IP Library Granted Patent US 10,793,936
Granted Patent B2
US 10,793,936 · App. 15/539,669 · Granted Oct 6, 2020

High strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent surface qualities, plating adhesion, and formability, and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Myung-Soo Kim (Gwangyang-si, KR); Ki-Cheol Kang (Gwangyang-si, KR); Jong-Ho Kim (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C22C38/58C21D8/02C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0273C21D8/0473C21D9/46C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/44C22C38/48C22C38/50C22C38/54C22C38/60C23C2/02C23C2/06C23C2/40C21D8/0236C21D2211/001
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Patent No.
US 10,793,936
App. No.
15/539,669
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent surface qualities, plating adhesion, and formability is provided, wherein a galvanized layer is formed on a cold-rolled steel sheet comprising 0.1-0.3 wt % of C, 1-2.5 wt % of Si, 2.5-8 wt % of Mn, 0.001-0.5 wt % of sol. Al, at most 0.04 wt % of P, at most 0.015 wt % of S, at most 0.02 wt % of N (excluding 0 wt %), 0.1-0.7 wt % of Cr, at most 0.1 wt % of Mo, (48/14)*[N] to 0.1 wt % of Ti, 0.005-0.5 wt % of Ni, 0.01-0.07 wt % of Sb, at most 0.1 wt % of Nb, and at most 0.005 wt % of B, with the remainder being Fe and other inevitable impurities.

Claims (20)

1. A high strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent surface qualities, plating adhesion, and formability,

wherein a galvanized layer is formed on a cold-rolled steel sheet comprising 0.1-0.3 wt % of C, 1-2.5 wt % of Si, 3.05-8 wt % of Mn, 0.001-0.5 wt % of sol. Al, 0.04 wt % or less of P, 0.015 wt % or less of S, 0.02 wt % or less of N (excluding 0 wt %), 0.1-0.7 wt % of Cr, 0.1 wt % or less of Mo, (48/14)*[N] to 0.1 wt % of Ti, 0.005-0.5 wt % of Ni, 0.01-0.07 wt % of Sb, 0.1 wt % or less of Nb, and 0.005 wt % or less of B, with the remainder being Fe and other inevitable impurities, and the average content of Sb in the galvanized layer from the surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet to a depth of 0.1 μm is at least 1.5 times that at a depth of 0.5 μm or more from the surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet, and

wherein the steel sheet has a pre-plating layer containing at least one component selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ni, Co and Sn with a coating weight of 0.01-2 g/m 2 between the steel sheet and the galvanized layer.

2. The high strength galvanized steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein a microstructure of the cold-rolled steel sheet comprises residual austenite in an area fraction of 5-25%.

3. The high strength galvanized steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the cold-rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1,000 MPa or higher, and a value of tensile strength (MPa)×elongation (%) is 15,000 or higher.

4. A method for a high strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent surface qualities, plating adhesion, and formability, the method comprising:

forming a steel slab comprising 0.1-0.3 wt % of C, 1-2.5 wt % of Si, 3.05-8 wt % of Mn, 0.001-0.5 wt % of sol. Al, 0.04 wt % or less of P, 0.015 wt % or less of S, 0.02 wt % or less of N (excluding 0 wt %), 0.1-0.7 wt % of Cr, 0.1 wt % or less of Mo, (48/14)*[N] to 0.1 w t% of Ti, 0.005-0.5 wt % of Ni, 0.01-0.07 wt % of Sb, 0.1 wt % or less of Nb, and 0.005 wt % or less of B, with the remainder being Fe and other inevitable impurities;

reheating the steel slab at a temperature of 1100-1300° C.;

ultimately hot rolling the re-heated steel slab at a Ar 3 transformation point or higher;

coiling the hot rolled steel sheet at a temperature of 700° C. or lower;

pickling and then cold rolling the coiled steel sheet;

recrystallization annealing the cold rolled steel sheet at a dew point temperature of −60° C. to 39° C. and at a temperature of 750-950° C. for 5 to 120 seconds;

cooling the annealed cold-rolled steel sheet to 200-600° C. at an average cooling rate of 2-150° C/s;

reheating or cooling the cooled steel sheet to a temperature of (galvanizing bath temperature-20° C.) to (galvanizing bath temperature +100° C.);

plating the reheated or cooled steel sheet by dipping in a galvanizing bath maintained at a temperature of 450-500° C.; and

further comprising, prior to the annealing, plating a surface of the annealed cold-rolled steel sheet containing at least one component selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ni, Co and Sn with a coating weight of 0.01-2 g/m 2 ;

wherein the cooling is divided into a first cooling and a second cooling, cooling to 400-740° C. is performed in the first cooling, and cooling to 200-600° C. is performed in the second cooling, and

wherein the second cooling rate is higher than the first cooling rate.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the recrystallization annealing is performed in a H 2 —N 2 gas atmosphere.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the galvanizing bath comprises: 0.2-1 wt % of Al; and 0.5 wt % or less of at least one component selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ni, Cr, Mn, Mg, Si, P, S, Co, Sn, Bi, Sb and Cu, with the remainder being Zn and other inevitable impurities.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061777/0974 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061562/0012 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2017
From: KIM, MYUNG-SOO; KANG, KI-CHEOL; KIM, JONG-HO
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 042809/0187 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0187622 · Dec 23, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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