Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Sumitomo Metal Industries, Inc.

Hayato Onda

Hideki Imataka

Hitoshi Matsumoto

Tetsuya Asai

Daisuke Suzuki

A hot forged non-heat treated steel for induction hardening, comprising by mass percent, C: 0.35 to 0.45%, Si: 0.20 to 0.60%, Mn: 0.40 to 0.80%, S: 0.040 to 0.070%, Cr: 0.10 to 0.40%, Ti: 0.020 to 0.100%, Ca: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0030%, O: 0.0015 to 0.0050%, Mo: 0 to 0.05%, P: 0.025% or less, V: 0.03% or less, Al: 0.009% or less and N: 0.0100% or less, and the balance being Fe and impurities, with Fn1=C+(Si/10)+(Mn/5)+(5Cr/22)+1.65V&#x2212;(5/7S)+1.51&#xd7;(Ti&#x2212;3.4N)&#x2266;0.63, Ca/O&#x2266;1.0, and 25.9&#xd7;Fn1+27.5&#xd7;(Ti&#x2212;3.4N)&#x2212;7.9&#x2267;5.7, has more excellence in the machinability than a conventional steel and also has fatigue strength equal to or more than that of a conventional steel, while using the steel product in a hot forged state as a starting material.

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