IP Library Granted Patent US 10,046,373
Granted Patent B2
US 10,046,373 · App. 14/781,498 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Titanium cast product for hot rolling and method for manufacturing same

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Patent No.
US 10,046,373
App. No.
14/781,498
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a titanium cast product for hot rolling composed of commercially pure titanium, the titanium cast product including: a microstructural refinement layer having acicular microstructure on an outermost layer of a surface layer to be rolled; and an inside microstructural refinement layer having acicular microstructure provided in an inside of the microstructural refinement layer. Cast solidification microstructure is present more inward than the inside microstructural refinement layer. The microstructural refinement layer has finer microstructure than the inside microstructural refinement layer. The microstructural refinement layer is present in a range of a depth of 1 mm or more and less than 6 mm from the surface. The inside microstructural refinement layer is present in an inside of the microstructural refinement layer in a range of a depth of 3 mm or more and 20 mm or less from the surface.

Claims (32)

1. A titanium cast product for hot rolling composed of commercially pure titanium, the titanium cast product comprising:

a microstructural refinement layer having acicular microstructure on an outermost layer of a surface layer to be rolled; and

an inside microstructural refinement layer having acicular microstructure provided in an inside of the microstructural refinement layer,

wherein cast solidification microstructure is present more inward than the inside microstructural refinement layer,

wherein the microstructural refinement layer has finer microstructure than the inside microstructural refinement layer,

wherein the microstructural refinement layer is present in a range of a depth of 1 mm or more and less than 6 mm from the surface, and

wherein the inside microstructural refinement layer is present in an inside of the microstructural refinement layer in a range of a depth of 3 mm or more and 20 mm or less from the surface.

2. The titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 1 , comprising

at least one kind of α-phase stabilizing elements and neutral elements in an amount of 0% or more and less than 2.0% in terms of total mass % in a range of a depth of 4 mm or less from the surface.

3. The titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 1 , comprising

at least one kind of β-phase stabilizing elements in an amount of 1.5% or less in terms of total mass % in a range of a depth of 4 mm or less from the surface.

4. The titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 1 , comprising, in a range of a depth of 4 mm or less from the surface,

at least one kind of α-phase stabilizing elements and neutral elements in an amount of 0% or more and less than 2.0% in terms of total mass %, and

at least one kind of β-phase stabilizing elements in an amount of 1.5% or less in terms of total mass %.

5. The titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 1 , wherein the number of crystal grains having a crystal grain diameter of 3 mm or more is 5 or less per m 2 of the surface in a state of room temperature after heat treatment at 820° C. for 240 minutes.

6. A method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling, the method comprising:

a first stage surface heat treatment process of heating a surface of a cast product material composed of commercially pure titanium to be rolled in hot rolling to heat a region of a depth of 6 mm or more and 20 mm or less from the surface to a β transformation point or higher and to melt a range of a depth of 3 mm or more and 10 mm from the surface, and a first stage cooling process of cooling the cast product material to temperature lower than the β transformation point after the first stage surface heat treatment process; and

a second stage surface heat treatment process of reheating the surface subjected to the first stage surface heat treatment process and the first stage cooling process to heat a region of a depth of 1 mm or more and less than 6 mm from the surface to the β transformation point or higher, and a second stage cooling process of cooling the cast product material to temperature lower than the β transformation point after the second stage surface heat treatment process.

7. The method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 6 , wherein a heat input per unit area in the second stage surface heat treatment process is set to be lower than a heat input per unit area in the first stage surface heat treatment process.

8. The method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 6 , wherein an electron beam is radiated while continuously moving an electron beam radiation gun in a direction parallel to the surface of the cast product material in the respective processes of the first stage surface heat treatment process and the second stage surface heat treatment process.

9. The method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 6 , wherein the first stage cooling process and the second stage cooling process are carried out by removing heat to a parent metal side of the cast product material.

10. The method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 6 , wherein the cast product material is allowed to pass through the ( 3 transformation point at a cooling rate of 60° C./minute or more in the second stage cooling process.

11. The method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 6 , wherein the second stage surface heat treatment process and the second stage cooling process are carried out plural times.

12. The method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 6 , wherein the surface is molten together with a material containing at least one kind of α-phase stabilizing elements and neutral elements in the first stage surface heat treatment process.

13. The method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 6 , wherein the surface is molten together with a material containing at least one kind of β-phase stabilizing elements in the first stage surface heat treatment process.

14. The method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 6 , wherein the surface is molten together with a material containing at least one kind of α-phase stabilizing elements and neutral elements and a material containing at least one kind of β-phase stabilizing elements in the first stage surface heat treatment process.

15. The method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 6 , wherein the surface is molten in the second stage surface heat treatment process.

16. The method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 15 , wherein the surface is molten together with a material containing at least one kind of α-phase stabilizing elements and neutral elements in the second stage surface heat treatment process.

17. The method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 15 , wherein the surface is molten together with a material containing at least one kind of β-phase stabilizing elements in the second stage surface heat treatment process.

18. The method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 15 , wherein the surface is molten together with a material containing at least one kind of α-phase stabilizing elements and neutral elements and a material containing at least one kind of β-phase stabilizing elements in the second stage surface heat treatment process.

19. The method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 6 , wherein the cast product material is casted by a DC slab casting method.

20. The method for manufacturing a titanium cast product for hot rolling according to claim 6 , wherein the cast product material is obtained by casting a molten metal obtained by an electron beam remelting method by a DC slab casting method.

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 Oct 1, 2015
From: FUJII, HIDEKI; KUNIEDA, TOMONORI; TATSUZAWA, YOSHITSUGU; MORI, KENICHI; TAKAHASHI, KAZUHIRO
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036702/0942 →