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Microstructure and fatigue strength of the roller-bearing steel 100Cr6 (SAE 52100) after two-step bainitisation and combined bainitic–martensitic heat treatment

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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 97 Issue 10

Abstract

Possible processes for shortening the heat treatment of roller-bearing steels in the lower bainitic range were investigated by computer assisted dilatometric experiments and by practical heat treatment process simulations. Several processes were evaluated and used on the steel 100Cr6 (SAE 52100). The microstructures achieved have been investigated by metallography, X-ray analysis and electron microscopy. Influences on hardness, as well as on the fatigue strength were examined. No loss in hardness was achieved and the fatigue strength, determined by rotating bar fatigue tests, was enhanced significantly by the shortened treatments, particularly by the use of the two-step bainitic treatment. The results indicated that small amounts of retained austenite, homogeneously dispersed on a sub-microscopic scale, as obtained during various treatment cycles, have influenced the fatigue strength. By means of the processes evaluated the heat treatment time can be shortened to about 10–25% of the duration of complete bainitisation in the lower range.

Keywords: Lower bainite; Heat treatment; Microstructure; Fatigue strength; Roller-bearing steel

Dedicated to Professor Eckard Macherauch on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of his birth

* Correspondence address, Prof. Dr. Hermann Vetters, IWT BREMEN, Badgasteinerstr. 3, D-28359 Bremen, Germany, E-mail: , Priv.: Baumeister Specht Str. 42, D-88161 Lindenberg, Germany, Tel./Fax: +498381807428

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Received: 2006-5-25
Accepted: 2006-7-6
Published Online: 2013-05-31
Published in Print: 2006-10-01

© 2006, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.3139/146.101388
Keywords for this article
Lower bainite; Heat treatment; Microstructure; Fatigue strength; Roller-bearing steel

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  5. Basic
  6. Stability of residual stresses in longitudinally and transversely deep rolled sintered iron under quasistatic and cyclic loading
  7. Residual stresses in random-planar aluminium/Saffil® short-fibre composites deformed in different loading modes
  8. Thermal residual stress analysis in continuous Al2O3 fiber reinforced NiAl composites
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