IP Library Granted Patent US 11,332,802
Granted Patent B2
US 11,332,802 · App. 16/471,313 · Granted May 17, 2022

High-hardness wear-resistant steel and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Seng-Ho Yu (Pohang-si, KR); Mun-Young Jung (Seoul, KR); Young-Jin Jung (Pohang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C21D9/46C21D6/004C21D6/005C21D6/007C21D6/008C21D8/0205C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/42C22C38/44C22C38/46C22C38/48C22C38/50C22C38/52C22C38/54C22C38/58C21D2211/002C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 11,332,802
App. No.
16/471,313
Granted
May 17, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

One aspect of the present invention aims to provide high-hardness wear-resistant steel having excellent wear resistance to a thickness of 40t (mm) as well as high strength and impact toughness, and a method for manufacturing same.

Claims (19)

1. A wear-resistant steel, comprising:

0.08 wt. % to 0.16 wt. % of carbon (C), 0.1 wt. % to 0.7 wt. % of silicon (Si), 0.8 wt. % to 1.6 wt. % of manganese (Mn), 0.05 wt. % or less of phosphorous (P), excluding 0 wt. %, 0.02 wt. % or less of sulfur (S), excluding 0 wt. %, 0.07 wt. % or less of aluminum (Al), excluding 0 wt. %, 0.1 wt. % to 1.0 wt. % of chromium (Cr), 0.01 wt. % to 0.075 wt. % of nickel (Ni), 0.01 wt. % to 0.2 wt. % of molybdenum (Mo), 50 ppm or less of boron (B), excluding 0 ppm, and 0.04 wt. % or less of cobalt (Co), excluding 0 wt. %, further comprising: one or more among 0.1 wt. % or less of copper (Cu), excluding 0 wt. %, 0.02 wt. % or less of titanium (Ti), excluding 0 wt. %, 0.05 wt. % or less of niobium (Nb), excluding 0 wt. %, 0.02 wt. % or less of vanadium (V), excluding 0 wt. %, and 2 ppm to 100 ppm of calcium (Ca), comprising: the balance of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, and satisfying [Relation 1],

wherein a microstructure includes martensite in an area fraction of 97% or more and bainite in an area fraction of 3% or less, and

wherein the wear-resistant steel has a thickness of 40 mm or less, and Brinell hardness of 360 HB to 440 HB,

360≤(869×[C])+295≤440,  [Relation 1]:

wherein [C] means weight % of carbon (C).

2. The wear-resistant steel of claim 1 , wherein the wear-resistant steel further comprises: one or more among 0.05 wt. % or less of arsenic (As), excluding 0 wt. %, 0.05 wt. % or less of tin (Sn), excluding 0 wt. %, and 0.05 wt. % or less of tungsten (W), excluding 0 wt. %.

3. A method for manufacturing the wear-resistant steel of claim 1 , comprising:

preparing a steel slab including 0.08 wt. % to 0.16 wt. % of carbon (C), 0.1 wt. % to 0.7 wt. % of silicon (Si), 0.8 wt. % to 1.6 wt. % of manganese (Mn), 0.05 wt. % or less of phosphorous (P), excluding 0 wt. %, 0.02 wt. % or less of sulfur (S), excluding 0 wt. %, 0.07 wt. % or less of aluminum (Al), excluding 0 wt. %, 0.1 wt. % to 1.0 wt. % of chromium (Cr), 0.01 wt. % to 0.075 wt. % of nickel (Ni), 0.01 wt. % to 0.2 wt. % of molybdenum (Mo), 50 ppm or less of boron (B), excluding 0 ppm, and 0.04 wt. % or less of cobalt (Co), excluding 0 wt. %, further comprising one or more among 0.1 wt. % or less of copper (Cu), excluding 0 wt. %, 0.02 wt. % or less of titanium (Ti), excluding 0 wt. %, 0.05 wt. % or less of niobium (Nb), excluding 0 wt. %, 0.02 wt. % or less of vanadium (V), excluding 0 wt. %, and 2 ppm to 100 ppm of calcium (Ca), comprising the balance of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, and satisfying [Relation 1];

heating the steel slab to a temperature in a range of 1050° C. to 1250° C.;

rough rolling the reheated steel slab to a temperature in a range of 950° C. to 1050° C.;

manufacturing a hot-rolled steel plate by finish rolling at a temperature in a range of 750° C. to 950° C. after the rough rolling;

reheating heat treating in a furnace time of 20 minutes or more to a temperature in a range of 850° C. to 950° C., after the hot-rolled steel plate is air-cooled to room temperature; and

quenching the hot-rolled steel plate to 100° C. or less at a cooling rate satisfying [Relation 2], after the reheating heat treating,

360≤(869×[C])+295≤440  [Relation 1]:

CR≥0.2/[C]  [Relation 2]:

wherein [C] in [Relation 1] and [Relation 2] means weight % of carbon (C), and CR in [Relation 2] is a cooling rate, in ° C./s, during quenching after reheating heat treating.

4. The method for manufacturing wear-resistant steel of claim 3 , wherein, after the reheating heat treating, the quenching is performed at a cooling rate of 1.5° C./s or more.

5. The method for manufacturing wear-resistant steel of claim 3 , wherein the steel slab further includes one or more among 0.05 wt. % or less of arsenic (As), excluding 0 wt. %, 0.05 wt. % or less of tin (Sn), excluding 0 wt. %, and 0.05 wt. % or less of tungsten (W), excluding 0 wt. %.

Assignments (4)
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 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE INVENTORSHIP-THE THIRD INVENTOR WAS PERVIOUSLY OMITTED PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 051413 FRAME: 0047. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 10, 2020
From: YU, SENG-HO; JUNG, MUN-YOUNG; JUNG, YOUNG-JIN
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 051869/0979 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2020
From: YU, SENG-HO; JUNG, MUN-YOUNG
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 051413/0047 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0177142 · Dec 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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