IP Library Granted Patent US 12692582
Granted Patent B2
US 12692582 · App. 17/911,105 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Non-oriented electrical steel sheet, core, cold-rolled steel sheet, method for manufacturing non-oriented electrical steel sheet, and method for manufacturing cold-rolled steel sheet

Inventors: Minako Fukuchi (Tokyo, JP); Ichiro Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Miho Tomita (Tokyo, JP); Tesshu Murakawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C22C38/004C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/008C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/10C22C38/16C22C38/60
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Patent No.
US 12692582
App. No.
17/911,105
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A non-oriented electrical steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition. The chemical composition satisfies (2×[Mn]+2.5×[Ni]+[Cu])−([Si]+2×[sol.Al]+4×[P])≥1.50%. In a case where Ahkl-uvw represents the area ratio of crystal grains in an {hkl}<uvw> orientation to the entire visual field when a plane at a depth of ½ of a sheet thickness from a surface parallel to a rolled surface is measured by SEM-EBSD, A411-011 is 15.0% or more, and the average grain size is 50 μm to 150 μm.

Claims (239)

1 . A non-oriented electrical steel sheet comprising, as a chemical composition, by mass %:

C: 0.0100% or less;

Si: 1.50% to 4.00%;

sol.Al: 0.0001% to 1.00%;

S: 0.0100% or less;

N: 0.0100% or less;

one or more of Mn, Ni, and Cu: 2.5% to 5.0% in total;

Co: 0% to 1.0%;

Sn: 0% to 0.40%;

Sb: 0% to 0.40%;

P: 0% to 0.400%;

one or more of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ce, La, Nd, Pr, Zn, and Cd: 0% to 0.010% in total; and

a remainder of Fe and impurities,

wherein the following Equation (1) is satisfied, where, by mass %, a Mn content is [Mn], a Ni content is [Ni], a Cu content is [Cu], a Si content is [Si], a sol.Al content is [sol.Al], and a P content is [P],

in a case where Ahkl-uvw represents an area ratio of crystal grains in an {hkl}<uvw> orientation to an entire visual field when a plane at a depth of ½ of a sheet thickness from a surface parallel to a rolled surface is measured by SEM-EBSD (Scanning Electron Microscope-Electron Back Scattering Diffraction), A411-011 is 15.0% or more, and

an average grain size is 50 μm to 150 μm,

(

2

×

[

Mn

]

+

2.5

×

[

Ni

]

+

[

Cu

]

)

-

(

[

Si

]

+

2

×

[

sol

.

Al

]

+

4

×

[

P

]

)

1.5

%

.

(

1

)

2 . The non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein when the surface is measured by the SEM-EBSD to create an ODF (Orientation Distribution Function)_at φ2=45°, the non-oriented electrical steel sheet has a maximum intensity at φ1=0° to 10° among φ1=0° to 90° and Φ=20°, and has a maximum intensity at Φ=5° to 35° among Φ1=0° and Φ=0° to 90°.

3 . The non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 1 or 2 ,

wherein an area ratio of a specific orientation to the entire visual field when the plane at the depth of ½ of the sheet thickness from the surface parallel to the rolled surface is measured by the SEM-EBSD satisfies both the following Equations (2) and (3),

A

411

-

011

/

A

411

-

148

1.1

(

2

)

A

411

-

011

/

A

100

-

011

2.

.

(

3

)

4 . A core comprising the non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 3 .

5 . A cold-rolled steel sheet which is used for manufacturing the non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 3 , the cold-rolled steel sheet comprising, as a chemical composition, by mass %:

C: 0.0100% or less;

Si: 1.50% to 4.00%;

sol.Al: 0.0001% to 1.00%;

S: 0.0100% or less;

N: 0.0100% or less;

one or more of Mn, Ni, and Cu: 2.5% to 5.0% in total;

Co: 0% to 1.0%;

Sn: 0% to 0.40%;

Sb: 0% to 0.40%;

P: 0% to 0.400%;

one or more of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ce, La, Nd, Pr, Zn, and Cd: 0% to 0.010% in total; and

a remainder of Fe and impurities,

wherein the following Equation (1) is satisfied, where, by mass %, a Mn content is [Mn], a Ni content is [Ni], a Cu content is [Cu], a Si content is [Si], a sol.Al content is [sol.Al], and a P content is [P], and

an area ratio A aα of crystal grains having a crystal orientation of an a-fiber to an entire visual field when a plane at a depth of ½ of a sheet thickness from a surface parallel to a rolled surface is measured by SEM-EBSD is 15.0% or more,

(

2

×

[

Mn

]

+

2.5

×

[

Ni

]

+

[

Cu

]

)

-

(

[

Si

]

+

2

×

[

sol

.

Al

]

+

4

×

[

P

]

)

1.5

%

.

(

1

)

6 . A core comprising the non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 1 or 2 .

7 . A cold-rolled steel sheet which is used for manufacturing the non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 1 or 2 , the cold-rolled steel sheet comprising, as a chemical composition, by mass %:

C: 0.0100% or less;

Si: 1.50% to 4.00%;

sol.Al: 0.0001% to 1.00%;

S: 0.0100% or less;

N: 0.0100% or less;

one or more of Mn, Ni, and Cu: 2.5% to 5.0% in total;

Co: 0% to 1.0%;

Sn: 0% to 0.40%;

Sb: 0% to 0.40%;

P: 0% to 0.400%;

one or more of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ce, La, Nd, Pr, Zn, and Cd: 0% to 0.010% in total; and

a remainder of Fe and impurities,

wherein the following Equation (1) is satisfied, where, by mass %, a Mn content is [Mn], a Ni content is [Ni], a Cu content is [Cu], a Si content is [Si], a sol. Al content is [sol.Al], and a P content is [P], and

an area ratio A aα of crystal grains having a crystal orientation of an a-fiber to an entire visual field when a plane at a depth of ½ of a sheet thickness from a surface parallel to a rolled surface is measured by SEM-EBSD is 15.0% or more,

(

2

×

[

Mn

]

+

2.5

×

[

Ni

]

+

[

Cu

]

)

-

(

[

Si

]

+

2

×

[

sol

.

Al

]

+

4

×

[

P

]

)

1.5

%

.

(

1

)

8 . A method for manufacturing a non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

a hot rolling step of performing hot rolling on a steel material so that a final pass of finish rolling is performed at an Ar3 temperature or higher to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet, the steel material including, as a chemical composition, by mass%: C: 0.0100% or less, Si: 1.50% to 4.00%, sol.Al: 0.0001% to 1.00%, S: 0.0100% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, one or more of Mn, Ni, and Cu: 2.5% to 5.0% in total, Co: 0% to 1.0%, Sn: 0% to 0.40%, Sb: 0% to 0.40%, P: 0% to 0.400%, one or more of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ce, La, Nd, Pr, Zn, and Cd: 0% to 0.010% in total, and a remainder of Fe and impurities, in which the following Equation ( 1 ) is satisfied, where, by mass%, a Mn content is [Mn], a Ni content is [Ni], a Cu content is [Cu], a Si content is [Si], a sol.Al content is [sol.Al], and a P content is [P];

a cooling step of cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet after the hot rolling step;

a cold rolling step of performing cold rolling on the hot-rolled steel sheet after the cooling step to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet;

an intermediate annealing step of performing intermediate annealing on the cold-rolled steel sheet;

a skin pass rolling step of performing skin pass rolling on the cold-rolled steel sheet after the intermediate annealing step to obtain the non-oriented electrical steel sheet; and

a final annealing step of performing final annealing on the non-oriented electrical steel sheet after the skin pass rolling step at an annealing temperature of 750°C. or higher and an Ac1 temperature or lower and at an annealing time of 2 hours or longer,

wherein in the cooling step, the cooling is started after 0.10 seconds or longer have elapsed from the final pass of the finish rolling, a temperature is set to 300°C. or higher and an Ar1 temperature or lower for transformation after 3 seconds, and

a rolling reduction in the skin pass rolling step is 5% to 20%.

9 . The method for manufacturing a non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 8 , wherein in the cooling step, an average grain size of the hot-rolled steel sheet after the cooling step is 3 to 10 μm.

10 . The method for manufacturing a non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 9 ,

wherein a rolling reduction in the cold rolling step is 75% to 95%.

11 . The method for manufacturing a non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 10 ,

wherein in the intermediate annealing step, an annealing temperature is set to the Ac1 temperature or lower.

12 . The method for manufacturing a non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 9 ,

wherein in the intermediate annealing step, an annealing temperature is set to the Ac1 temperature or lower.

13 . The method for manufacturing a non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 8 ,

wherein a rolling reduction in the cold rolling step is 75% to 95%.

14 . The method for manufacturing a non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 13 ,

wherein in the intermediate annealing step, an annealing temperature is set to the Ac1 temperature or lower.

15 . The method for manufacturing a non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to claim 8 ,

wherein in the intermediate annealing step, an annealing temperature is set to the Ac1 temperature or lower.