US3844773A - Free cutting steel containing mullite - Google Patents

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US3844773A
US3844773A US00359024A US35902473A US3844773A US 3844773 A US3844773 A US 3844773A US 00359024 A US00359024 A US 00359024A US 35902473 A US35902473 A US 35902473A US 3844773 A US3844773 A US 3844773A
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T Fujita
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  • a free cutting steel having improved cutting properties which leads to improved service life for cutting tools.
  • Th steel is characterized by the presence of a principal component of a nonmetallic inclusion contained within said steel existing essentially in the mullite region of three phase trigonometric diagram of the CaOAl O -SiO system.
  • the steel also contains 5 to 15 ppm calcium and 0.04 to 0.15 percent sulfur as elements which enhance the cutting properties of said steel. This steel exhibits excellent cutting properties both at high speed cutting using a cemented carbide tool a super-hard cutting tool) and at low speed cutting using a tool of a high speed steel.
  • CUTTING TOOL PIO(5.-5. 5,5 I5". I5", 05km)
  • CUTTING SPEED V 250m/min
  • FEEDING RATE 0.2'5mm/rey.
  • CUTTING DEPTH I5mm
  • DRY-TYPE E 30 X g E 20- x a Q5 r T ln- XX", /U' I O I I I I 1 3 l0 I5 20 25 1)
  • PATENTEDIICT 29 I974 FLANK WEAR DEPTH V (min) OHOO- 3.844.773 SHEET 80F 9 CUTTING CONDITIONS! CUTTING TOOL 1 PI0(-5".-5,'5,51I5,
  • This invention relates to free cutting steel having improved cutting properties. More particularly it relates to sulfur-containing and calcium-deoxygenated free cutting steel containing nonmetallic inclusions of a specific composition and content. The sulfur and calcium contents of the steel are present in specific ranges.
  • one object of the invention is to provide a free cutting steel which possesses excellent cutting properties under both high and low speed cutting conditions.
  • a free cutting steel comprising a'steel deoxygenated by calcium which contains nonmetallic inclusions consisting essentially of a composition characterized by the mullite region of the trigonometric diagram of the CaO-AI O SiO system, wherein said steel also contains 5 to 15 ppm Ca and 0.04 to 0.l5% S.
  • FIG. 1 is a trigonometric diagram of the CaO-Al- O SiO system illustrating the various nonmetallic compositions which may be incorporated as inclusions in steel which has been calcium-deoxygenated by combining a Fe-Si alloy and a Ca-Si alloy;
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are plots showing the results of cutting tests (flank wear width) of cemented carbide tools which compares the cutting properties of tools of steel D of the present invention with comparative steels
  • FIG. 4 is a trigonometric diagram of the CaO-Al- O --SiO system showing the compositions of the nonmetallic inclusions contained in the steels of the present invention
  • FIGS. 5 to 8 show the results of tests (crater wear depth and flank wear width) with cemented carbide tools which compare the cutting properties of the steels (E J steels; AISI 1,043 equivalent steels) of the present invention with those of a common steel, AISI 1,045 steel (Y steel) and a calcium-deoxygenated steel (2 steel) (equivalent to AISI 1,045 in which FIGS. 5 and 6 relate to high speed cutting conditions, while FIGS. 7 and 8 relate to low speed cutting conditions;
  • FIGS. 9 to 12 are plots showing the superb cutting properties of alloy steels (AISI 4,135 and 5,130 equivalent steels) of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 13 and 14 are plots comparing the cutting properties of the steels (H J) of the present invention with those of a common steel Y when tools of high speed steels are used.
  • Suitable steels which may be used in the present invention include low-medium carbon steels such as AISI 1,010 to 1,060 steels and low alloy steels containing at least one alloying element such as Mn, Ni, Cr, Mo, and the like, having the content shown below which includes steels of the AISI 4,000 series, 5,000 series, 6,000 series and 8,000 series:
  • Suitable steels include fine grain low carbon or low alloy steels containing from 0.025 to 0.100 percent niobium.
  • the A C steels refer to those in which the Fe-Si alloy is charged in the last stage of convertor refining, followed by deoxidation with the Ca-Si alloy precharged in a ladle.
  • Steel D refers to a steel which is deoxygenated on a deoxidizer precharged ladle basis, i.e., the Ca-Si alloy is placed in the bottom of a ladle followed by the addition of Fe-Si, before pouring molten steel therein. Prior to the deoxygenation treatment, Fe-Mn alloy, or the like are added to the steel, as necessary, for the adjustment of the oxygen content in the molten steel as ,well as to adjust the composition thereof.
  • Fe-Mn alloy can also be added to the melt at the time of deoxygenation.
  • Table l and FIG. 1 the compositions of the nonmetallic inclusions are principally found in the anorthite region in the case of steel A, in the gehlenite region with steel B, in the gehlenite and corundum regions with steel C, and in the mullite region with steel D.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show the test results of the cutting properties of cemented carbide tools fabricated from the four types of steels. As is clear from FIGS.
  • steel D of the present invention shows superior cutting properties in comparison to the other steels, A through
  • melts (0 content from 0.01 to 0.04 percent) of medium carbon steels such as the SAE standard steels AISl 1,035, 1,043, 1,055, and the like, and of low carbon steels such as AISI 4,135, 5,130 and the like are poured into ladles in which there has been placed 2.6 kg/ton of FeSi (25/75) and 1.25 kg/ton of CaSi (35/65) for the deoxygenation of the steels.
  • FeS is added to each of said steels to achieve a sulfur content ranging from 0.04 to 0.10 percent.
  • Table 11 shows the calcium content found in each portion of the ingots prepared and in the rolled steel products, in addition to the sulfur and niobium contents for each of the basic steels used which include AlSI 1,035, 1,043, 1,055, 4,135 and 5,130 steels.
  • FIG. 4 shows the compositions of the nonmetallic inclusions contained in each portion of the ingots and the rolled bar steel products with the aid of the trigonometric diagram of the Cao-Al- O -SiO system.
  • steels E through S of the present invention each have nonmetallic inclusions of compositions which are essentially encompassed by the mullite region of the ternary phase diagram wherein the calcium content ranges from 5 to 15 ppm (0.0005 to 0.0015 percent). More particularly, the test results which show the cutting properties of cemented carbide tools manufactured from steels of this invention under high speed cutting conditions are shown in FIGS. 5 to 8. In FIGS.
  • steel Y is a common AISl 1,045 steel which has been deoxygenated with Fe-Si alloy and aluminum without the addition of sulfur
  • steel Z is a AlSI 1,045 steel which has been deoxygenated with calcium as in the cases of the H to J steels, with the omission of sulfur (nonmetallic inclusions are of compositions in the mullite region, Ca: 0.0012%, S: 0.02 percent).
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 are plots illustrating the cutting properties of cemented carbide tools made from the steels shown under high speed cutting conditions (V300 m/min).
  • Steels Hto J of the present invention exhibit superior cutting properties in comparison to steel Y, which is a common AISI 1,045 steel and in comparison to steel Z which has nonmetallic inclusions of a composition and a calcium content the same as those of the steels of the present invention, except that sulfur has not been incorporated in the steel.
  • the steels H and J of the present invention exhibit excellent cutting properties, i.e., they are free of flank wear and crater wear, and thus are superior to steel Y which shows flank wear and crater wear.
  • the steels H and J of the present invention exhibit excellent cutting properties, i.e., they are free of flank wear and crater wear
  • Nb content 11 content ('71) (Basic chemical ('1 (/1 Top portion Mid portion Bottom portion As-rolled composition) of lngot of ingot of ingot Rod 11 0.040 0.0009 0.0000 0.001 1 0.0013 11 0.000 0.0014 0.0007 0.001 1 0.0010 11 (AlSl 10431 0.109 0.0000 0.0000 0.0012 0.0007 Y) 0.020 Z 1 0.025 0.0008 0.0012 0.0014 0.001 1 K) 0.042 0.0000 0.0007 .001 1 00014 L 1 (AlSl 1055 0.001 0.0007 0.0000 0.0013 0.0010 M) 0098 0.0007 0.0009 0.001 1 0.0000
  • H n "mi N M equivalent steels) of the present invention exhibit supe- 0.04 may not yield the desired effects in the product rior cutting properties in comparison to steels X and W steels, while sulfur contents in excess of 0.15 percent to which sulfur has not been added in contrast to the will not yield steels having improved cutting properties carbon steels of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 13 and 14 and results in steels having poor mechanical properties further show the superior cutting properties obtained such as toughness.
  • niobium should be present therein in the range present inventiOn- Specifically, G- 13 ShOWS he eof 0.025 to 0.1 percent to maintain a fine grain size, sults of test conducted with a lathe having a bit tool of while niobium contents greater than 0.100 percent will a high speed steel.
  • the results show the superior liferesult in steels having poor cutting properties because times obtained for bit tools made from the cutting of the formation of carbides and/or nitrides of niobium.
  • FIG. 14 shows that respectively. drills of high speed steels, when used in tests conducted H ving now f lly described the invention, it will be on a drilling machine, are capable of cutting for far apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that many longer length h n Steels of the Present invenchanges and modifications can be made thereto withtion are used in comparison to Co m n Steel out departing from the spirit or scope of the invention
  • the nonmetallic inclusions are limited to the mullite rewh i l i d as new d i d d to b Covered gions and when the calcium content is limited to the b L tt P t t i range from 5 to 15 pp
  • a free cutting steel which contains 0.10 to 0.60 sulfur-containing free cutting steels are obtained which percent b 050 to 0.40 percent ili 04 to exhibit excellent cutting properties when sulfur is also 0.15 percent sulphur, and is calcium deoxygenated by present in the steel.
  • the addition of 5 to 15 ppm calcium which forms non- The content of calcium should be limited to the range 4 metallic inclusions of a composition consisting essenfrom 5 to 15 ppm, because if the calcium content is less tially of the mullite region of a three phase trigonometthan 5 ppm, the intended deoxygenation effects can not ric diagram of the Ca0Al O -SiO system, whereby be achieved by the addition of calcium.
  • the sulfur content is specifically desired to The free F g steel of claim 1, Whefmald Steel be within the range from 0.04 to 0.15 percent based on further Contains (3-025 to 0100 Percent nloblumthe total amount of material. Sulfur contents less than UNITED STATES lA'll.-lN'l OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Pa e 7 Dated October 29, 1974 Noboru Yamakoshi et al. Inventor(s) It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

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