EP0912773B1 - Utilisation d'un acier pour supports d'outils de coupe - Google Patents

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EP0912773B1
EP0912773B1 EP97930936A EP97930936A EP0912773B1 EP 0912773 B1 EP0912773 B1 EP 0912773B1 EP 97930936 A EP97930936 A EP 97930936A EP 97930936 A EP97930936 A EP 97930936A EP 0912773 B1 EP0912773 B1 EP 0912773B1
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  • the invention relates to the use as a cutting tool holder for tool bit of a steel with a specific composition.
  • a cutting tool holder for tool bits is the body on or in which the tool bit, that is active during the machining operation, is attached.
  • Cutter- and drill bodies are typical cutting tool holders, which are provided with active machining carbide elements.
  • the material in such cutting tool holders is usually a steel which is referred to as holder steel in this technical field. A number of requirements are raised upon holder steels:
  • Low or medium alloyed tool steels are used as materials for cutting tool holders for tool bits.
  • the composition of a number of typical holder steels for tool bits are listed in the table below. Besides the element mentioned in the table, which refer to weight-%, the steels only contain iron, and impurities and accessory elements. None of the known holder steels satisfies the above specified requirements in a completely satisfactory way.
  • EP-A-0 569 346 discloses a steel for a carrier (backing) strip for the teeth of a metal working saw, particularly a metal working band saw, wherein the carrier strip has a composition of, in weight-%: 0.20-0.40% C, 2.5-5.0% Cr, 2.0-3.0% Mo, 0.03-0.4% V, up to 0.15% Al, up to 1.0% Si, up to 1.5% Mn, up to 1.1% Ni, up to 4.2% Co, balance Fe and unavoidable imputities.
  • the invention suggests a steel alloy intended to be used as a material for cutting tool holders for tool bit, which satisfies the said requirements more satisfactorily than the steels of prior art.
  • the composition of the steel is given in the appending claims.
  • the invention also relates to cutting tool holders for tool bit made of the steel.
  • Carbon shall exist in an amount of at least 0.3%, preferably at least 0.35%, suitably at least 0.37%, in order that the steel shall obtain a desired hardness and strength.
  • the carbon content must not exceed 0.5%, preferably not exceed 0.45%, and suitably not exceed 0.41%.
  • the steel can be too hard and brittle.
  • the steel contains 0.39%C.
  • Silicon may exist in amounts from a trace amount to a maximum of 1.5%, but preferably the steel should contain at least 0.40% Si.
  • the silicon exists in the steel in a dissolved state, but can also exist as silicon-calcium oxides, which in their turn are preferably modified by means of sulphur, which in the form of sulphides may cover the oxide and make it essentially plastic, wherein the said inclusions can function as a lubricating film when the steel is being machined.
  • the steel should not contain more than 1.2% Si. Preferred ranges are 0.7-0.9% Si or 0.6-0.8% Si. A typical (nominal) Si content is 0.7%.
  • Manganese shall exist in an amount of at least 0.2% in order to improve the tempering resistance of the steel and in order to prevent redbrittleness of the steel through the formation of maganese sulphides, when the steel contains higher amounts of sulphur.
  • the steel shall not contain more than 1.5% maganese, preferably max. 1.0% Mn. A particularly preferred range is 0.3-0.5% Mn.
  • An optimal maganese content is 0.4%.
  • Sulphur shall exist in an amount of at least 0.01% in order to give the steel an adequate machinability.
  • the steel shall not contain more than at most 0.2% S. If the sulphur content is higher, there is a risk that redbrittleness may occur, which can not be completely compensated by a correspondingly high content of maganese.
  • the steel should not contain more than max. 0.05% sulphur.
  • a preferred content of sulphur lies in the range 0.01-0.03% S.
  • a typical (nominal) sulphur content is 0.02%.
  • Chromium shall exist in the steel in an amount between 4 and 7% in order to give the steel a good hardenability.
  • a preferred range is 4.5-5.5% Cr; typically 5.0% Cr.
  • Nickel is not a critical element in the steel, but can be tolerated in an amount up to 1%, preferably max. 0.5%.
  • Molybdenum improves the hardenability of the steel and also its tempering resistance and hence its hot hardness and shall therefor exist in an amount of at least 0.5%; max. 2.0%. A preferred range is 1.2% Mo, preferably 1.2-1.6% Mo. Typically, the steel contains 1.4% Mo. In principal, molybdenum can be replaced completely or partly by the double amount of tungsten. Tungsten, however, is an expensive alloy metal and it also complicates the handling of return scrap. Therefore, tungsten should be avoided in amounts higher than amounts recognised as impurities.
  • Cobalt for the same reason as tungsten, should not exist in the steel but can be tolerated in amounts up to max. 1.0%, preferably max. 0.05%.
  • Vanadium is favourable for the tempering resistance and the wear strength of the steel and shall exist in the steel in an amount of at least 0.2%, but not exceed 1.5%.
  • the vanadium content should lie between 0.6-1.3%, suitably between 0.8-1.1%; typically the content of vanadium is 0.95%.
  • the steel can also contain oxygen and calcium in functional amounts, more particularly 50-100 ppm oxygen and 5-75 ppm calcium in order to interact to form calcium oxides, which are modified by means of sulphur as has been mentioned in the foregoing.
  • Niobium forms primary carbonitrides which are difficult to dissolve and shall not exist in amounts above 0.5%.
  • niobium should not exist in amounts above impurity level.
  • titanium, zirconium, aluminium and other strong carbide and/or nidrideformers are impurities which are not desired and therefore shall not exist in amounts above impurity level.
  • Rare earth metals such as cerium, lanthanum and others can possibly be added to the steel in order to afford the steel isotropic features, optimal machinability, good mechanical features, and a good hot-workability.
  • the total content of the rare earth metals can amount to max. 0.4%, preferably max. 0.2%.
  • the nominal (typical) composition has the following specification: 0.37-0.41 C, 0.40-1.20 Si, 0.30-0.50 Mn, max. 0.025 P, 0.010-0.030 S, 5.00-5.30 Cr, max. 0.25 Ni, 1.25-1.50 Mo, max. 0.20 W, max. 0.20 Co, 0.90-1.00 V, max. 0.005 Ti, max. 0.030 Nb, max. 0.25 Cu, max. 0.020 Al, 5-50 ppm Ca, 60-90 ppm O, balance iron.
  • the steel is hardened from an austenitizing temperature between 860 and 1100°C, preferably between 960 and 1050°C, wherein the hardening temperature is chosen within said range depending on the desired hardness.
  • the steel is hardened from a temperature within the lower part of the range 960 - 1050°C, more particularly from a temperature of 960°C or slightly above that temperature, it is possible to achieve a hardness of 48 HRC while it is possible to achieve a hardness of 54 HRC if the steel is hardened from a temperature within the upper part of the range 960 - 1050°C, i.e. at or near 1050°C, prior to tempering.
  • Tempering can be performed either as low temperature tempering from a temperature between 180- 250°C, or as high temperature tempering from a temperature between 550-600°C in order to provide high hardness in combination with good toughness.
  • the drawing shows typical tempering curves for a steel according to the invention after hardening from different temperatures between 960 and 1025°C.
  • compositions according to Table 1 were manufactured.
  • the given contents of the elements of the compositions are mean values of measurements made on different places in the ingots that were manufactured.
  • the composition of reference material, SS 2242 has also been included.
  • the contents of the reference material are nominal contents.
  • the content of phosphorus, sulphur, aluminium, nitrogen, calcium, and oxygen have not been mentioned.
  • the balance is iron and impurities which can exist in normal amounts in addition to those impurities or accessory elements that are mentioned in the table.
  • Table 1 results from machinability tests which were performed on material in the soft annealed state are also shown.
  • the mentioned values refer to the periphery speed of the drill (mean value) in which the drill is rotated so that the total length of 1000 mm shall be achieved before the drill is worn out. Also, the number of borings that are possible to drill at a drilling rate of 30 m/min, before the drill is worn out, are stated in the table.

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  1. Utilisation d'un acier contenant, en pourcentages en poids :
       0,3 à 0,5% de C,
       des traces jusqu'à un maximum de 1,5% de Si,
       0,2 à 1,5% de Mn,
       un maximum de 0,03% de P,
       avantageusement un maximum de 0,025% de P,
       0,01 à 0,2% de S,
       4 à 7% de C,
       des traces jusqu'à un maximum de 1% de Ni,
       0,5 à 2,0% de Mo, lequel peut être complètement ou partiellement remplacé par la quantité double de W,
       des traces jusqu'à un maximum de 1% de Co,
       0,2 à 1,5% de V,
       des traces jusqu'à un maximum de 0,5% de Nb,
       des traces jusqu'à un total au maximum de 0,4% de métaux des terres rares et, facultativement, 5 à 75 ppm de Ca et 50 à 100 ppm de O, le reste étant constitué de fer et d'impuretés en quantités normales, en tant que porte-outil de coupe pour une lame d'outil.
  2. Utilisation selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'acier contient 0,35 à 0,45% en poids de C.
  3. Utilisation selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle l'acier contient 0,37 à 0,41% en poids de C.
  4. Utilisation selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'acier contient 0,4 à 1,2% en poids de Si.
  5. Utilisation selon la revendication 4, dans laquelle l'acier contient 0,7 à 0,9% en poids de Si.
  6. Utilisation selon la revendication 4, dans laquelle l'acier contient 0,6 à 0,8% en poids de Si.
  7. Utilisation selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'acier contient 0,2 à 1,0% en poids de Mn.
  8. Utilisation selon la revendication 7, dans laquelle l'acier contient 0,3 à 0,5% en poids de Mn.
  9. Utilisation selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'acier contient 0,01 à 0,05, avantageusement 0,01 à 0,03% en poids de S.
  10. Utilisation selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'acier contient 4,5 à 5,5% en poids de Cr.
  11. Utilisation selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'acier contient 1 à 2% en poids de Mo.
  12. Utilisation selon la revendication 11, dans laquelle l'acier contient 1,2 à 1,6% en poids de Mo.
  13. Utilisation selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'acier contient 0,6 à 1,3% de V, avantageusement 0,8 à 1,1% en poids de V.
  14. Utilisation selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'acier contient 60 à 90 ppm d'oxygène et 5 à 50 ppm de Ca.
  15. Utilisation selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle l'acier contient un total au maximum de 0,2% en poids de métaux des terres rares.
  16. Porte-outil de coupe pour une lame de coupe constituée d'un acier ayant la composition suivante, en pourcentages en poids:
       0,3 à 0,5% de C
       des traces jusqu'à un maximum de 1,5% de Si,
       0,2 à 1,5% de Mn,
       un maximum de 0,03% de P, avantageusement un maximum de 0,025% de P,
       0,01 à 0,2% de S,
       4 à 7% de Cr,
       des traces jusqu'à un maximum de 1% de Ni,
       0,5 à 2,0% de Mo, lequel peut être complètement ou partiellement remplacé par la quantité double de
       W,
       des traces jusqu'à un maximum de 1% de Co,
       0,2 à 1,5% de V,
    des traces jusqu'à un maximum de 0,5% de Nb,
    des traces jusqu'à un total au maximum de 0,4% de métaux des terres rares et, facultativement, 5 à 75 ppm de Ca et 50 à 100 ppm d'O, le reste étant constitué de fer et d'impuretés en quantités' normales.
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