Abstract
In this paper, a new low-carbon alloy gear steel is designed via Si/Al alloying. The carburizing and austempering, at a temperature slightly higher than the martensitic transformation point (Ms) of the surface and much lower than the Ms of the core, for different times, were carried out on the newly designed gear steel. After heat treatment, a series of different microstructures (superfine bainitic ferrite + retained austenite, superfine bainitic ferrite + martensite + retained austenite, and martensite + retained austenite) were obtained on the surface, whilst the low-carbon lath martensitic microstructure was obtained in the core. The microstructure of the surface was examined using optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The phase composition was analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD). The hardness and wear resistance of the surface as well as the hardness distribution of carburizing layer of the samples with different microstructures were studied. The results show that the Si/Al-rich gear steel, after carburizing and austempering at 200 °C for 8 h, not only has excellent mechanical properties but also has high wear resistance, which meets the technical requirements of heavy-duty gear steel. The research work in this paper can provide a data reference for the application of carburized steel with mixed microstructures of bainitic ferrite and martensite in the design of heavy-duty gear.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundations of China
Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province
Subject
General Materials Science,Metals and Alloys
Cited by
3 articles.
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