18CrNiMo7-6 Steel

18CrNiMo7-6 steel is a high-strength alloy structural steel with excellent hardness, strength, wear resistance, and toughness. Our 18CrNiMo7-6 steel forgings are widely used in the manufacture of high-load, high-speed components, such as gearbox gears.

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18CrNiMo7-6 Steel Forgings Applications

18CrNiMo7-6 steel forgings exhibit excellent mechanical properties, including high hardness, high strength, excellent wear resistance, and high toughness. 18CrNiMo7-6 steel forgings are ideal blank materials for high-load parts requiring both surface wear resistance and core toughness.

  •  Automotive Industry: Gearbox gears and drive shafts.
  • Construction Machinery: Reducer gears and pins.
  • Energy and Chemical Industry: Pump shafts and valve stems.
  • Aerospace: Aircraft gears and engine parts.
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18CrNiMo7-6 Forged Steel Features

18CrNiMo7-6 steel forgings exhibit excellent mechanical properties, including high hardness, high strength, excellent wear resistance, and high toughness.

  • Excellent mechanical properties:

Tensile strength ≥ 1100–1300 MPa, yield strength ≥ 900 MPa, elongation ≥ 10%, impact toughness ≥ 50 J (stable at -40℃).

  • High Hardness:

After carburizing and quenching, this steel achieves a surface hardness of 58–62 HRC, a wear-resistant layer depth of 0.8–1.6 mm, while maintaining a core hardness of 30–45 HRC.

  • Good Hardenability:

Deep hardening enables larger component sizes.

  • Excellent wear resistance:

Chromium and molybdenum promote the formation of hard carbides in the carburized layer, significantly improving surface wear resistance.

  • Excellent fatigue resistance:

The uniform, tempered sorbite structure in the core absorbs impact energy, inhibits crack propagation, and increases high-cycle fatigue life by more than 40% compared to ordinary alloy steels, making it suitable for alternating-load environments. 

  • Excellent machinability:

Trace amounts of sulfides improve cutting performance, increasing cutting speed by 10–15% compared to ordinary medium carbon steel, with selectable feed rates of 0.12–0.18 mm/rev, and extending tool life by 20–30%.

  • Excellent heat-treatment stability:

High-dimensional stability after heat treatment, with a deformation rate of less than 0.05%, makes it suitable for machining precision parts.

  • Strong corrosion resistance:

Chromium provides mild corrosion resistance, suitable for water- or oil-containing environments.

  • High-temperature adaptability:

The addition of molybdenum enables the steel to maintain stable strength below 400℃, demonstrating creep resistance and adaptability to medium-temperature conditions.

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18CrNiMo7-6 Alloy Steel Properties

17CrNiMo6 alloy steel physical properties information table.

Properties Metric Metric Imperial
Density
7.85 g/cm3
490 lb/ft³
Melting point
1400°C to 1460°C
2550°F to 2660°F

AISI 4130 alloy steel mechanical properties information table.

Properties Metric
Tensile strength
1050 – 1350 N/mm² (after heat treatment)
Yield strength
>830 MPa (for related grades/conditions)
Toughness
High, with impact toughness (Charpy-V) typically ≥ 40J at 20°C (for typical sizes).
Surface Hardness
58-63 HRC (after case hardening & tempering).
Core Hardness
35-45 HRC (after case hardening)
Bending Fatigue Limit
~580 MPa (higher than SAE 8620)
Contact Fatigue Life
~100 Million cycles (excellent for gears)

AISI 4130 alloy steel thermal properties information table.

Properties Metric
Thermal conductivity (@ 100°C)
38 W/mK

18CrNiMo7-6 Alloy Steel Chemical Composition

17CrNiMo6 alloy steel is a low-alloy steel with Chromium (Cr), Nickel (Ni), and Molybdenum (Mo).

Standard Steel Grade Carbon, C Silicon, Si Manganese, Mn Sulfur, S Phosphorous, P Chromium, Cr Molybdenum, Mo Nickel, Ni
EN10084-2008
18CrNiMo7-6
0.15 – 0.21
≤ 0.4
0.5 – 0.9
≤0.035
≤ 0.025
1.5-1.8
0.25-0.35
1.4-1.7

17CrNiMo6 Steel Equivalent

EU EN Germany
DIN,WNr
France
AFNOR
China
GB
Inter
ISO
18CrNiMo7-6 (1.6587)
17CrNiMo6
18NCD6
17Cr2Ni2Mo
18CrNiMo7

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We are a leading supplier and manufacturer of 18CrNiMo7-6 steel forgings in China.

Our 18CrNiMo7-6 steel forgings exhibit excellent mechanical properties, including high hardness, high strength, excellent wear resistance, and high toughness. Our 18CrNiMo7-6 steel forgings are ideal blank materials for high-load parts requiring both surface wear resistance and core toughness.

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We possess multiple free forging machines and ring rolling machines. Our free forging machines includes a 1-ton air hammer, a 2-ton hydraulic hammer, a 5-ton hydraulic forging machine, a 3500-ton hydraulic forging machine, and multiple ring rolling machines.

Our custom forged parts can weigh up to 20,000 kg and have a maximum length of 20 m. The outer diameter of the forged rings can reach 4.5 m.

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