IP Library Granted Patent US 10,889,876
Granted Patent B2
US 10,889,876 · App. 15/767,345 · Granted Jan 12, 2021

Non-heat treated wire rod having excellent cold workability and manufactured method therefor

Inventors: Dong-Jun Mun (Pohang-si, KR); Sang-Yoon Lee (Pohang-si, KR); Yong-Kwan Heo (Seoul, KR); Ha-Ni Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C21D9/525C21D6/002C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/065C22C38/00C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/24C22C38/26C22C38/28C22C38/38C21D2211/005C21D2211/009
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Patent No.
US 10,889,876
App. No.
15/767,345
Granted
Jan 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a non-quenched and tempered wire rod and a manufacturing method therefor, the non-quenched and tempered wire rod comprising in percentage by weight: 0.15 to 0.30% of C; 0.05 to 0.3% of Si; 1.0 to 2.0% of Mn; 0.5% of less of Cr (except for 0%); 0.02% or less of P; 0.02% or less of S; 0.01 to 0.05% of sol. Al; 0.005 to 0.02% of Nb; 0.05 to 0.2% of V; 0.01% or less of N; Fe as the remainder; and unavoidable impurities, wherein the non-quenched and tempered wire rod satisfies the following formulas 1 and 2, wherein, when the hardness of the wire rod measured in ½d position and in ¼d position in the diameter direction of the wire rod is Hv, 1/2d (Hv) and Hv, 1/4d (Hv), respectively (here, d is the diameter of the wire). ( Hv, 1/2d +Hv, 1/4d )/2≤240  [Formula 1] Hv, 1/2d /Hv, 1/4d ≤1.2  [Formula 2]

Claims (34)

1. A non-heat treated wire rod, comprising:

carbon (C): 0.15 wt % to 0.30 wt %, silicon (Si): 0.05 wt % to 0.3 wt %, manganese (Mn): 1.0 wt % to 2.0 wt %, chrome (Cr): 0.45 wt % or less (excluding 0%), phosphorus (P): 0.02 wt % or less, sulfur (S): 0.02 wt % or less, soluble aluminum (sol. Al): 0.01 wt % to 0.05 wt %, niobium (Nb): 0.005 wt % to 0.02 wt %, vanadium (V): 0.05 wt % to 0.2 wt %, nitrogen (N): 0.008 wt % or less, iron (Fe) as a remainder; and unavoidable impurities,

wherein the non-heat treated wire rod satisfies Formula 1 and Formula 2, when hardness of the wire rod, measured in a ½d position and a ¼d position in the diameter direction of the wire rod, are Hv, 1/2d (Hv) and Hv, 1/4d (Hv), respectively,

( Hv, 1/2d +Hv, 1/4d )/2≤240  [Formula 1]

Hv, 1/2d /Hv, 1/4d ≤1.2  [Formula 2]

where d is a diameter of a wire rod.

2. The non-heat treated wire rod of claim 1 , wherein the unavoidable impurities include titanium (Ti), and are suppressed to 0.005 wt % or less of Ti.

3. The non-heat treated wire rod of claim 1 , wherein the non-heat treated wire rod includes a carbonitride having Nb and/or V, and an average equivalent circular diameter of the carbonitride is 5 nm to 70 nm.

4. The non-heat treated wire rod of claim 3 , wherein the number per unit area of a carbonitride, of the carbonitride, having an average equivalent circular diameter of 80 nm or more, is 5 per 1 μm 2 or less.

5. The non-heat treated wire rod of claim 1 , wherein a carbon equivalent (Ceq) is 0.5 or more and 0.6 or less.

6. The non-heat treated wire rod of claim 1 , wherein the non-heat treated wire rod satisfies Formula 3,

7.35[C]+1.88[Mn]+0.34[Cr]+0.25[Nb]+0.47[V]≤4.5  [Formula 3]

where each of [C], [Mn], [Cr], [Nb], and [V] is the content (%) of a corresponding element.

7. The non-heat treated wire rod of claim 1 , wherein the non-heat treated wire rod satisfies Formula 4,

0.5≤10[Nb]/[V]≤2.0  [Formula 4]

where each of [Nb] and [V] is the content (%) of a corresponding element.

8. The non-heat treated wire rod of claim 1 , wherein the non-heat treated wire rod includes ferrite and pearlite, as a microstructure.

9. The non-heat treated wire rod of claim 1 , including ferrite of 30 area % or more (excluding 100 area %) and pearlite of 70 area % or less (excluding 0 area %), as a microstructure.

10. The non-heat treated wire rod of claim 8 , wherein an average grain size of the ferrite is 5 μm to 25 μm.

11. The non-heat treated wire rod of claim 1 , wherein, during wire drawing in a drawing amount (D) of 5% to 25%, hardness of the wire rod after the wire drawing satisfies Formula 5,

Hv, 1 −10≤( Hv, D,1/2d +Hv, D,1/4d )/2≤ Hv, 1 +10  [Formula 5]

where Hv, 1 is “(Hv, 1/2d +Hv, 1/4d )/2+85.45×{1−exp(−D/11.41)}”, and Hv, D,1/2d and Hv, D,1/4d are hardness of the wire rod, measured in a ½d position and a ¼d position in the diameter direction of the wire rod after the wire drawing, respectively.

12. A method for manufacturing a non-heat treated wire rod, comprising:

obtaining a billet by billet rolling after heating a bloom at a heating temperature of 1200° C. to 1300° C., the bloom including carbon (C): 0.15 wt % to 0.30 wt %, silicon (Si): 0.05 wt % to 0.3 wt %, manganese (Mn): 1.0 wt % to 2.0 wt %, chrome (Cr): 0.45 wt % or less (excluding 0%), phosphorus (P): 0.02 wt % or less, sulfur (S): 0.02 wt % or less, soluble aluminum (sol. Al): 0.01 wt % to 0.05 wt %, niobium (Nb): 0.005 wt % to 0.02 wt %, vanadium (V): 0.05 wt % to 0.2 wt %, nitrogen (N): 0.008 wt % or less; iron (Fe) as a remainder; and unavoidable impurities, in which a carbon equivalent (Ceq) is 0.5 or more and 0.6 or less, and which satisfies Formula 3 and Formula 4;

obtaining a wire rod by wire rolling under the conditions of a finish rolling temperature of Ae3° C. to (Ae3+50° C.), after reheating the billet at a reheating temperature of 1050° C. to 1250° C.; and

performing cooling, after winding the wire rod,

7.35[C]+1.88[Mn]+0.34[Cr]+0.25[Nb]+0.47[V]≤4.5  [Formula 3]

0.5≤10[Nb]/[V]≤2.0  [Formula 4]

where each of [C], [Mn], [Cr], [Nb], and [V] is the content (%) of a corresponding element, and

wherein, during the winding, a winding temperature is 750° C. to 900° C.

13. The method for manufacturing a non-heat treated wire rod of claim 12 , wherein the unavoidable impurities include titanium (Ti), and are suppressed to 0.005 wt % or less of Ti.

14. The method for manufacturing a non-heat treated wire rod of claim 12 , wherein, during the heating of the bloom, retention time at a heating temperature is 4 hours or more.

15. The method for manufacturing a non-heat treated wire rod of claim 12 , wherein, during the reheating of the billet, retention time at a reheating temperature is 80 minutes or more.

16. The method for manufacturing a non-heat treated wire rod of claim 12 , wherein, during the cooling, a cooling rate is 0.1° C./sec to 1° C./sec.

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 Apr 24, 2018
From: MUN, DONG-JUN; LEE, SANG-YOON; HEO, YONG-KWAN; KIM, HA-NI
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 045618/0093 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0158814 · Nov 12, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180298464A1 · Oct 18, 2018
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