Sumitomo Metal Industries, Inc.

Masanori Sakamoto

Koji Watari

Toru Kato

Yoshihiko Kamada

Masato Kurita

Mitsuo Uno

Harunori Kakimi

The present invention relates to manufacturing methods of nitrided steel parts, having high tensile strength, high fatigue strength, and excellent bending roughness, through nitriding without thermal refining, to thus-manufactured steel parts, and to steel products for nitriding, and steels for nitriding having a specific chemical composition, serving as steel stock for the manufacture of such steel parts. The chemical composition is as follows: C: over 0.20 to 0.60%, Si: 0.05 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.20 to 1.50%, P: 0.08% or less, S: 0.005 to 0.10%, Cu: 0.30% or less, Ni: 0.30% or less, Cr: 0.30% or less, Mo: 0.30% or less, V: 0.20% or less, Nb: 0.05% or less, Ti: 0.003 to 0.03%, Al: 0.08% or less, Ca: 0.005% or less, Pb: 0.30% or less, N: 0.008 to 0.030%, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. Steel products preferably have the ferrite-pearlite microstructure having a ferrite percentage of not less than 10%. Nitrided steel parts are formed from the steel products serving as steel stock therefor, and have a nitrided case formed in the surface portion thereof.

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Masanori Sakamoto