolling fatigue. The effect of suppressing the growth of cracks generated as a result is remarkable. In order to exert these effects, the V content needs to be 0.05% or more in the Si content range. However, if added excessively, the transformation point of the steel is raised, and high-temperature carburizing treatment is required. Further, excessive addition unnecessarily increases the cost, so the upper limit is made 0.5%. The preferable range of V is 0.05 to
It is 0.3%.

Cr: 5.0% or less Ni: 3.0% or less Mo: 1.0% or less Nb: 0.1% or less Cr, Ni, Mo and Nb improve the hardenability of steel, and crystal grains. Since it is an element effective in refining and improving toughness, 5.0% or less, 3.0% or less, 1.0% or less,
You may add it individually or in combination in the range of 0.1% or less.

O: 0.0015% or less O forms hard alumina and becomes a starting point of fatigue fracture, so it is reduced as much as possible.

[0014]

EXAMPLE A radial rolling fatigue test piece having a test portion diameter of 12 mm was cut out from a hot rolled steel material having the chemical composition shown in Table 1, and carburized and tempered under the conditions shown in FIG. After this, the surface is polished by machining,
It was subjected to a rolling fatigue test.

[0015]

[Table 1]

The rolling fatigue life test is carried out by a radial type rolling fatigue tester using SUJ2 balls and a surface pressure of 5880.
It was carried out at MPa. The test results are shown in Table 2. Here, in the rolling fatigue test, a repeated test of 24 test pieces is performed, and the life at which the Weibull cumulative damage probability is 10% is L10,
The life of 50% was defined as L50.

[0017]

[Table 2]

From the results shown in Table 2, it is possible to obtain Example No. 3 by adding Si and V in combination and reducing S. 1-10 is comparative steel SCr4
A significant extension of rolling life is recognized for 20H. In addition to extending the life at a cumulative damage probability of 50% (L50),
The damage probability is 10% (L10), and the feature is that there is little variation. On the other hand, the comparative steel N
o. In Nos. 12, 13, and 14, the L50 life was improved, but the L10 life was not improved. No. 12 shows a decrease, indicating that the variation in life is not improved.

[0019]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a carburized steel having a small variation and a high surface fatigue strength by selecting a unique alloy composition.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a temperature, a holding time and a cooling condition in a carburizing, quenching and tempering treatment of a test material.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. The content of alloying elements is% by mass, C: 0.1 to 0.3%, Si: 0.3 to 3.0%, Mn: 1.5% or less, P: 0.02 %, S: 0.005% or less, V: 0.05 to 0.5% O: 0.0015% or less, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities for carburizing steel. 2. In addition to the alloy element according to claim 1, in mass%, Cr: 5.0% or less, Ni: 3.0% or less, Mo: 1.0% or less, Nb: 0.1% Among the following, one or two or more types of carburizing steels are included.