Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

New Approach to Bearing Steel Quality Evaluation

  • Published:
Metallurgist Aims and scope

    We’re sorry, something doesn't seem to be working properly.

    Please try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, please contact support so we can address the problem.

An Author Correction to this article was published on 01 January 2022

This article has been updated

An approach to creating methods for evaluating the quality of bearing steels aimed at the consumer is presented. The most important characteristics that determine bearing steel machinability and operating properties of objects made from them are determined by rolled structure homogeneity. Consumer requirements for products made of bearing steel grades focus primarily on steel purity with respect to nonmetallic inclusions and carbide inhomogeneity. An example of a technique for sampling and evaluation of carbide inhomogeneity developed for quality control of bearing steel grades based on the German technical rule SEP 1520 for Timken is provided. Specifications of GOST 801 and SEP 1520 are compared in relation to the evaluation of the most significant bearing steel metallographic characteristics that affect subsequent bearing operation. The advantages of using the scales of the technical regulation SEP 1520 compared with GOST 801 scales are demonstrated.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5

Similar content being viewed by others

Change history

References

  1. M. I. Kolosov, A. I. Stroganov, and I. Ya. Aizenshtok, Ball Bearing Steel Production [in Russian], Gos. Nauch. Tekhn. Izd. Lit, Chern. Tsvet. Met., Moscow (1960).

  2. A. G. Spektor, B. M. Zel’bert, and S. A. Kiseleva, Bearing Steel Structure and Properties [in Russian], Metallurgiya, Moscow (1980).

  3. I. N. Golikov and S. B. Maslenkov, Dendrite Liquation in Steels and Alloys [in Russian], Metallurgiya, Moscow 91977).

  4. M. L. Bernshtein and A. G. Rakhshtadt (editors), Steel Material Science and Heat Treatment, in 3 Vol., Vol. 3 Metal Product Heat Treatment [in Russian], Metallurgiya, Moscow (1983).

  5. B. P. Yur’ev and N. A. Spirin, “Study of thermophysical properties of bearing grade steel ShKh15 on heating,” Izv. Vuz. Chern. Met., No. 2, 21–24 (2012).

  6. S. A. Zinchenko, N. A. Zolotarev, and N. N. Vasil’eva, “Reduction in the degree of carbide inhomogeneity of hypereutectoid steels by thermal cycling treatment,” Byul. NTI Chernaya Met., 76, No. 5, 477–481 (2020)

    Google Scholar 

  7. S. G. Voinov and A. G. Shalimov, Ball Bearing Steel [in Russian], Metallurgizdat, Moscow (1972).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. OAO Belarus’ Metallurgical Plant — Controlling Company Holding Belorussian Metallurgical Company, Zhlobin, Belarus

    M. I. Kravtsova, T. I. Sidorenko & V. I. Voznaya

Authors
  1. M. I. Kravtsova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. T. I. Sidorenko
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. V. I. Voznaya
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to M. I. Kravtsova.

Additional information

Translated from Metallurg, Vol. 65, No. 6, pp. 31–35, June, 2021. Russian DOI: 10.52351/00260827_2021_06_31.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Kravtsova, M.I., Sidorenko, T.I. & Voznaya, V.I. New Approach to Bearing Steel Quality Evaluation. Metallurgist 65, 617–623 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11015-021-01198-7

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11015-021-01198-7

Keywords

Search

Navigation