IP Library Granted Patent US 10,844,466
Granted Patent B2
US 10,844,466 · App. 15/767,042 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Hot forging steel and hot forged product

Inventors: Akira Shiga (Hokkaido, JP); Suguru Yoshida (Hokkaido, JP); Manabu Kubota (Nishinomiya, JP); Hajime Hasegawa (Hokkaido, JP); Hideo Mizukami (Kashima, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C22C38/60B22D11/001C21D9/30C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/24C22C38/28C22C38/38C21D8/065C21D2211/004
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Patent No.
US 10,844,466
App. No.
15/767,042
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a hot forging steel including, by mass %, C: more than 0.30% and less than 0.60%, Si: 0.10% to 0.90%, Mn: 0.50% to 2.00%, S: 0.010% to 0.100%, Cr: 0.01% to 1.00%, Al: more than 0.005% and 0.100% or less, N: 0.0030% to 0.0200%, Bi: more than 0.0001% and 0.0050% or less, Ti: 0% or more and less than 0.040%, V: 0% to 0.30%, Ca: 0% to 0.0040%, Pb: 0% to 0.40%, and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which P and O in the impurities are respectively P: 0.050% or less and O: 0.0050% or less, an expression d+3σ<20 is satisfied, and a presence density of MnS having an equivalent circle diameter of smaller than 2.0 μm is 300 pieces/mm 2 or more in a cross section parallel to a rolling direction of a steel.

Claims (82)

1. A hot forging steel comprising, by mass %,

C: more than 0.30% and less than 0.60%,

Si: 0.10% to 0.90%,

Mn: 0.50% to 2.00%,

S: 0.010% to 0.100%,

Cr: 0.01% to 1.00%,

Al: more than 0.005% and 0.100% or less,

N: 0.0030% to 0.0200%,

Bi: more than 0.0001% and 0.0050% or less,

Ti: 0% or more and less than 0.040%,

V: 0% to 0.30%,

Ca: 0% to 0.0040%,

Pb: 0% to 0.40%, and

a remainder comprising Fe and impurities,

wherein P and O in the impurities are respectively

P: 0.050% or less and

O: 0.0050% or less,

a following Expression (1) is satisfied, and

a presence density of MnS having an equivalent circle diameter of smaller than 2.0 μm is 300 pieces/mm 2 or more in a cross section parallel to a rolling direction of a steel,

d +3σ<20  (1)

where,

d in the Expression (1) represents an average equivalent circle diameter of the MnS in an unit of μm having the equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 μm or greater, and

σ in the Expression (1) represents a standard deviation of the equivalent circle diameter of the MnS having the equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 μm or greater.

2. The hot forging steel according to claim 1 comprising, by mass %,

Ti: 0.001% or more and less than 0.040%.

3. The hot forging steel according to claim 2 comprising, by mass %,

V: 0.03% to 0.30%.

4. The hot forging steel according to claim 2 comprising, by mass %, one or more selected from the group consisting of

Ca: 0.0003% to 0.0040%, and

Pb: 0.05% to 0.40%.

5. The hot forging steel according to claim 4 comprising, by mass %,

P: 0.020% or less.

6. The hot forging steel according to claim 3 comprising, by mass %, one or more selected from the group consisting of

Ca: 0.0003% to 0.0040%, and

Pb: 0.05% to 0.40%.

7. The hot forging steel according to claim 6 comprising, by mass %,

P: 0.020% or less.

8. The hot forging steel according to claim 3 comprising, by mass %,

P: 0.020% or less.

9. The hot forging steel according to claim 2 comprising, by mass %,

P: 0.020% or less.

10. The hot forging steel according to claim 1 comprising, by mass %,

V: 0.03% to 0.30%.

11. The hot forging steel according to claim 10 comprising, by mass %, one or more selected from the group consisting of

Ca: 0.0003% to 0.0040%, and

Pb: 0.05% to 0.40%.

12. The hot forging steel according to claim 11 comprising, by mass %,

P: 0.020% or less.

13. The hot forging steel according to claim 10 comprising, by mass %,

P: 0.020% or less.

14. The hot forging steel according to claim 1 comprising, by mass %, one or more selected from the group consisting of

Ca: 0.0003% to 0.0040%, and

Pb: 0.05% to 0.40%.

15. The hot forging steel according to claim 14 comprising, by mass %,

P: 0.020% or less.

16. The hot forging steel according to claim 1 comprising, by mass %,

P: 0.020% or less.

17. The hot forging steel according to claim 1 comprising, by mass %,

Al: more than 0.005% to 0.041%.

18. A hot forged product comprising, by mass %,

C: more than 0.30% and less than 0.60%,

Si: 0.10% to 0.90%,

Mn: 0.50% to 2.00%,

S: 0.010% to 0.100%,

Cr: 0.01% to 1.00%,

Al: more than 0.005% and 0.100% or less,

N: 0.0030% to 0.0200%,

Bi: more than 0.0001% and 0.0050% or less,

Ti: 0% or more and less than 0.040%,

V: 0% to 0.30%,

Ca: 0% to 0.0040%,

Pb: 0% to 0.40%, and

a remainder comprising Fe and impurities,

wherein P and O in the impurities are respectively

P: 0.050% or less and

O: 0.0050% or less,

a following Expression (2) is satisfied, and

a presence density of MnS having an equivalent circle diameter of smaller than 2.0 μm is 300 pieces/mm 2 or more in a cross section parallel to a rolling direction of a steel,

d +3σ<20  (2)

where,

d in Expression (2) represents an average equivalent circle diameter of the MnS in an unit of μm having the equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 μm or greater, and

σ in Expression (2) represents a standard deviation of the equivalent circle diameter of the MnS having the equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 μm or greater.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2018
From: SHIGA, AKIRA; YOSHIDA, SUGURU; KUBOTA, MANABU; HASEGAWA, HAJIME; MIZUKAMI, HIDEO
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045498/0596 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-205630 · Oct 19, 2015 · national
JP 2015-254775 · Dec 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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