Method for manufacturing grain-oriented electrical steel sheet

1. A method for manufacturing grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, the method comprising: manufacturing a steel slab comprising 2 wt % to 7 wt % of Si, 0.03 wt % to 0.10 wt % of Sn, and 0.01 wt % to 0.05 wt % of Sb;

hot-rolling the steel slab to produce a hot-rolled sheet;

cold-rolling the hot-rolled sheet to produce a cold-rolled sheet;

primary recrystallization-annealing the cold-rolled sheet through a heating zone, a first soaking zone, a second soaking zone and a third soaking zone;

applying an annealing separator to the primary recrystallization-annealed cold-rolled sheet and drying; and

applying a secondary recrystallization-annealing to the primary recrystallization-annealed cold-rolled sheet on which the annealing separator is applied and dried,

wherein after the primary recrystallization-annealing:

a layered structure is formed including a base metal, a segregation layer, and an oxide layer;

the oxide layer is formed on a surface of the primary recrystallization-annealed cold-rolled sheet, wherein the oxide layer has a thickness of 0.5 μm to 2.5 μm, and an oxygen amount of of 700 ppm to 900 ppm; and

the segregation layer is formed between the base metal and oxide layer, wherein the segregation layer includes 0.001 wt % to 0.05 wt % of Sn and Sb,

wherein a forsterite, Mg 2 SiO 4 , film is removed in the secondary recrystallization-annealing,

wherein the temperatures of the heating zone, the first soaking zone, the second soaking zone, and the third soaking zone are 800° C. to 900° C.,

wherein a dew-point of the heating zone is 44° C. to 49° C., a dew-point of the first soaking zone is 50° C. to 55° C., a dew-point of the second soaking zone is 56° C. to 68° C., and a dew-point of the third soaking zone is 48° C. to 65° C.,

wherein grooves parallel to the rolling direction are formed on a surface of a sheet after secondary recrystallization-annealing,

wherein each of the grooves has a length of 0.2 mm to 3 mm and a width of 5 μm to 100 μm, and the grooves are formed in an amount of 50% or more of the surface of the sheet after the secondary recrystallization-annealing, and the length is parallel to the rolling direction and the width is perpendicular to the rolling direction.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the steel slab further comprises 0.01 wt % to 0.085 wt % of C, 0.01 wt % to 0.045 wt % of Al, 0.01 wt % or less of N, 0.01 wt % to 0.05 wt % of P, 0.02 wt % to 0.5 wt % of Mn, and more than 0% and 0.0055 wt % or less of S with the remainder being Fe and other unavoidable impurities.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the steel slab further comprises 0.01 wt % to 0.05 wt % of Sb and 0.01 wt % to 0.05 wt % of P and satisfies 0.0370≤[P]+0.5*[Sb]≤0.0630,

wherein [P] and [Sb], respectively refer to P wt % content and Sb wt % content.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

an oxidation ability, P H2O /P H2 , of the heating zone is 0.197 to 0.262, wherein an oxidation ability of the first soaking zone is 0.277 to 0.368, wherein an oxidation ability of the second soaking zone is 0.389 to 0.785, and wherein an oxidation ability of the third soaking zone is 0.118 to 0.655.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

a process time for the heating zone and the first soaking zone is 30% or less of a total process time of the primary recrystallization-annealing, and wherein a process time for the third soaking zone is limited to 50% or less of a total process time of the heating zone, the first soaking zone, and the second soaking zone.

6. The method of claim 1 where each of the grooves is in a form of a rectangle.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein each of the grooves in the form of the rectangle has a length/width aspect ratio of 5 or more.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the annealing separator includes MgO, an oxychloride material, and a sulfate-based antioxidant.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the annealing separator includes 10 parts by weight to 20 parts by weight of the oxychloride material and 1 part by weight to 5 parts by weight of the sulfate-based antioxidant, based on 100 parts by weight of MgO.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the oxychloride material includes at least one selected from SbOCl and BiOCl.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the sulfate-based antioxidant includes at least one selected from Sb 2 (SO 4 ) 3 , SrSO 4 and BaSO 4 .

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

a temperature for drying the annealing separator is 300° C. to 700° C.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

a heating rate is 18° C./hour to 75° C./hour in a temperature range of 700° C. to 950° C. and a heating rate is 10° C./hour to 15° C./hour in a temperature range of 950° C. to 1200° C. in the secondary recrystallization annealing.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein:

the heating at 700° C. to 950° C. and the heating at 950° C. to 1200° C. are each performed in an atmosphere containing 20 volume % to 30 volume % of nitrogen and 70 volume % to 80 volume % of hydrogen, followed by performing the secondary recrystallization annealing in an atmosphere containing 100 volume % of hydrogen after reaching 1200° C.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet after secondary recrystallization-annealing has a surface roughness of 0.8 μm or less in terms of Ra.