IP Library Granted Patent US 8,961,710
Granted Patent B2
US 8,961,710 · App. 13/304,733 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Carburized component and manufacturing method

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Patent No.
US 8,961,710
App. No.
13/304,733
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A carburized component with improved fatigue strength has a base steel containing, by mass %, C: 0.15-0.25%, Si: 0.03-0.50%, Mn: more than 0.60% and not more than 1.5%, P≦0.015%, S: 0.006-0.030%, Cr: 0.05-2.0%, Al≦0.10%, N≦0.03%, and O≦0.0020%, and optionally at least one element selected from Mo, Cu, Ni, B, Ti, Nb and V, the balance being Fe and impurities. A surface hardened layer portion satisfies: (a) average carbon concentration in the region from the outermost surface to a point of 0.2 mm depth of 0.35-0.60 mass %, (b) surface roughness Rz≦15 μm, and (c) σr( 0 )≦−800 MPa, σr( 100 )≦−800 MPa, and residual stress intensity index Ir≦80000, wherein Ir is calculated by [Ir=∫|σr(y)|dy], where y μm is the depth from the outermost surface and σr(y) is the residual stress for the points from the outermost surface to a depth of 100 μm with the range of y from 0 to 100 (μm).

Claims (11)

1. A carburized component made of steel, wherein base steel is a steel having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.15 to 0.25%, Si: 0.03 to 0.50%, Mn: more than 0.60% and not more than 1.5%, P: not more than 0.015%, S: 0.006 to 0.030%, Cr: 0.05 to 2.0%, Al: not more than 0.10%, N: not more than 0.03%, O: not more than 0.0020%, and at least one element selected from Cu: 0.05 to 1.0%, Ni: 0.05 to 3.0%, and B: 0.0005 to 0.0030%, the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein a surface hardened layer portion satisfies following conditions of (a) to (c):

(a) C(ave): by mass %, 0.35 to 0.60%,

(b) surface roughness Rz: not more than 15 μm, and

(c) σr( 0 ): not more than −800 MPa, σr( 100 ): not more than −800 MPa, and residual stress intensity index Ir: not less than 80000, wherein;

C(ave) is an average carbon concentration in the region from the outermost surface to a point of 0.2 mm depth,

the surface roughness Rz refers to the surface roughness in maximum height defined in JIS B 0601 (2001),

σr( 0 ) refers to the compressive residual stress at the outermost surface of the component, and σr( 100 ) to the compressive residual stress at a point 100 μm from the outermost surface of the component,

the residual stress intensity index Ir is calculated by [Ir =∫|σr(y)|dy], where y μm is the depth from the outermost surface and σr(y) is the residual stress for the points from the outermost surface to a depth of 100 μm, here, the integration interval, that is, the range of “y” is 0 to 100 (μM).

2. The carburized component according to claim 1 , wherein the base steel is a steel further comprising, by mass %, Mo: less than 0.50%.

3. The carburized component according to claim 1 , wherein the base steel is a steel further comprising at least one element selected from, by mass %, Ti: not more than 0.10%, Nb: not more than 0.10%, and V: not more than 0.30%.

4. The carburized component according to claim 2 , wherein the base steel is a steel further comprising at least one element selected from, by mass %, Ti: not more than 0.10%, Nb: not more than 0.10%, and V: not more than 0.30%.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 11, 2013
From: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029961/0319 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2011
From: NEISHI, YUTAKA; HAMADA, TAKANARI; SUENO, HIDEKAZU; KOBAYASHI, YUJI; SUGIURA, HIDEAKI
To: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.; SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027424/0881 →