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Machine structure steel superior in chip disposability and mechanical properties and its method of making

US6596227B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 2001
Grant dateJul 22, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC22C38/002
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A machine structure steel superior in chip disposability and mechanical properties which contains sulfide-type inclusions such that those particles of sulfide-type inclusions with major axes not shorter than 5 &mgr;m have an average aspect ratio not larger than 5.2 and which also contains coarse particles of sulfide-type inclusions such that the relation a/b≦0.25 is satisfied, where a denotes the number of particles of sulfide-type inclusions with major axes not shorter than 20 &mgr;m, and b denotes the number of particles of sulfide-type inclusions with major axes not shorter than 5 &mgr;m. The machine structure steel exhibits good chip disposability and mechanical properties despite its freedom from lead.

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