CustomProperty
Design Development and Application of New High-Performance Gear Steels

09FTM14

A new class of high strength, secondary hardening gear steels that are optimized for high-temperature, low-pressure (i.e., vacuum) carburization is being developed. These alloys were computationally designed as secondary-hardening steels at three different levels of case hardness. The exceptional case hardness, in combination with high core-strength and toughness properties, offer the potential to reduce drive train weight or increase power density relative to incumbent alloys such as AISI 9310 or Pyrowear® X53.
This new class of alloys utilizes an efficient nano-scale M2C carbide strengthening dispersion, and their key benefits include: high fatigue resistance (contact, bending, scoring); high hardenability achieved via low-pressure carburization (thus reducing quench distortion and associated manufacturing steps); a tempering temperature of >900°F to provide up to a 500°F increase in thermal stability relative to incumbent alloys; and core tensile strengths in excess of 200 ksi. Ferrium C69ÿ, is one alloy in this family that can achieve a carburized surface hardness of HRC 67 (with a microstructure substantially free of primary carbides), has exceptionally high contact fatigue resistance which make it an excellent candidate for applications such as camshafts and bearings as well as gear sets.
ISBN: 978-1-55589-967-7 Pages: 14
Discounted member price: 23.50
47.00
You could save: 50.0%