IP Library Granted Patent US 10,704,116
Granted Patent B2
US 10,704,116 · App. 15/579,406 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

High-strength thin steel sheet with excellent drawability and bake hardenability, and method for manufacturing same

Inventor: Sang-Ho Han (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C21D9/46B32B15/013C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/02C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0247C21D8/0263C21D8/0273C22C38/00C22C38/002C22C38/004C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/12C22C38/14C23C2/06C23C2/28
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Patent No.
US 10,704,116
App. No.
15/579,406
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-strength thin steel sheet having excellent drawability and bake hardenability, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The high-strength thin steel sheet includes 0.0005 to 0.003 wt % of carbon (C); 0.5 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of silicon (Si); 1.2 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of manganese (Mn); 0.005 to 0.12 wt % of phosphorous (P); 0.008 wt % or less of sulfur (S); 0.005 wt % or less of nitrogen (N); 0.1 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of acid-soluable aluminum (Al); 0.01 to 0.04 wt % of titanium (Ti); iron (Fe) as a remainder thereof; and unavoidable impurities. The high-strength thin steel sheet has BH of 4 MPa or more and P of 80% or more in Equation 1: P (%)={N in /(N in +N gb )}×100, N in being the number of carbides having a size of 20 nm or less within a crystal grain, and N gb being the number of carbides having a size of 20 nm or less at a grain boundary.

Claims (24)

1. A comprising:

0.0005 wt % to 0.003 wt % of carbon (C); 0.5 wt % or less excluding 0 wt % of silicon (Si); 1.2 wt % or less excluding 0 wt % of manganese (Mn); 0.005 wt % to 0.12 wt % of phosphorous (P); 0.008 wt % or less of sulfur (S); 0.005 wt % or less of nitrogen (N); 0.1 wt % or less excluding 0 wt % of acid-soluable aluminum (Al); 0.01 wt % to 0.04 wt % of titanium (Ti); iron (Fe) as a remainder thereof, and unavoidable impurities;

P (%) of 80% or more, P (%) being defined by Equation 1: P (%)=({N in /(N in +N gb )}×100, where N in denotes the number of carbides present within a crystal grain having a size of 20 nm or less, and N gb denotes the number of carbides present at a grain boundary of the crystal grain; and

a bake hardenability (BH) of 4 MPa or more.

2. The steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising: 0.005 wt % to 0.04 wt % of niobium (Nb).

3. The steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising: 0.002 wt % or less excluding 0 wt % of boron (B).

4. The steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising: 0.2 or less of FeTiP precipitates per unit area (μm 2 ).

5. The steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein, in a region of the steel sheet from a steel sheet surface to t/4 (t: thickness of the steel sheet) in a thickness direction of the steel sheet, an average random strength ratio of {111}<011> to {111}<112> orientation groups with respect to an alpha (α)-fiber texture in which a <110> direction and a rolling direction are parallel to each other is 5 or more.

6. The steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising: a lankford value (r value) of 2.2 or more.

7. The steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on a surface of the steel sheet.

8. The steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising an alloyed hot-dip galvanized layer formed on a surface of the steel sheet.

9. A method of manufacturing a steel sheet, the method comprising:

hot-rolling a steel slab to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet, the steel slab including 0.0005 wt % to 0.003 wt % of carbon (C), 0.5 wt % or less excluding 0 wt % of silicon (Si), 1.2 wt % or less excluding 0 wt % of manganese (Mn), 0.005 wt % to 0.12 wt % of phosphorous (P), 0.008 wt % or less of sulfur (S), 0.005 wt % or less of nitrogen (N), 0.1 wt % or less excluding 0 wt % of acid-soluable aluminum (Al), 0.01 wt % to 0.04 wt % of titanium (Ti), iron (Fe) as a remainder thereof, and unavoidable impurities, and obtaining a hot-rolled steel sheet;

winding the hot-rolled steel sheet at a temperature of 450° C. to 750° C. to obtain a coiled steel sheet;

cold-rolling the coiled steel sheet under conditions of a total reduction ratio of 75% to 85% and a ratio of a final rolling reduction ratio to the total reduction ratio of 6.5% to 14.1%, to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet;

continuously annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet by heating the cold-rolled steel sheet to an annealing temperature of 830° C. to 880° C. at a rate of 7° C./sec or lower and then maintaining the annealing temperature for 30 sec. to 80 sec. to obtain an annealed steel sheet; and

cooling the annealed steel sheet to 650° C. at an average cooling rate of 2° C./sec to 10° C./sec thereby producing the steel sheet of claim 1 .

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the steel slab further comprises: 0.005 wt % to 0.04 wt % of niobium (Nb).

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the steel slab further comprises: 0.002 wt % or less excluding 0 wt % of boron (B).

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the hot-rolling comprises: a hot-finish rolling at Ar3 or higher.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising: hot-dip galvanizing annealed steel sheet.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

hot-dip galvanizing the annealed steel sheet to obtain a galvanized steel sheet; and

heat-treating the galvanized steel sheet at a temperature of 450° C. to 600° C.

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 Dec 4, 2017
From: HAN, SANG-HO
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 044288/0624 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2015-0080046 · Jun 5, 2015 · national
KR 10-2016-0037117 · Mar 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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