IP Library Granted Patent US 8,608,873
Granted Patent B2
US 8,608,873 · App. 13/061,842 · Granted Dec 17, 2013

Stainless steel, cold strip produced from this steel, and method for producing a flat steel product from this steel

Inventors: Cornel Abratis (Hamburg, DE); Lutz Ernenputsch (Krefeld, DE); Wilfried Klos (Grevenbroich, DE); Hans-Joachim Krautschick (Solingen, DE); Michael Sachtleber (Korschenbroich, DE)
Assignee: Outokumpu Nirosta GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,608,873
App. No.
13/061,842
Granted
Dec 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stainless steel and a flat cold product produced therefrom, which can be easily produced in an economical manner. A steel according to the invention, in the cold-rolled state, has a microstructure with 5-15% by volume δ-ferrite and austenite as the remainder. It contains (in % by weight): C: 0.05-0.14%, Si: 0.1-1.0%, Mn: 4.0-12.0%, Cr: >17.5-22.0%, Ni: 1.0-4.0%, Cu: 1.0-3.0%, N: 0.03-0.2%, P: max. 0.07%, S: max. 0.01%, Mo: max. 0.5%, optionally one or more elements from the group consisting of Ti, Nb, B, V, Al, Ca, As, Sn, Sb, Pb, Bi, and H wherein Ti: max. 0.02%, Nb: max. 0.1%, B: max. 0.004%, V: max. 0.1%, Al: 0.001-0.03%, Ca: 0.0005-0.003%, As: 0.003-0.015%, Sn: 0.003-0.01%, Pb: max. 0.01%, Bi: max. 0.01%, H: max. 0.0025%, and remainder Fe and unavoidable impurities.

Claims (110)

1. A stainless steel having a microstructure in the cold-rolled state of 8.5-13% by volume δ-ferrite and austenite as the remainder, and comprising (in % by weight):

C: 0.05-0.14%;

Si: 0.1-1.0%;

Mn: 7.5-10.5%;

Cr: >17.5-22.0%;

Ni: 1.0-4.0%;

Cu: 1.0-3.0%;

N: 0.03-0.2%;

P: max. 0.07%;

S: max. 0.01%;

Mo: max. 0.5%;

optionally one or more elements from the group consisting of Ti, Nb, B, V, Al, Ca, As, Sn, Sb, Pb, Bi, and H wherein

Ti: max. 0.02%;

Nb: max. 0.1%;

B: max. 0.004%;

V: max. 0.1%;

Al: 0.001-0.03%;

Ca: 0.0005-0.003%;

As: 0.003-0.015%;

Sn: 0.003-0.01%;

Pb: max. 0.01%;

Bi: max. 0.01%;

H: max. 0.0025%; and

remainder Fe and unavoidable impurities.

2. The stainless steel according to claim 1 , wherein for

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Mo

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Si

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Al

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wherein % C designates the C content, % N the N content, % Si the Si content, % Al the Al content, % Mn the Mn content, % Cr the Cr content, % Ni the Ni content, % Mo the Mo content and % Cu the Cu content of the respective steel composition.

3. The stainless steel according to claim 1 , wherein the Si content is 0.1-0.4% by weight.

4. The stainless steel according to claim 1 , wherein the Cr content is max. 20.0% by weight.

5. The stainless steel according to claim 1 , wherein the Cr content is at least 17.7% by weight.

6. The stainless steel according to claim 1 , wherein the Ni content is at least 1.5% by weight.

7. The stainless steel according to claim 1 , wherein the steel contains at least 1.5% by weight Cu.

8. The stainless steel according to claim 7 , wherein the Cu content is at least 2.0% by weight.

9. The stainless steel according to claim 1 , wherein the N content is 0.03-0.10% by weight.

10. A cold-rolled flat steel product comprising the steel according to claim 1 .

11. The cold-rolled flat steel product according to claim 10 , wherein elongation A80 is at least 35%.

12. The cold-rolled flat steel product according to claim 10 , wherein the limiting draw ratio when deep-drawing a rationally symmetrical cup is 2.00.

13. A method for producing a flat steel product, comprising steel strip or steel sheet, comprising the following working steps:

melting a stainless steel composed according to claim 1 ,

casting the molten steel in a twin-roller to form a cast strip;

hot rolling the cast strip inline following the casting of the cast strip to form a hot strip.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the hot rolling takes place in a single hot rolling pass.

15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the total degree of forming ε achieved during the hot rolling is at most 50%.

16. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the cast strip runs into the first rolling pass at a hot rolling starting temperature in the range of 1050-1200° C.

17. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the thickness of the cast strip is at most 4 mm.

18. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising cold-rolling the hot strip to form a cold strip.

19. The stainless steel according to claim 1 , wherein the Cr content is at least 18.0% by weight.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 15, 2013
From: THYSSENKRUPP NIROSTA GMBH
To: OUTOKUMPU NIROSTA GMBH
Reel/Frame 031018/0223 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2011
From: ABRATIS, CORNEL; ERNENPUTSCH, LUTZ; KLOS, WILFRIED; KRAUTSCHICK, HANS-JOACHIM; SACHTLEBER, MICHAEL
To: THYSSENKRUPP NIROSTA GMBH
Reel/Frame 026649/0222 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 08105309 · Sep 11, 2008 · regional
Continuity (1)
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