New steels now in use for automotive rolling element bearings
- NTN Corp., Kuwana (Japan). Bearing Engineering R and D Center
- NTN Corp., Iwata (Japan). Automotive Products Engineering Dept.
With the development of clean steels, the influence of retained austenite on the rolling contact fatigue (RCF) life has changed. Under clean oil lubrication, the favorable influence of retained austenite disappeared, Utilizing th is phenomenon, a long life material for high temperature was developed with the use of the element Si which improves the heat resistance of steel. With the continuous casting becoming common steel making process, alloying elements should better be minimized because they cause segregation. From this point of view, a medium carbon through hardening steel which has competing RCF life with SUJ2 was developed. Under debris contaminated lubrication, retained austenite has ever favorable effect on RCF life. For these reasons, surface modification is important. Long life bearings under debris contaminated lubrication were developed by carbonitriding a through hardening steel or a carburizing steel, respectively.
- OSTI ID:
- 316174
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9611259-; ISBN 0-8031-2421-X; TRN: IM9908%%254
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Symposium on bearing steels: into the 21st century, New Orleans, LA (United States), 19-21 Nov 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1998; Related Information: Is Part Of Bearing steels: Into the 21. century; Hoo, J.J.C. [ed.] [General Bearing Corp., West Nyack, NY (United States)]; Green, W.B. Jr. [ed.] [Torrington Co., Torrington, CT (United States)]; PB: 534 p.; ASTM special technical publication, Volume 1327
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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