Specification 2017-05

Class: Heat-treatable steel Class No.:11

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precipitation hardening steel 036M
Previous Edition Part name (for databases)
1994-03 Alloyed steel f. crankshaft 852 000 036 4

1 Scope
The specification refers to steels for the manufacture of crankshafts:

– Alloyed steel for quenching and tempering in quenched and tempered condition .
Replacement for SC MAT11M specification.

– Precipitation hardening ferritic-pearlitic steel with addition of vanadium, in precipitation

hardened condition.

2 General requirements
The precipitation hardening steels must exhibit a ferritic-pearlitic precipitation hardened
structure (condition BY) as a result of controlled cooling after heat forming. The marking "BY"
must be applied in addition to the WABCO logo on parts which are made of precipitation
hardened steel.

The finished parts shall be homogeneous and free from pores, blisters and other defects. The
parts shall have a smooth surface in accordance with the applied forming process. The parts
must not show any defects such as cracks, voids, etc. within their structure.

The requirements for finished parts can be taken from the drawing and the special part
specification.

All materials, even ingredients in small quantities (e.g. cadmium), which are detrimental to
health or to the environment are banned from being used.

In order to ensure corrosion protection, steel parts must be subjected to a surface protection
treatment suited for each case of application (galvanizing, painting).

If the material standards established on a national level determine narrower limits than those
defined in chapter 4 of the present specification for the properties of materials released in the
"Release of Suppliers" pertinent to this specification, the supplied material must correspond to
these narrower limits.

3 Thermal range of application

Continuous operational temperature range: -60 °C to +200 °C

For the thermal range of application of the finished parts the range of application of a possibly
applied surface coating has to be taken into consideration.

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4 Properties
4.1 Mechanical properties
Steel for quenching and tempering in quenched and tempered condition

On specimens according to ISO 683-2 the following properties have to be guaranteed:

 16 mm >16 40 mm >40 100 mm

Tensile strength (ISO 6892): 900 to 1100 780 to 950 690 to 850 [N/mm²]
Hardness (ISO 6507): 280 to 340 245 to 295 215 to 265 [HV10]
Yield stress (ISO 6892): > 650 > 590 > 460 [N/mm²]
Percentage elongation
at fracture (ISO 6892): > 11 > 13 > 13 [%]
Notched-bar impact
strength (ISO 148): > 30 > 35 > 35 [J]

Dispersion bands of Rockwell-C-hardness; hardenability tested in end-quench test.

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Precipitation hardening steel in condition BY

On specimens according to ISO 683-2 the following properties have to be guaranteed in the
direction of the fibre:

Tensile strength (ISO 6892): 820 to 1000 [N/mm²]

Hardness (ISO 6507): 255 to 310 [HV10]
Yield stress (ISO 6892): > 550 [N/mm²]
Percentage elongation
at fracture (ISO 6892): > 12 [%]
Reduction of area
after fracture (ISO 6892): > 25 [%]

4.2 Chemical composition [%]

Quenched and Precipitation

tempered steel hardening steel

Carbon (C): 0.28 to 0.45 0.35 to 0.4

Silicon (Si): max. 0.4 0.5 to 0.8
Manganese (Mn): 0.5 to 0.9 1.2 to 1.5
Phosphorus (P): max. 0.04 max. 0.035
Sulphur (S): max. 0.04 0.03 to 0.07
Chromium (Cr): 0.9 to 1.25 max. 0.25
Vanadium (V): – 0.08 to 0.13

4.3 Further properties

The steels are suitable for hot forming, cold forming, hardening and quenching and tempering.
4.4 Inclusion rating and Microstructure for quenched and tempered steel
(not normative)
Pleaser refer the annexture 1 for recommended inclusion rating and microstructure

5 Conditions of delivery
The material and the finished parts must correspond to the technical conditions of delivery
defined in JED-622.

6 Document Versions

Revision Date Changes

- 1964-11 Initial version.
A 1965-08 Table of released steels updated
B 1989-07 Complete update
C 1989-11 Error correction in requirements for chemical composition
D 1994-03 Requirements for precipitation hardening steels added
E 2017-05 Requirement for core hardness also expressed explicitly in Vickers
hardness in addition to tensile strength. Replacement for SC MAT11M.

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Annexture 1

1. Inclusion rating

Inclusion rating shall be checked as per ISO 4967:2013 (IS 4163: 2004) and inclusion
rating shall not exceed the following limits

Type A Type B Type C Type D Type (DS)

(Sulfide type) (Aluminate type) (Silicate (Globular (Single globular
type) oxide type) type)
Fine 2.5 1.5 1 1 1
Thick 1.5 1 0.5 0.5 0.5

2. Grain size

Steel shall be procured with fine grain size and minimum grain size rating of the material
shall be No.7.0 ASTM E19.

3. Heat treatment

Hardening and tempering treatment shall be carried out in the oxygen free atmosphere
and decarburization on the surface shall not exceed 1% of the finished products
diameter. Microstructure shall show fine tempered martensite, free from retained
austenite. Following are the acceptable and not acceptable microstructures

Magnification 750X
Acceptable microstructure Not Acceptable microstructure

Hardened and tempered martensite Un-tempered martensite

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Magnification 500X
Acceptable microstructure Not Acceptable microstructure

Hardened and tempered martensite Un-tempered martensite

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