US3661656A - Case-hardened steel product and process for its manufacture - Google Patents

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US3661656A
US3661656A US829949A US3661656DA US3661656A US 3661656 A US3661656 A US 3661656A US 829949 A US829949 A US 829949A US 3661656D A US3661656D A US 3661656DA US 3661656 A US3661656 A US 3661656A
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  • This invention is concerned with the use of an alloyed steel for the manufacture of case-hardened products or articles such as rods, bars, tubes, gear wheels, detachable rock drill bits and the like-which must have a hard, wear-resistant surface and a tough core portion.
  • the products are made of a manganese steel having a low content of carbon but having a surface of high carbon content producedby carburization.
  • the essential feature of the products or articles according to the invention consists in that they are made of a killed steel comprising, in addition to iron and ordinary impurities,
  • Nb being replaceable wholly or partially by Ta N up to 0.03 preferably 0.005-0.02 T Zr up to 0.2
  • the carburized surface layer has the same composition as the core portion.
  • the non-carburized steel has a very fine grain structure and extraordinarily good strength properties.
  • the yield point and strength may be made to vary within wide limits, according to needs.
  • the yield point will be within the range of from 60 to 100 kg/sq.mm.
  • the material is very tough, and its impact transition temperature is below -40 C even at maximum strength.
  • the steel is to contain 2.2-6.0 percent of manganese, preferably 2.5-5.0 percent. For some purposes a manganese content of 3.0-5.0 percent is preferred.
  • the silicon content of the steel is to be within the range of from 0.5 to 2.0 percent. With a Si content below the 0.5 percent limit, the carburization would proceed slowly or would be non-uniform.
  • the siliconcontent-which is preferably within the range of 0.7-1.5 percent is of importance for the carburization treatment because silicon increases the activity of carbon so that the product can thus be given a uniformly carburized surface layer within a relatively short time.
  • residual austenite which is normally obtained in carburizing operations, especially if the manganese content is high, will disappear when silicon is present within the ranges stated above.
  • the steel is to contain 0.0l-0.5 percent, preferably 0.02-0.2 percent of niobium (tantalum) and/or vanadium. Normally it should contain max. 0.3 percent niobium (tantalum) for reasons of solubility, and it should preferably not contain more than 0.3 percent vanadium, chiefly for reasons of economy.
  • the steel lends itself extremely well to shaping operations and can easily be subjected to cutting tool working operations.
  • the diagram of the accompanying drawing illustrates the machinability of a steel No. 2736 in a milling test, as compared to a conventional steel No. 2541 subjected to the same milling test.
  • Steel No. 2736 contains 0.032 C, 1.15 Si, 3.85 Mn, 0.070 AL, 0.13 Nb and 0.015 N and has been heat-treated to a yield point of 76 kg/sq.mm, a tensile strength of 93 kg/sq.mm and a Brinell hardness of 330.
  • 2541 contains about the following proportions ofC, Si, Mn, Cr, Ni and Mo: C 0.35 Si 0.25 Mn 0.7%; Cr 1.4 Ni 1.4 M 0.2 and this steel has been heat-treated to a Brinell hardness of 270.
  • the volume of cuttings in cubic centimeters (ordinate) is plotted against the cutting rate in meters per minute (abscissa), the milling having been performed with a high-speed steel (cutting depth 1 mm, feed 0.1 mm, criterion VB,,,,,, 0.7 mm).
  • Shaping of the steel may be effected in many different ways.
  • a blank may be produced by casting, rolling, forging etc.
  • the blank is then given the desired shape by machining or hot or cold pressing.
  • the object or body thus obtained is then subjected to surface carburization in those portions where surface hardness is desired. interior as well as exterior portions of the body configuration may be carburized.
  • the carburizing operation is carried out in some known per se manner such as for instance by powder-carburization, cyanide-carburization or gas-carburization.
  • the thickness of .the carburized surface layer may vary from 0.1 to about 2.5 mm according to the dimensions of the product. Normally carburizing depths near or at the lower end of this range are chosen for articles of small dimensions whereas carburizing depths in the vicinity of the upper end of said range are chosen for machine parts of large dimensions.
  • the carbon content in the carburized portion will amount to 0.5-1.5 percent, preferably 0.7-1.2 percent.
  • the treatment of the steel product was effected at 900 C for 6 hours, to give a carburized layer which had a thickness of 1 mm and a carbon content of about 0.9 percent.
  • hardening is effected immediately after the carburization and from a temperature slightly lower than that at which carburization was carried out.
  • the product may be allowed to cool after the carburization treatment, whereupon it is re-heated to the hardening-temperature and hardened.
  • the hardening may be effected in water, oil, air, salt bath or the like.
  • the treatment of the product usually comprises also a low-temperature tempering, as a final step. After completion of the heat treatment the product generally has a surface hardness of 55- 65 Re.
  • One example of a product or article according to this invention is a detachable bit for a rock drill.
  • a blank is shaped to the desired bit shape in the manner stated above, whereupon the surface layer is carburized on the interior and/or exterior faces.
  • hard metal pieces are soldered onto the bit, this step involving a heat treatment as required.
  • the bit is as a rule heated partially to a temperature of about l,000-1 ,200 C.
  • a convenient way of proceeding consists in first heating the entire bit to a lower temperature such as for instance 800-900 C and then continuing to heat the foremost portion of the bit body-where grooves, recesses or holes have been provided for the hard metal pieces-up to the soldering temperature. Other methods of heat treatment may also be employed.
  • a'product or article according to this invention is a gear-wheel which has been given its desired shape in the manner stated above.
  • the cogs are carburized in their surface portions, whereupon the gearwheel is heat-treated by hardening and tempering to a desired degree of hardness.
  • the starting material is a steel that lends itself very easily to allkinds of working operations, thus reducing the costs of operation to a minimum.
  • the product Due to its carburized surface, the product shows high resistance to wear, and high fatigue strength.
  • the core portion of the material retains its toughness also after the carburization has been effected.
  • the product Due to its hard surface layer and tough core, the product has a high degree of resistance to shocks and impacts, the material providing a shock absorbing effect.
  • the steel product according to claim 1 being of detachable rock drill bit having at least one carburized surface layer.
  • composition consists of C 0.01-0.03 i. Mn 2.5-5.0 5; Si 0l7-l.5 i; Al (acid-soluble) 0.0l-0.l is;

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US3914135A (en) * 1972-03-15 1975-10-21 Nippon Kokan Kk Method of improving steel properties by using controlled cooling rates
US4042273A (en) * 1975-05-20 1977-08-16 Fried. Krupp Huttenwerke Ag Rail wheel
US4131491A (en) * 1977-12-22 1978-12-26 Fmc Corporation Torsion bar and method of forming the same
US4204437A (en) * 1978-04-03 1980-05-27 Smith International, Inc. Friction bearing rock bit and segment, and method for making them
US4249621A (en) * 1979-03-22 1981-02-10 Smith International, Inc. Friction bearing rock bit and segment
US4261769A (en) * 1978-09-26 1981-04-14 Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha High pressure fuel injection tubing material
US4415378A (en) * 1982-04-22 1983-11-15 Dana Corporation Case hardening method for steel parts
US4773947A (en) * 1983-08-02 1988-09-27 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Manufacturing process for high temperature carburized case harden steel
US4819471A (en) * 1986-10-31 1989-04-11 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Pilger die for tubing production
US5653822A (en) * 1995-07-05 1997-08-05 Ford Motor Company Coating method of gas carburizing highly alloyed steels
US5729822A (en) * 1996-05-24 1998-03-17 Stackpole Limited Gears
US6375762B1 (en) * 1995-06-30 2002-04-23 Carl Aug. Picard Gmbh & Co. Kg Base material for producing blades for circular saws, cutting-off wheels, mill saws as well as cutting and scraping devices
US20060201718A1 (en) * 2003-01-31 2006-09-14 Smith International, Inc. High-strength/high toughness alloy steel drill bit blank

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US3914135A (en) * 1972-03-15 1975-10-21 Nippon Kokan Kk Method of improving steel properties by using controlled cooling rates
US4042273A (en) * 1975-05-20 1977-08-16 Fried. Krupp Huttenwerke Ag Rail wheel
US4131491A (en) * 1977-12-22 1978-12-26 Fmc Corporation Torsion bar and method of forming the same
US4204437A (en) * 1978-04-03 1980-05-27 Smith International, Inc. Friction bearing rock bit and segment, and method for making them
US4261769A (en) * 1978-09-26 1981-04-14 Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha High pressure fuel injection tubing material
US4249621A (en) * 1979-03-22 1981-02-10 Smith International, Inc. Friction bearing rock bit and segment
US4415378A (en) * 1982-04-22 1983-11-15 Dana Corporation Case hardening method for steel parts
US4773947A (en) * 1983-08-02 1988-09-27 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Manufacturing process for high temperature carburized case harden steel
US4819471A (en) * 1986-10-31 1989-04-11 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Pilger die for tubing production
US6375762B1 (en) * 1995-06-30 2002-04-23 Carl Aug. Picard Gmbh & Co. Kg Base material for producing blades for circular saws, cutting-off wheels, mill saws as well as cutting and scraping devices
US5653822A (en) * 1995-07-05 1997-08-05 Ford Motor Company Coating method of gas carburizing highly alloyed steels
US5729822A (en) * 1996-05-24 1998-03-17 Stackpole Limited Gears
US20060201718A1 (en) * 2003-01-31 2006-09-14 Smith International, Inc. High-strength/high toughness alloy steel drill bit blank
US7395884B2 (en) * 2003-01-31 2008-07-08 Smith International, Inc. High-strength/high toughness alloy steel drill bit blank

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