The Improvement of Impact on Manganese Steel for Bucket Tooth Product

Abstract

The bucket tooth is one of an excavator components made of manganese steel used to dig and load land into a truck or elsewhere. The impact of the bucket tooth product needs to be increased so that it has longer lifetime. The objective of this research is to know the right composition of manganese in order to obtain the optimal impact strength. Varying the composition of manganese from 11,2% to 15,1% wt Mn are carried out in an induction furnace. Mechanical tests carried out include microstructure observation, impact and hardness testing. The structure of austenite dominates manganese steel with an average grain size of 60 μm (11,2% Mn) and increases up to 45% for the contents of 15,1% Mn. The lowest impact strength (0,08 J/mm2) in specimens with 11,2% Mn, increases up to 42% (0,142 J/mm2) in specimens with 15,1% Mn. The increase of impact strength is affected by grain size and austenite stability. The hardness of manganese steel with 11,2% Mn (330 VHN) increases up to 376 VHN with 15,1% Mn.