Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Sumitomo (sei) Steel Wire Corp.

Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Autonetworks Technologies, Limited

Nhk Spring Co., Ltd.

Sumitomo Electric Engineering, Ltd.

Teruyuki Murai

Nozomu Kawabe

Susumu Yamamoto

Shuji Yazu

Tetsuji Jodai

Tomoyuki Awazu

Hiromu Izumida

Yukihiro Oishi

Masaaki Tobioka

Shinei Takamura

Yoshihiro Hashimoto

Sadamu Matsumoto

Koji Yamaguchi

Takashi Yoshioka

Takao Kawakita

Norihito Yamao

Hideo Itozaki

Kazuo Sawada

Nobuhiko Fujita

Noritoshi Takamura

Toshio Shimizu

Kenichiro Sibata

Nobuyuki Sasaki

Hideo Ogita

Seizo Takamuku

Norihisa Matsushima

Nozumu Kawabe

Sigeki Isojima

Kazuhiko Hayasi

Provided is a high-strength stainless steel spring exhibiting a good workability and having a high load characteristic. Thus, the high-strength stainless steel spring of the invention has an chemical component containing 0.04 to 0.08% by mass of C, 0.15 to 0.22% by mass of N, 0.3 to 2.0% by mass of Si, 0.5 to 3.0% by mass of Mn, 16 to 20% by mass of Cr, 8.0 to 10.5% by mass of Ni, 0.5 to 3.0% by mass of Mo, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and when the average diameter of the coil is represented by D and further the diameter of the steel wire is represented by d in the case that cross sections of the stainless steel wire are in a complete round form or the value obtained by subtracting the average coil diameter from the outer diameter of the coil is represented by d' in the case that the cross sections of the stainless steel wire are in a form other than the complete round form, the spring has a spring index D/d or D/d&#x2032; of 2 to 6.

High-strength stainless steel spring and method of manufacturing the same

A wire-harness use composite wire comprising a first element wire which comprises 0.01-0.25 mass % C, 0.01-0.25 mass % N, 0.5-4.0 mass % Mn, 16-20 mass % Cr,8.0-14.0 mass % Ni, and the balance of Fe and impurities and satisfies that a C+N content is in the range of 0.15 mass %&#x2266;C+N&#x2266;0.30 mass %, and a second element wire comprising at least one material selected from the group consisting of copper, copper alloy, aluminum, and aluminum alloy, the first element wire and the second element wire being twisted together.

Composite wire for wire-harness and process for producing the same

A high-strength steel wire for heat-resistant springs has both excellent high-temperature tensile strength and excellent high-temperature sag resistance at a temperature as high as 350 to 500&#xb0; C., particularly at 400&#xb0; C. or so (these properties are needed for spring materials). The steel wire contains (a) 0.01 to 0.08 wt % C, 0.18 to 0.25 wt % N, 0.5 to 4.0 wt % Mn, 16 to 20 wt % Cr, and 8.0 to 10.5 wt % Ni, (b) at least one constituent selected from the group consisting of 0.1 to 3.0 wt % Mo, 0.1 to 2.0 wt % Nb, 0.1 to 2.0 wt % Ti and 0.3 to 2.0 wt % Si, and (c) mainly Fe and unavoidable impurities both of which constitute the remainder. The steel wire has (a) a tensile strength of at least 1,300 N/mmand less than 2,000 N/mmbefore being treated with low-temperature annealing, and (b) a maximum crystal-grain diameter of less than 12 &#x3bc;m in the &#x3b3; phase (austenite) in a transverse cross section of the wire.

Steel wire for heat-resistant spring, heat-resistant spring and method for producing heat-resistant spring

A steel wire of pearlite structure containing 0.8-1.0 mass % of C and 0.8-1.5 mass % of Si is disclosed. In the cross section of the steel wire the difference in average hardness between a region up to 100 &#x3bc;m from the surface thereof and a deeper region is within 50 in micro-Vickers hardness. The steel wire is manufactured by working a wire rod having the abovementioned chemical composition through shaving, patenting and drawing processes, then strain-relief annealing the resultant wire, and thereafter subjecting the thus annealed to a shot peening process. The steel wire has a high heat resistance and a high fatigue strength, and can be produced through a drawing process without applying a quenching and tempering process.

Steel wire and method of manufacturing the same

A lightweight insulated electric wire and an automobile wire harness using the same insulated electric wire where the insulated electric wire has a conductor portion including one or more first wires and one or more second wires, which are stranded together. The first wires are constituted by metal wires made from at least one type of metal selected from copper, copper alloy, aluminum and aluminum alloy. The second wires are constituted by metal wires different from the first wires and have a relative permeability of 4.0 or less.

Covered wire and automobile-use wire harness

A steel wire of pearlite structure containing 0.8-1.0 mass % of C and 0.8-1.5 mass % of Si is disclosed. In the cross section of the steel wire the average hardness in a region up to 100 &mgr;m from the surface thereof is at least 50 higher that that in a deeper region based on micro-Vickers hardness. The steel wire is manufactured by working a wire rod having the abovementioned chemical composition through shaving, patenting and drawing processes, then strain-relief annealing the resultant wire, and thereafter subjecting the thus annealed wire to a short peening process. The steel wire can be produced through a drawing process without applying a quenching and tempering process, and are superior in heat resistance and fatigue strength.

High fatigue-strength steel wire and spring, and processes for producing these

A steel wire of pearlite structure containing 0.8-1.0 mass % of C and 0.8-1.5 mass % of Si is disclosed. In the cross section of the steel wire the difference in average hardness between a region up to 100 &mgr;m from the surface thereof and a deeper region is within 50 in micro-Vickers hardness. The steel wire is manufactured by working a wire rod having the abovementioned chemical composition through shaving, patenting and drawing processes, then strain-relief annealing the resultant wire, and thereafter subjecting the thus annealed to a shot peening process. The steel wire has a high heat resistance and a high fatigue strength, and can be produced through a drawing process without applying a quenching and tempering process.

An Ni-based or Ni&mdash;Co-based heat-resistant alloy wire excellent in resistance to sag at high temperatures ranging from 600 to 700&deg; C., which excellent resistance is most suitable for spring materials. The heat-resistant alloy wire contains (a) 0.01 to 0.40 wt % C, 5.0 to 25.0 wt % Cr, and 0.2 to 8.0 wt % Al; (b) at least one constituent selected from the group consisting of 1.0 to 18.0 wt % Mo, 0.5 to 15.0 wt % W, 0.5 to 5.0 wt % Nb, 1,0 to 10.0 wt % Ta, 0.1 to 5.0 wt % Ti and 0.001 to 0.05 wt % B; (c) at least one constituent selected from the group consisting of 3.0 to 20.0 wt % Fe and 1.0 to 30.0 wt % Co; and (d) the remaining constituent consisting mainly of Ni and unavoidable impurities. The wire has (a) a tensile strength not less than 1,400 N/mm and less than 1,800 N/mm , (b) an average crystal-grain diameter not less than 5 &mgr;m and less than 50 &mgr;m in a cross section, and (c) a crystal-grain aspect ratio (a major-axis/minor-axis ratio) of 1.2 to 10 in a longitudinal section.

Heat-resistant alloy wire

Process for manufacturing a superconducting composite

An evaporation material is used in manufacturing a VTR tape, a vertical magnetic recording thin film or the like. The evaporation material is a wire comprising a cobalt metal a cobalt--nickel alloy containing not more than 30 weight % of nickel, or a cobalt--chromium alloy containing not more than 30 weight % of chromium. This wire has a diameter of at least 1.0 mm and not more than 10 mm, a tensile strength of at least 400 MPa and not more than 1500 MPa, and an elongation and a reduction of area of at least 5%. The evaporation material has a prescribed crystal structure, with a face centered cubic lattice ratio of at least 0.1 and not more than 1. It is possible to obtain a wire having the above properties by heating the metal material to at least Tu.degree. C. and thereafter performing plastic working of reduction in area of at least 10% in a single pass at a temperature of at least Td.degree. C. and not more than (Tu+200).degree. C. Preferably, the cobalt metal or the cobalt--nickel alloy further contains 0.01 to 0.1 weight % of Mn, Cr, Mg, Zr or Ca. Preferably, the cobalt--chromium alloy further contains 0.01 to 0.1 weight % of Mn, Mg, Zr or Ca.

Evaporation material

A process for manufacturing a superconducting elongated article such as a superconducting wire which is applicable for manufacturing a superconducting coil or the like. The process includes steps comprising filling a metal pipe with material powder of ceramic consisting of compound oxide having superconductivity, performing plastic deformation of the metal pipe filled with the ceramic metal powder to reduce the cross section of the metal pipe, and then subjecting the deformed metal pipe to heat-treatment to sinter the ceramic material powder filled in the metal pipe. The ceramic material powder may contain compound oxide having Perovskite-type crystal structure exhibiting superconductivity. The metal pipe may selected from a group comprising metals of Ag, Au, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Ru, Os, Cu, Al, Fe, Ni, Cr, Ti, Mo, W and Ta and alloys including these metals as the base. The heat-treatment may be carried out at a temperature ranging from 700 to 1,000.degree. C., The plastic deformation of the metal pipe filled with the ceramic metal powder may be performed in such manner that the cross section of the metal pipe is reduced at a dimensional reduction ratio ranging from 16% to 92% by wire-drawing or forging by means of dies, roller dies, or extruder.

Process for manufacturing a superconducting wire of compound oxide-type

A high-toughness, quenched, oil-tempered wire for springs which is less likely to suffer a permanent set and is high in strength and toughness. The wire is made of a steel containing predetermined amounts of C, Si, Mn, Al and Ti, to which are selectively added predetermined amounts of V, Mo, W and Nb. After quenching and tempering, the content of retained austenite is 1-5 vol. %, and/or the number of carbides having a diameter of 0.05 .mu.m or more is 5 or less per .mu.m.sup.2 as viewed on a transmission electron microscope image.

Oil-tempered wire and method of manufacturing the same

A spring steel wire that has a tensile strength of at least 2,000 N/mm.sup.2 and a surface roughness of not more than 5 .mu.m in terms of Rz, and a spring steel wire that consists essentially of from 0.5 to 0.8% by weight of C, from 1.2 to 2.5% by weight of Si, from 0.4 to 0.8% by weight of Mn, from 0.7 to 1.0% by weight of Cr, from 0.005 to 0.030% by weight of N and at least two elements selected from the group consisting of from 0.1 to 0.6% by weight of V, from 0.05 to 0.50% by weight of Mo and from 0.05 to 0.50% by weight of W, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities containing not more than 0.005% by weight of Al and not more than 0.005% by weight of Ti, said wire having a surface roughness of not more than 5 .mu.m in terms of Rz, as well as production processes therefor.

Process for finishing steelwire

A method for forming a spring which can reduce variations in the surface hardness and the thickness of the hardened layer when the spring is nitrided. Before nitriding the spring, the thickness of an oxide film formed on the surface of the spring is reduced to 1.5 .mu.m or less by electropolishing or any other suitable means so that the residual stress of the spring will be -5 kgf/mm.sup.2 to 5 kgf/mm.sup.2 near its surface. With this arrangement, it is possible to increase the surface hardness and the thickness of the nitrided layer of the spring obtained by nitriding.

Method for manufacturing spring having high nitrided properties

Method for producing an elongated sintered article, characterized by the steps including filling powder material in a pipe, carrying out plastic deformation of the pipe filled with the powder material, and heating the pipe filled with the powder material to burn and/or sinter the powder material. The method of the present invention is advantageously applicable to production of wire or rod of ceramics, particularly so called new ceramics or fine ceramics, sintered alloys or their combination, which are difficult of shaping or moulding by conventional process such as wire-drawing, rolling or extrusion of powder material and are difficult of machining or processing after the powder material is sintered.

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Teruyuki Murai