Title of Invention

A METHOD FOR SHOT PEENING

Abstract Disclosed is a shot peening method that, while suppressing cutting of a steel product to be treated, can apply a higher compressive residual stress than that in the conventional technique. A projection material having Vickers hardnesses HV (m), which are represented by formulae (1) to (3) and are higher than the hardnesses HV (m) of a steel product to be treated by a value in the range of 50 HV to 250 HV, is projected against the steel product having a hardness of not less than 750 HV to be treated to reduce the cutting level of the steel product to not more than 5 µ m. HV(m1)= {f(C) - f(T, t)}(1 - γR/100) + 400× γ R/100 Formula (1) f(C) = -660C2 + 1373C + 278 Formula (2) f(T, t) = 0.05T(logt + 17) - 318 Formula (3) where C: C (carbon) concentration of carburized surface layer, % by mass T: tempering temperature, K t: tempering holding lime, hr γ R: amount of residual austenite (% by volume)
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DESCRIPTION
A Method For Shot Peening
Technical Field
[0001]
This invention relates to a method for shot peening, and more particularly to a
method for shot peening by which higher compressive residual stress can be generated
in a surface layer of a processed material than by conventional methods.
Background Art
[0002]
Conventionally, shot peening has been known as a useful method to enhance
the fatigue strength of a high-strength steel such as a carburized steel, which is used for
gears for automobiles, etc. A compressive residual stress in the surface layer that is
generated by shot peening is known to significantly affect the bending fatigue strength
at the root of a tooth.
[0003]
It is also well known that the compressive residual stress is affected by the
sizes, hardnesses, shooting speeds, shooting times, etc. of the shot materials. Many
studies have been made about the effects of the shot-peening conditions on the
compressive residual stress.
[0004]
Recently, needs for higher-strength steels have increased as components are
made smaller. Accordingly generating a higher compressive residual stress in a
processed material by shot peening is required to achieve a higher fatigue strength.
[0005]
For example, to achieve a higher fatigue strength by 20%, a compressive
residual stress at 1800 MPa in a processed material is required when the peak
compressive residual stress that is generated by current heavy shot peening is 1500
MPa.
[0006]
Previously, developing harder shot materials has been the main way to achieve
the higher compressive residual stress in the processed material. However, shot

peening harder shot materials does not always cause the processed material to generate
a higher compressive residual stress. In fact, it may adversely decrease the
compressive residual stress. The hardness of the shot materials must be appropriate
for the processed material.
[0007]
For example, in some combinations of shot materials having a certain hardness
and a processed material having a certain hardness, the processed material may be
significantly scraped by the shot materials. In this case, the energy for shooting is
wasted in scraping. Thus no compressive residual stress is effectively generated in the
processed material.
If the shot materials have a much higher hardness than the processed material, a
high compressive residual stress is generated, but much of the processed material is
scraped. Thus the roughness of the surface of the processed material becomes coarse.
That may create a point for initiating a fatigue fracture. Further, a large amount to be
scraped may result in decreasing the size of a component.
[0008]
Shot materials that have a significantly higher hardness are expensive. Even
if shot materials that are expensive are used, the compressive residual stress that is
generated in the processed material would not increase over a certain value. Thus,
only the cost would increase.
Therefore it is important to balance the hardness of the shot materials with that
of the processed material to properly generate a higher compressive residual stress in
the surface layer of the processed material.
[0009]
Until now no finding has been disclosed for such ways of thinking. For
example, techniques to generate a compressive residual stress in a processed material by
shooting the shot materials against the processed material were disclosed in Japanese
Patent Laid-open Publication No. 2002-36115, Japanese Patent Laid-open Publication
No. 2001-79766, and Japanese Patent Laid-open Publication No. H9-57629.
However, Japanese Patent Laid-open Publication No. 2002-36115 does not
discuss scraping. Japanese Patent Laid-open Publication No. 2001-79766 does not
discuss any relationship between a processed material and shot materials, nor does
Japanese Patent Laid-open Publication No. H9-57629.
Disclosure of Invention

[0010]
Based on the background as discussed above, the object of the present
invention is to provide a method for shot peening by which a higher compressive
residual stress is generated in the processed steel while scraping is prevented. Thus the
fatigue strength is effectively enhanced by the higher compressive residual stress.
[0011]
The first aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, when a
hardness HV(m) of a processed steel that is calculated from equations (1) to (3) below is
750HV or more, shot materials having a Vickers hardness that is higher than the
hardness of the processed steel by 50HV to 250HV are shot against the processed steel.
During the process the thickness of the scraped processed steel is 5 urn or less.

where C denotes the C (carbon) content in a surface layer that is achieved by
carburizing (mass %), T the tempering temperature (K), t the holding time for tempering
(hr), and YR the amount of residual austenite (vol. %). The value HV(m) is calculated
from equation (1). It represents an estimation of the Vickers hardness. It is
equivalent to the value of the Vickers hardness. Thus the letters HV arc added to the
value.
[0012]
The second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first
aspect, the C content of the surface layer is within the range of 0.60 to 1.0%.
[0013]
The third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first or
second aspect, the sizes of the shot materials are within the range of 0.05 to 0.6 mm in
diameter and the shot materials are shot against the processed steel by air at a pressure
of 0.4 to 0.6 MPa.
The sizes of the shot materials are typically measured by the method for
measuring grain sizes as stipulated in the Japanese Industrial Standards by JIS G5904.
[0014]
As discussed above, the present invention is to generate a compressive residual

stress in a surface layer of a processed steel by making the hardness HV(m) of the
processed steel 750HV or more. This hardness is calculated from equations (1) to (3).
The compressive stress is generated by shooting shot materials having a Vickers
hardness that is higher than the hardness of the processed steel by 50HV to 250HV
while the thickness of the scraped processed steel is 5 p.m or less. By the present
invention, a compressive residual stress such as 1800 MPa or more, which is higher
than that in conventional steel, can be generated in the processed steel. Thus the
fatigue strength of a high-strength component, such as a gear of an automobile, can be
effectively increased.
[0015]
If the hardness HV(m) of the processed steel is less than 750HV, sufficient
compressive residual stress is not generated in the surface layer of the processed steel by
shot peening.
The maximum limit to generate a compressive residual stress is almost equal to
the yield strength (approximately 0.2% proof stress) of the processed steel. The yield
strength is proportional to the hardness of the steel.
Thus if the hardness HV(m) of the steel is less than 750HV, the maximum limit
of the compressive residual stress is lowered. Thus a sufficiently higher compressive
residual stress cannot be generated.
Therefore, the hardness HV(m) of the processed steel must be 750HV or more.
[0016]
It is important that the Vickers hardness HV of the shot materials be higher
than the hardness HV(m) of the processed steel.
If the Vickers hardness HV of the shot materials is lower than the hardness
HV(m) of the processed steel, the shot materials undergo plastic deformation (yield).
Thus sufficient energy to generate a compressive residual stress cannot be transferred to
the processed steel. Further, the life of the shot materials is shortened.
Especially to be noted, it was found that the Vickers hardness of the shot
materials must be higher than the hardness HV(m) of the processed steel by 50HV or
more to generate a higher compressive residual stress in the processed steel.
[0017]
In contrast, if the Vickers hardness of the shot materials is higher than the
hardness HV(m) of the processed steel by 250HV or more, the energy of the shot
materials used to scrape the processed steel is wasted. Thus no higher compressive
residual stress is effectively or stably generated.
Even if a higher compressive residual stress is generated in the processed steel,

a large amount is scraped from its surface layer due to the excessively high hardness of
the shot materials. Thus the size of the high-strength component may deviate from the
specification. Further, the large amount to be scraped causes the surface roughness to
be coarse. That may create a point for initiating a fatigue fracture.
[0018]
Even if a higher compressive residual stress is generated, it cannot increase
over a certain value. That is, it does not increase as the hardness of the shot materials
increases. But, instead, it gradually reaches a certain value.
[0019]
Further, the shot materials that have a much higher hardness are expensive.
Thus the cost for the treatment becomes higher.
For this reason, it is important that the difference between the hardness HV(m)
of the processed steel and the Vickers hardness HV of the shot materials be limited to
250 HV or less.
[0020]
In the present invention the thickness to be scraped from the processed material
is limited to 5 urn. If the thickness exceeds that limit, the energy of the shot materials
is wasted for scraping. Thus it is not effectively used to generate the compressive
residual stress. Further, a large thickness to be scraped causes the size of the
high-strength component to decrease, to thereby lower its quality.
[0021]
The hardness HV(m) of the processed steel as in the specification is the
hardness of the surface layer of the steel after carburizing and at a depth of 0.050 mm or
less from the surface. That is, the hardness HV(m) of the processed steel, which is
calculated from equations (1) to (3), represents the hardness of the surface layer where
the depth is 0.050 mm or less.
[0022]
In the present invention the hardness HV(m) of the processed steel is calculated
by equations (1) to (3). By doing so the hardness HV(m) of 750 HV can be
maintained by controlling the conditions of carburizing, etc. The hardness is estimated
from a non-destructive test and corresponds to the Vickers hardness.
The first portion of equation (1), {f(C)-f(T, t)}(1-γR /100), represents
contribution of tempered martensite to the hardness. The second portion of equation
(1), 400xγR /100, represents the contribution of residual austenite to the hardness.
[0023]
The martensitic transformation of the processed steel cannot be completed by

cooling the material to room temperature. Thus it has a structure that is a combination
of a quenched structure (martensite) and residual austenite that has not been
transformed.
Therefore the estimate of the hardness HV(m) of the processed steel must be
based on these two structures. The part {f(C)-f(T, t)} of the first portion of equation
(1) represents the hardness of the martensite after tempering. The term f(C) denotes
the hardness of the martensite before tempering. The term f(T, t) denotes the reduction
of the hardness by tempering. The part (1-ΓR /100) represents the ratio of the volume
of the martensite.
[0024]
The term f(C) is expressed as equation (2), i.e., f(C) = -660C2+ 1373C + 278.
This equation is obtained by approximating by a quadratic curve the relationship
between the carbon content of the martensite and its hardness. To obtain the equation
various kinds of martensite that have different carbon contents are used.
[0025]
Quenching conditions are determined by the tempering temperature and
tempering time. Thus the reduction of hardness f(T, t) by tempering is expressed by an
approximation (by Hollomon, et al.), 0.05T(logt+17)-318, which uses the tempering
temperature T and the tempering time t.
The value 400 of the second portion of equation 1 denotes the hardness
(Vickers hardness) of the residual austenite.
[0026]
In the second aspect of the present invention, the C content of the surface layer
is kept within the range of 0.60% to 1.0%. Thereby the conditions of the first aspect
are maintained.
[0027]
If the C content is less than 0.60%, the hardness of the processed steel is lower
due to the low C content. Thus it may be difficult to maintain the hardness to comply
with the conditions of the first aspect.
[0028]
In contrast, if the C content exceeds 1.0%, there will be too much residual
austenite. That results in the decrease of the hardness of the processed steel. Thus it
may be difficult to maintain the hardness to comply with the conditions of the first
aspect. Further, if the C content is excessive, much carbide is deposited at the grain
boundaries. That may cause a deterioration of the fatigue strength.
[0029]

The C content is preferably kept in the range of 0.60% to 0.85%. If it exceeds
0.85%, the hardness of the processed steel starts to decrease because of too much
residual austenite. However, when the steel is subject to a subzero treatment, i.e.,
where it is cooled to a temperature (e.g., -80 °C) much lower than room temperature, the
residual austenite is transformed to the martensite. Thus the ratio of the volume of the
residual austenite, which is 10 to 40 vol. %, is reduced to 5 to 15 vol. %. As a result
the hardness of the processed steel can be improved.
[0030]
Carburizing is preferably carried out as vacuum eutectoid carburizing.
In gas carburizing, an abnormally carburized layer, which is a soft layer caused
by the oxidization of the surface (deteriorated ability to quench due to oxidization at the
grain boundaries), may be created to lower the hardness of the processed steel. Thus it
is difficult to maintain the hardness of the processed steel to comply with the conditions
of the first aspect. However, even for gas carburizing, it is possible to have the
hardness of the processed steel comply with the conditions, either by using a material
that has a good ability to quench or by removing the abnormally carburized layer after
quenching (before shot peening).
[0031]
In the third aspect of the present invention, shot materials that are 0.05 to 0.6
mm in diameter are used. They are shot against the processed steel by air at a pressure
of 0.4 to 0.6 MPa.
[0032]
If the shot materials are less than 0.05 mm in diameter, it is difficult to
manufacture them. If they are greater than 0.6 mm, the peak of the compressive
residual stress occurs at a deeper point. Thus the distribution of the compressive
residual stress is not effective to enhance the fatigue strength. The peak preferably
occurs at 100 urn or less from the surface, so as to enhance the fatigue strength.
[0033]
If the air pressure is less than 0.4 MPa, the intensity of the shot peening
decreases. Thus it may be difficult to generate a high compressive residual stress such
as 1800 MPa or more.
In contrast, if it is greater than 0.6 MPa, the intensity may be excessive. Thus
much of the processed steel may be scraped. Further, it is difficult to compress air at
the pressure of 0.6 MPa or more by the ordinary shot-peening machine.
[0034]
The basic Japanese Patent Application, No. 2007-308049, filed November 28,

2007, is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety in the present application.
The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed
description given below. However, the detailed description and the specific
embodiment are only illustrations of desired embodiments of the present invention, and
so are given only for an explanation. Various possible changes and modifications will
be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art on the basis of the detailed description.
The applicant has no intention to dedicate to the public any disclosed
embodiment. Among the disclosed changes and modifications, those which may not
literally fall within the scope of the present claims constitute, therefore, a part of the
present invention in the sense of the doctrine of equivalents.
The use of the articles "a," "an," and "the" and similar referents in the
specification and claims are to be construed to cover both the singular and the plural,
unless otherwise indicated herein or clearly contradicted by the context. The use of
any and all examples, or exemplary language (e.g., "such as") provided herein, is
intended merely to better illuminate the invention, and so does not limit the scope of the
invention, unless otherwise claimed.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
[0035]
Below an embodiment of the present invention is discussed in detail.
Steel having the chemical composition as listed in Table 1 is used to prepare a
processed material. The steel is SCM420H (chromium-molybdenum steel), as
specified by JIS G 4502. The middle line of Table 1 shows the range of the chemical
composition for SCM420H. The bottom line shows the chemical composition of the
material that is used for the processed material. The raw material of the steel is
machined into a steel bar that is 25 mm in diameter x 100 mm long. The bar is
carburized and processed by shot peening under the conditions listed in Tables 2 and 3.
Then, the thicknesses of scraped processed materials and the peak values of
compressive residual stresses are measured. The process for shot peening is discussed
below.
[0036]



[0037]

As shown in Fig. 1, an air-type shot-peening machine, which has an injection
nozzle 10, is used to process a material 12 by shot peening.
The material 12 to be processed is located at 200 mm from the injection nozzle
10. It is placed so that its surface to be processed is perpendicular to the angle for
shooting the shot materials.
While the material 12 is rotated on a turntable at 30 rpm (one rotation per two
seconds), its surface is processed by shot peening.
The time for shot peening is set so that the coverage of the surface by the shot
peening is 300%. The shot materials have diameters of 0.05 to 0.6 mm and a Vickers
hardnesses of 700HV to 1380HV. The air pressure for the shot peening is within the
range of 0.3 to 0.6 MPa.
The number "14" in Fig. 1 denotes a masking material.
[0038]
Using the processed materials that are prepared as above, the thicknesses of
scraped materials and the peak values of the residual compressive stresses are measured
as below.

The diameters of the processed materials 12 both before shot peening and after
shot peening are measured by using a laser-type dimension-measuring device. The
thickness of the scraped material is calculated by the following equation. The
thickness is the mean value often measurements (n = 10). The positions used for the
measurements are the centers of areas against which the shot materials are shot (the
positions where the maximum thicknesses of scraped materials occur).
The thickness of scraped material = (D1 - D2)/2,
where D1 denotes the diameter of the processed material before shot peening,
and D2 denotes the diameter of the processed material after shot peening.
[0039]

An X-ray stress measuring method, which is a common method for a
non-destructive test, and specified by JIS B 2711, is used to measure the compressive
residual stresses of the processed materials after shot peening.
Since the samples have martensitic structures, the residual stresses are
measured by using CrKa radiation as X-rays and -318 MPa/0 as the stress constant k.

The positions for the measurements are the centers of the areas against which the shot
materials are shot.
The peak (maximum value) of the compressive residual stress is measured by
electropolishing the processed material to a determined thickness in an area that is
approximately double the sectional area of an incident x-ray beam and by measuring the
stress distribution.
[0040]
The carbon content and the percentages of residual austenite at the surface
layers in Figs. 2 and 3 are measured as below.

The carbon content in the surface layers is measured by using dummy
specimens (20 mm in diameter x 5 mm thick) that are placed with the processed
materials to be carburized to prevent a sample (the processed material 12) from being
fractured. The carbon content is measured by luminescence spectrophotometry. It is
measured on the flat surfaces of the dummy specimens. The number of measurements
are set as two (n = 2). The principle of the measurements is to evaporate and excite a
target element (C) in a specimen by discharge plasma to measure the wavelengths of the
characteristic atomic spectrum of the target element. Then the carbon content is
determined by the intensity of the luminescence.
[0041]

The amount of residual austenite (ΓR) is non-destructively measured in a
surface layer (a depth of tens of microns or less) by the X-ray diffraction method.
The principle of the measurements is to measure ΓR{220} by X-ray diffraction.
By comparing martensite α'{211} to the integration of the diffraction line profile, the
volume percentage of residual austenite is obtained.
The results of the measurements are shown in Tables 2 and 3.
[0042]





[0044]
In Table 3 comparative example No. 1 shows that the hardness HV(m) of the
processed material is 682HV, which is lower than the minimum limit, 750HV, for the
present invention. Further, the difference between the hardness of the processed
material and that of the shot materials is small. Thus the compressive residual stress
does not reach the targeted stress, 1800HV or more.
Comparative example No. 1 shows that the C% in the surface layer is 0.51%,
which does not comply with the requirement for the second aspect. That causes the
hardness HV(m) of the processed material to be low.
Further, comparative example No. 1 shows that the air pressure for shot
peening is 0.3 MPa, which does not comply with the requirement for the third aspect.
These conditions result in the lower compressive residual stress.
[0045]
Comparative example No. 2 shows that the hardness HV(m) of the processed
material complies with the requirements of the present invention. However the
Vickers hardness HV of the shot materials is lower than the hardness of the processed
material. Thus the compressive residual stress is low.
The example shows that the requirement for the third aspect is not complied
with.
Comparative example No. 3 shows that the Vickers hardness HV of the shot
materials is lower than the hardness HV(m) of the processed material. Thus the target
for the compressive residual stress, which is 1800 MPa or more, is not achieved.
[0046]
Comparative example No. 4 shows that the hardness HV(m) of the processed
material is 735HV, which is lower than the minimum limit, 750HV, for the present
invention. Thus the compressive residual stress does not reach the targeted stress,
1800HV or more.
Since the specimen for the example has been gas-carburized, its hardness
HV(m) of the processed material is low due to an abnormally carburized layer.
Comparative example No. 5 shows that the hardness HV(m) of the processed
material is lower than the minimum limit for the present invention. Thus the
compressive residual stress does not reach the targeted stress.
[0047]
Comparative example No. 6 shows that the hardness HV(m) of the processed
material is low and that the compressive residual stress does not reach the targeted
stress.

Further, the example shows that the difference between the Vickers hardness
HV of the shot materials and the hardness HV(m) of the processed material is 268HV,
which is greater than the upper limit for the present invention. Thus the thickness of
the processed material to be scraped is large, and exceeds 5 µm.
[0048]
Comparative example No. 7 shows that the hardness HV(m) of the processed
material is low and that the compressive residual stress is also low.
The example also shows that the C% in the surface layer is 1.03%, which does
not comply with the requirement for the second aspect. The percentage of residual
austenite is as high as 41%. This high percentage causes the hardness HV(m) of the
processed material to be decreased.
[0049]
Comparative example No. 8 shows that the hardness HV(m) of the processed
material is low and that the compressive residual stress is also low.
Since the specimen for the example has been super-carburized (carburized to a
higher C content), the hardness of the matrix is low due to carbide precipitation.
[0050]
Comparative example No. 9 shows that the hardness HV(m) of the processed
materia] is low and that the thickness of the processed materials that is scraped exceeds
5 urn. It also shows that the compressive residual stress is low.
Further, it shows that the C% in the surface layer is lower than the minimum
limit for the second aspect. That causes the hardness HV(m) of the processed material
to be low.
[0051]
Comparative example No. 10 shows that the hardness HV(m) of the processed
material complies with the requirement of the present invention. But the Vickers
hardness HV of the shot materials is extremely high. Thus the difference between the
hardness HV of the shot materials and the hardness HV(m) of the processed material is
much higher than the upper limit. Therefore the compressive residual stress does not
reach the targeted stress. Further, the thickness of the processed material that is
scraped becomes great. This example also shows that the air pressure for shooting the
shot materials does not comply with the requirement for the third aspect.
[0052]
Comparative example No. 11 shows that the Vickers hardness HV of the shot
materials is extremely high. Though the compressive residual stress reaches the
targeted stress, i.e., 1800 MPa, the thickness of the processed material that is scraped

becomes great.
Comparative example No. 12 also shows that the Vickers hardness HV of the
shot materials is high. Thus the thickness of the processed material that is scraped
becomes as great as it is for comparative example No. 11.
Comparative example No. 13 also shows that the Vickers hardness HV of the
shot materials is high. Since the difference between the hardness HV of the shot
materials and the hardness HV(m) of the processed material exceeds the upper limit for
the present invention, the thickness of the processed material that is scraped becomes
great.
[0053]
In contrast, all of working examples Nos. 1 to 14 show that the requirements of
the present invention are complied with. Thus the compressive residual stresses are
greater than the targeted stress, which is 1800 MPa.
Working examples Nos. 1 to 7 show that the hardnesses HV(m) of the
processed materials are high because of low-temperature tempering.
Working example No. 8 shows that the hardness of the processed material
becomes high because of low-temperature tempering in addition to the subzero
treatment.
Working example No. 9 shows that the hardness HV(m) of the processed
material becomes high because the C content in the surface layer is appropriately
adjusted. For working example No. 10, the hardness HV(m) becomes higher because
of the subzero treatment in addition to the adjustment of the C content.
Working example No. 11 shows that the hardness HV(m) of the processed
material becomes high because of the subzero treatment in addition to the high C
content in the surface layer.
The subzero treatment is carried out by placing a specimen in an atmosphere at
-85°C for 120 min.
[0054]
The above description of the embodiment is just an example. Various
possible changes to the present invention can be conceived within the scope of the
present invention.
Brief Description of Drawings
[0055]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory drawing of the method for shot peening by an
embodiment of the present invention.

CLAIMS
1. A method for shot peening comprising shooting shot material against a
processed material,
wherein a hardness HV(m) of the processed material that is calculated from
equations (1), (2), and (3) is 750HV or more,
wherein a Vickers hardness of the shot materials is higher than the hardness of
the processed material by 50HV to 250HV, and
wherein a thickness of the processed steel that is scraped is 5 p.m or less,

where C denotes a C (carbon) content in a surface layer that is achieved by carburizing
(mass %), T denotes a tempering temperature (K), t denotes a tempering time (hr), and
ΓR denotes an amount of residual austenite (vol. %).
2. The method for shot peening of claim 1, wherein the C content is within a
range of 0.60% to 1.0%.
3. The method for shot peening of claim 1 or 2, wherein sizes of the shot
materials are within a range of 0.05 mm to 0.6 mm in diameter, and wherein the shot
materials are shot against the processed material by air at a pressure of 0.4 to 0.6 MPa.


Disclosed is a shot peening method that, while suppressing cutting of a steel product to be treated, can apply a higher
compressive residual stress than that in the conventional technique. A projection material having Vickers hardnesses HV (m), which
are represented by formulae (1) to (3) and are higher than the hardnesses HV (m) of a steel product to be treated by a value in the
range of 50 HV to 250 HV, is projected against the steel product having a hardness of not less than 750 HV to be treated to reduce the
cutting level of the steel product to not more than 5 µ m. HV(m1)= {f(C) - f(T, t)}(1 - γR/100) + 400× γ R/100 Formula (1) f(C)
= -660C2 + 1373C + 278 Formula (2) f(T, t) = 0.05T(logt + 17) - 318 Formula (3) where C: C (carbon) concentration of carburized
surface layer, % by mass T: tempering temperature, K t: tempering holding lime, hr γ R: amount of residual austenite (% by volume)

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Patent Number 272579
Indian Patent Application Number 1518/KOLNP/2010
PG Journal Number 16/2016
Publication Date 15-Apr-2016
Grant Date 11-Apr-2016
Date of Filing 30-Apr-2010
Name of Patentee SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
Applicant Address 28-12, MEIEKI 3-CHOME, NAKAMURA-KU, NAGOYA-SHI, AICHI 450-0002, JAPAN
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 ISHIKURA, RYOHEI C/O. DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.; HEAD OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; 30, DAIDOCHO 2-CHOME, MINAMI-KU, NAGOYA-SHI, AICHI 457-0811 JAPAN
2 KANO, TAKASHI C/O. DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.; TOKYO OFFICE, 6-35, KONAN 1-CHOME, MINATO-KU, TOKYO 108-0075 JAPAN
3 KATO, MAKIO C/O. DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.; 1-10, HIGASHISAKURA 1-CHOME, HIGASHI-KU, NAGOYA-SHI, AICHI 461-0005 JAPAN
4 KOBAYASHI, YUJI C/O. SINTOKOGIO, LTD.; TOYOKAWA-SEISAKUSHO, 1, HONOHARA 3-CHOME, TOYOKAWA-SHI, AICHI 442-0061 JAPAN
5 UJIHASHI, SATORU C/O. SINTOKOGIO, LTD.; TOYOKAWA-SEISAKUSHO, 1, HONOHARA 3-CHOME, TOYOKAWA-SHI AICHI 442-0061 JAPAN
6 OKUMURA, KIYOSHI C/O. SINTOBRATOR, LTD.; 51, SHINMEI, UBUKUJI, KITANAGOYA-SHI, AICHI 481-0035 JAPAN
PCT International Classification Number B24C 1/10
PCT International Application Number PCT/JP2008/071241
PCT International Filing date 2008-11-21
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 2007-308049 2007-11-28 Japan