September 2017

Contents

Preface

• Remarks on Special Issue on Bar & Wire Rods
  Hiromi ISHII(318KB)

Technical Report

• Development of Moderate and High Strength Non-refining Steel for Nitrocarburizing Crankshaft
  Motoki TAKASUGA, Shigefumi NISHITANI, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Hiroki MASUDA, Hitoshi MATSUMOTO, Naoyuki SANO, Masato YUYA, Eisuke NAKAYAMA(5MB)
• Development of High-strength Nitriding Steel for Gear
  Hideki IMATAKA, Masato YUYA, Kosuke TANAKA, Atsushi KOBAYASHI, Susumu MAEDA
  (2.4MB)
• Development of Application Technology for Vacuum Carburizing
  Shoji TODO, Hidekazu SUENO, Hideki IMATAKA(2.9MB)
• Cost Reduction and Quality Improvement for Bar Inspection and Conditioning
  Ryotaro TAKEUCHI, Koichi KOKUBO, Yoshio UEDA, Yusuke KIMURA(3.9MB)
• Development of Solution Technology for Parts Production Using Steel Bars and Wire Rods
  Ryuichi NISHIMURA, Takashi FUJITA, Osamu KADA, Hiroki NARUMIYA, Tomohiro YAMASHITA(2.4MB)
• Development of Lead-free Free-cutting Steel and Cutting Technology
  Koji WATARI, Tatsuya IWASAKI, Toshiharu AISO(3.2MB)
• Analysis of Hydrogen State in Steel and Trapping Using Thermal Desorption Method
  Shingo YAMASAKI, Daisuke HIRAKAMI, Toshiyuki MANABE(1.4MB)
• Manufacturing of Small Diameter Wire Rods
  Takao FUNAYAMA(1.4MB)
• Endless rolling of Wire Rods
  Keisuke SAITO(2MB)
• Development of Gear Steel MSB20 for the Hybrid Process of Vacuum Carburizing with Induction Hardening
  Kei MIYANISHI, Shuji KOZAWA, Manabu KUBOTA, Seiji ITO, Mitsunori SHINOHARA, Suguru YOSHIDA(1.4MB)
• Renewal of Pouring Reels of Bar Mill Plant
  Shohhei SAKIYAMA, Kouichi HASEGAWA(978KB)
• Development of Medium Carbon Steel Wire Rods for Cold Heading by Isothermal Transformation Treatment
  Makoto OKONOGI, Kohichi YAMAZAKI(1.8MB)
• Development of Environmental Load Reducing Type High-strength Wire Rods for Parallel Wire Strand
  Toshiyuki MANABE, Shingo YAMASAKI, Arata ISO, Naoshi HIKITA, Hiroshi OHBA, Seiki NISHIDA, Naoki MATSUI(2.3MB)
• Improvement of Billet Magnetic Particle Testing System and Surface Defect Analysis System
  Yukihiro TAKAHASHI, Keisuke HEIANNA(1.1MB)