Axle from a seamless tube for railroad vehicles, and a process for manufacturing an axle from a seamless steel tube for railroad vehicles

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PATENT NO 9133533
APP PUB NO 20100308612A1
SERIAL NO

12745610

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The present invention relates to an axle forged from seamless tubes, with a chemical composition suitable to guarantee high fatigue strength, improved yield strength and tensile strength, and having reduced weight for use on railroad vehicles. The present invention further relates to a process of manufacturing the axle forged from seamless steel tube with high fatigue strength, improved yield strength and tensile strength, and having reduced weight for use on railroad vehicles, which is produced from pig iron or scrap, casting, reheating furnace, perforation of billets, elongation of perforated billets, hollow finishing, forging and finish machining, which includes a supporting and centering chamfer at the inner edge of the inspection bore of the end and smooth recess in the entrance of the threaded bores.

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V & M DO BRASIL S/AAVENIDA OLINTO MEIRELES 65 BARREIRO BELO HORIZONTE MG 30640-0101

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Antunes, Ronaldo Faria Belo Horizonte, BR 1 11
Filho, Jose Antonio Belo Horizonte, BR 1 11

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