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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Masakazu Hayaishi, Nagoya, JP;
Yutaka Kurebayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Daido Steel Co., Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a free-cutting steel which exhibits good machinability in turning and small roughness of the turned surfaces, and in which substantially no macro-streak-flaw occurs. The free-cutting steel contains, by weight %, C: 0.03-0.20%, Mn: 0.5-3.0%, P: 0.02-0.40%, S: more than 0.2% up to 1.0%, one or both of Ti and Zr (in case of both, the total amount): 0.01-3.0%, O: 0.0005-0.0050% and Pb: less than 0.01%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel is characterized in that it contains, as the inclusion therein, Ti-based and/or Zr-based carbosulfide compound or compounds. The steel may further contain at least one from the group of Bi: up to 0.4%, Se: up to 0.5% and Te: up to 0.1%.