IP Library Granted Patent US 11,421,294
Granted Patent B2
US 11,421,294 · App. 16/324,290 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

High strength steel sheet having excellent formability and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Sang-Ho Han (Gwangyang-si, KR); Je-Woong Lee (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C21D9/46C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/12C22C38/14C23C2/28C23C2/40C21D2211/004
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Patent No.
US 11,421,294
App. No.
16/324,290
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high strength steel sheet including, by weight, C: 0.001% to 0.004%, Si: 0.5% or less (excluding 0%), Mn: 1.2% or less (excluding 0%), P: 0.005% to 0.12%, S: 0.01% or less, N: 0.01% or less, acid soluble Al: 0.1% or less (excluding 0%), Ti: 0.01% to 0.04%, a remainder of Fe, and unavoidable impurities, wherein the contents of Ti, N, and S satisfy the following Relationship 1, a ratio (b/a) of an average random intensity ratio (b) of an orientation group of (111) [1-10] to (111) [−1-12] to an average random intensity ratio (a) of an orientation group of (001) [1-10] to (110) [1-10] at a point t/4 (where t is a thickness of the steel sheet) in a thickness direction of the steel sheet is 2.3 or more, and a bake hardenability (BH) of the steel sheet is 4 MPa or more.

Claims (27)

1. A high strength steel sheet comprising, by weight, C: 0.001% to 0.004%, Si: 0.5% or less excluding 0%, Mn: 1.2% or less excluding 0%, P: 0.005% to 0.12%, S: 0.01% or less, N: 0.01% or less, acid soluble Al: 0.1% or less excluding 0%, Ti: 0.01% to 0.04%, a remainder of Fe, and unavoidable impurities,

wherein the contents of Ti, N, and S satisfy the following Relationship 1,

−0.02≤[Ti]−(24/7)[ N ]−(3/2)[ S]≤ 0.025  [Relationship 1]

where each of [Ti], [N], and [S] refers to the content (weight %) of the corresponding element,

a ratio (b/a) of an average random intensity ratio (b) of an orientation group of (111) [1-10] to (111) [−1-12] to an average random intensity ratio (a) of an orientation group of (001) [1-10] to (110) [1-10] at a point t/4 (where t is a thickness of the steel sheet) in a thickness direction of the steel sheet is 2.3 or more, and

a bake hardenability (BH) of the steel sheet is 4 MPa or more, and

wherein a p in as defined by the following Formula 1 is 80% or more,

P in (%)={N in /(N in +N gb )}×100 where N in refers to a number of carbides having an equivalent circular diameter of 20 nm or less present in crystal grains, and N gb refers to a number of carbides having an equivalent circular diameter of 20 nm or less present in grain boundaries.

2. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising one or more selected from the group consisting of, by weight, Nb: 0.005% to 0.04%, and B: 0.002% or less excluding 0%.

3. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising FeTiP precipitates of 0.2/μm 2 or less.

4. The high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a product of yield strength (YS) and average plastic anisotropy coefficient (Lankford value, r-value) is 290 MPa or more.

5. A manufacturing method of the high strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising:

hot rolling a steel slab comprising, by weight, C: 0.001% to 0.004%, Si: 0.5% or less excluding 0%, Mn: 1.2% or less excluding 0%, P: 0.005% to 0.12%, S: 0.01% or less, N: 0.01% or less, acid soluble Al: 0.1% or less excluding 0%, Ti: 0.01% to 0.03%, a remainder of Fe, and unavoidable impurities, to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet;

coiling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a temperature within a range of 450° C. to 750° C.;

cold rolling the coiled hot-rolled steel sheet at a reduction ratio of 75% or more to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet;

heating the cold-rolled steel sheet to an annealing temperature within a range of 830° C. to 880° C., and continuous annealing the heated cold-rolled steel sheet at the annealing temperature for an annealing time of 30 to 80 seconds;

cooling the continuous annealed cold-rolled steel sheet to a temperature within a range of 650° C. or lower at a rate of 2 to 10° C./sec; and

temper rolling the cooled cold-rolled steel sheet at a reduction ratio of 0.3% to 1.6%, and

wherein an average heating rate from a temperature (recrystallization start temperature+20° C.) to the annealing temperature at a time of heating the cold-rolled steel sheet is 5° C./sec or lower,

wherein the annealing temperature (T, ° C.) and the annealing time (t, sec) during the continuous annealing operation satisfy the following Relationship 2,

30≤0.001 *T*t ≤70, and   Relationship 2

wherein the annealing time (t, sec) represents holding time at the annealing temperature at continuous annealing.

6. The manufacturing method according to claim 5 , further comprising one or more selected from the group consisting of, by weight, Nb: 0.005% to 0.04%, and B: 0.002% or less excluding 0%.

7. The manufacturing method according to claim 5 , wherein a finish rolling temperature during the hot rolling operation is Ar3 (° C.) or higher.

8. The manufacturing method according to claim 7 , wherein an average cooling rate from the finish rolling temperature to the coiling temperature is 10 to 200° C./sec.

9. The manufacturing method according to claim 5 , further comprising hot-dip galvanizing a surface of the temper rolled cold-rolled steel sheet.

10. The manufacturing method according to claim 9 , further comprising performing an alloy heat treatment at a temperature within a range of 450° C. to 600° C. after the hot-dip galvanizing operation.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061778/0785 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0923 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2019
From: HAN, SANG-HO; LEE, JE-WOONG
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 048290/0979 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0102946 · Aug 12, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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