Patent ID: 11958101
Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A method for manufacturing a forged article, including warm or hot forging a steel material, by using a die, by spraying or applying a water-soluble polymer lubricant containing 0.01 to 0.98 mass % of a water-soluble sulfate onto a working surface of the die, the die being made of a raw material having a constituent composition of, by mass %, 0.4 to 0.7% of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 1.0% or less of Mn, 4.0 to 6.0% of Cr, 2.0 to 4.0% of a relational expression of (Mo+½W) containing one or both of W and Mo, 0.5 to 2.5% of a relational expression of (V+Nb) containing one or both of V and Nb, 0 to 1.0% of Ni, 0 to 5.0% of Co, 0.02% or less of N, and a remnant composed of Fe and impurities, and having hardness of 55 to 60 HRC, and the die including a nitrided layer or a nitrosulfidized layer on the working surface thereof.