IP Library Granted Patent US 10,941,468
Granted Patent B2
US 10,941,468 · App. 16/470,710 · Granted Mar 9, 2021

High tensile strength steel having excellent bendability and stretch-flangeability and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Yeon-Sang Ahn (Gwangyang-si, KR); Chang-Hyo Seo (Gwangyang-si, KR); Ki-Hyun Park (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C22C38/22C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D9/46C22C38/02C22C38/26C22C38/32C22C38/38C23C2/06C23C2/28C23C2/40C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 10,941,468
App. No.
16/470,710
Granted
Mar 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a high tensile strength steel having a tensile strength of 780 MPa grade or higher which is used for structural members of automobiles, and more specifically relates to high tensile strength steel having excellent bendability and stretch-flangeability while still satisfying characteristics of DP steels of low yield ratio and high ductility, and to a manufacturing method thereof.

Claims (33)

1. A steel comprising: a base steel sheet comprising, by weight, carbon (C): 0.05% to 0.15%, silicon (Si): 1.5% or less excluding 0%, manganese (Mn): 1.5% to 2.5%, molybdenum (Mo): 0.2% or less excluding 0%, chromium (Cr): 1.5% or less excluding 0%, phosphorus (P): 0.1% or less excluding 0%, sulfur (S): 0.01% or less excluding 0%, aluminum (sol. Al): 0.02% to 0.06%, titanium (Ti): 0.003% to 0.06%, niobium (Nb): 0.003% to 0.06%, nitrogen (N): 0.01% or less excluding 0%, boron (B): 0.003% or less excluding 0%, and a remainder of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities; and

a zinc-based plated layer on at least one surface of the base steel sheet,

wherein contents of the Si, the Mo, the Cr, and the C satisfy the following Relationship:

{(Si+Cr+Mo)/C}≥5,  Relationship 1

wherein the base steel sheet comprises a microstructure including: a martensite phase having an area fraction of 10% to 30%, a tempered martensite phase having an area fraction of 20% to 40%, and a remainder of a ferrite phase,

wherein a hardness ratio of the martensite phase and the tempered martensite phase satisfies the following Relationship 2 at a ¼t point of the base steel sheet where t is a thickness (mm) of the base steel sheet:

(H M /H TM )≤2  Relationship 2

where H M refers to a hardness of the martensite phase, and H TM refers to a hardness of the tempered martensite phase, and

wherein a hardness ratio of the martensite phase and the ferrite phase satisfies the following Relationship 3:

(H M /H F )≤3  Relationship 3

where H M refers to a hardness of the martensite phase, and H F refers to a hardness of the ferrite phase.

2. The high tensile steel according to claim 1 , wherein, at the ¼t point of the base steel sheet, contents of the Si, the Mo, the Cr, and the C in the ferrite phase satisfy the following Relationship 4:

{(Si F +Mo F +Cr F )/C F }≥250  Relationship 4

where Si F , Mo F , Cr F , and C F refer to contents of the Si, the Mo, the Cr, and the C in the ferrite phase, respectively.

3. The steel according to claim 1 , wherein the steel has a tensile strength of 780 MPa or higher, a yield ratio of 0.7 or less, and a value of (hole expansion ratio×bending angle) of 3,000 or more.

4. A manufacturing method of a steel, the method comprising:

heating a steel slab to a temperature in a range of 1050° C. to 1250° C. to produce a heated steel slab, wherein the steel slab comprises, by weight, carbon (C): 0.05% to 0.15%, silicon (Si): 1.5% or less excluding 0%, manganese (Mn): 1.5% to 2.5%, molybdenum (Mo): 0.2% or less excluding 0%, chromium (Cr): 1.5% or less excluding 0%, phosphorus (P): 0.1% or less excluding 0%, sulfur (S): 0.01% or less excluding 0%, aluminum (sol. Al): 0.02% to 0.06%, titanium (Ti): 0.003% to 0.06%, niobium (Nb): 0.003% to 0.06%, nitrogen (N): 0.01% or less excluding 0%, boron (B): 0.003% or less excluding 0%, and a remainder of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities, and contents of the Si, the Mo, the Cr, and the C satisfying the following Relationship 1:

{(Si+Cr+Mo)/C}≥5;  Relationship 1

hot-finish rolling the heated steel slab at a temperature within a range of Ar3+50° C. to 950° C. to produce a hot-rolled steel sheet;

coiling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a temperature within a range of 400° C. to 700° C.;

after the coiling, cold-rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a cold-rolling reduction ratio of 40% to 80% to produce a cold-rolled steel sheet;

continuously annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet at a temperature within a range of Ac1+30° C. to Ac3−20° C. to produce an annealed steel sheet;

firstly cooling the annealed steel sheet to a temperature within a range of 630° C. to 670° C. at a cooling rate of 2° C./s to 14° C./s to produce a firstly cooled steel sheet;

secondly cooling the firstly cooled steel sheet in a hydrogen cooling facility to a temperature within a range of 300° C. to 400° C. at a cooling rate of 10° C./s or higher to produce a secondly cooled steel sheet;

reheating the secondly cooled steel sheet to a temperature within a range of 400° C. to 500° C. to produce a reheated steel sheet;

hot-dip galvanizing the reheated steel sheet to produce a galvanized steel sheet; and

finally cooling the galvanized steel sheet to a temperature within a range of Ms to 100° C. at a cooling rate of 3° C./s or higher.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the reheating forms a tempered martensite phase.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the finally cooling forms a fresh martensite phase.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the continuously annealing is performed at a temperature within a range of 780° C. to 830° C.

8. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the hot-dip galvanizing is performed in a zinc galvanizing bath at a temperature within a range of 430° C. to 490° C.

9. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising: performing an alloying heat treatment after the hot-dip galvanizing and before the finally cooling.

10. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising: performing a skin pass rolling at a reduction ratio of less than 1.0%, after the finally cooling.

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 18, 2019
From: AHN, YEON-SANG; SEO, CHANG-HYO; PARK, KI-HYUN
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 049503/0359 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0173446 · Dec 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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