IP Library Granted Patent US 8,653,403
Granted Patent B2
US 8,653,403 · App. 13/513,090 · Granted Feb 18, 2014

Butt-welded joint and method for manufacturing same

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Patent No.
US 8,653,403
App. No.
13/513,090
Granted
Feb 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A butt-welded joint includes a pair of steel plates, a first weld metal that is formed at a butting portion of the pair of steel plates from a side of a first surface of the butt-welded joint to a side of a second surface opposite the first surface by irradiation of a first high-energy density beam from the side of the first surface, and a second weld metal that is formed by irradiation of a second high-energy density beam to cover an end surface of the first weld metal at the side of the first surface side of the first weld metal. A width W 1 of the first weld metal on the first surface and a width W 2 of the second weld metal on the first surface satisfy an equation 1.2≦W 2 /W 1 ≦3.5, and a depth of the second weld metal from the first surface is 2.0 mm to 10.0 mm.

Claims (14)

1. A butt-welded joint, comprising:

a pair of steel plates;

a first weld metal that is formed at a butting portion of the pair of steel plates, from a side of a first surface of the butt-welded joint to a side of a second surface opposite the first surface by irradiation of a first high-energy density beam from the side of the first surface; and

a second weld metal that is formed by irradiation of a second high-energy density beam to cover an end surface of the first weld metal at the side of the first surface,

wherein a width W 1 of the first weld metal on the first surface and a width W 2 of the second weld metal on the first surface satisfy an equation 1.2≦W 2 /W 1 ≦3.5, and a depth of the second weld metal from the first surface is 2.0 mm to 10.0 mm,

wherein a width W 3 of the first weld metal at a center of a plate thickness of the pair of steel plates is 15% or less of the plate thickness of the pair of steel plates,

wherein the plate thickness of the pair of steel plates is 30 mm to 200 mm, and

wherein the width W 1 of the first weld metal on the first surface is 2% to 30% of the plate thickness of the pair of steel plates.

2. The butt-welded joint according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third weld metal that is formed by a third high-energy density beam to cover an end surface of the first weld metal at the side of the second surface,

wherein a width W 4 of the first weld metal on the second surface and a width W 5 of the third weld metal on the second surface satisfy an equation 1.2≦W 5 /W 4 ≦3.5, and a depth of the third weld metal from the second surface is 2.0 mm to 10.0 mm.

3. The butt-welded joint according to claim 2 , wherein yield strength of the pair of steel plates is 355 MPa or larger.

4. The butt-welded joint according to claim 1 , wherein yield strength of the pair of steel plates is 355 MPa or larger.

5. The butt-welded joint according to claim 1 , wherein a hardness of the first weld metal and the second weld metal is 110% to 150% of a hardness of the pair of steel plates.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 13, 2013
From: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029980/0103 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2012
From: HONMA, RYUICHI; ISHIKAWA, TADASHI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028305/0202 →