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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
Benteler Automobiltechnik Gmbh, Paderborn, DE;
Andreas Frehn, Delbrück, DE;
Ralf Ilskens, Paderborn, DE;
Dominik Howekenmeier, Verl, DE;
Jeffrey M. Hatt, Livonia, MI (US);
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH, Paderborn, DE;
Abstract
A method for producing a motor vehicle axle component includes the method steps of providing a metal strip made of a hardenable steel material, hot rolling the metal strip and subsequent cold rolling with more than 4% rolling reduction degree, annealing at 600 to 800° C., in particular at 650 to 750° C. for a time period between 10 and 20 hours, in particular 13 to 17 hours, cutting the heat treated metal strip to cut sheet metals, forming the metal cut into a motor vehicle axle component, austenizing and quenching the motor vehicle axle component, wherein the motor vehicle axle component has at least in a surface region a grain size characteristic value according to ASTM-E 112 of greater than 9.