Heat-treating process of high-speed train axle containing niobium and titanium

• Main Authors: WANG KAIZHONG, YU WENTAN, XIE SHIHONG, SUN WEI, GAO HAICHAO, DU SONGLIN, XU XING
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 24.12.2014
• Subjects: ALLOYS; CHEMISTRY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUSMETALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE BY DECARBURISATION, TEMPERING OR OTHERTREATMENTS; METALLURGY; METALLURGY OF IRON; MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

The invention disclose a steel for a high-speed train axle containing niobium and titanium, and the steel comprises the chemical components based on the mass percentage (wt%): 0.25-0.32 wt% of C, 0.15-0.40 wt% of Si, 0.60-0.90 wt% of Mn, no more than 0.015 wt% of P, no more than 0.010 wt% of S, 1.00-1.20 wt% of Cr, 0.20-0.35 wt% of Mo, 0.15-0.30 wt% of Ni, 0.02-0.04 wt% of V, 0.015-0.040 wt% of Nb, 0.10-0.30 wt% of Cu, 0.0008-0.0050 wt% of B, and 0.010-0.050 wt% of A1S, after the axle prepared by the components is thermally treated, the grain size is no less than 8.5 grades, and the tissue is tempered sorbite+bainite, wherein the content of the tempered sorbite adjacent to the axle surface is about 70-90%, and the the content of the tempered sorbite at the 1/2 radius of the axle is about 40-60%.