Townsend & Banta
Free-cutting tool steel
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 WTi+0.52WZr constitutes 0.03 to 3.5 wt %, and WTi represents Ti content and WZr represents Zr content, at least any one of S, Se and Te where WS+0.4WSe+0.25WTe constitutes 0.01 to 1.0 wt %, and (WTi+0.52WZr)/(WS+0.4WSe+0.25WTe) constitutes 1 to 4, and WS represents S content, WSe represents Se content and WTe 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.
Dokuritsu Gyousei Houjin Sangyo Gijutsu Sougo Kenkyusho Daido Tokushuko Kabushiki Kaisha
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Yukinori Toshimitsu Takayuki Kiyohito Kozo Seiji Katsunari
Matsuda Fujii Shimizu Ishida Ozaki Kurata Oikawa