Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

  • Congratulations TugboatEng on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

ST 52 / 34CrNiMo6 thruster shaft

Status
Not open for further replies.

iceland1

Marine/Ocean
Joined
Jun 3, 2003
Messages
12
Location
SG
HI, does anyone have experience of using ST 52 or 34CrNiMo6 for marine thruster shafts? which is best?
 
I suppose it all depends on the strength you want. St52 has a tensile strength of 490-630MPa, a Yield of min.335MPa and an Elongation of min.20% (depending on thickness).
For 34CrNiMo6 this is 1000-1200MPa, min.800MPa and min.10% resp.
Welding 34CrNiMo6 is a problem. Being low alloyed and having about 0.34%C, it can't be welded without the propper precautions.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor

Back
Top