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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Kiyohito Ishida, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, JP;
Katsunari Oikawa, Shibata-gun, Miyagi, JP;
Toshimitsu Fujii, Nagoya, JP;
Yukinori Matsuda, Nagoya, JP;
Kozo Ozaki, Nagoya, JP;
Seiji Kurata, Nagoya, JP;
Takayuki Shimizu, Nagoya, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A free-cutting tool steel is provided containing Fe and C in an amount of 0.1 to 2.5 wt %, Ti and or Zr where W +0.52W constitutes 0.03 to 3.5 wt %, and W represents Ti content and W represents Zr content, at least any one of S, Se and Te where W +0.4W +0.25W constitutes 0.01 to 1.0 wt %, and (W +0.52W )/(W +0.4W +0.25W ) constitutes 1 to 4, and W represents S content, W represents Se content and W represents Te content; and dispersed therein a texture thereof from 0.1 to 10% in terms of area ratio in a section of a machinability improving compound phase of a metallic element component of Ti and/or Zr as major components, and a binding component for the metallic element component containing C and any one of S, Se and Te.