IP Library Granted Patent US 9,945,014
Granted Patent B2
US 9,945,014 · App. 14/654,639 · Granted Apr 17, 2018

High-manganese wear resistant steel having excellent weldability and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Soon-Gi Lee (Pohang-si, KR); In-Shik Suh (Pohang-si, KR); In-Gyu Park (Pohang-si, KR); Hong-Ju Lee (Pohang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C22C38/12C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/005C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/14
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Patent No.
US 9,945,014
App. No.
14/654,639
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-manganese wear-resistant steel having excellent weldability comprises 5 to 15 wt % of Mn, 16≤33.5C+Mn≤30 of C, 0.05 to 1.0 wt % of Si, and a balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities. The microstructure thereof includes martensite as a major component, and 5% to 40% of residual austenite by area fraction.

Claims (19)

1. A high-manganese wear-resistant steel, the wear-resistant steel comprising 5 to 15 wt % of Mn, 16≤33.5C+Mn≤30 of C, 0.05 to 1.0 wt % of Si, and a balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities,

wherein a microstructure of the wear-resistant steel includes martensite as a major component, 40% to 50% of segregation zones by area fraction, and residual austenite formed in the segregation zones, and

wherein the segregation zones have a size of 100 to 10000 μm in a rolling direction of the wear-resistant steel and 5 to 30 μm in a thickness direction of the wear-resistant steel in a cross section formed by the rolling direction and the thickness direction.

2. The high-manganese wear-resistant steel of claim 1 , wherein the wear-resistant steel further includes one or more selected from the group consisting of 0.1% or less of Nb, 0.1% or less of V, 0.1% or less of Ti, and 0.02% or less of B.

3. The high-manganese wear-resistant steel of claim 1 , wherein an amount of the residual austenite is 5% to 40% by area fraction of the wear-resistant steel.

4. The high-manganese wear-resistant steel of claim 1 , wherein an amount of the residual austenite is 70% to 100% by area fraction of the segregation zones.

5. The high-manganese wear-resistant steel of claim 1 , wherein the microstructure includes one or more of α′-martensite, ç-martensite, and carbide.

6. The high-manganese wear-resistant steel of claim 1 , wherein an amount of the martensite is 60% or more by area fraction of the wear-resistant steel.

7. The high-manganese wear-resistant steel of claim 1 , wherein an average packet size of the martensite is 20 μm or less.

8. The high-manganese wear-resistant steel of claim 1 , wherein a value of Brinell hardness is 360 or more in a center of the wear-resistant steel.

9. A method of manufacturing high-manganese wear-resistant steel, the method comprising:

heating a steel slab including 5 to 15 wt % of Mn, 16≤33.5C+Mn≤30 of C, 0.05 to 1.0 wt % of Si, and a balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities at a temperature range of 900° C. to 1100° C. for 0.8 t (t: slab thickness, mm) minutes or fewer;

hot rolling the heated steel slab to manufacture a steel sheet; and

cooling the steel sheet at a cooling rate of 0.1 to 20° C./s from a martensite transformation initiation temperature (MS) or above.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the heating is performed for a non-homogenization treatment of segregation zones of the steel slab.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the steel slab further includes one or more selected from the group consisting of 0.1% or less of Nb, 0.1% or less of V, 0.1% or less of Ti, and 0.02% or less of B.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein, the rolling includes a finishing rolling at 750° C. or higher.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the rolling is performed for a segregation zone of the steel sheet to have a size of 100 to 10000 μm in a rolling direction and 5 to 30 μm in a vertical direction to the rolling direction in a cross sections formed by the rolling direction and the vertical direction.

14. The method of claim 9 , after the cooling, further comprising: re-heating at a temperature of 950° C. or below and then cooling.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061777/0943 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0831 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2015
From: LEE, SOON-GI; SUH, IN-SHIK; PARK, IN-GYU; LEE, HONG-JU
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 035875/0579 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0155559 · Dec 27, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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