IP Library Granted Patent US 9,267,196
Granted Patent B2
US 9,267,196 · App. 14/000,143 · Granted Feb 23, 2016

Method of producing a hot rolled steel sheet

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Patent No.
US 9,267,196
App. No.
14/000,143
Granted
Feb 23, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a hot-rolled sheet, an average value of pole densities of an orientation group {100}<011> to {223}<110>, which is represented by an arithmetic mean of pole densities of orientations {100}<011>, {116}<110>, {114}<110>, {112}<110>, and {223}<110> in a thickness center portion of a thickness range of ⅝ to ⅜ from a surface of the steel sheet, is 1.0 to 6.5 and a pole density of a crystal orientation {332}<113> is 1.0 to 5.0; and a Lankford value rC in a direction perpendicular to a rolling direction is 0.70 to 1.10 and a Lankford value r30 in a direction that forms 30° with respect to the rolling direction is 0.70 to 1.10.

Claims (56)

1. A method of producing a hot-rolled steel sheet, comprising:

performing a first hot rolling which reduces a steel ingot or a slab including, by mass %,

C: a content [C] of 0.0001% to 0.40%,

Si: a content [Si] of 0.001% to 2.5%,

Mn: a content [Mn] of 0.001% to 4.0%,

P: a content [P] of 0.001% to 0.15%,

S: a content [S] of 0.0005% to 0.10%,

Al: a content [Al] of 0.001% to 2.0%,

N: a content [N] of 0.0005% to 0.01%,

O: a content [O] of 0.0005% to 0.01%, and

a balance consisting of iron and unavoidable impurities,

and which includes at least one pass at a rolling reduction of 40% or higher in a temperature range of 1000° C. to 1200° C. so as to control an austenite grain size to be less than or equal to 200 μm;

performing a second hot rolling in which, when a temperature determined by components of the steel sheet according to a following expression 2 is represented by T 1 ° C., a total rolling reduction is larger than or equal to 50% in a temperature range of (T 1 +30°) C. to (T 1 +200°) C.;

performing a third hot rolling in which a total rolling reduction is lower than or equal to 30% in a temperature range of T 1 ° C. to less than (T 1 +30°) C.;

finishing the hot rollings at T 1 ° C. or higher; and

performing a primary cooling between rolling stands such that, when a pass of a rolling reduction of 30% or higher in the temperature range of (T 1 +30°) C. to (T 1 +200°) C. is defined as a large reduction pass, a waiting time t (second) from a finish of a final pass of a large reduction pass to the start of cooling satisfies a following expression 3,

T1=850+10×([C]+[N])×[Mn]+350×[Nb]+250×[Ti]+40×[B]+10×[Cr]+100×[Mo]+100×[V]  (Expression 2)

t≦t 1×2.5  (Expression 3)

(wherein t 1 is represented by a following expression 4)

t 1=0.001×(( Tf−T 1)× P 1/100) 2 −0.109×(( Tf−T 1)× P 1/100)+3.1  (Expression 4)

(wherein Tf represents the temperature (° C.) of the steel sheet at the time of the finish of the final pass, and P 1 represents the rolling reduction (%) during the final pass).

2. The method of producing a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the waiting time t (second) further satisfies a following expression 5,

t<t 1  (Expression 5).

3. The method of producing a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the waiting time t (second) further satisfies a following expression 6,

t 1 ≦t≦t 1×2.5  (Expression 6).

4. The method of producing a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a cooling temperature change, which is a difference between a steel sheet temperature at a time of a start of the cooling and a steel sheet temperature at the time of the finish of the cooling in the primary cooling, is 40° C. to 140° C., and

the steel sheet temperature at the time of the finish of cooling in the primary cooling is lower than or equal to (T 1 +100°) C.

5. The method of producing a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the second hot rolling of the temperature range of (T 1 +30°) C. to (T 1 +200°) C., the reduction is performed at least once in one pass at a rolling reduction of 30% or higher.

6. The method of producing a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the first hot rolling, the reduction is performed at least twice at a rolling reduction of 40% or higher to control an austenite grain size to be less than or equal to 100 μm.

7. The method of producing a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein a secondary cooling starts after passing through a final rolling stand and within 10 seconds from the finish of the primary cooling.

8. The method of producing a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the second hot rolling, an increase in the temperature of the steel sheet between passes is lower than or equal to 18° C.

9. The method of producing a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the steel ingot or the slab further includes one or more selected from, by mass %,

Ti: a content [Ti] of 0.001% to 0.20%,

Nb: a content [Nb] of 0.001% to 0.20%,

V: a content [V] of 0.001% to 1.0%,

W: a content [W] of 0.001% to 1.0%,

B: a content [B] of 0.0001% to 0.0050%,

Mo: a content [Mo] of 0.001% to 2.0%,

Cr: a content [Cr] of 0.001% to 2.0%,

Cu: a content [Cu] of 0.001% to 2.0%,

Ni: a content [Ni] of 0.001% to 2.0%,

Co: a content [Co] of 0.0001% to 1.0%,

Sn: a content [Sn] of 0.0001% to 0.2%,

Zr: a content [Zr] of 0.0001% to 0.2%,

As: a content [As] of 0.0001% to 0.50%,

Mg: a content [Mg] of 0.0001% to 0.010%,

Ca: a content [Ca] of 0.0001% to 0.010%, and

REM: a content [REM] of 0.0001% to 0.1%.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2013
From: OKAMOTO, RIKI; FUJITA, NOBUHIRO; TAKAHASHI, MANABU; HAYASHI, KUNIO; KISHIMOTO, TETSUO; NAKANO, KAZUAKI; YAMAMOTO, TAKESHI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031074/0892 →