Xianqi, a prominent chrome plated bar manufacturer and supplier in China, has been producing and distributing 4140 Hard Chrome Plated Bars for almost two decades. Our 4140 Hard Chrome Bars are manufactured with the following details.
Material: SAE4140, AISI 4140, 4140; 42CRMO4/42CrMo, SCM440
Heat treatments:
- Q+T(Quenched+Tempered)
- Induction Hardened (high frequency hardening, etc)
Diameter: Φ 6-800mm
Length: max 21 meters
Chrome plated layer thickness: min. 20 microns, 25 microns, min.30 mcirons, min.50 Microns or customized thickness.
Straightness: <= 0.5/1000
Surface Roughness: Max. 0.4μm
Hardness of the chrome layer: 900 HV (min) – 1150 HV
Diameter tolerance: ISO f7/f8/f9/h8/h9 or as request
Packing: Anti-rust oiled outside, protect with hard cardboard tube, and then put into wooden case.
Delivery Condition:
- Hard Chrome Plated Rod
- Quenched & Tempered (Q+T) hard chrome plated rod
- Induction Hardened chrome plated bar
- Q+T Induction Hardened chromed bar
Below is the chemical composition of 4140 chrome plated bars.
| SAE 4140 | C% | Si% | Mn% | P% | S% | Cr% | Mo% |
| Min | 0.36 | 0.1 | 0.65 | 0.75 | 0.15 | ||
| Max | 0.44 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 1.2 | 0.35 |
Here below is the mechanical properties of SAE 4140.
| 4140 | Yield strength | Tensile Strength | Elongation | Hardness HB |
| Min | 800 Mpa /115K psi | 900 Mpa /130K psi | 20% | 270 HB |
HERE BELOW IS THE APPLICATION LIST OF THE 4140 CHROME RODS:
- Hydraulic cylinders (chrome plated piston rods)
- Pneumatic cylinders / air cylinders (hydraulic cylinder piston rods)
- Guide rods for plastic manufacturing machine and hydraulic machinery
- Rollers for machines, such as packing machine rollers, printing machine rollers
- Shaft for machinery, such as Textile machinery center axle, Transport machinery center axle, etc.
- Ejector rods for injection molding machines
- Vibration absorbers and pistons for some industrial machinery.
Here below are some photos of our 4140 hard chrome plated shafts/rods.
Why Choose Us?
Customers choose Xianqi as their long term supplier mostly because of our advantages of the products and services as blelow:
1. Extensive production experience: nearly 20 years production experience for 4140 honed tube and SAE 4140 chrome plated rod, in Australia, Thailand, Brazil, India, Iran, Indonesia, South Africa and other countries have long-term buyers.
2. Advanced production equipment: cold drawing machine, honing machine, skiving & roller burnishing machine, straightening machine, polishing machine, heat treatment furnace, grinding machine, etc. We have professional technicians do regular scheduled maintenance on these machines to guarantee them work well.
3. High quality raw material: our raw material of SAE 4140 steel mainly from some famous steel mills, such as TPCO, BAO STEEL, SHA STEEL, which are best and largest 4140 steel manufacturer in China.
4. High precision: Honed Tube, inside surface roughness 02-0.4 um, straightness max 0.5/1000, strict tolerance DIN2391 H8. Skived & Roller Burnished Tube, inside surface roughness under 0.2 um, straightness max 0.2/1000, strict tolerance DIN2391 H8. Chrome Plated Rod, chrome layer thickness from 10 micron to 100-micron, strict tolerance ISO f7.
5. Strict quality control: we have professional in-house QC to inspect all products. We will do Chemical Composition Test, Mechanical Property Test, Dimension Inspect, Roughness Test, Chrome Layer Test and other tests in need before delivery.
6. Safe packing: an-rust oil on tubes and rods before delivery. Plastic caps on both ends to protect tube inside surface. Then be packed with seaworthy package or in wooden case.