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US20070077869A1
US20070077869A1 US11/634,080 US63408006A US2007077869A1 US 20070077869 A1 US20070077869 A1 US 20070077869A1 US 63408006 A US63408006 A US 63408006A US 2007077869 A1 US2007077869 A1 US 2007077869A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B39/00—Burnishing machines or devices, i.e. requiring pressure members for compacting the surface zone; Accessories therefor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D3/00—Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during the drive
    • F16D3/16—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts
    • F16D3/26—Hooke's joints or other joints with an equivalent intermediate member to which each coupling part is pivotally or slidably connected
    • F16D3/38—Hooke's joints or other joints with an equivalent intermediate member to which each coupling part is pivotally or slidably connected with a single intermediate member with trunnions or bearings arranged on two axes perpendicular to one another
    • F16D3/40—Hooke's joints or other joints with an equivalent intermediate member to which each coupling part is pivotally or slidably connected with a single intermediate member with trunnions or bearings arranged on two axes perpendicular to one another with intermediate member provided with two pairs of outwardly-directed trunnions on intersecting axes
    • F16D3/41—Hooke's joints or other joints with an equivalent intermediate member to which each coupling part is pivotally or slidably connected with a single intermediate member with trunnions or bearings arranged on two axes perpendicular to one another with intermediate member provided with two pairs of outwardly-directed trunnions on intersecting axes with ball or roller bearings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
    • B22F3/00—Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor ; Presses and furnaces
    • B22F3/12—Both compacting and sintering
    • B22F3/16—Both compacting and sintering in successive or repeated steps
    • B22F3/164—Partial deformation or calibration
    • B22F2003/166—Surface calibration, blasting, burnishing, sizing, coining
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
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    • F16D2200/0004—Materials; Production methods therefor metallic
    • F16D2200/0008—Ferro
    • F16D2200/0021—Steel
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D2250/00—Manufacturing; Assembly
    • F16D2250/0038—Surface treatment
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D2300/00—Special features for couplings or clutches
    • F16D2300/10—Surface characteristics; Details related to material surfaces
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S464/00—Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for rotary shafts
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Abstract

In a cross joint outwardly fitting a bearing cup to each of four pieces of shafts of a cross shaft member via a cylindrical member, race portions formed on a side of the cross shaft member and on a side of the bearing cup and a shoulder portion provided between respectives of neck portions of two of the shafts of the cross shaft member contiguous to each other are subjected to roller burnishing.

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    RELATED APPLICATIONS
  • The present Application is a Divisional Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/660,754, filed on Sep. 12, 2003.
    • BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE
  • The present invention relates to a cross joint (joint cross coupling, universal joint) used in a steel rolling mill or the like.
  • In, for example, a steel rolling mill, a cross joint is interposed between a roll and a drive shaft for driving to rotate the roll, a steel rolling processing of the steel material can be carried out by rotating to move the role in accordance with rotation of the shaft while the roll is allowed to move in an up and down direction relative to a steel material which is being rolled. The cross joint includes: a cross shaft member (cross) having four shafts arranged in a cross-like shape; and a cross bearing which has a plurality of cylindrical rollers as rolling members aligned at surroundings of the respective shafts of the member, and a bearing cup as an outer ring mounted to an outer side of outer peripheries of the rollers. Each of outer peripheral portions of the shafts is used as an inner ring race portion. Further, according to the cross joint, the roll and the drive shaft are connected to a first shaft and a second shaft comprising respective pairs of shafts arranged on straight lines in the four shafts respectively via the cross bearings and (rotational) torque from the shaft is transmitted to the roll via the cross joint.
  • Meanwhile, according to the above-described conventional cross joint, such a cross shaft member and the bearing cup are provided, which are generally constituted by bearing steel of carburized steel or the like.
  • However, when large torque acts on the cross joint such as in the steel rolling mill, the joint is used under a very severe condition and there is a concern that even when the bearing steel is used, malfunction is brought about at an early stage. In details, the cylindrical roller is rolled on the inner ring race portion or the like formed at the cross shaft member under high contact surface pressure and therefore, exfoliation is liable to be brought about at the race portion. Further, according to the cross member, since the roll and the drive shaft are respectively connected to the contiguous pairs of shafts and therefore, large bending stress may be operated to a shoulder portion between shaft root (shaft neck) portions thereof and fatigue breaking of bending fatigue breaking or the like is liable to be brought about at the member.
    • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • In view of the above-described conventional problem, it is an object of the invention to provide a cross joint capable of prolonging rolling fatigue life of a rolling portion (life of rolling bearing), capable of increasing a fatigue strength of the cross joint and therefore, capable of achieving long life formation (ling fatigue life).
  • In order to solve the aforesaid object, an exemplary embodiment of the invention has a cross joint with a cross shaft member including four shafts, each having a neck portion and a race portion, and shoulder portions between two neck portions, rolling members adapted to rotate around the race portions, and bearing cups fitted to the respective shafts via the rolling members. The race portions and the shoulder portions are subjected to roller burnishing.
  • In another exemplary embodiment of the invention, a race portion formed on the outer ring member is subjected to roller burnishing.
  • In a further exemplary embodiment of the invention, a residual compressive stress at a depth of approximately 0.3 mm from each of the surfaces of the race portions and the shoulder portions subjected to the roller burnishing is equal to or larger than 800 MPa.
  • In yet another exemplary embodiment of the invention, the cross shaft member and the bearing cup includes a carbon steel having a carbon content equal to or larger than 0.42 weight %.
  • In another exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method of manufacturing a cross joint which includes: a cross shaft member including, a four shafts each having a neck portion and a race portion, and shoulder portions between two neck portions, rolling members adapted to rotate around the race portions, and bearing cups fitted to the respective shafts via the rolling members. The method includes subjecting the race portions and the shoulder portions to roller burnishing.
  • In a further exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method includes subjecting a race portion formed on a bearing cup to roller burnishing.
  • According to the above-described cross joint, by subjecting the race portion and the shoulder portion of the cross shaft member to roller burnishing, the hardness of each of surfaces of the race portion and the shoulder portion can be increased and a residual compressive stress immediately below the surface can be increased. Further, a roughness of each of the surfaces can also be decreased.
  • According to the cross joint, the hardness of the surface of the race portion of the outer ring member can be increased and the residual compressive stress immediately below the surface can also be increased. Further, the roughness of the surface can also be decreased.
  • According to the cross joint, in comparison with the above-described conventional product, the fatigue strength of the race portion and the shoulder portion can further effectively be increased.
  • According to the cross joint, the fatigue strength substantially comparable to that of the conventional bearing steel can be achieved.
    • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
  • FIG. 1 is an outline sectional view showing an essential portion of a cross joint according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a graph diagram showing a result of measuring a hardness at each depth from a surface of a race portion.
  • FIG. 3 is a graph diagram showing a result of measuring a residual compressive stress at each depth from the surface of the race portion.
    • DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
  • A preferable embodiment showing a cross joint of the invention will be explained in reference to the drawings as follows. Further, in the following explanation, an explanation will be given of a case of applying the invention to a cross joint for driving a roll integrated into a steel rolling mill.
  • FIG. 1 is an outline sectional view showing an essential portion of a cross joint according to an embodiment of the invention. In the drawing, a cross joint 1 according to the embodiment is provided with a cross shaft member 2 integrally constituted with a base portion 2 a and four shafts 2 b arranged to project from the base portion 2 a in a cross-like shape, and roller bearings 5 each having a bearing cup 4 as an outer ring member outwardly fitted to an outer side of an outer periphery of each of the shafts 2 b via cylindrical rollers 3.
  • The outer peripheral portions of the respective shafts 2 b of the cross shaft member 2 are formed with inner ring race portions 2 c with which the cylindrical rollers 3 are brought into rolling contact and the respective shafts 2 b of the member 2 are made to function as inner ring members of corresponding ones of the roller bearings 5. The base portion 2 a of the cross shaft member 2 is provided with shoulder portions 2 d each having a section in a round-shape in which a center of a radius of curvature is set to an outer side of the base portion 2 a and a center portion thereof is recessed to a side of a center portion of the base portion 2 a, at respective intervals between necks (shaft necks) of two of the shafts 2 b contiguous to each other. An inside of the roller bearing 5 is constituted to be able to be hermetically sealed by attaching a seal member in a ring-like shape (not illustrated) to the shoulder portion 2 d.
  • The bearing cup 4 is provided with an outer ring race portion 4 a and the cylindrical rollers 3 are rolled at inside of the cup 4. Further, the bearing cups 4 are attached to the roll or the drive shaft such that the roll of the steel rolling mill and the drive shaft are respectively connected to horizontal shafts and vertical shafts of the cross shafts comprising two pairs of the shafts 2 b respectively aligned linearly (not illustrated). Rotation of the shaft is transmitted to the roll to rotate it in a state that the cross joint permits the roll to rock relative to the shaft axis. Further, the bearing cup 4 is provided with a grease nipple (not illustrated) and grease can pertinently be supplied to portions of the cylindrical rollers 3 rolling on the respective race portions 2 c and 4 a.
  • Further, other than the above-described explanation, in place of the cylindrical roller 3, a needle-shape needle roller can also be used as a rolling member rolling between the respective race portions 2 c and 4 a.
  • The cross shaft member 2 and the bearing cup 4 are constituted by using bearing steel or the like or a steel material which is carburized or carbonitride by subjecting the material steel to high-frequency quenching or the like. Further, the race portion 2 c and the shoulder portion 2 d of the cross shaft member 2 and the race portion 4 a of the bearing cup 4 are finished to predetermined accuracy by being subjected to finishing by cutting, machining, grinding or polishing.
  • Further, the race portions 2 c and 4 a and the shoulder portion 2 d are subjected to roller burnishing (deep rolling) after the finishing. According to the roller burnishing, while a mirror finish ball (mirror finished surface ball) made of ceramics held by, for example, hydraulic pressure is pressed to a surface of a working portion of the race portion 2 c of the like to bring into rolling contact therewith by strong pressure, the mirror finish ball is moved on the surface of the working portion. According to the roller burnishing, working conditions of an amount of burnishing, press force and the like are selected such that, for example, hardness at a depth of up to 0.4 mm from the surface of the working portion is work-hardened to be equal to or larger than Hv700 and a residual compressive stress at a depth of up to 0.3 mm from the surface of the working portion becomes equal to or larger than 800 MPa.
  • As clearly illustrated by FIG. 1, an exemplary embodiment of the cross-shaft includes a round-shaped section (shoulder 2 d) with a center of curvature (not shown) that is at an outer side of the cross shaft member.
  • Further, FIG. 1 clearly illustrates that the round-shaped section (shoulder 2 d) does not include a concave angled corner.
  • Here, a specific explanation will be given of operation and effect of the roller burnishing in reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 showing an example of a result of a verifying test which has been carried out by the inventors of the invention. Further, in the following explanation, an explanation will be given by exemplifying a verified result at the race portion 2 c on the side of the cross shaft member 2 and a mention will also be given of a measured result of a material only subjected to a carburizing treatment before roller burnishing and a material subjected to shot peening in addition to the carburizing treatment for comparison.
  • As has been apparent from FIG. 2, each race portion 2 c after roller burnishing is ensured with a hardness equal to or larger than Hv700 at a depth of up to about 0.4 mm from the surface and is considerably harder than a product before roller burnishing and a shot-peened product. Further, at a depth less than 0.1 mm from surface, the surface hardness of the shot-peened product is more or less harder than that of each roller burnished race portion 2 c, the shot-peened product is deteriorated in the surface roughness after working (the surface is roughened) and needs postworking for smoothing the surface for making the cylindrical roller 3 roll in an oil-lubricated state. Specifically, according to the shot-peened product, it is necessary to remove a surface layer thereof at a depth of about 0.05 mm from the surface by the postworking.
  • In contrast thereto, according to each race roller burnished portion 2 c, since the surface is pressed by point contact with the mirror finish ball in roller burnishing, the surface hardness can be hardened while improving (reducing) the surface roughness by smoothly deforming the surface, and contrary to the shot-peened product, it is not necessary to subject the surface to postworking. Therefore, the surface hardness of each race portion 2 c is substantially harder than that of the shot-peened product. Further, according to a test by the inventor of the present invention, it has been confirmed that the surface roughness of each race portion 2 c by roller burnishing can be made to be equal to or less than a half of that before working in a maximum height roughness (Rmax) and a surface hardening coefficient can be increased compared with that before working. In this way, the fatigue strength of the race portion 2 c can be increased by improving the surface hardening coefficient of the race portion 2 c and increasing the surface hardness and surface originated flaking (surface layer flaking) at the race portion 2 c can effectively be restrained from being brought about.
  • Further, as shown in FIG. 3, at each race portion 2 c, a residual compressive stress equal to or larger than 800 MPa is generated at a depth of up to 0.3 mm from the surface and work hardening is produced up to a depth about twice as much as that of the short-peened product.
  • FIG. 3 also illustrates that a residual compressive stress at a depth of approximately 0.1 mm from the roller burnished surface is larger than a residual compressive stress a depth of less than approximately 0.1 mm from the roller burnished surface, a residual compressive stress at a depth of approximately 0.2 mm from the roller burnished surface is larger than a residual compressive stress a depth of greater than approximately 0.2 mm from the roller burnished surface, and a residual compressive stress at a depth of approximately 0.01 mm from the roller burnished surface is less than a residual compressive stress at a depth of approximately 0.3 mm from the roller burnished surface.
  • By producing the large residual compressive stress at the race portion 2 c in this way, inner portion originated flaking at the race portion 2 c can effectively be restrained from being brought about and the fatigue strength against stresses generated at inside of the race portion 2 c can be increased. That is, at the shoulder portion 2 d subjected to roller burnishing, the fatigue strength against bending stress operated by two of the shafts 2 b continuous to the shoulder portion 2 d can be increased and the bending fatigue breaking (fracture) can effectively be restrained from being brought about.
  • As described above, according to the cross joint 1 according to the embodiment, by subjecting the race portions 2 c and 4 a provided at the cross shaft member 2 and the bearing cup (outer ring member) 4 and the shoulder portion 2 d of the cross shaft member 2 to roller burnishing, while improving roughnesses of the respective surfaces of the race portions 2 c and 4 a and the shoulder portion 2 d, the surface harnesses can be increased and the residual compressive stresses immediately below the surfaces can be increased. As a result, in comparison with the conventional product which is not subjected to roller burnishing, exfoliation life of the race portions 2 c and 4 a can be prolonged and the fatigue strength of the race portions 2 c and 4 a and the shoulder portion 2 d can be increased and therefore, long life formation of the cross joint 1 can be achieved. Further, since the cross joint 1 is provided with the race portions 2 c and 4 a having long flaking life (life of rolling bearing) and provided with the cross shaft member 2 and the bearing cup 4 having excellent fatigue strength, a cross joint used under a very severe condition by being integrated to a transmitting mechanism for transmitting high torque from a drive shaft to a driven shaft can simply be constituted.
  • Further, according to the embodiment, the residual compressive stress at the depth of up to 0.3 mm from the respective surfaces of the race portions 2 c and 4 a and the shoulder portion 2 d is made to be equal to or larger than 800 MPa and therefore, in comparison with the above-described conventional product, the fatigue strength of the race portions 2 c and 4 a and the shoulder portion 4 d can effectively be increased.
  • Further, although according to the above-described explanation, an explanation has been given of a case of applying to the cross joint integrated into the steel rolling mill, the invention is not limited thereto but is applicable to various kinds of cross joints (universal joints) connected to, for example, a propeller shaft of an automobile and the like.
  • Further, although according to the above-described explanation, an explanation has been given of the constitution in which the center of the radius of curvature is set on the outer side of the base portion 2 a and the shoulder portion 2 d having the section in the round-shape in which the central portion is recessed to the side of the center portion of the base portion 2 a is subjected to roller burnishing, according to the invention, each shoulder portion between two of the shaft neck portions of the cross shaft member (cross or spider) phases of which are shifted from each other by 90 degrees may be subjected to roller burnishing and the shape of the shoulder portion is not limited to the above-described at all. Specifically, there may be constructed a constitution in which a shoulder portion having a section in a linear shape or a shoulder portion having a section in a round shape in which the center of a radius of curvature is set to a center side portion of a base portion such that a central portion thereof bulges to an outer side of the base portion is subjected to roller burnishing.
  • Further, although according to the above-described explanation, an explanation has been given of a case of constituting the cross shaft member 2 and the bearing cup 4 by using bearing steel, the invention is not limited thereto but there may be constructed a constitution in which a cross shaft member, a bearing cup or the like is constituted by carbon steel having a carbon content of, for example, 0.42 weight % or more, or a steel material hardened to a hardness of about HRC55 by subjecting the material steel to a heat treatment or a high-frequency quenching treatment and the race portion and the shoulder portion is subjected to roller burnishing. By using carbon steel for mechanical structure in this way, a cross shaft member having a fatigue strength substantially comparable to that of the conventional product comprising bearing steel and restraining material cost can easily be constituted and the cross joint can be fabricated at low cost.
  • The invention constituted as described above achieves the following effects.
  • According to the cross joint of the invention, by subjecting the race portion and the shoulder portion of the cross shaft member to roller burnishing, the hardness of each of the surfaces of the race portion and the shoulder portion is increased and the residual compressive stress immediately before the surface is increased and therefore, in addition to that the roughness of each of the surfaces can be decreased, in comparison with the conventional product which is not subjected to roller burnishing, exfoliation life of the race portion can be prolonged, the fatigue strength of the cross shaft member can effectively be increased and therefore, long life formation of the cross joint can be achieved.
  • Further, according to the cross joint of the invention, by subjecting the race portion of the outer ring member to roller burnishing, the hardness of the surface of the race portion is increased, the residual compressive stress immediately below the surface is increased and therefore, in addition to that the roughness of the surface can be increased, in comparison with the conventional product which is not subjected to roller burnishing, the exfoliation life of the race portion can be prolonged.
  • Further, according to the cross joint of the invention, in comparison with the conventional product, the fatigue strength of the race portion and the shoulder portion can further effectively be increased and long life formation of the cross joint can further effectively be achieved.
  • Further, according to the cross joint of the invention, the life substantially comparable to that of the cross joint comprising bearing steel can be ensured by an inexpensive material.

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1. A method of manufacturing a cross joint which includes:
a cross shaft member including, four shafts each having a neck portion and a race portion, and shoulder portions provided between adjacent two neck portions; rolling members adapted to rotate around the race portions; and outer ring members fitted to the respective shafts via the rolling members, the method comprising roller burnishing the race portions and the shoulder portions.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising roller burnishing a race portion formed on the outer ring member.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the cross joint comprises one of bearing steel and carbon steel for mechanical structure.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the outer ring members comprise one of bearing steel and carbon steel for mechanical structure.
5. A method of manufacturing a cross joint which includes:
a cross shaft member including four shafts each having a neck portion and a race portion, and shoulder portions provided between adjacent two neck portions; rolling members adapted to rotate around the race portions; and outer ring members fitted to the respective shafts via the rolling members, the method comprising:
first finishing the race portions and the shoulder portions by at least one of cutting and polishing; and
second roller burnishing the race portions and the shoulder portions after the first subjecting step.
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