IP Library Granted Patent US 11,421,296
Granted Patent B2
US 11,421,296 · App. 16/955,383 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Steel sheet with excellent bake hardening properties and plating adhesion and manufacturing method therefor

Inventors: Sang-Ho Han (Gwangyang-si, KR); Je-Woong Lee (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C21D9/46B32B15/013C21D6/002C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0263C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/22C22C38/32C22C38/38C22C38/60C23C2/02C23C2/06C23C2/40C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 11,421,296
App. No.
16/955,383
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a steel sheet used as a material for an automotive exterior panel, etc., and a method for manufacturing the same. More particularly, provided is a cold-rolled steel sheet and a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, which have excellent bake hardening properties, plating adhesion, and anti-aging properties, and a method of manufacturing the same.

Claims (27)

1. A steel sheet comprising:

in weight %, 0.005 to 0.08% of carbon (C), 1.3 to 2.3% of manganese (Mn), 0.03% or less excluding 0% of phosphorus (P), 0.01% or less excluding 0% of sulfur (S), 0.01% or less excluding 0% of nitrogen (N), 0.01 to 0.06% of aluminum (sol.Al), 1.0% or less excluding 0% of chromium (Cr), 0.1% or less excluding 0% of antimony (Sb), at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon (Si): 0.3% or less excluding 0%, molybdenum (Mo): 0.2% or less excluding 0% and boron (B): 0.003% or less excluding 0%, and a remainder of iron (Fe) and unavoidable impurities, and

as a microstructure, in area %, 1 to 5% of martensite and remaining ferrite,

wherein a relationship (Cgb/Cf) between an Sb average area occupancy ratio (Cgb,%) of grain boundaries of a martensite phase and a ferrite phase and an average Sb area occupancy ratio (Cf,%) in a ferrite phase within 1 μm around the martensite phase, determined by the following relationship 1, at a point of ¼t in a thickness direction of the steel sheet (where t denotes a thickness of a cold rolled steel sheet is 3.5 or more,

Cgb/Cf≥3.5  [Relationship 1]

(where Cgb (%) indicates an Sb average area occupancy ratio of grain boundaries of a martensitic phase and a ferrite phase at a point of ¼t of a cold rolled steel sheet, and Cf (%) indicates an average Sb area occupancy ratio of a ferrite phase within 1 μm around the martensite phase).

2. The steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the steel sheet further comprises a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on a surface.

3. The steel sheet of claim 2 , wherein the hot-dip galvanized layer is an alloyed hot-dip galvanized layer.

4. The steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the steel sheet has a yield strength of 210 to 270 MPa and a yield ratio (YS/TS) of 0.6 or less.

5. A method of manufacturing a steel sheet, the method comprising:

reheating a slab including, in weight %, 0.005 to 0.08% of carbon (C), 1.3 to 2.3% of manganese (Mn), 0.03% or less excluding 0% of phosphorus (P), 0.01% or less excluding 0% of sulfur (S), 0.01% or less excluding 0% of nitrogen (N), 0.01 to 0.06% of aluminum (sol.Al), 1.0% or less excluding 0% of chromium (Cr), 0.1% or less excluding 0% of antimony (Sb), at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon (Si): 0.3% or less excluding 0%, molybdenum (Mo): 0.2% or less excluding 0% and boron (B): 0.003% or less excluding 0%, and a remainder of iron (Fe) and unavoidable impurities;

hot rolling the reheated slab at a temperature in a range of 850 to 1150° C. to obtain a hot rolled steel sheet;

cooling the hot rolled steel sheet to a temperature range of 550 to 750° C. at an average cooling rate of 10 to 70° C./sec;

coiling the cooled hot rolled steel sheet at a temperature in a range of 550 to 750° C.;

cold rolling the hot rolled steel sheet to obtain a cold rolled steel sheet;

continuously annealing the cold rolled steel sheet under a hydrogen concentration of 3 to 30% by volume at a temperature in a range of Ac 1 +20° C. to Ac 3 -20° C.; and

primary cooling the continuously annealed cold rolled steel sheet to 630 to 670° C. at an average cooling rate of 2 to 10° C./sec,

wherein the cold rolling is performed using a rolling mill comprised of 5 or 6 stands, and an initial stand reduction ratio is set to 25 to 37%.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a rolling reduction during the cold rolling is 40 to 80%.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

secondary cooling the primary cooled cold rolled steel sheet until the primary cooled cold rolled steel sheet is immersed in a hot-dip galvanizing bath maintained at 440 to 480° C. at an average cooling rate of 4 to 20° C./sec;

immersing the secondary cooled cold rolled steel sheet in a hot-dip galvanizing bath maintained at 440 to 480° C. to obtain a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet; and

final cooling the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet to (Ms-100)° C. or less at an average cooling rate of 3° C./sec or more.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising obtaining an alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet by an alloying heat treatment of the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet before the final cooling.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the alloying heat treatment is performed at a temperature in a range of 500 to 540° C.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising temper rolling the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet or the alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein a rolling reduction during the temper rolling is 0.3 to 1.6%.

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 Jun 18, 2020
From: HAN, SANG-HO; LEE, JE-WOONG
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 052977/0935 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0178942 · Dec 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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