IP Library Granted Patent US 11,566,308
Granted Patent B2
US 11,566,308 · App. 16/471,874 · Granted Jan 31, 2023

Austenitic steel material having excellent abrasion resistance and toughness and manufacturing method the same

Inventors: Yong-Jin Kim (Gwangyang-si, KR); Hong-Yeol Oh (Gwangyang-si, KR); Hong-Ju Lee (Pohang-si, KR); Sang-Deok Kang (Gwangyang-si, KR); Yoen-Jung Park (Pohang-si, KR); Young-Deok Jung (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C22C38/38C21D8/0226C21D9/0062C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/20C21D2211/001
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Patent No.
US 11,566,308
App. No.
16/471,874
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided according to one preferred aspect of the present invention are austenitic steel material having superb abrasion resistance and toughness, and a method for producing the austenite steel material. The austenitic steel material having superb abrasion resistance and toughness according to one preferred aspect of the present invention comprises, in wt %, 0.6-1.9% carbon (C); 12-22% manganese (Mn); 5% or lower (excluding 0%) chromium (Cr); 5% or lower (excluding 0%) copper (Cu); 0.5% or lower (excluding 0%) aluminum (Al); 1.0% or lower (excluding 0%) silicon (Si); 0.1% or lower (including 0%) phosphorous (P); 0.02% or lower (including 0%) sulfur (S); and the rest in Fe and unavoidable impurities, and has the microstructure comprising, by surface area fraction, 97% or higher (including 100%) austenite and 3% or lower (including 0%) carbide.

Claims (16)

1. A method of manufacturing an austenitic steel sheet, comprising:

preparing a slab comprising, by wt %, 0.6 to 1.9% of carbon, 12 to 22% of manganese, 5% or less of chromium, excluding 0%, 5% or less of copper, excluding 0%, 0.5% or less of aluminum, excluding 0%, 1.0% or less of silicon, excluding 0%, 0.1% or less of phosphorous, including 0%, 0.02% or less of sulfur, including 0%, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities;

reheating the slab at 1050° C. or higher;

obtaining a hot-rolled steel sheet by hot-rolling the reheated slab at a finish rolling temperature of 800° C. or higher; and

performing a heat treatment in which the hot-rolled steel sheet is maintained for a maintaining time, in minutes, satisfying Relational Expression 2, at a heat treatment temperature, T, satisfying Relational Expression 1 below, and the hot-rolled steel sheet is water-cooled to 500° C. or lower at a cooling speed of 15° C./sec or higher,

wherein the steel sheet has a microstructure comprising, by an area fraction, austenite of 97% or higher, including 100%, and carbides of 3% or lower, including 0%, and

wherein the steel sheet has a wear amount of 2.0 g or less and an impact toughness of 100 J or higher,

530+285[C]+44[Cr]<T<1446−174[C]−3.9[Mn]  [Relational Expression 1]

where T is a heat treatment temperature, in ° C., and [C], [Cr] and [Mn] each indicate wt % of each element,

t+ 10<maintaining time< t+ 30  [Relational Expression 2]

where t is a thickness of the hot-rolled steel sheet in mm.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a temperature of the reheating the slab is 1050 to 1250° C.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the finish rolling temperature of the hot-rolling is 800° C. or higher and a non-recrystallization temperature, Tnr, or lower.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the hot-rolled steel sheet is 4 to 50 mm.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a grain size of austenite is 500 μm or less.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the steel sheet has a wear amount of less than 2.0 g and an impact toughness of higher than 100 J.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061774/0129 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0705 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR'S DATA PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 049555 FRAME 0299. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 30, 2019
From: KIM, YONG-JIN; OH, HONG-YEOL; LEE, HONG-JU; KANG, SANG-DEOK; PARK, YOEN-JUNG; JUNG, YOUNG-DEOK
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 050237/0629 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2019
From: KIM, YONG-JIN; OH, HONG-YEOL; LEE, HONG-JU; KANG, SANG-DEOK
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 049555/0299 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0178235 · Dec 23, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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