IP Library Granted Patent US 6,884,388
Granted Patent B2
US 6,884,388 · App. 10/344,535 · Granted Apr 26, 2005

Low carbon martensitic stainless steel and method for production thereof

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Patent No.
US 6,884,388
App. No.
10/344,535
Granted
Apr 26, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A martensitic stainless steel sheet which is hard to be softened by tempering caused by heating during the use of a disk brake, can maintain the predetermined hardness, and has excellent punching workability, bending workability before quenching, and a particularly small shear drop, and in which a predetermined hardness after quenching is constantly achieved, in a low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet used only after quenching. Specifically, the sheet contains, on the basis of mass percent, 0.030% to 0.100% C; 0.50% or less of Si; 1.00% to 2.50% Mn; more than 10.00% to 15.00% Cr; at least one selected from the group consisting of 0.01% to 0.50% Ti, 0.01% to 0.50% V, 0.01% to 1.00% Nb, and 0.01% to 1.00% Zr; N in an amount defined by the following expression, N: 0.005% to (Ti+V)×14/50+(Nb+Zr)×14/90; and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities.

Claims (48)

1. A low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance, comprising, on the basis of mass percent:

0.030% to 0.100% C;

0.50% or less of Si;

1.00% to 2.50% Mn;

more than 10.00% to 15.00% Cr;

at least one selected from the group consisting of:

0.01% to 0.50% Ti;

0.01% to 0.50% V;

0.01% to 1.00% Nb; and

0.01% to 1.00% Zr;

N in an amount defined by the following expression:

N: 0.005% to (Ti+V)×14/50+(Nb+Zr)×14/90; and

the balance being Fe and incidental impurities.

2. The martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 1 , further comprising, on the basis of mass percent:

more than 0.040% to 0.100% C+N; and

0.02% to 0.50% in total of at least one selected from the group consisting of:

0.01% to 0.50% V;

0.01% to 0.50% Nb;

0.01% to 0.50% Ti;

0.01% to 0.50% Zr;

0.50% or less of Ta; and

0.50% or less of Hf.

3. The low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 1 , further comprising, on the basis of mass percent, at least one selected from the group consisting of:

0.01% to 1.00% Ni and

0.01% to 0.50% Cu.

4. The low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 1 , further comprising, on the basis of mass percent, at least one selected from the group consisting of:

0.050% to 1.000% Mo and

0.0002% to 0.0010% B.

5. The low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 1 , further comprising, on the basis of mass percent, 0.01% to 1.00% Nb, 0.050% to 1.000% Mo, and 0.0002% to 0.0010% B.

6. The martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 1 , further comprising, on the basis of mass percent, at least one selected from the group consisting of:

0.01% to 0.50% Co and

0.01% to 0.50% W.

7. The martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 1 , further comprising, on the basis of mass percent, at least one selected from the group consisting of:

0.0002% to 0.0050% Ca and

0.0002% to 0.0050% Mg.

8. The low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 3 , further comprising 0.60% by mass or less of Ni.

9. The martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 1 , further comprising 0.100% by mass or less of Al.

10. A manufacturing method of the low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 1 , wherein said steel is subjected to hot rolling and then annealing at a temperature of 550° C. to 750° C.

11. The manufacturing method of the low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 10 , wherein the annealing step comprises heating at a heating rate of 20° C./min. to 50° C./min. followed by cooling from the annealing temperature to 500° C. at a cooling rate of 5° C./min. to 30° C./min.

12. The manufacturing method of the low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 10 , wherein the annealing time in the annealing step is 4 hours to 12 hours.

13. The manufacturing method of the low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 10 , wherein the sheet after the annealing step and before punching has an HRB hardness of 85 to 100.

14. The low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 2 , further comprising, on the basis of mass percent, at least one selected from the group consisting of:

0.01% to 1.00% Ni and

0.01% to 0.50% Cu.

15. The low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 2 , further comprising, on the basis of mass percent, 0.01% to 1.00% Nb, 0.050% to 1.000% Mo, and 0.0002% to 0.0010% B.

16. The manufacturing method of the low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 11 , wherein the annealing time in the annealing step is 4 hours to 12 hours.

17. The manufacturing method of the low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 11 , wherein the sheet after the annealing step and before punching has an HRB hardness of 85 to 100.

18. The manufacturing method of the low carbon martensitic stainless steel sheet having heat resistance and excellent workability according to claim 12 , wherein the sheet after the annealing step and before punching has an HRB hardness of 85 to 100.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 8, 2003
From: KAWASAKI STEEL CORPORATION
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 014034/0416 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2003
From: OZAKI, YOSHIHIRO; NAGAYA, TOSHIMITSU; MIYAZAKI, ATSUSHI; SATOH, SUSUMU; MURAKI, MINEO; KAKIHARA, SETSUO; KASAMO, TOSHIRO
To: KAWASAKI STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 014365/0034 →