Abstract:
Partially diffusion-alloyed steel powder is subjected to compression molding and then sintered to form a sintered metal material (10′), and a raceway surface (2) is formed on the sintered metal material (10′) through plastic working, to thereby manufacture a raceway ring (1). With at least a risk volume of the raceway ring (1) being adopted as a prediction volume, a square root √areamax of the maximum pore envelope area estimated to be present at least in the prediction volume is set to be less than 50 μm. With this, there is provided a raceway ring for a rolling bearing that has an increased rolling fatigue life at low cost.
Abstract:
A machine part having a radial crushing strength of more than 100 MPa is manufactured by: press forming raw material powder containing, as a main raw material, metal powder capable of forming an oxide film, to thereby provide a green compact; and forming the oxide film between particles of the metal powder forming the green compact through steam treatment.
Abstract:
Provided is a method of manufacturing a machine part having a radial crushing strength of 120 MPa or more, including: a compression molding step of compressing raw material powder including, as a main component, metal powder that is capable of forming an oxide coating and has a pure iron powder content ratio of 95 mass % or more, to thereby obtain a green compact (10) having a predetermined shape; and a coating forming step of causing the metal powder to react with an oxidizing gas while heating the green compact (10) at a temperature lower than a sintering temperature of the metal powder in an oxidizing gas atmosphere, to thereby obtain a reinforced green compact (11) in which the oxide coating (5) is formed between particles of the metal powder.
Abstract:
A machine part (an oil-impregnated bearing (1)) is obtained by subjecting a green compact to heat treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere (for example, in air), the green compact being obtained by compacting and forming raw material powder containing iron powder and copper powder. Iron particles (10) and copper particles (20) are bonded to each other with oxide films (11) and (21) formed on surfaces of the particles. The oxide films (11) and (21) each have a maximum thickness of 1 μm or less in a region at a depth of 300 μm±10 μm from a surface of the green compact.
Abstract:
A green compact according to the present invention is a green compact, which is obtained by compaction-molding raw material powder containing metal powder as a main raw material, the green compact including an oxide film formed between particles of the raw material powder forming the green compact, the oxide film binding the particles of the raw material powder to each other, in which the metal powder to toe used includes metal powder showing a circularity R at a cumulative frequency of 80% of 0.75 or more, the circularity R being expressed by Equation (1), where S represents a two-dimensional projected area of the metal powder and L represents a two-dimensional projected circumferential length of the metal powder. R = 4 π × S L 2 ( 1 )
Abstract:
Provided is a sliding bearing that can keep the price low while maintaining a bearing property over a long period. The sliding bearing is a sliding bearing 1 having a bearing periphery portion 2 formed of a metal base material, and a resin layer 3 formed on a surface to be a sliding surface of the bearing periphery portion, wherein the metal base material is an unsintered green compact formed by compacting a raw material powder containing a metal powder capable of forming an oxide film as a major raw material, and the oxide film has been formed between particles of the metal powder by means of steam treatment or the like, and the unsintered green compact has a radial crushing strength of more than 100 MPa.