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Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2009
Applicants:

Satoru Suwa, Wako, JP;

Daiji Kawaguchi, Wako, JP;

Atsushi Murakami, Wako, JP;

Inventors:

Satoru Suwa, Wako, JP;

Daiji Kawaguchi, Wako, JP;

Atsushi Murakami, Wako, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 8/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

It is devised to further enhance strength and straightening ability of a nitrocarburized raw material for crankshafts. A nitrocarburized raw material for crankshafts is formed so as to have a composition composed of C, Si, Mn, Cu, Ni, Cr, V, S, s-Al, Ca and N in prescribed % by mass, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities and having a structure of ferrite+pearlite; after smelting a steel having the foregoing composition, hot forging is performed; thereafter, a normalizing treatment is applied to the subject hot forged material at a treatment temperature in the range of from 780° C. to 850° C.; and straightening process for correcting bending to be caused due to the nitrocarburizing treatment is later applied.


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