New Trends of Material & Heat Treatment in Automotive Transmission Shaft

Muralidhar Suryanarayan Bhat; Magendran G

doi:10.4271/2013-01-2446

This paper deals with new trends in materials & 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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New Trends of Material & Heat Treatment in Automotive Transmission Shaft 2013-01-2446

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