IP Library Granted Patent US 8,480,819
Granted Patent B2
US 8,480,819 · App. 12/983,482 · Granted Jul 9, 2013

High-strength cold-rolled steel sheet excellent in workability and method for manufacturing the same

Inventor: Yuichi Futamura (Kakogawa, JP)
Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,480,819
App. No.
12/983,482
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a cold-rolled steel sheet in relation with the present invention, metallurgical structure of the steel sheet is made a mixture structure including bainite, residual austenite and tempered martensite, particularly, when the metallurgical structure is observed with a scanning electron microscope, bainite is constituted of composite structure of high temperature range forming bainite with 1 μm or above average distance between neighboring residual austenite and/or carbide and low temperature range forming bainite with below 1 μm average distance between neighboring residual austenite and/or carbide, and when the area ratio of the high temperature range forming bainite with respect to total metallurgical structure is made a and the total area ratio of the low temperature range forming bainite and the tempered martensite with respect to the total metallurgical structure is made b, a: 20-80%, b: 20-80%, and a+b: 70% or above are satisfied. The cold-rolled steel sheet in relation with the present invention is improved in all of the elongation (EL), stretch flange formability (A), and bending properties (R) with a good balance, is excellent in the overall workability, and has 980 MPa or above tensile strength.

Claims (73)

1. A cold-rolled steel sheet containing in mass %:

C: 0.10-0.3%,

Si: 1.0-3.0%,

Mn: 1.5-3%,

Al: 0.005-0.2%,

and satisfying:

P: 0.1% or below,

S: 0.05% or below

the balance comprising iron with inevitable impurities, wherein;

the metallurgical structure of the steel sheet comprises bainite, residual austenite and tempered martensite,

(1) when the metallurgical structure is observed with a scanning electron microscope;

bainite is constituted of complex structure of high temperature range forming bainite with 1 μm or above average distance between neighboring residual austenite and/or carbide and low temperature range forming bainite with below 1 μm average distance between neighboring residual austenite and/or carbide, and

when the area ratio of the high temperature range (400° C. ≦T1(° C.) ≦540° C.) forming bainite with respect to total metallurgical structure is made a and the total area ratio of the low temperature range (200° C.≦T2(° C.)≦400° C.) forming bainite and the tempered martensite with respect to the total metallurgical structure is made b,

a: 20-80%, b: 20-80%, and a+b: 70% or above are satisfied, and

(2) the volumetric ratio of residual austenite measured by a saturation magnetization method is 3% or above with respect to the total metallurgical structure.

2. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein, when a MA mixture phase in which quenched martensite and residual austenite are compounded is present in the metallurgical structure, a number ratio of the MA mixture phase satisfying that an equivalent circle diameter d at an observed cross-section exceeds 3 μm with respect to the number of the total MA mixture phase is below 15%.

3. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein an average equivalent circle diameter D of former austenite grains is 20 μm or below.

4. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 further containing as other elements at least either one of:

Cr: 1% or below, and

Mo: 1% or below.

5. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 further containing as other elements at least one kind selected from a group consisting of:

Ti: 0.15% or below,

Nb: 0.15% or below, and

V: 0.15% or below.

6. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 further containing as other elements at least either one of:

Cu: 1% or below, and

Ni: 1% or below.

7. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 further containing as other element:

B: 0.005% or below.

8. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 further containing as other elements at least one kind selected from a group consisting of:

Ca: 0.01% or below,

Mg: 0.01% or below, and

rare earth metal: 0.01% or below.

9. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 comprising a hot-dip galvanizing layer or a hot-dip galvannealing layer on a surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet.

10. A cold-rolled steel sheet containing in mass %:

C: 0.10-0.3%,

Si: 1.0-3.0%,

Mn: 2.0-3%,

Al: 0.005-0.2%,

and satisfying:

P: 0.1% or below,

S: 0.05% or below

the balance comprising iron with inevitable impurities, wherein;

the steel sheet has an Ac 3 point from 852° C. to 918° C.;

the metallurgical structure of the steel sheet comprises bainite, residual austenite and tempered martensite,

(1) when the metallurgical structure is observed with a scanning electron microscope;

bainite is constituted of complex structure of high temperature range forming bainite with 1 μm or above average distance between neighboring residual austenite and/or carbide and low temperature range forming bainite with below 1 μm average distance between neighboring residual austenite and/or carbide, and

when the area ratio of the high temperature range (400° C. ≦T1(° C.) ≦540° C.) forming bainite with respect to total metallurgical structure is made a and the total area ratio of the low temperature range (200° C.≦T2(° C.)≦400° C.) forming bainite and the tempered martensite with respect to the total metallurgical structure is made b,

a: 20-80%, b: 20-80%, and a+b: 70% or above are satisfied, and

(2) the volumetric ratio of residual austenite measured by a saturation magnetization method is 3% or above with respect to the total metallurgical structure.

11. A cold-rolled steel sheet containing in mass %:

C: 0.10-0.3%,

Si: 2.0-3.0%,

Mn: 1.5-3%,

Al: 0.005-0.2%,

and satisfying:

P: 0.1% or below,

S: 0.05% or below

the balance comprising iron with inevitable impurities, wherein;

the steel sheet has an Ac 3 point from 852° C. to 918° C.;

the metallurgical structure of the steel sheet comprises bainite, residual austenite and tempered martensite,

(1) when the metallurgical structure is observed with a scanning electron microscope;

bainite is constituted of complex structure of high temperature range forming bainite with 1 μm or above average distance between neighboring residual austenite and/or carbide and low temperature range forming bainite with below 1 μm average distance between neighboring residual austenite and/or carbide, and

when the area ratio of the high temperature range (400° C. ≦T1(° C.) ≦540° C.) forming bainite with respect to total metallurgical structure is made a and the total area ratio of the low temperature range (200° C.≦T2(° C.)≦400° C.) forming bainite and the tempered martensite with respect to the total metallurgical structure is made b,

a: 20-80%, b: 20-80%, and a+b: 70% or above are satisfied, and

(2) the volumetric ratio of residual austenite measured by a saturation magnetization method is 3% or above with respect to the total metallurgical structure.

12. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 10 , wherein the cold rolled steel sheet contains an Si content in the range of 2.0-3 mass %.

13. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the steel sheet has an Ac 3 point from 860° C. to 918° C.

14. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the cold-rolled steel sheet contains an Si content in the range of 2.0-3 mass %.

15. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 13 , wherein the cold rolled steel sheet contains an Mn content in the range of 2.0-3 mass %.

16. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 13 , wherein the cold-rolled steel sheet contains an Si content in the range of 2.0-3 mass %.

17. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the cold-rolled steel sheet. contains an Mn content in the range of 2.0-3% and a Si content in the range of 2.0-3 mass %.

18. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 13 , wherein the cold-rolled steel sheet. contains an Mn content in the range of 2.0-3 mass % and an Si content in the range of 2.0-3 mass %.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2011
From: FUTAMURA, YUICHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
Reel/Frame 025574/0067 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-019505 · Jan 29, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110186189A1 · Aug 4, 2011