The invention discloses induction heat treatment high-carbon gear steel, and belongs to the technical field of
machine manufacturing. The gear steel comprises the following chemical components in percentage by
mass: 0.705%-0.995% of C, 0.5%-2.5% of Si, 0.1%-0.5% of Cr, 0.010%-0.3% of Mo, 0%-0.3% of Cu, 0%-0.2% of V, 0%-0.02% of Ti and O < lt >. 30 ppm, S < lt >; 0.025%, P < lt >; 0.025%, and the balance being Fe. The material is subjected to vacuum melting to obtain a cast
ingot, then the cast
ingot is heated to 1050-1100 DEG C for complete austenitizing and heat preservation to achieve
alloy component homogenization, then the cast
ingot is continuously forged into the needed size in the cooling process, and the final
forging temperature is controlled to be 850-900 DEG C. The
forge piece is heated at 780-820 DEG C, subjected to heat preservation for 1-8 hours, cooled to 600 DEG C at the
cooling speed of 20 DEG C / min and then discharged out of a furnace, and a structure with spherical
cementite distributed on a ferrite matrix can be obtained; or heating and normalizing at 850 DEG C to obtain a
pearlite structure. After induction
quenching, the surface
hardness of the steel plate can reach 62-64 HRC, and the depth of a hardening layer is 0.5-5 mm. The
surface structure is characterized by comprising
carbide with the
average size of 0.3-0.6 mu m,
martensite with the length of 0.5-2 mu m and a
fine grain structure with the length of 7-15 mu m.