IP Library Granted Patent US 9,512,508
Granted Patent B2
US 9,512,508 · App. 14/235,009 · Granted Dec 6, 2016

High-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Hiroshi Shuto (Tokyo, JP); Nobuhiro Fujita (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuo Yokoi (Tokyo, JP); Riki Okamoto (Tokyo, JP); Kazuaki Nakano (Tokyo, JP); Shinichiro Watanabe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL AND SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
C22C38/38C21D8/0263C21D8/0426C21D8/0436C21D8/0473C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/008C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/10C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/22C22C38/28C22C38/32C21D2201/05C21D2211/005Y10T428/12799
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Patent No.
US 9,512,508
App. No.
14/235,009
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability containing predetermined components and a balance being composed of iron and inevitable impurities, in which in a range of ⅝ to ⅜ in sheet thickness from the surface of the steel sheet, an average value of pole densities of the {100}<011> to {223}<110> orientation group represented by respective crystal orientations of {100}<011>, {116}<110>, {114}<110>, {113}<110>, {112}<110>, {335}<110>, and {223}<110> is 6.5 or less, and a pole density of the {332}<113> crystal orientation is 5.0 or less, and a metal structure contains, in terms of an area ratio, greater than 5% of pearlite, the sum of bainite and martensite limited to less than 5%, and a balance composed of ferrite.

Claims (82)

1. A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability comprising:

in mass %,

C: greater than 0.01% to 0.4% or less;

Si: not less than 0.001% nor more than 2.5%;

Mn: not less than 0.001% nor more than 4%;

P: 0.001 to 0.15% or less;

S: 0.0005 to 0.03% or less;

Al: not less than 0.001% nor more than 2%;

N: 0.0005 to 0.01% or less; and

a balance being composed of iron and inevitable impurities, wherein

in a range of ⅝ to ⅜ in sheet thickness from the surface of the steel sheet, an average value of pole densities of the {100}<011> to {223}<110> orientation group represented by respective crystal orientations of {100}<011>, {116}<110>, {114}<110>, {113}<110>, {112}<110>, {335}<110>, and {223}<110> is 6.5 or less, and a pole density of the {332}<113> crystal orientation is 5.0 or less, and

a metal structure contains, in terms of an area ratio, greater than 5% of pearlite, the sum of bainite and martensite limited to less than 5%, and a balance composed of ferrite.

2. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability according to claim 1 , wherein further, Vickers hardness of a pearlite phase is not less than 150 HV nor more than 300 HV.

3. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability according to claim 1 , wherein further, an r value in a direction perpendicular to a rolling direction (rC) is 0.70 or more, an r value in a direction 30° from the rolling direction (r30) is 1.10 or less, an r value in the rolling direction (rL) is 0.70 or more, and an r value in a direction 60° from the rolling direction (r60) is 1.10 or less.

4. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability according to claim 1 , further comprising:

one type or two or more types of

in mass %,

Ti: not less than 0.001% nor more than 0.2%,

Nb: not less than 0.001% nor more than 0.2%,

B: not less than 0.0001% nor more than 0.005%,

Mg: not less than 0.0001% nor more than 0.01%,

Rem: not less than 0.0001% nor more than 0.1%,

Ca: not less than 0.0001% nor more than 0.01%,

Mo: not less than 0.001% nor more than 1%,

Cr: not less than 0.001% nor more than 2%,

V: not less than 0.001% nor more than 1%,

Ni: not less than 0.001% nor more than 2%,

Cu: not less than 0.001% nor more than 2%,

Zr: not less than 0.0001% nor more than 0.2%,

W: not less than 0.001% nor more than 1%,

As: not less than 0.0001% nor more than 0.5%,

Co: not less than 0.0001% nor more than 1%,

Sn: not less than 0.0001% nor more than 0.2%,

Pb: not less than 0.001% nor more than 0.1%,

Y: not less than 0.001% nor more than 0.1%, and

Hf: not less than 0.001% nor more than 0.1%.

5. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability according to claim 1 , wherein further, when the steel sheet whose sheet thickness is reduced to 1.2 mm with a sheet thickness center portion set as the center is punched out by a circular punch with Φ 10 mm and a circular die with 1% of a clearance, a shear surface percentage of a punched edge surface becomes 90% or more.

6. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability according to claim 1 , wherein on the surface, a hot-dip galvanized layer or an alloyed hot-dip galvanized layer is provided.

7. A manufacturing method of a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability according to claim 1 , comprising:

on a steel billet containing:

in mass %,

C: greater than 0.01% to 0.4% or less;

Si: not less than 0.001% nor more than 2.5%;

Mn: not less than 0.001% nor more than 4%;

P: 0.001 to 0.15% or less;

S: 0.0005 to 0.03% or less;

Al: not less than 0.001% nor more than 2%;

N: 0.0005 to 0.01% or less; and

a balance being composed of iron and inevitable impurities,

performing first hot rolling in which rolling at a reduction ratio of 40% or more is performed one time or more in a temperature range of not lower than 1000° C. nor higher than 1200° C.;

setting an austenite grain diameter to 200 μm or less by the first hot rolling;

performing second hot rolling in which rolling at a reduction ratio of 30% or more is performed in one pass at least one time in a temperature region of not lower than a temperature T1 determined by Expression (1) below +30° C. nor higher than T1+200° C.;

setting the total reduction ratio in the second hot rolling to 50% or more;

performing final reduction at a reduction ratio of 30% or more in the second hot rolling and then starting pre-cold rolling cooling in such a manner that a waiting time t second satisfies Expression (2) below;

setting an average cooling rate in the pre-cold rolling cooling to 50° C./second or more and setting a temperature change to fall within a range of not less than 40° C. nor more than 140° C.;

performing cold rolling at a reduction ratio of not less than 40% nor more than 80%;

performing heating up to a temperature region of 750 to 900° C. and performing holding for not shorter than 1 second nor longer than 300 seconds;

performing post-cold rolling primary cooling down to a temperature region of not lower than 580° C. nor higher than 750° C. at an average cooling rate of not less than 1° C./s nor more than 10° C./s;

performing retention for not shorter than 1 second nor longer than 1000 seconds under the condition that a temperature decrease rate becomes 1° C./s or less; and

performing post-cold rolling secondary cooling at an average cooling rate of 5° C./s or less;

T1(° C.)=850+10×(C+N)×Mn+350×Nb+250×Ti+40×B+10×Cr+100×Mo+100×V  Expression (1)

wherein C, N, Mn, Nb, Ti, B, Cr, Mo, and V each represent the content of the element (mass %);

t≦ 2.5× t 1  Expression (2)

wherein t1 is obtained by Expression (3) below;

t 1=0.001×(( Tf−T 1)× P 1/100) 2 −0.109×(( Tf−T 1)× P 1/100)+3.1  Expression (3)

wherein in Expression (3) above, Tf represents the temperature of the steel billet obtained after the final reduction at a reduction ratio of 30% or more, and P1 represents the reduction ratio of the final reduction at 30% or more.

8. The manufacturing method of the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability according to claim 7 , wherein the total reduction ratio in a temperature range of lower than T1+30° C. is 30% or less.

9. The manufacturing method of the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability according to claim 7 , wherein the waiting time t second further satisfies Expression (2a) below;

t<t 1  Expression (2a).

10. The manufacturing method of the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability according to claim 7 , wherein the waiting time t second further satisfies Expression (2b) below;

t 1≦ t≦t 1×2.5  Expression (2b).

11. The manufacturing method of the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability according to claim 7 , wherein the pre-cold rolling cooling is started between rolling stands.

12. The manufacturing method of the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability according to claim 7 , further comprising:

performing coiling at 650° C. or lower to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet after performing the pre-cold rolling cooling and before performing the cold rolling.

13. The manufacturing method of the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability according to claim 7 , wherein when the heating is performed up to the temperature region of 750 to 900° C. after the cold rolling, an average heating rate of not lower than room temperature nor higher than 650° C. is set to HR1 (° C./second) expressed by Expression (5) below, and

an average heating rate of higher than 650° C. to 750 to 900° C. is set to HR2 (° C./second) expressed by Expression (6) below;

HR1≧0.3  Expression (5),

HR2≦0.5×HR1  Expression (6).

14. The manufacturing method of the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability according to claim 7 , further comprising:

performing hot-dip galvanizing on the surface.

15. The manufacturing method of the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability according to claim 14 , further comprising:

performing an alloying treatment at 450 to 600° C. after performing the hot-dip galvanizing.

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 Mar 13, 2014
From: SHUTO, HIROSHI; FUJITA, NOBUHIRO; YOKOI, TATSUO; OKAMOTO, RIKI; NAKANO, KAZUAKI; WATANABE, SHINICHIRO
To: NIPPON STEEL AND SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032433/0470 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-164383 · Jul 27, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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