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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rolling element of which deformation caused by hardening treatment can be suppressed without remarkably deteriorating characteristics required to be provided as a rolling element such as rolling life fatigue nor reducing production efficiency, and to provide a method of producing the same. SOLUTION: The rolling element consists of a steel member. The steel member has a composition comprising, by mass, 0.1 to 0.8% C, 0.4 to 1.5% Si, 0.3 to 1.8% Mn, 0.5 to 2.0% Cr, 0 to 0.35% Mo, ≤0.050% Al, ≤0.003% Ti, ≤0.0050% O and ≤0.015% N, and in which inequality (1); H COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a steelmaking equipment rolling bearing having sufficient durability and improved dimensional stability, and also to provide a steelmaking equipment bearing component constituting the rolling bearing, and steelmaking equipment equipped therewith in improved durability. SOLUTION: An outer ring 2, an inner ring 3 and a tapered roller 7 constituting the rolling machine roll neck rolling bearing are each formed of steel which contains 0.7-1.2% carbon, 0.1-1.1% silicon, and 0.25-1.5% manganese, and consists of iron in the rest and impurities. In regions including an outer ring rolling surface 2A, an inner ring rolling surface 3A and a roller rolling surface 7A, an outer ring nitrogen enriched layer 2B, an inner ring nitrogen enriched layer 3B and a roller nitrogen enriched layer 7B are formed, respectively. The outer ring nitrogen enriched layer 2B, the inner ring nitrogen enriched layer 3B and the roller nitrogen enriched layer 7B, each include a bainite structure where a remaining austenite amount is held down to 5 vol% or less. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for applying a heat-treatment for a steel by which the restraint of the hardness-lowering in the semi-high temperature atmosphere and the improvements of a dimensional stability and the hardness level can be obtained; a method for manufacturing a machine part, the machine part and a rolling bearing containing this machine part. SOLUTION: This method for applying the heat-treatment for the steel, is provided with; a process for preparing the steel composed of 0.7-1.2 mass% carbon, 0.1-1.1 mass% silicon, 0.25-1.5 mass% manganese and the balance iron with impurities; a process for forming a nitrogen-enriched layer in the range containing the surface of the steel by nitriding at the temperature of ≥A 1 point; and a process for transforming the nitrogen-enriched layer into a bainite so that retained austenite quantity in the nitrogen-enriched layer becomes ≤5vol% by holding the temperature exceeding Ms point of the nitrogen-enriched layer and the temperature ≤ 50°C higher from the Ms point. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rolling member and a rolling bearing for a transmission, which exhibit the long life under harsh environments while reducing a content of an alloying element. SOLUTION: An outer race 11, an inner race 12 and a ball 13 of a deep groove ball bearing 1 for a transmission are made of a steel which comprises 0.3 to 0.4% of carbon, 0.3 to 0.7% of silicon, 0.3 to 0.8% of manganese, 0.5 to 1.2% of nickel, 1.6 to 2.5% of chromium, 0.1 to 0.7% of molybdenum, 0.2 to 0.4% of vanadium and the balance iron with impurities, while keeping a total content of silicon and manganese at 1.0% or less, a total content of nickel and chromium at 2.3% or more and a total content of chromium, molybdenum and vanadium at 3.0% or less; and have a hardened layer formed on their surfaces. The surface layer part of the hardened layer has a hardness of 725 to 800 HV. The maximum particle size of carbides dispersed in the surface layer part is 10 μm or smaller and the area ratio thereof is 7 to 25% or less. The inner part has a hardness of 450 to 650 HV. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rolling member and a rolling bearing for automotive electrical system/auxiliary machine which exhibit a long life even in a severe environment while suppressing the contents of alloying elements. SOLUTION: The outer race 11, inner race 12 and ball 13 constituting the grease-sealed deep groove ball bearing 1 for automotive electrical system/auxiliary machine are made of a steel which contains 0.3 to 0.4% of carbon, 0.3 to 0.7% of silicon, 0.3 to 0.8% of manganese, 0.5 to 1.2% of nickel, 1.6 to 2.5% of chromium, 0.1 to 0.7% of molybdenum and 0.2 to 0.4% of vanadium with the balance consisting of iron and impurities and in a total content of silicon and manganese of 1.0% or below, a total content of nickel and chromium of 2.3% or above, and a total content of chromium, molybdenum and vanadium of 3.0% or below. Surface hardened layers are formed in the outer race, inner race and ball respectively and the surface hardened layers exhibit hardness of 725 to 800 HV, while the maximum particle size of carbides dispersed in the surface hardened layers is 10 μm or below and the area ratio thereof is 7 to 25%. Further, the inner parts exhibit hardness of 450 to 650 HV. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wheel bearing device of which the high durability is ensured, by including a part with improved fatigue strength in a non-hardened portion. SOLUTION: A wheel bearing device 1 includes an outer member 10, an inner member 20, and a roller 50. The inner member 20 includes a hub ring 30 made of steel and having a wheel mounting flange 31 formed. The hub ring 30 has a hardened portion 39 hardened to attain at least 50 HRC as a result of quench hardening and a non-hardened portion 33 which is a portion other than the hardened portion 39. A carbide area ratio of steel constituting the non-hardened portion 33 is 10% or less. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bearing device for a wheel with a hub ring having improved strength and durability under rotationally bent conditions, while reducing its weight without changing the shape and size of a wheel mounting flange and without impairing face deflection, and to provide its manufacturing method. SOLUTION: An outer member 5 or an inner member having at least the wheel mounting flange 10 is air-cooled or refined after forging. Rolling surfaces of both of the outer member 5 and the inner member are hardened by quenching to predetermined surface hardness. The radius of the root of a serration 9 of the hub ring 1, which root is located in a cross-section of a groove bottom arc forming a shape of a cross-section of the groove bottom of the serration 9, is restricted in a range of 0.2-0.8 mm. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide rolling parts which can be used in a high-temperature environment under which hydrogen invades into the steel that forms the rolling parts. SOLUTION: The rolling parts composing a ball bearing 1 with a deep groove are made from a steel comprising 0.3 to 0.4% C, 0.2 to 0.5% Si, 0.3 to 0.8% Mn, 0.5 to 1.2% Ni, 1.6 to 2.5% Cr, 0.1 to 0.7% Mo, 0.3 to 0.8% V and the balance Fe with unavoidable impurities, while keeping the content of V more than that of Mo, the sum of the content of Mo and V 2 times more than that of Si and the sum of the content of Cr, Mo and V at 2.3 to 3.5%. The hardened layer formed on the surface layer part has a hardness of Hv 700 to 780, in which carbides with the maximum particle size of 10 μm or less are distributed so as to occupy 7 to 25% by an area rate and the hardness of the inner part is Hv 500 to 600. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a machine member and a rolling bearing which have high strength and long service lives even under severe environments while suppressing the increase of manufacturing costs. SOLUTION: An inner race 12 as the machine member is composed of steel which contains 0.65 to 1.2 mass% carbon in a distribution state which is uniform over the whole of the steel, and the overall inner race is quench-hardened. Moreover, the concentration of solid-solution carbon in an inner race transfer area 12D as a stress-applying part which is a part to be subjected to compressive stress is higher than the concentration of solid-solution carbon in an inner race body part 12E. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rolling member for rolling bearing for roll-neck in a rolling mill and the rolling bearing for roll-neck in the rolling mill with which rolling fatigue service life under severe circumference, is improved. SOLUTION: In the rolling member for rolling bearing 15 for roll-neck in the rolling mill, an outer ring 2, an inner ring 3 and a tapered roller 17 are composed of a steel containing by mass% of 0.6-1.2% carbon, 0.15-1% silicon, 0.3-1.5% manganese, 0.1-2% chromium, 0.1-2% vanadium, and dispersing vanadium carbides having 50-300nm grain diameter and having ≤12μm average grain diameter in the original austenitic crystal grain. Further, nitrogen-enriched layer is formed in the surface layer part, and the retained austenite quantity in the surface layer part is 20-40 vol%, and the rolling surface of the outer ring, the rolling surface of the inner ring and the outer peripheral surface of the tapered roller 17, have ≥59 HRC hardness. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT