New Trends of Material & Heat Treatment in Automotive Transmission Shaft Mahindra and Mahindra, Limited

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Bhat, Bhat, author.

Contributor:

G, Magendran

Conference Name:

SAE 2013 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress (2013-10-01 : Rosemont, Illinois, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2013

Summary:

This paper deals with new trends in materials and heat treatment in automotive transmission shafting. The material is S48C a low carbon alloy steel and material for automotive shaft special significance as it reduces overall cost in vehicle transmission shafts. Conventional method of shaft heat heat-treatment is case hardening for 20MnCr5.S48C is low-carbon alloy steel. This is an alternate proposal to 20MnCr5.There are lot of advantages in induction hardening over case hardening.Also induction hardening process with S48C material becomes cheaper than case-hardening with 20MnCr5.Strength and resistance to stress must therefore be carefully considered during the material selection and heat-treatment process. We have done Static torsion test for 20MnCr5 (case hardened steel) and S48C (induction hardened shaft). Test results were comparable with 20MnCr5 (case hardened steel). Also after test a metallurgical inspection was done on an S48C (induction hardened shaft).Significant cost saving occur in the induction hardening process with S48C material. This will reduce overall cost of the transmission

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Publisher Number:

2013-01-2446

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