METHOD OF PRODUCING ROUGHLY SHAPED MATERIAL FOR ROLLING BEARING

• Main Authors: KASHIWAGI Shinichirou, YANO Takefumi, UEKITA Hiroki, HIRANO Tetsurou, SAITOU Toshikazu, NEISHI Yutaka
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.09.2016
• Subjects: ALLOYS; BEARINGS; BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUSMETALS OR ALLOYS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MAKING FORGED OR PRESSED METAL PRODUCTS, e.g. HORSE-SHOES,RIVETS, BOLTS OR WHEELS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE BY DECARBURISATION, TEMPERING OR OTHERTREATMENTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; METALLURGY; METALLURGY OF IRON; MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PUNCHING METAL; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; SHAFTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS; WEAPONS

A roughly shaped material for a rolling bearing of the present invention is produced by forging a steel composed of a high-carbon chrome bearing steel containing 0.7 mass % to 1.2 mass % of a carbon, and 0.8 mass % to 1.8 mass % of a chromium to a predetermined shape while heating the steel to a forging temperature in a range of (Ae1 point+25° C.) to (Ae1 point+105° C.), cooling a forged article to a temperature of Ae1 point or lower, and performing an annealing in which the forged article that is obtained is heated to a soaking temperature in a range of (Ae1 point+25° C.) to (Ae1 point+85° C.), the forged article is retained for 0.5 hours or longer, and the forged article is cooled down to 700° C. or lower at a cooling rate of 0.30° C./s or slower.