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US20180347019A1 US15/781,002 US201615781002A US2018347019A1 US 20180347019 A1 US20180347019 A1 US 20180347019A1 US 201615781002 A US201615781002 A US 201615781002A US 2018347019 A1 US2018347019 A1 US 2018347019A1
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  • the present invention relates to a rolled rod that is a steel bar or a wire rod as is hot-rolled (as-rolled member), more specifically to a rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles, which refers to a component subjected to cold forging and thermal refining.
  • cold-forged articles In recent years, components such as shafts, bolts, and the like used for components in various kinds of industrial equipment, automobiles and building structures are in some cases produced by cold forging from the viewpoint of dimensional accuracy, yield, and producing cost. While such cold-forged articles are often used as is cold-worked, they are strengthened by thermal refining (quenching and tempering) when it is desired to provide higher strengths. Among such cold-forged articles, those subjected to the thermal refining are referred to as cold-forged thermally refined articles in the present specification.
  • a low-alloyed steel for machine structural use As a steel material to be subjected to thermal refining to provide a high strength, a low-alloyed steel for machine structural use is specified in JIS G4053(2008).
  • the low-alloyed steel for machine structural use includes, for example, chrome steel, chrome-molybdenum steel, nickel-chrome-molybdenum steel, and the like. These steel materials contain a lot of Mo and Ni, which are expensive, to increase mainly hardenability and temper softening resistance.
  • B containing steels steels containing boron (B), in place of alloying elements such as Mo and V, (B containing steels) are in widespread use.
  • B increases hardenability of steel, as with the alloying elements such as Mo and V.
  • the B containing steels may have low hydrogen embrittlement resistances. Therefore, there is a demand for B containing steels excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance.
  • the B containing steels are also required to be excellent in cold workability since the B containing steels are made into components (bolts, etc.) through cold forging, as described above.
  • Patent Literature 1 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 9-104945
  • Patent Literature 2 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2013-227602
  • Patent Literature 4 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2001-234277
  • Patent Literature 1 proposes a steel for bolts that is excellent in delayed fracture resistance (hydrogen embrittlement resistance).
  • the steel for bolts disclosed in this literature contains, C: 0.20 to less than 0.40%, Si: 0.20 to 1.50%, Mn: 0.30 to 2.0%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Ni: 0.05 to 1.0%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.50%, Cu: 1.0% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.10%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.1%, B: 0.0003 to 0.0050%, and N: 0.002 to 0.010%, further contains one or more types selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ni, and Cr at 0.10 to 3.0% in total, with the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities, makes a ratio ([Si]/[C]) between a content of Si [Si] and a content of C [C] 1.0 or more, and is of a ferrite-pearlite structure.
  • Patent Literature 2 proposes a steel for bolts that is excellent in cold workability and delayed fracture resistance.
  • the steel for bolts disclosed in this literature contains, C: 0.15 to 0.35%, Si: 0.1% or less, Mn: 0.3 to 1.3%, P: 0.01% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: less than 0.5%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.10%, Al: 0.01 to 0.05%, B: 0.0005 to 0.003%, and the balance: Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfies the following formula of 0.50 ⁇ [C]+0.15[Si]+0.2[Mn]+0.11[Cr] ⁇ 0.60.
  • Patent Literature 3 discloses a machine structural steel for cold working that allows a sufficient softening to be implemented by performing spheroidizing annealing.
  • Patent Literature 4 discloses a high-strength steel that is excellent in fatigue property.
  • a content of Si is set to be more than a content of C, so that a delayed fracture resistance of the steel is improved while a strength of a matrix of the steel is ensured through solid-solution strengthening of Si.
  • Ni which is expensive, is supposed to be an essential element, which increases a steel material cost.
  • the steel disclosed in Patent Literature 2 lower limits and upper limits of the amounts of C, Si, Mn, and Cr are specified to specify a strength of a rolled material that allows a cold workability to be kept and a strength of the rolled material that allows a desired strength to be obtained after thermal refining.
  • the steel may have a low hardenability and a low softening resistance after tempering because a content of Cr and a content of Si of the steel are low.
  • an area fraction of a pro-eutectoid ferrite is estimated assuming that the steel is in an equilibrium state, and the area fraction is set at a predetermined value or more for improving a cold workability of the steel.
  • an actual producing process is continuous cooling, and a cooling rate is changed in various ways depending on producing conditions. Therefore, the cold workability may not be obtained sufficiently in a real operation.
  • Patent Literature 4 a lower limit of a carbon equivalent Ceq is specified, and a content of hydrogen that is contained in the steel and emitted at a time of heating a steel material from a room temperature to 500° C. is set at 0.3 ppm or less. By this setting, improvement in a fatigue property of the steel is intended.
  • a method for ensuring a cold workability of the steel and there is no disclosure about a hydrogen embrittlement resistance of a cold-forged thermally refined article, either.
  • An objective of the present invention is to provide a rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles that has an excellent cold workability, and has a high strength and an excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance when subjected to cold forging and thermal refining.
  • a rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles according to the present invention has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %: C: 0.22 to 0.40%, Si: 0.35 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.20 to 0.40%, P: less than 0.020%, S: less than 0.015%, Cr: 0.70 to 1.45%, Al: 0.005 to 0.060%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.05%, B: 0.0003 to 0.0040%, N: 0.0020 to 0.0080%, O: 0.0020% or less, Cu: 0 to 0.50%, Ni: 0 to 0.30%, Mo: 0 to 0.05%, V: 0 to 0.05%, and, Nb: 0 to 0.05% with the balance being Fe and impurities, and that satisfies Formula (1) and Formula (2).
  • a total area fraction of pro-eutectoid ferrite and pearlite is 90% or more, and an area fraction of the pro-eutectoid ferrite is 30% or more.
  • the rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles according to the present invention has a tensile strength of 700 MPa or less.
  • a rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles according to the present invention has an excellent cold workability and has a high strength and an excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance when subjected to cold forging and thermal refining.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of a test piece used in the Ono type rotating bending fatigue test in Examples.
  • FIG. 2 is a side view of an annular V-notch test piece used in a hydrogen embrittlement resistance evaluation test in Examples.
  • (B) In order to increase a hydrogen embrittlement resistance of a cold-forged thermally refined article, it is effective to increase a tempering temperature in a producing process. However, increasing the tempering temperature causes temper-softening. In order to increase a temper softening resistance, it is effective to make a content of Si more than that in the defined composition of the above low-alloyed steel for machine structural use. Mn in a steel furthers grain-boundary segregation of P, promoting a grain boundary fracture. Therefore, it is effective to make a content of Mn lower than that in the defined composition of the above low-alloyed steel for machine structural use.
  • a rolled rod that has a hardenability that allows cold working and provides the above high strength and high fatigue strength without being subjected to the long-time softening heat treatment a plurality of times.
  • the rolled rod according to the present invention satisfies Formula (1).
  • fn1 is defined as equal to C+Si/10+Mn/5+5Cr/22.
  • C, Si, Mn and Cr are each elements that increase hardenability. Therefore, fn1 serves as an index of hardenability and cold workability.
  • fn1 If fn1 is too low, sufficient hardenability is not obtained. In this case, it is impossible to obtain the high tensile strength and the high fatigue strength in the cold-forged thermally refined article. On the other hand, if fn1 is too high, the hardenability of the rolled rod will be too high. In this case, when finish rolling is performed on a billet to produce the rolled rod, bainite is formed in the steel, which increases a strength and a hardness of the steel, decreasing the cold workability. Therefore, sufficient cold workability is not obtained unless a softening heat treatment for an extended time period is carried out multiple times prior to a wire drawing process and a cold forging process that are subsequent processes.
  • a cold workability of a rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles depends on, as well as a matrix structure of a steel.
  • the matrix structure is mainly a mixed structure of pro-eutectoid ferrite and pearlite, and an area fraction of the pro-eutectoid ferrite is large, the rolled rod is excellent in cold workability.
  • the cold workability increases in a matrix structure inside the rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles.
  • a rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles according to the present invention completed based on the above findings has a chemical composition consisting, in mass %: C: 0.22 to 0.40%, Si: 0.35 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.20 to 0.40%, P: less than 0.020%, S: less than 0.015%, Cr: 0.70 to 1.45%, Al: 0.005 to 0.060%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.05%, B: 0.0003 to 0.0040%, N: 0.0020 to 0.0080%, O: 0.0020% or less, Cu: 0 to 0.50%, Ni: 0 to 0.30%, Mo: 0 to 0.05%, V: 0 to 0.05%, and, Nb: 0 to 0.05% with the balance being Fe and impurities, and that satisfies Formula (1) and Formula (2).
  • a total area fraction of pro-eutectoid ferrite and pearlite is 90% or more, and an area fraction of the pro-eutectoid ferrite is 30% or more.
  • the rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles according to the present invention has a tensile strength of 700 MPa or less.
  • the cold-forged thermally refined articles mean components that are subjected to cold forging and subjected to thermal refining (quenching and tempering).
  • the rolled rod means a steel bar or a wire rod as is hot rolled (what is referred to as an as-rolled member).
  • the above chemical composition may contain one or more types selected from a group consisting of Cu: 0.02 to 0.50%, Ni: 0.01 to 0.30%, Mo: 0.005 to 0.05%, and V: 0.005 to 0.05%.
  • the above chemical composition may contain Nb: 0.0015 to 0.05%.
  • a method for producing the above-described rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles includes a billeting process and a finish rolling process.
  • a starting material having the above-described chemical composition is heated to a temperature of 1200° C. or more and thereafter subjected to billeting to produce a billet.
  • the finish rolling process the billet is heated to a temperature of 1050° C. or less and thereafter subjected to finish rolling to produce the rolled rod.
  • the finish rolling process includes: a process of subjecting the billet to the finish rolling to produce the rolled rod at a working rate Z defined by Formula (3) set at 5 to 15/sec within a range of a temperature of the billet of 750 to 850° C.; and a process of cooling the rolled rod, immediately after completion of the rolling, at a cooling rate of 0.2 to 5.0° C./sec down to 500° C.
  • R in Formula (3) denotes a reduction of area (%) of the finish rolling and is defined by Formula (4)
  • t denotes a finish rolling duration (sec).
  • a 0 in Formula (4) denotes a cross-sectional area (mm 2 ) of the billet before the finish rolling, and “A” denotes a cross-sectional area (mm 2 ) of the rolled rod after the finish rolling.
  • the rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles according to the present invention contains the following elements as a chemical composition rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles.
  • Carbon (C) increases strength of a steel. If the C content is less than 0.22%, the aforementioned effects is not obtained. On the other hand, if the C content is more than 0.40%, cold workability of a steel material will decrease. Consequently, the content of C is 0.22 to 0.40%.
  • a preferable lower limit of the content of C is 0.26%.
  • a lower limit of the content of C is preferably 0.24%, more preferably 0.26%.
  • an upper limit of the content of C is preferably 0.35%.
  • Si deoxidizes steel.
  • Si strengthens a steel material by being dissolved in ferrite.
  • Si inhibits precipitation of cementite and increases a temper softening resistance of a steel material.
  • Si has the following effect.
  • a fusing point of MnO—SiO 2 in deoxidation product is about 1250° C., which is low. Therefore, MnO—SiO 2 is in a liquid state in a molten steel before solidification and is vitrified to become soft inclusions through the solidification. MnO—SiO 2 is elongated and fragmented to be refined during the hot rolling. As a result, coarse inclusions, which ruin the fatigue strength and the hydrogen embrittlement resistance, are reduced, which increases the fatigue strength and the hydrogen embrittlement resistance.
  • contents of Si (0.15 to 0.35%) specified for chrome steels described in the JIS Standard are insufficient. Specifically, a content of Si less than 0.35% results in failure to obtain the above effect.
  • a content of Si more than 1.5% makes a strength of a steel material excessively high, resulting in a decrease in the cold workability. Therefore, the content of Si is 0.35 to 1.5%.
  • a lower limit of the content of Si is preferably is 0.36%, more preferably 0.38%.
  • an upper limit of the content of Si is preferably less than 1.0%.
  • Manganese (Mn) increases a hardenability and a toughness of a steel material.
  • a content of Mn less than 0.20% results in failure to obtain this effect.
  • an excessively high content of Mn may cause Mn to segregate in grain boundaries at a time of performing the thermal refining, furthering grain boundary fracture.
  • the excessively high content of Mn makes it difficult to obtain proper MnO—SiO 2 .
  • the hydrogen embrittlement resistance is decreased.
  • contents of Mn (0.60 to 0.85%) specified for chrome steels described in the JIS Standard it is difficult to inhibit the grain boundary fracture due to the segregation, and it is difficult to obtain the proper MnO—SiO 2 . Consequently, the content of Mn is 0.20 to 0.40%.
  • a lower limit of the content of Mn is preferably 0.22%, and an upper limit of the content of Mn is preferably 0.35%.
  • Phosphorus (P) is an impurity. P is likely to segregate in austenite grain boundaries, so as to cause quenching cracking or grain boundary fracture after the thermal refining. Consequently, the content of P is less than 0.020%. An upper limit of the content of P is preferably less than 0.010%. The content of P is preferably as low as possible.
  • S Sulfur
  • S is an impurity. S forms sulfides, so as to decrease the cold workability. Consequently, the content of S is less than 0.015%.
  • the content of S is preferably as low as possible.
  • Chromium (Cr) increases a hardenability of a steel material.
  • a content of Cr less than 0.70% results in failure to obtain this effect.
  • a content of Cr more than 1.45% makes the hardenability excessively high, resulting in generation of bainite during the cooling after the hot rolling. In this case, the strength of steel is made excessively high, resulting in a decrease in the cold workability of the rolled rod. Consequently, the content of Cr is 0.70 to 1.45%.
  • a lower limit of the content of Cr is preferably 0.90%, and an upper limit of the content of Cr is preferably 1.20%.
  • Al is bonded to N to form AlN, immobilizing N.
  • Al inhibits austenite grains from coarsening in heating by a pinning effect of AlN particles.
  • a content of Al less than 0.005% results in failure to obtain these effects.
  • a content of Al more than 0.060% causes excessive generation of Al 2 O 3 , resulting in a decrease in the cold workability. Consequently, the content of Al is 0.005 to 0.060%.
  • an upper limit of the content of Al is 0.060%, more preferably 0.050%, still more preferably 0.045%.
  • the content of Al means the total amount of Al contained in a steel.
  • Titanium (Ti) is bonded to N to form TiN, immobilizing N.
  • Ti inhibits austenite grains from coarsening in heating by a pinning effect of TiN particles.
  • a content of Ti less than 0.01% results in failure to obtain these effects.
  • a content of Ti more than 0.05% causes a lot of Ti(C, N) to precipitate, resulting in an excessively high strength of a steel material. In this case, a cold workability of steel is decreased. Consequently, the content of Ti is 0.01 to 0.05%.
  • a preferable lower limit of the content of Ti is 0.05%.
  • An upper limit of the content of Ti is preferably 0.045%.
  • B Boron
  • B increases a hardenability of steel.
  • B inhibits grain-boundary segregation of P, increasing a hydrogen embrittlement resistance of a steel.
  • a content of B less than 0.0003% results in failure to obtain these effects.
  • a content of B more than 0.0040% makes an effect of improving the hardenability saturated.
  • the content of B more than 0.0040% causes coarse BN to be formed, resulting in decreases in the cold workability and the toughness. Consequently, the content of B is 0.0003 to 0.0040%.
  • a lower limit of the content of B is preferably 0.0005%, more preferably 0.0010%.
  • an upper limit of the content of B is preferably 0.0030%, more preferably 0.0025%.
  • Nitrogen (N) is bonded to Al and Ti in steel to form nitrides inhibiting austenite grains from coarsening in heating.
  • a content of N less than 0.0020% results in failure to obtain this effect.
  • a content of N more than 0.0080% causes excessive generation of BN, resulting in a decrease in an amount of dissolved B. In this case, a hardenability of steel is decreased. Consequently, the content of N is 0.0020 to 0.0080%.
  • a lower limit of the content of N is preferably 0.0022%.
  • an upper limit of the content of N is preferably less than 0.0070%, more preferably 0.0060%.
  • Oxygen (O) is an impurity. O forms oxides, so as to decrease the cold workability. A content of O more than 0.0020% causes the oxides to be formed in a large amount and causes MnS to coarsen, resulting in a remarkable decrease in the cold workability. Consequently, the content of O is 0.0020% or less. An upper limit of the content of O is preferably 0.0018%. The content of O is preferably as low as possible.
  • the balance of the chemical composition of the rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles according to the present invention is Fe and impurities.
  • impurities refers to elements which, during industrial production of the high-strength bolt, are mixed in from ore or scrap that is used as a raw material, or from the production environment or the like, and which are allowed within a range that does not adversely affect the present invention.
  • the aforementioned rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles may further contain one or more types selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ni, Mo and V as a substitute for a part of Fe.
  • Each of these elements is an optional element, and each of these elements increases the hardenability of a steel.
  • Copper (Cu) is an optional element, and may not be contained in a steel.
  • the Cu increases the hardenability of a steel.
  • the Cu content is from 0 to 0.50%.
  • a preferable lower limit of the Cu content for more effectively obtaining the aforementioned effect is 0.02%, and further preferably is 0.05%.
  • a preferable upper limit of the Cu content is 0.30%, and further preferably is 0.20%.
  • Nickel (Ni) is an optional element, and may not be contained in a steel. In a case where Ni is contained, Ni increases a hardenability of steel and moreover also increases a grain boundary strength of a steel. However, if the Ni content is more than 0.30%, these effects are saturated and it results in an increase in a steel material cost. Accordingly, the Ni content is from 0 to 0.30%. A preferable lower limit of the Ni content for more effectively obtaining the aforementioned effects is 0.03%, and further preferably is 0.05%. In order to increase the cold workability, a preferable upper limit of the Ni content is 0.20%, and further preferably is 0.10%.
  • Molybdenum (Mo) is an optional element, and may not be contained in a steel. In a case where Mo is contained, the Mo increases hardenability of a steel. However, if the Mo content is more than 0.05%, the hardenability will be too high, being likely to generate bainite and martensite. In this case, a cold workability of steel is decreased. Accordingly, the Mo content is from 0 to 0.05%. A preferable lower limit of the Mo content for more effectively obtaining the aforementioned effect is 0.005%. A preferable upper limit of the Mo content is 0.03%, and further preferably is 0.02%.
  • Vanadium (V) is an optional element, and may not be contained in a steel. In a case where V is contained, the V increases the hardenability of a steel. V also forms carbides, nitrides or carbo-nitrides and refines the grains, increasing a strength of steel. However, if the V content is more than 0.05%, the carbides or the like will coarsen and the cold workability will decrease. Accordingly, the V content is from 0 to 0.05%. A preferable lower limit of the V content for more effectively obtaining the aforementioned effects is 0.005%. In order to increase the cold workability, a preferable upper limit of the V content is 0.03%, and more preferably is 0.02%.
  • the chemical composition of the rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles according to the present invention may further contain Nb as a substitute for a part of Fe.
  • Niobium (Nb) is an optional element and need not be contained. When contained, Nb is bonded to C and N to form carbides, nitrides, or carbo-nitrides, refining grains. Nb also enhances a hydrogen embrittlement resistance of a cold-forged thermally refined article that is produced from the rolled rod according to the present invention. However, if the Nb content is more than 0.050%, coarse carbides or the like are formed and the cold workability of the rolled rod decreases. Accordingly, the Nb content is from 0 to 0.050%. A preferable lower limit of the Nb content for more effectively obtaining the aforementioned effects is 0.0015%. A preferable upper limit of the Nb content is 0.040%, and more preferably is 0.030%.
  • the chemical composition of the high-strength bolt according to the present invention also satisfies Formula (1).
  • fn1 is from 0.50 to 0.85, while obtaining excellent hardenability, sufficient cold workability is obtained even if a softening heat treatment is not performed for an extended time period.
  • a preferable lower limit of fn1 is 0.55.
  • a preferable upper limit of fn1 is 0.80.
  • fn2 Si/Mn.
  • Si and Mn generate MnO—SiO 2 in the course of deoxidation.
  • the fusing point of MnO—SiO 2 is around 1250° C. Consequently, although MnO—SiO 2 is a liquid in molten metal before solidification, MnO—SiO 2 becomes a solid in a billet after solidification, and becomes a vitrified soft inclusion. The inclusion is elongated and fragmented during hot rolling and thereby refined. Therefore, the fatigue strength increases and the hydrogen embrittlement resistance characteristics improve.
  • the index for this is fn2.
  • fn2 With an increase in fn2, a fatigue strength and a hydrogen embrittlement resistance of a cold-forged thermally refined article that is produced from the rolled rod according to the present invention are increased. Then, when fn2 becomes more than 1.0, the hydrogen embrittlement resistance becomes remarkably excellent as compared with SCM435 of the JIS Standard. Consequently, as shown in Formula (2), fn2 satisfies fn2>1.0.
  • a lower limit of fn2 is preferably 1.2.
  • a matrix structure of the rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles according to the present invention is mainly made of pro-eutectoid ferrite and pearlite.
  • the matrix structure being mainly made of pro-eutectoid ferrite and pearlite described herein means that a total area fraction of the pro-eutectoid ferrite and the pearlite is 90% or more in the matrix structure.
  • the balance of the matrix structure of the rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles according to the present invention is, for example, bainite and martensite.
  • the rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles according to the present invention has a tensile strength of 700 MPa or less.
  • Pro-eutectoid ferrite and pearlite are softer than bainite and are excellent in cold workability.
  • pro-eutectoid ferrite is more excellent in cold workability than pearlite.
  • the total area fraction of the pro-eutectoid ferrite and the pearlite is less than 90%, or when a pro-eutectoid-ferrite area fraction is less than 30%, it is impossible to obtain a sufficient cold workability.
  • the total area fraction of the pro-eutectoid ferrite and the pearlite is 90% or more, or when an area fraction of the pro-eutectoid ferrite is 30% or more, it is possible to obtain an excellent cold workability.
  • the total area fraction of the pro-eutectoid ferrite and the pearlite is preferably 92% or more, more preferably 95% or more.
  • a lower limit of the area fraction of the pro-eutectoid ferrite is preferably 35% or more, more preferably 40% or more.
  • the rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles according to the present invention has an excellent cold workability.
  • a lower limit of the tensile strength is, for example, but not particularly limited to, 500 MPa.
  • the matrix structure is measured by the following method. From an R/2 portion of the rolled rod (R is a distance from a central axis of the rod to an outer peripheral surface of the rod), a sample is taken. Among surfaces of the taken sample, a surface perpendicular to a rolling direction of the rolled rod is determined as an observation surface. The observation surface is polished and thereafter etched with 3% nitric acid and alcohol (Nital etching reagent). The etched observation surface is observed under an optical microscope with 500 magnification, and photographic images of any five visual fields on the etched observation surface are created.
  • phase including pro-eutectoid ferrite, pearlite, bainite, martensite, and the like have their own different contrasts. Therefore, the phases are identified based on the respective contrasts. Of the identified phases, an area ( ⁇ m 2 ) of pro-eutectoid ferrite and an area ( ⁇ m 2 ) of pearlite are determined in each visual field.
  • a ratio of a total sum of areas of pro-eutectoid ferrite and areas of pearlite over all the visual fields to a total area of all the visual fields is defined as a total area fraction (%) of the pro-eutectoid ferrite and the pearlite.
  • a ratio of a total sum of the areas of the pro-eutectoid ferrite over all the visual field to the total area of all the visual fields is defined as a pro-eutectoid ferrite area fraction (%).
  • a diameter Dc of the rolled rod (critical diameter, in mm) satisfies Formula (A) below.
  • Non-Patent Literature 1 Assume an example of steel materials conforming to the present invention. A round bar in which a content of C is 0.3%, and a grain size number of austenite grains is No. 8 has a reference diameter D B of about 0.165 inch (about 4 mm).
  • the reference diameter D B means a critical diameter that can be obtained only from the content of C (a diameter that makes martensite account for 50% of a center portion of the round bar). With the reference diameter D B , the critical diameter D C will be defined.
  • f(X) is a function of a content X of an alloying element X and referred to as a multiplying factor that is specific to each of the alloying elements.
  • multiplying factors specific to the alloying element are defined as the following formulae using numeric values described in Non-Patent Literature 1.
  • a critical diameter D C of the rolled rod in which the hardenability is ensured is defined as Formula (A) below.
  • the method for producing a rolled rod according to the present embodiment includes a process of producing a billet (billeting process) and a process of rolling the produced billet into a rod (finish rolling process). The processes will be described below in detail.
  • a starting material having the above chemical composition is prepared.
  • the starting material is produced by the following method.
  • Molten steel having the above chemical composition is produced using a converter, an electric furnace, or the like.
  • a cast piece is produced through a continuous casting process.
  • an ingot is produced through an ingot-making process.
  • the prepared starting material (cast piece, or ingot) is heated and thereafter subjected to billeting using a billeting mill, and after the billeting, further subjected to rolling using a continuous mill, as necessary, so as to produce a billet.
  • a continuous mill horizontal roll stands and vertical roll stands are arranged alternately in a line, and the starting material is rolled into the billet using grooves formed on rolling rolls in each of the stands.
  • a heating temperature of the starting material before the billeting is preferably 1200° C. or more.
  • the heating temperature is 1200° C. or more, coarse carbo-nitrides and carbides such as Ti(C, N) and TiC that are formed in solidification of the starting material are dissolved in the heating. Since the coarse carbo-nitrides are inhibited, the cold workability of the rolled rod is increased.
  • the billet produced through the billeting process is further subjected to hot rolling to produce a rolled rod for cold-forged thermally refined articles.
  • the billet is charged into a reheating furnace to be heated.
  • a heating temperature of the heating is preferably 1050° C. or less.
  • a heating temperature in product rolling is excessively high, fine carbides and carbo-nitrides having precipitated after the billeting process are dissolved again. In this case, carbides and carbo-nitrides coherently precipitate in ferrite transformation in cooling after finish rolling.
  • the precipitating carbo-nitrides and carbides increase a strength of steel after the product rolling and decrease a cold workability of the steel.
  • the heating temperature is 1050° C. or less, carbides and carbo-nitrides are inhibited from being excessively dissolved in the heating, and thus the cold workability can be further increased.
  • the heated billet is subjected to the finish rolling (hot rolling) into a rod having a predetermined diameter using a finish rolling mill line.
  • the finish rolling mill line includes a plurality of stands arranged in a line. Each of the stands includes a plurality of rolls that are arranged around a pass line.
  • the billet is rolled into the rolled rod using grooves formed on rolling rolls in each stand.
  • the finishing temperature means a surface temperature (° C.) of the billet on a delivery side of a stand (hereafter, referred to as a finishing stand) that is a last to perform rolling the billet, of the plurality of stands in the finish rolling mill line.
  • the finishing temperature is measured as the surface temperature of the billet using an infrared radiometer disposed on the delivery side of the finishing stand.
  • the finishing temperature When the finishing temperature is less than 750° C., ferrite transformation starts with unrecrystallized austenite grains, which makes the matrix structure after cooling excessively fine. In this case, a tensile strength of the steel becomes more than 700 MPa, resulting in a decrease in the cold workability of the steel.
  • the finishing temperature when the finishing temperature is more than 850° C., recrystallized austenite grains are coarsened, which lowers a starting temperature of the ferrite transformation. As a result, the area fraction of pro-eutectoid ferrite after the cooling becomes small.
  • a hard structure such as bainite may be produced. As a consequence, the tensile strength of the steel becomes more than 700 MPa, resulting in a decrease in the cold workability of the steel.
  • the matrix structure becomes made of pro-eutectoid ferrite and pearlite, under a condition that cooling conditions to be described later are satisfied. Specifically, the total area of the pro-eutectoid ferrite and the pearlite becomes 90% or more in the matrix structure.
  • the working rate Z (/sec) is defined by Formula (3).
  • R in Formula (3) denotes a reduction of area (%) of the finish rolling by the finish rolling mill line and “t” denotes a finish rolling duration (sec).
  • the reduction of area R is defined by Formula (4).
  • a 0 in Formula (4) denotes a cross-sectional area (mm 2 ) of the billet before the finish rolling
  • “A” denotes a cross-sectional area (mm 2 ) of the rod after the finish rolling.
  • the finish rolling duration t refers to a time period for which the billet passes through the finish rolling mill line, and the time period is a value (sec) that is obtained by dividing a distance (m) from a first stand (rolling mill) to a last stand (rolling mill), in the finish rolling mill line, by an average conveying speed (m/s) of the billet.
  • the matrix structure after the cooling is less likely to be fine, which allows a tensile strength of the rod of 700 MPa or less.
  • the cold workability is increased.
  • the working rate Z is less than 5/sec, recrystallization occurs insufficiently, which makes austenite crystal grains coarse, resulting in an increase in the hardenability.
  • the area fraction of pro-eutectoid ferrite is decreased, and the area fraction of bainite and martensitic structure, which are hard, is increased, which makes the tensile strength of the rolled rod more than 700 MPa.
  • a cooling rate until a surface temperature of the rolled rod becomes 500° C. is 0.2 to 5.0° C./sec.
  • the cooling rate is 0.2 to 5.0° C./sec, the total area of pro-eutectoid ferrite and pearlite in the matrix structure can be made 90% or more, and the area fraction of pro-eutectoid ferrite can be made 30% or more.
  • the cooling rate is more than 5.0° C./sec, hard bainite and the like are likely to be produced in steel, which makes the tensile strength of the rolled rod more than 700 MPa.
  • a lower limit of the cooling rate is, for example, but not particularly limited to, 0.2° C./sec in consideration of an actual production operation.
  • the rolled rod for cold forging is what is referred to as an as-rolled member (as-rolled member).
  • the rolled rod for cold forging is of a matrix structure made of pro-eutectoid ferrite and pearlite and has a tensile strength of 700 MPa or less. Therefore, the rolled rod for cold forging is excellent in the cold workability.
  • This producing method includes a wire drawing process, a cold forging process, and a thermal refining process (quenching-tempering process). The processes will be described below.
  • the above-described rolled rod is subjected to wire drawing working to produce a steel wire.
  • the wire drawing working may include only first wire drawing or may include a plurality of wire drawing working including such as second wire drawing and the like.
  • a lubricating coating is formed on a surface of the rolled rod.
  • the lubricating coating is, for example, phosphate coating and non-phosphorus-based lubricating coating.
  • the steel wire subjected to the wire drawing is cut into a predetermined length, and a cut steel wire is subjected to cold forging to produce a cold-forged article (here, a bolt).
  • a softening heat treatment is performed multiple times before wire drawing and before cold forging.
  • the rolled rod according to the present invention satisfies Formula (1) and is thus excellent in the cold workability. Therefore, the softening heat treatment can be eliminated or simplified.
  • the cold-forged article is subjected to thermal refining (quenching and tempering) under well-known conditions to produce a cold-forged thermally refined article. Since the above-described rolled rod has a high hardenability, performing the thermal refining allows a cold-forged thermally refined article having a high strength to be obtained. Specifically, by adjusting a quenching temperature and a tempering temperature as appropriate, it is possible to produce a cold-forged thermally refined article having a tensile strength of 1000 to 1300 MPa.
  • the cold-forged thermally refined article produced through the above producing process has a high strength and has an excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance.
  • steel I had a chemical composition corresponding to the chemical composition of SCM435 of JIS G4053 (2008).
  • the round bar of each test number was cut in a direction perpendicular to a rolling direction, and a sample was taken from a 2/R portion of a cut surface of the round bar (a center portion of a line segment connecting between a central axis and an outer peripheral surface of the round bar).
  • the sample was embedded in resin in such a manner that the above cut surface is available as an observation surface, and the sample was subjected to mirror polish. Thereafter, microstructure observation was performed by the above-described method, so as to determine the total area fraction (%) of pro-eutectoid ferrite and pearlite, and the area fraction of the pro-eutectoid ferrite. Results of the determination are shown in Table 2.
  • F+P shown in Table 2 means that the matrix structure is made of pro-eutectoid ferrite and pearlite, and the total area fraction of the pro-eutectoid ferrite and the pearlite is 90% or more.
  • F+B means that the matrix structure is made of pro-eutectoid ferrite and bainite.
  • F+P+B means that the matrix structure is made of pro-eutectoid ferrite, pearlite, and bainite.
  • a 14 A test piece specified in JIS Z2241 (2011) was taken.
  • a lengthwise direction was a rolling direction of a wire rod
  • a diameter of a parallel portion was 6 mm
  • a gage length was 30 mm.
  • the taken test piece was subjected to a tensile test at a room temperature (25° C.), and a tensile strength TS (MPa) was determined.
  • Resultant tensile strengths TS are shown in Table 2.
  • a sample having a tensile strength of 700 MPa or less is determined to have an excellent cold workability.
  • the cylindrical test piece was 14 mm in diameter and 21 mm in length. A lengthwise direction of the cylindrical test piece was parallel to the lengthwise direction of the round bar.
  • the cylindrical test piece was subjected to compression test in the atmosphere, at a room temperature (25° C.), and at a deformation rate of 2 mm/min (10 ⁇ 3 /sec in terms of strain rate). Compression was performed until a compressibility calculated from a change in a height direction reaches 60%, and the compression was thereafter unloaded. A surface of the cylindrical test piece after the test was observed by visual check using a loupe with 10 magnification and checked for presence/absence of a crack. When no crack was found, the cylindrical test piece was determined to have a high cold workability (“0” in Table 2). In contrast, when a crack was found, the cylindrical test piece was determined to have a low cold workability (“x” in Table 2).
  • a test piece that simulated a cold-forged thermally refined article was fabricated, and a Vickers hardness of the test piece was determined. Specifically, from a round bar of each test number, the above-described cylindrical test piece was taken. The cylindrical test piece was heated to a quenching temperature (° C.) shown in Table 2 for 1 hour and thereafter immersed in oil at 60° C. to be quenched. The quenched cylindrical test piece was subjected to tempering at tempering temperatures (° C.) shown in Table 2. A duration of retention at the tempering temperatures was set at 1 hour. After the tempering, the cylindrical test piece was subjected to allowing cooling. Through the above processes, the cylindrical test piece subjected to the thermal refining was fabricated.
  • the cylindrical test piece subjected to the thermal refining was cut in a direction perpendicular to an axis direction of the cylindrical test piece.
  • the Vickers hardness test conforming to JIS Z2244 (2011) was conducted.
  • a test force was 4.9 N.
  • An average value of numeric values obtained at the five points was defined as a Vickers hardness (HV) of the test number.
  • HV Vickers hardness
  • a fatigue test was conducted.
  • a round bar of each test number was subjected to the thermal refining (quenching and tempering), so as to adjust a Vickers hardness of a surface of the round bar to 360 to 370 HV.
  • a fatigue test piece illustrated in FIG. 1 was fabricated.
  • Numeric values in FIG. 1 indicate dimensions (mm) of corresponding portions.
  • “R24” indicates that a curvature radius of a corresponding curved portion is 24 mm
  • “ ⁇ 8” indicates that a diameter is 8 mm.
  • a central axis of the fatigue test piece was coaxial with a central axis of the round bar.
  • the above-described fatigue test piece was subjected to the Ono type rotating bending fatigue test conforming to JIS Z2274 (1978) at a room temperature and in an air atmosphere.
  • a rotational speed was set at 3400 rpm, a maximum stress at which the fatigue test piece was not ruptured after 10′ cycles of repetitions of stress loading was determined as a fatigue strength ⁇ w (MPa).
  • the fatigue test piece having a fatigue strength ⁇ w of 550 MPa or more was determined to be excellent in the fatigue strength.
  • a hydrogen embrittlement resistance evaluation test was conducted.
  • a round bar of each test number was subjected to the thermal refining (quenching and tempering), so as to adjust a Vickers hardness of a surface of the round bar to 360 to 370 HV.
  • a test piece that fails to obtain a surface hardness 320 HV or more at a tempering temperature of 435° C. was determined to have an insufficient strength, was not subjected to the hydrogen embrittlement resistance evaluation, and determined to fall outside the scope of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 From the round bar after the thermal refining, a plurality of annular V-notch test pieces illustrated in FIG. 2 were fabricated per each test number. Numeric values in FIG. 2 not accompanied by units indicate dimensions (in mm) of corresponding regions of a test piece. In the wire drawing, “ ⁇ numeric values” indicate diameters (mm) of specified regions. In FIG. 2 , “60°” indicates that an angle of a V notch is 60°. In FIG. 2 , “0.175R” indicates that a root radius of the V notch is 0.175 mm.
  • the electrolytic charging method was performed as follows. The test piece was immersed in an ammonium thiocyanate aqueous solution. An anode potential was generated on a surface of the test piece being immersed, so that hydrogen was brought into the test piece.
  • a zinc plating coating was formed on the surface of the test piece, so as to prevent the hydrogen in the test piece from being dispersed.
  • a constant load test was conducted in which a constant load is posed on the test piece in such a manner that to a tensile stress being a nominal stress 1080 MPa is posed on a V-notch cross section of the test piece.
  • the programmed temperature gas chromatography using a gas chromatography device was performed on test pieces that were ruptured during the test and test piece that were not ruptured during the test, so as to measure hydrogen amounts in the test pieces. After the measurement, a maximum hydrogen amount of the test pieces that were not ruptured was defined as a critical diffusible hydrogen amount Hc for each test number.
  • a critical diffused hydrogen amount of the steel 1 having the chemical composition equivalent to that of SCM435 defined in JIS G4053 (2008) was determined as a reference (Href) of a critical diffusible hydrogen amount ratio HR.
  • Href critical diffusible hydrogen amount ratio
  • HR critical diffusible hydrogen amount ratio
  • a test piece having HR more than 1.00 was determined to be excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance.
  • test numbers 1 to 6 a chemical composition of the rolled rod were appropriate, fn1 satisfied Formula (1), and fn2 satisfied Formula (2).
  • the producing conditions were appropriate. Therefore, in a matrix structure, the total area fraction of pro-eutectoid ferrite and pearlite was 90% or more, and the area fraction of the pro-eutectoid ferrite was 30% or more. The tensile strength was 700 MPa or less. Consequently, the rolled rods of the test numbers 1 to 6 had excellent cold rolling workabilities.
  • Vickers hardness after the tempering were all 320 HV or more, which were equivalent to tensile strengths of 1000 MPa or more.
  • fatigue strengths were 550 MPa or more, and HRs were more than 1.00, exerting excellent fatigue strengths and hydrogen embrittlement resistances.
  • fn1 was less than a lower limit of Formula (1). Therefore, the Vickers hardness was less than 320 HV even when the tempering was performed at a tempering temperature of 435° C. Consequently, the fatigue strength was less than 550 MPa.
  • fn1 was more than an upper limit of Formula (1). Therefore, the matrix structure was made of ferrite and bainite, and the tensile strength of the rolled rod was more than 900 MPa. Consequently, the cold workability of the rolled rod was low.
  • a plurality of blooms of a steel a and a steel grade d were produced.
  • the blooms were heated to at heating temperatures T1(° C.) shown in Table 3 and thereafter subjected to the billeting to produce billets each having a cross section of 162 mm ⁇ 162 mm.
  • the billets were produced into round bars each having a diameter of 20 mm under producing conditions (heating temperature T2, finishing temperature T3, working rate Z, and cooling rate) shown in Table 3.
  • Table 3 shows results.
  • the producing conditions heating temperature T1, heating temperature T2, finishing temperature T3, working rate Z, and cooling rate
  • the total area fraction of pro-eutectoid ferrite and pearlite was 90% or more
  • the area fraction of the pro-eutectoid ferrite was 30% or more.
  • the tensile strength TS was 700 MPa or less. Consequently, the test number 13 and the test number 19 were excellent in the cold workability.
  • the heating temperature T2 was excessively high.
  • the tensile strength was more than 700 MPa, and the cold workability was low.
  • the working rate Z was excessively low.
  • the tensile strength was more than 700 MPa, and the cold workability was low.
  • the finishing temperature T3 was excessively high.
  • the tensile strength was more than 700 MPa, and the cold workability was low.
  • the cooling rate was excessively low.
  • the matrix structure included bainite, which made the tensile strength more than 700 MPa. Consequently, the cold workability was low.

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