TECHNICAL CARD 20MnCr5

PRINCIPAL APPLICATION FIELDS

Case hardening steel:

Alloyed case hardening steel for parts with a required core tensile strength and good wearing
resistance: piston, bolts, camshafts, levers, mechanical engineering components, average cog
wheels, shaft, cardan joints, gear building, spindles.
EUROPEAN GRADE: EN10084 / EN10277-4
20MnCr5 1.7147 20MnCrS5 1.7149
COMPARABLE GRADE
China USA France Germany India Spain Russia
GB SAE -AISI ANFOR DIN IS UNE GOST
15CrMn 5120 20MC5 20MnCr5 20Mn5Cr5 F.150.D 20Ch

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Element C% Si% Mn% P% S% Cr%
MIN 0.17 - 1.10 - 0.020 1.00
MAX 0.22 0.40 1.40 0.025 0.035 1.30

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES – Peeled +SH or Peeled and ground +SH+SL

Treatment Untreated +U Treated +FP Normalized +N Soft annealed +A
Ø mm Hardness (HB) Hardness (HB) Hardness (HB) Hardness (HB)
16<Ø≤200 < 260 152-201 140-201 < 217

HARDENABILITY (850°C - hardness HRC – distance mm)

HRC-mm Type 1.5 3 6 7 9 11 13 15 20 25 30 35 40
MAX 49 49 48 46 43 42 41 39 37 35 34 33 32
+H
MIN 41 39 36 33 30 28 26 25 23 21 - - -
HRC-mm Type 1.5 3 6 7 9 11 13 15 20 25 30 35 40
MAX 49 49 48 46 43 42 41 39 37 35 34 33 32
+HH
MIN 44 42 40 37 34 33 31 30 28 26 25 24 23

STRUCTURE – Austenite grain size 5 or finer (EN ISO 643)

Degree of purity 8<Ø≤17 17<Ø≤35 35<Ø≤70 70<Ø≤100 100<Ø≤140 140<Ø≤200
DIN 50602 - K
K3≤30 K3≤40 K4≤35 K4≤40 K4≤45 K4≤50
Oxides
+FP: Ferrite and pearlite with banding max grade 2 (UNI8449)

UNI 8449

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