Abstract: Provided is a welding metal in which the chemical component composition thereof is appropriately controlled; an A value that is specified by a predetermined relational expression satisfies the requirement of being 3.8% to 9.0%; an X value that is specified by a predetermined relational expression satisfies the requirement of being 0.5% or greater; the area percentage of carbide particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.20 ?m or greater in the welding metal is 4.0% or less; and the number of carbide particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 1.0 ?m or greater is 1000 particles/mm2 or less. This welding metal, which can exhibit not only high strength but also good low-temperature toughness and good drop-weight characteristics, is useful as a material for a pressure vessel in a nuclear power plant.

Abstract: A steel plate has a C content between 0.05 to 0.18% by mass (hereinafter, content will be expressed simply in “%”), a Si content between 0.10 to 0.50%, a Mn content between 1.2 to 2.0%, an Al content between 0.01 to 0.10%, a Cr content between 0.05 to 0.30% and a V content between 0.01 to 0.05%, and meets a condition expressed by expression (1). 6.7[Cr]+4.5[Mn]+3.5[V]?7.2%??(1) where [Cr], [Mn] and [V] represent a Cr content, a Mn content and a V content in percent by mass, respectively. The strength reduction of the steel sheet is small even if the steel sheet is subjected for a long time to a stress relief annealing process after being processed by welding. Cracks do not form in the steel plate when the steel plate is welded.

Abstract: An air hardenable steel alloy is disclosed comprising, in percent by weight: 0.18 to 0.26 carbon; 3.50 to 4.00 nickel; 1.60 to 2.00 chromium; 0 to 0.50 molybdenum; 0.80 to 1.20 manganese; 0.25 to 0.45 silicon; 0 to less than 0.005 titanium; 0 to less than 0.020 phosphorus; 0 up to 0.005 boron; 0 up to 0.003 sulfur; iron; and impurities. The air hardenable steel alloy has a Brinell hardness in a range of 352 HBW to 460 HBW. The air hardenable steel alloy combines high strength, medium hardness and toughness, as compared with certain know air hardenable steel alloys, and finds application in, for example, any of a steel armor, a blast-protective hull, a blast-protective V-shaped hull, a blast-protective vehicle underbelly, and a blast-protective enclosure.

Abstract: Provided is a welding metal in which a predetermined chemical component composition is satisfied, the A value as specified by formula (1) is 3.8% to 9.0%, and the surface area percentage of carbide having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.20 ?m or greater in the welding metal is 4.0% or less. A value=0.8×[C]?0.05×[Si]+0.5×[Mn]+0.5×[Cu]+[Ni]?0.5×[Mo]+0.2×[Cr]??(1) (Provided that [C], [Si], [Mn], [Cu], [Ni], [Mo] and [Cr] are the C, Si, Mn, Cu, Ni, Mo and Cr content (by mass percent), respectively) The welding metal is useful as a material for a pressure vessel of a nuclear power plant as the welding metal is high in strength and has good low-temperature toughness and drop-weight characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high strength thick steel material excellent in toughness and weldability reduced in amount of C and amount of N, containing suitable amounts of Si, Mn, Nb, Ti, B, and O, having contents of C and Nb satisfying C—Nb/7.74?0.004, having a density of Ti-containing oxides of a particle size of 0.05 to 10 ?m of 30 to 300/mm2, and having a density of Ti-containing oxides of a particle size over 10 ?m of 10/mm2 or less, produced by treating steel by preliminary deoxidation to adjust the dissolved oxygen to 0.005 to 0.015 mass %, then adding Ti and, furthermore, vacuum degassing the steel for 30 minutes or more, smelting it, then continuously casting it to produce a steel slab or billet, heating the steel slab or billet to 1100 to 1350° C., hot rolling the slab or billet to a thickness of 40 to 150 mm, then cooling it.

Abstract: A lean alloy steel and roll shells made of same are provided. The lean alloy steel has improved properties in imparting high productivity and long service life for roll shells (or roll caster shells) utilized in the direct casting of molten materials (such as molten aluminum) to strips. The lean alloy steel includes iron (Fe) alloyed with carbon (C), chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), vanadium (V), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), silicon (Si), and/or niobium (Nb). The roll shells made from the heat treated lean alloy steel have high resistance to surface heat checking due to its very high yield strengths at molten aluminum temperatures (made, e.g., possible with its high carbide content), and have high casting speeds because of its high thermal conductivity (made, e.g., possible with its lean alloy composition).

Abstract: A low alloy steel ingot contains from 0.15 to 0.30% of C, from 0.03 to 0.2% of Si, from 0.5 to 2.0% of Mn, from 0.1 to 1.3% of Ni, from 1.5 to 3.5% of Cr, from 0.1 to 1.0% of Mo, and more than 0.15 to 0.35% of V, and optionally Ni, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Performing quality heat treatment including a quenching step and a tempering step to the low alloy steel ingot to obtain a material, which has a grain size number of from 3 to 7 and is free from pro-eutectoid ferrite in a metallographic structure thereof, and which has a tensile strength of from 760 to 860 MPa and a fracture appearance transition temperature of not higher than 40 ° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a steel material having a high silicon content, and to a method for the production thereof, the steel material being particularly suitable for piston rings and cylinder sleeves. In addition to iron and production-related impurities, the steel material contains 0.5 to 1.2 wt. % carbon, 3.0 to 15.0 wt. % silicon and 0.5 to 4.5 wt. % nickel. Also, the steel material can contain small amounts of the following elements Mo, Mn, Al, Co Nb, Ti, V, Sn, Mg, B, Te Ta La, Bi, Zr, Sb, Ca, Sr, Cer, rare earth metals and nucleating agents such as NiMg, MiSiMg, FeMg and FeSIMg. due to the high Si content, a degree of saturation higher than 1.0 is attained, with the melting temperature of the steel material corresponding to normal cast iron. The steel material can be produced according to a conventional cast-iron technique and has a high resistance to wear and tear and a high structural strength (minimal distortion).

Abstract: A filler material for welding is characterized by the following chemical composition (amounts in % by weight): 0.05-0.15 C, 8-11 Cr, 2.8-6 Ni, 0.5-1.9 Mo, 0.5-1.5 Mn, 0.15-0.5 Si, 0.2-0.4 V, 0-0.04 B, 1-3 Re, 0.001-0.07 Ta, 0.01-0.06 N, 0-60 ppm Pd, max. 0.25 P, max. 0.02 S, remainder Fe and manufacturing-related unavoidable impurities. The material has outstanding properties, in particular a good creep rupture strength/creep resistance, a good oxidation resistance and a very high toughness.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a steel for high-cleanliness spring which is useful for the production of a spring excellent in fatigue characteristics in high Si steels. The steel for high-cleanliness spring with excellent fatigue characteristics according to the invention contains: in terms of mass %, C: 1.2% or less (excluding 0%); Si: 1.8% to 4%; Mn: 0.1% to 2.0%; and total Al: 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), with the remainder being iron and inevitable impurities, in which the Si amount and a solute (SIMS) Ca amount in the steel satisfy a relationship of the following expression (1): Si×10?7?solute (SIMS) Ca?Si×5×10?7??(1) (in which each of the solute (SIMS) Ca and Si represents the amount thereof (mass %) in the steel).

Abstract: To provide weld metal that has a high strength and toughness in the as-welded condition or in the annealed condition. The weld metal of the present invention contains by weight %, C: 0.04-0.15%, Si: 0.50% or less, Mn: 1.0-1.9%, Ni: 1.0-4.0%, Cr: 0.10-1.0%, Mo: 0.20 to 1.2%, Ti: 0.010-0.060%, Al: 0.030% or less, O: 0.15-0.060%, N: 0.010% or less, Fe and inevitable impurities as the remaining contents. The weld metal is further characterized by the fact that the ratio of Ti content (%) to Si content (%) i.e.,[compound type Ti]/[compound type Si] is more than 1.5, and the number A defined by the following formula is 0.50 or more, wherein A=[Ti]/([O]?1.1×[Al]+0.05×[Si]).

Abstract: An outer ring, an inner ring and a roller serving as a bearing component that adopts as a source material a steel ensuring a large fracture toughness value and also having an alloy element added thereto in a reduced amount and also provides sufficient wear resistance, are configured of a steel containing 0.15-0.3% by mass of carbon, 0.15-0.7% by mass of silicon, and 0.15-1.0% by mass of manganese, with a remainder of iron and an impurity, and have a raceway/rolling contact surface included in a region having a carbon enriched layer and a nitrogen enriched layer. In the nitrogen enriched layer the raceway/rolling contact surface has a nitrogen concentration equal to or larger than 0.3% by mass.

Abstract: A weld metal of a high-strength Cr—Mo steel formed by shielded metal arc welding contains: 0.04 to 0.10% by mass C, 0.15 to 0.5% by mass Si, 0.5 to 1.0% by mass Mn, 2.00 to 3.25% by mass Cr, 0.9 to 1.2% by mass Mo, 0.01 to 0.03% by mass Nb, 0.2 to 0.7% by mass V, 0.003% by mass or below and above 0% by mass B, 0.02 to 0.05% by mass O, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. A residual extracted by electrolytic extraction from only an unaffected zone of the weld metal contains precipitated Cr in a Cr content below 0.3% by mass, and precipitated Nb in a Nb content of 0.005% by mass or above.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fire resistant steel material excellent in high temperature strength, toughness, and reheating embrittlement resistance containing, by mass %, C: 0.001% to 0.030%, Si: 0.05% to 0.50%, Mn: 0.4% to 2.0%, Nb: 0.03% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.005% to less than 0.040%, N: 0.0001% to less than 0.0050%, and Al: 0.005% to 0.030%, limiting P: 0.03% or, less and S: 0.02% or less, satisfying C—Nb/7.74?0.005 and 2?Ti/N?12, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and, further, a process for production of a fire resistant material comprising heating a steel slab comprised of this chemical composition to 1100 to 1350° C. and hot rolling it by a cumulative reduction rate at 1000° C. or less of 30% or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides an abrasion resistant steel having a hardness of HB400 to HB520, having little change of hardness during long term use, and superior in toughness, characterized by containing, by mass %, C: 0.21% to 0.30%, Si: 0.30 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.32 to 0.70%, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: 0.1 to 2.0%, Mo: 0.1 to 1.0%, B: 0.0003 to 0.0030%, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, and N: 0.01% or less, further containing one or more of V: 0.01 to 0.1%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.05%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.03%, Ca: 0.0005 to 0.05%, Mg: 0.0005 to 0.05%, and REM: 0.001 to 0.

Abstract: Method for reducing the segregated seams of a steel which has high mechanical strength and high wear resistance and whose composition comprises by weight: 0.30%?C?1.42%; 0.05%?Si?1.5%; Mn?1.95%; Ni?2.9%; 1.1%?Cr?7.9%; 0.61%?Mo?4.4%; optionally V?1.45%, Nb?1.45%, Ta?1.45% and V+Nb/2+Ta/4?1.45%; less than 0.1% of boron, less than 0.19% of (S+Se/2+Te/4), less than 0.01% of calcium, less than 0.5% of rare earths, less than 1% of aluminum, less than 1% of copper; the balance being iron and impurities resulting from the production operation. The composition further complies with: 800?D?1150 with D=540(C)0.25+245(Mo+3V+1.5Nb+0.75Ta)0.30+125Cr0.20+15.8Mn+7.4Ni+18Si. According to the method, the molybdenum is completely or partially replaced with double the proportion of tungsten so that W>0.21%, and Ti, Zr, C are adjusted so that, after adjustment, Ti+Zr/2?0.2W, (Ti+Zr/2)×C?0.07, Ti+Zr/2?1.49% and D is unchanged at approximately 5%. Steel obtained and method for producing a steel workpiece.

Abstract: Disclosed is a stainless steel containing, by mass, 0.05% or less carbon, 1.5 to smaller than 3.5% Si, 3.0% or less Mn, 6.0 to 12.0% Cr, 4.0 to 10.0% Ni, 10.0% or less Co, 6.0% or less Cu, 0.5 to 3.0% Ti, 0 to 2.0% Al, less than 0.4% Mo, not more than 0.01% nitrogen, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. Preferably, it has a hardness of not lower than 59 HRC and may contain not more than 1.0% Nb and/or not more than 1.0% Ta. Alternatively, the stainless steel may further contain not more than 0.1% of Zr. The process for producing the steel includes producing a steel having a composition as described above by a consumable electrode remelting process, and then subjecting the steel to a solution treatment at a temperature of 1000 to 1150° C. and an aging treatment at a temperature of 400 to 550° C., thereby aging the stainless steel to a hardness of not lower than 59 HRC.

Abstract: An alloy, such as a tool steel containing, in percent by weight, 0.5%-0.7% carbon; 1.80%-2.50% chromium; 0.90%-1.20% molybdenum; 3.50%-5.50% nickel and 0.60%-1.50% vanadium. The steel alloyed accordingly is eminently suitable for heat treatments for influencing strength. With a carbon content of less than 0.7%, a partially martensitic metal structure having a high ductility can be formed by way of hardening processes. Due to surface hardening, the carbon content may in some portions on the outer surface be greater than 0.7%.

Abstract: The invention relates to a manufacturing process for steel blanks. The invention relates in particular to a manufacturing process of a steel blank comprising electroslag remelting (ESR—ElectroSlag Remelting) or vacuum arc remelting (VAR—Vacuum Arc Remelting) to obtain very good mechanical properties. The blanks obtained can be used especially in the field of the manufacture of pressurised equipment elements and especially cannon tubes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a steel alloy for a low alloy steel for producing high-tensile, weldable, hot-rolled seamless steel tubing, in particular construction tubing. The chemical composition (in % by mass) is: 0.15-0.18% C; 0.20-0.40% Si; 1.40-1.60% Mn; max. 0.05% P; max. 0.01% S; >0.50-0.90% Cr; >0.50-0.80% Mo; >0.10-0.15% V; 0.60-1.00% W; 0.0130-0.0220% N; the remainder is made up of iron with production-related impurities; with the optional addition of one or more elements selected from Al, Ni, Nb, Ti, with the proviso that the relationship VIN has a value of between 4 and 12 and the Ni content of the steel is not more than 0.40%.

Abstract: There is provided a metal powder for powder metallurgy including Zr and Si in a manner such that following conditions of (A) and (B) are satisfied, wherein a remainder thereof includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, (A) the mass ratio of a content of Zr to a content of Si is 0.03 to 0.3, and (B) the content of Si is 0.35 to 1.5% by mass.

Abstract: A forging steel has a dissolved Mg concentration within the range of 0.04-5 ppm by mass and a dissolved Al concentration within the range of 50-500 ppm.

Abstract: The invention provides a steel material with satisfactory hydrogen embrittlement resistance, and particularly it relates to high-strength steel with satisfactory hydrogen embrittlement resistance and a strength of 1200 MPa or greater, as well as a process for production thereof. At least one simple or compound deposit of oxides, carbides or nitrides as hydrogen trap sites which trap hydrogen with a specific trap energy is added to steel, where the mean sizes, number densities, and length-to-thickness ratios (aspect ratio) are in specific ranges. By applying the specific steel components and production process it is possible to obtain high-strength steel with excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance.

Abstract: A casing is formed from an alloy which contains, by mass, 0.08-0.20% C, 0.05-0.45% Si, 0.10-0.30% Mn, 0.80-1.40% Ni, 1.00-1.40% Cr, 1.20-1.60% Mo, 0.10-0.30% V, 0.06-0.10% Ti, 0.0005-0.0010% B, not more than 0.01% P, not more than 0.01% S, and not more than 0.005% Al, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurity elements. The casing has excellent high-temperature strength, high toughness and excellent weldability, and is applicable to casings used in high-temperature high-pressure steam environments.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tool steel containing, by mass percent, 0.55 to 0.85% of C, 0.20 to 2.50% of Si, 0.30 to 1.20% of Mn, 0.50% or less of Cu, 0.01 to 0.50% of Ni, 6.00 to 9.00% of Cr, 0.1 to 2.00% of Mo+0.5 W, and 0.01 to 0.40% of V, with the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which, when an area rate of a coarse carbide having a circle equivalent diameter of 2 ?m or more in a cross section parallel to a forging direction is represented by L(%) and an area rate of the coarse carbide in a cross section perpendicular to the forging direction is represented by T(%), the area rate L is 0.001% or more, the area rate T is 0.001% or more, and the ratio L/T is within a range from 0.90 to 3.00. The tool steel of the invention exhibits an isotropic size change in quenching and tempering.

Abstract: A steel has the following chemical composition (amounts in % by weight): 0.05-0.14 C, 8-13 Cr, 1-2.6 Ni, 0.5-1.9 Mo, 0.5-1.5 Mn, 0.15-0.5 Si, 0.2-0.4 V, 0-0.04 B, 2.1-4.0 Re, 0-0.07 Ta, 0-60 ppm Pd, remainder Fe and unavoidable impurities. The steel can be used effectively as a welding additive material and has outstanding properties at very high temperatures, in particular a good creep rupture strength/resistance and a good oxidation resistance.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to steel with high mechanical resistance at room temperature and up to 130° C., good toughness and good corrosion resistance in the metal base as well as good resistance to cracking in the heat affected zones (HAZ) once the tubing is welded together, and more specifically to heavy gauge seamless steel tubing with high mechanical resistance, good toughness and good corrosion resistance called catenary conduit. The advantages of the present invention with respect to those of an the state of technology reside in providing a chemical composition for steel used to manufacture heavy gauge seamless steel tubing with high mechanical resistance, good toughness, good fissure resistance in the HAZ and good corrosion resistance and a process for manufacturing this product. These advantages are obtained by using a composition made up basically of Fe and a specific chemical composition.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for making an abrasion resistant steel plate having a chemical composition comprising: 0.1%?C<0.23%; 0%?Si?2%; 0%?Al?2%; 0.5%?Si+Al?2%; 0%?Mn?2.5%; 0%?Ni?5%; 0%?Cr?5%; 0%?Mo?1%; 0%?W?2%; 0.05%?Mo+W/2?1%; 0%?Cu?1.5%; 0%?B?0.02%; 0%?Ti?0.67%; 0%?Zr?1.34%; 0.05%<Ti+Zr/2?0.67%; 0%?S?0.15%; N<0.03%, optionally 0% to 1.5% of Cu; optionally Nb, Ta and V such that Nb/2+Ta/4+V?0.5%; optionally Se, Te, Ca, Bi, Pb contents ?0.1%; the rest being iron impurities. Additionally: 0.095%?C*=C?Ti/4?Zr/8+7×N/8, Ti+Zr/2?7×N/2?0.05% and 1.05×Mn+0.54×Ni+0.50×Cr+0.3×(Mo+W/2)1/2+K>1.8, with K=1 if B?0.0005% and K=0 if B<0.0005%. After austenitization, the method consists in: cooling at a speed >0.5° C./s between a temperature between AC3 and T=800?270×C*?90×Mn?37×Ni?70×Cr?83×(Mo+W/2) and about T?50° C.; then cooling at a speed 0.1<Vr<1150×ep?1.7 between T and 100° C., (ep=plate thickness in mm); cooling down to room temperature and optionally planishing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a steel plate that exhibits excellent low-temperature toughness in a base material and a weld heat-affected zone and has small strength anisotropy, wherein the steel includes, by mass, C: 0.04%-0.10%; Si: 0.02%-0.40%; Mn: 0.5%-1.0%; P: 0.0010%-0.0100%; S: 0.0001%-0.0050%; Ni: 2.0%-4.5%; Cr: 0.1%-1.0%; Mo: 0.1%-0.6%; V: 0.005%-0.1%; Al: 0.01%-0.08%; and N: 0.0001%-0.0070%, with the balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, a Ni segregation ratio at a portion located at one-fourth of a thickness of the steel plate in a steel-plate thickness direction from a surface of the steel plate is 1.3 or lower, a degree of flatness of a prior austenite grain is in a range from 1.05 to 3.0, an effective diameter of crystal grain is 10 ?m or lower, and a Vickers hardness number is in a range of 265 HV to 310 HV.

Abstract: A precipitation-hardened stainless maraging steel which exhibits a combination of strength, toughness, and corrosion resistance comprises by weight about: 8 to 15% chromium (Cr), 2 to 15% cobalt (Co), 7 to 14% nickel (Ni), and up to about 0.7% aluminum (Al), less than about 0.4% copper (Cu), 0.5 to 2.6% molybdenum (Mo), 0.4 to less than about 0.75% titanium (Ti), up to about 0.5% tungsten (W), and up to about 120 wppm carbon (C), the balance essentially iron (Fe) and incidental elements and impurities, characterized in that the alloy has predominantly lath martensite microstructure essentially without topologically close packed intermetallic phases and strengthened primarily by a dispersion of intermetallic particles primarily of the eta-Ni3Ti phase and wherein the titanium and carbon (Ti) and (C) levels are controlled such that C can be dissolved during a homogenization step and subsequently precipitated during forging to provide a grain-pinnning dispersion.

Abstract: Steel is described having a chemical composition, in weight-%, of 0.3 to 0.5% carbon (C), from traces to a max. of 1.5% silicon (Si), 0.2 to 1.5% manganese (Mn), 0.01 to 0.2% sulfur (S), 1.5 to 4% chromium (Cr), 1.5 to 5% nickel (Ni), 0.5 to 2% molybdenum (Mo), which at least partially may be replaced by twice as much tungsten (W), 0.2 to 1.5% vanadium (V), from traces to a max. of 0.2% rare earth metals, and a balance essentially of only iron, impurities and accessory elements in normal amounts. In addition, a method for manufacturing a blank of the steel and a process for manufacturing a cutting tool body or holder for cutting tools of the steel is described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the following seamless steel pipes excellent in strength, toughness and weldability, particularly suitable for submarine flow lines, and a manufacturing method thereof. An as-quenched seamless steel pipe having a chemical composition consisting of, by mass%, C: 0.03 to 0.08%, Mn: 0.3 to 2.5%, Al: 0.001 to 0.10%, Cr: 0.02 to 1.0%, Ni: 0.02 to 1.0%, Mo: 0.02 to 0.8%, Ti: 0.004 to 0.010%, N: 0.002 to 0.008%, Ca: 0.0005 to 0.005%, and the balance Fe and impurities, with not more than 0.25% of Si, not more than 0.05% of P, not more than 0.005% of S, less than 0.005% Nb, and less than 0.0003% of B as the impurities, and having a microstructure consisting of not more than 20 volume% of polygonal ferrite, not more than 10 volume% of a mixed microstructure of martensite and retained austenite, and balance bainite. B can be 0.0003 to 0.001%. Mg and/or REM can be contained. The manufacturing method is characterized by the cooling rate during quenching.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of production of a steel soft nitrided machine part comprising: preparing a steel material containing, by mass %, C: 0.15-0.30%, Si: 0.03-1.00%, Mn: 0.20-1.5%, S: 0.04-0.06%, Cr: 0.01-0.5%, Mo: 0.40-1.5%, Nb: 0.005-0.05%, Ti: 0.005-0.03%, V: 0.2-0.4%, Ni: 0.05-1.5%, N: 0.002-0.0048%, a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, limiting P to 0.02% or less, limiting Ceq. (equation (1)) to 0.65-0.85, controlling DI (equation (2)) to 80-155, log Kp (equation (3)) to 2.5-8, and Si and Mn contents according to equation (4), heating the steel material to 1150-1280° C., hot forging the steel material to the shape of the part, cooling the steel material at a 0.5-1.5° C/sec cooling rate to obtain a hot forged part having a micrometallic structure with more than 50% of bainite, machining the hot forged part, and soft nitriding the machined hot forged part at 550-650° C. for 30 minutes or more.

Abstract: A bainitic steel alloy and a method for making such an alloy are disclosed, in which the bainite plates are particularly small, less than 50 nanometres in width. In preferred embodiments of the invention, each bainite plate is surrounded by a film of retained austenite; the level of retained austenite in the alloy is greater than 10%; and the alloy is substantially free of blocky unstable austenite and cementite.

Abstract: Method for reducing the segregated seams of a steel which has high mechanical strength and high wear resistance and whose composition comprises by weight: 0.30%?C?1.42%; 0.05%?Si?1.5%; Mn?1.95%; Ni?2.9%; 1.1%?Cr?7.9%; 0.61%?Mo?4.4%; optionally V?1.45%, Nb?1.45%, Ta?1.45% and V+Nb/2+Ta/4?1.45% ; less than 0.1% of boron, less than 0.19% of (S+Se/2+Te/4), less than 0.01% of calcium, less than 0.5% of rare earths, less than 1% of aluminum, less than 1% of copper; the balance being iron and impurities resulting from the production operation. The composition further complies with: 800?D?1150 with D=540(C)0.25+245 (Mo+3 V+1.5 Nb+0.75 Ta)0.30+125 Cr0.20+15.8 Mn+7.4 Ni+18 Si. According to the method, the molybdenum is completely or partially replaced with double the proportion of tungsten so that W>0.21%, and Ti, Zr, C are adjusted so that, after adjustment, Ti+Zr/2?0.2 W, (Ti+Zr/2)×C?0.07, Ti+Zr/2?1.49% and D is unchanged at approximately 5%. Steel obtained and method for producing a steel workpiece.

Abstract: Method for reducing the segregated seams of a steel which has high mechanical strength and high wear resistance and whose composition comprises by weight: 0.30%?C?1.42%; 0.05%?Si?1.5%; Mn?1.95%; Ni?2.9%; 1.1%?Cr?7.9%; 0.61%?Mo?4.4%; optionally V?1.45%, Nb?1.45%, Ta?1.45% and V+Nb/2+Ta/4?1.45%; less than 0.1% of boron, less than 0.19% of (S+Se/2+Te/4), less than 0.01% of calcium, less than 0.5% of rare earths, less than 1% of aluminum, less than 1% of copper; the balance being iron and impurities resulting from the production operation. The composition further complies with: 800?D?1150 with D=540(C)0.25+245(Mo+3V+1.5Nb+0.75Ta)0.30+125Cr0.20+15.8Mn+7.4Ni+18Si. According to the method, the molybdenum is completely or partially replaced with double the proportion of tungsten so that W>0.21%, and Ti, Zr, C are adjusted so that, after adjustment, Ti+Zr/2?0.2W, (Ti+Zr/2)×C?0.07, Ti+Zr/2?1.49% and D is unchanged at approximately 5%. Steel obtained and method for producing a steel workpiece.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hot-working tool steel having improved toughness and high-temperature strength. Also disclosed is a method for producing the hot-working tool steel. The hot-working tool steel comprises the following components (by mass): C: 0.34-0.40%, Si: 0.3-0.5%, Mn: 0.45-0.75%, Ni: 0-0.5% (exclusive), Cr: 4.9-5.5%, (Mo+1/2W): 2.5-2.9% (provided that Mo and W are contained singly or in combination), and V: 0.5-0.7%, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Preferably, the cross-sectional structure of the hot-working tool steel upon quenching contains a granular structure and an acicular structure, wherein the granular structure (A %) accounts for 45 area % or less, the acicular structure (B %) accounts for 40 area % or less, and the remaining austenite (C %) accounts for 5 to 20 volume %.

Abstract: The invention relates to a steel and a processing method for producing machine components formed from solid stock, particularly for vehicle construction, having a primarily bainitic structure, characterized in that the chemical composition thereof has the following contents in weight percent: 0.10%?C?0.25%, 0.15%?Si?0.40%, 1.00%?Mn?1.50%, 1.00%?Cr?2.00%, 0.20%?Ni?0.40%, 0.05%?Mo?0.20%, 0.010%?Nb?0.040%, 0.05%?V?0.25%, 0.01%?Al?0.05%, 0.005%?N?0.025%, 0%?B?0.0050%, with the remainder being iron and the steel making-related accompanying elements and residual materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to a steel and a processing method for high-strength fracture-splittable machine components that are composed of at least two fracture-splittable parts. The steel and method are characterized in that the chemical composition of the steel (expressed in percent by weight) is as follows: 0.40%?C?0.60%; 0.20%?Si?1.00%; 0.50%?Mn?1.50%; 0%?Cr?1.00%; 0%?Ni?0.50%; 0%?Mo?0.20%; 0%?Nb?0.050%; 0%?V?0.30%; 0%?Al?0.05%; 0.005%?N?0.020%, the rest being composed of iron and smelting-related impurities and residual matter.

Abstract: A hot-forming steel alloy comprising, in addition to iron and impurity elements, carbon, silicon, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, vanadium and nitrogen within the concentration ranges set forth in the claims. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: High cleanliness spring steel useful in manufacturing a spring with SiO2-based inclusions being extremely controlled and excellent in fatigue properties is provided. High cleanliness spring steel which is steel containing; C: 1.2% (means mass %, hereafter the same with respect to the component) or below (not inclusive of 0%), Si: 1.2-4%, Mn: 0.1-2.0%, Al: 0.01% or below (not inclusive of 0%), and the balance comprising iron with inevitable impurities, wherein; the total of oxide-based inclusions of 4 or above of L (the large diameter of an inclusion)/D (the short diameter of an inclusion) and 25 ?m or above of D and oxide-based inclusions of less than 4 L/D and 25 ?m or above of L, in the oxide-based inclusions of 25 mass % or above of oxygen concentration and 70% (means mass %, hereafter the same with respect to inclusions) or above of SiO2 content when Al2O3+MgO+CaO+SiO2+MnO=100% is presumed, out of inclusions in the steel, is 20 nos./500 g or below.

Abstract: A lean alloy steel and roll shells made of same are provided. The lean alloy steel has improved properties in imparting high productivity and long service life for roll shells (or roll caster shells) utilized in the direct casting of molten materials (such as molten aluminum) to strips. The lean alloy steel includes iron (Fe) alloyed with carbon (C), chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), vanadium (V), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), silicon (Si), and/or niobium (Nb). The roll shells made from the heat treated lean alloy steel have high resistance to surface heat checking due to its very high yield strengths at molten aluminum temperatures (made, e.g., possible with its high carbide content), and have high casting speeds because of its high thermal conductivity (made, e.g., possible with its lean alloy composition).

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved low alloy high speed tool steel, which exhibits constant toughness with small dispersion of the properties after heat treatment and regardless of the size of the products. The steel consists essentially of, by weight %, C: 0.50-0.75%, Si: 0.02-2.00%, Mn: 0.1-3.0%, P: up to 0.050%, S: up to 0.010%, Cr: 5.0-6.0%, W: 0.5-2.0%, V: 0.70-1.25%, Al: up to 0.1%, O: up to 0.01% and N: up to 0.04% and the balance of Fe. In the steel [Mo+0.5W](Mo-eq.) is 2.5-5.0%, [Mo-eq.]/V is 2-4. In the annealed state the steel contains carbides of the types of MC+M6C and/or M23C6(M7C3), and after quenching from a temperature of 1100-1200° C. it contains substantially no remaining carbide or, even contains, almost all the carbides are of MC.

Abstract: A maraging heat-treatment steel includes 8.5 to 9.5% by weight of Cr, 0.15 to 0.25% by weight of Mn, 2 to 2.7% by weight of Ni, 0.5 to 2.5% by weight of Mo, 0.4 to 0.8% by weight of V, 0.001 to 0.15% by weight of Si, 0.06 to 0.1% by weight of C, 0.11 to 0.15% by weight of N, 0.02 to 0.04% by weight of Nb, maximum 0.007% by weight of P, maximum 0.005% by weight of S, maximum 0.01% by weight of Al, iron and standard impurities, wherein a weight ratio of vanadium to nitrogen V/N is in a range between 4.3 and 5.5.

Abstract: A cold work steel article. The article comprises a material which comprises, in addition to Fe, the elements C, Si, Mn, P, S, Cr, Mo, Ni, V, W, Cu, Co, Al, N and O in certain concentrations and has been produced by by a powder metallurgical process. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: The invention relates to a manufacturing process for steel blanks. The invention relates in particular to a manufacturing process of a steel blank comprising electroslag remelting (ESR—ElectroSlag Remelting) or vacuum arc remelting (VAR—Vacuum Arc Remelting) to obtain very good mechanical properties. The blanks obtained can be used especially in the field of the manufacture of pressurised equipment elements and especially cannon tubes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transforming steel blanks. The invention in particular relates to a method for transforming a steel blank comprising kneading in order to obtain very good mechanical properties. The obtained products may notably be used for forming a pressure device component.

Abstract: An iron-based alloy for use in a material for high-pressure components. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: It is proposed to make a change to the barrel material and also its constituent proportions and to undertake a production method which is already known from the large caliber barrel but which is specially adapted for medium caliber barrels. A barrel is created which is now made from a NiCrMoV steel blank which as an ingot was remelted in the ESR (electro-slag remelting) process before forging and the forged bars were quenched and tempered in a liquid quenching and tempering process. A barrel for a machine gun is thus disclosed which has the quality/characteristics of a large caliber barrel.

Abstract: A forging steel has a dissolved Mg concentration within the range of 0.04-5 ppm by mass and a dissolved Al concentration within the range of 50-500 ppm.