IP Library Granted Patent US 11,535,908
Granted Patent B2
US 11,535,908 · App. 16/955,529 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent durability and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Hyun-Taek Na (Gwangyang-si, KR); Seok-Jong Seo (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
C21D9/46C21D6/002C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0263C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/24C22C38/26C22C38/28C22C38/38C21D9/085C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,535,908
App. No.
16/955,529
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to steel used for a sash component and the like of a vehicle and, more specifically, to a hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent durability and a method for manufacturing same, the hot-rolled steel sheet having no cracks formed on a material and a welding heat-affected zone (HAZ) even after pipemaking and molding due to a smaller decrease in the strength of the welding heat-affected zone formed during electric resistance welding in comparison with the strength of the material (base material).

Claims (24)

1. A hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent durability, comprising:

by weight %, 0.05-0.14% of carbon (C), 0.1-1.0% of silicon (Si), 0.8-1.8% of manganese (Mn), 0.001-0.03% of phosphorous (P), 0.001-0.01% of sulfur (S), 0.1-0.5% of soluble aluminum (Sol.Al), 0.3-1.0% of chromium (Cr), 0.01-0.05% of titanium (Ti), 0.03-0.06% of niobium (Nb), 0.04-0.1% of vanadium (V), 0.001-0.01% of nitrogen (N), and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities,

wherein Mn and Si satisfy relational formula 1 as below,

wherein a microstructure includes a hard phase including martensite and bainite phases mixed therein with a ferrite phase as a matrix structure,

wherein in a total fracture (area fraction) of a hard phase, a fraction of grains in which a martensite phase and a bainite phase are mixed in a single grain is 60% or higher, and relational formula 2 as below is satisfied, and

wherein the hot-rolled steel sheet has durability fatigue lifespan of 60×ten thousand cycles or higher

4<Mn/Si<12  [Relational Formula 1]

where Mn and Si refer to weight contents of respective elements

SSG M+B /( M+B+SSG M+B )≥0.6  [Relational Formula 2]

where M refers to a martensite phase, B refers to a bainite phase, and SSG M+B refers to a hard phase in which B and M phases are mixed in a single grain, a structure in which an M phase is present around a grain boundary, and a B phase is present in a central region, each phase is represented by area fraction (%).

2. The hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein a ferrite phase is included by 60-85% in area fraction.

3. The hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein a ferrite phase includes a (Ti,Nb)C based and/or (V,Nb)C based precipitate in a grain to satisfy relational formula 3 below:

ϕ=Σ d=0 20 PN ×(Σ d=10 20 PN+Σ d=20 50 PN+Σ d=50 100 PN ) −1 ≥0.65  [Relational Formula 3]

where PN refers to the number of a (Ti,Nb)C based and/or (V,Nb)C based precipitate in a structure of the hot-rolled steel sheet, and d refers to a diameter of a composite precipitate observed using a transmission electron microscope (TEM), and a unit thereof is nm.

4. The hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the hot-rolled steel sheet has tensile strength of 590 MPa or higher, and has a yield ratio (YR=YS/TS) of 0.65-0.85.

5. The hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the hot-rolled steel sheet has 15 or lower of a hardness difference (ΔHv) between a ferrite phase and a hard phase.

6. A method of manufacturing a hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent durability according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

reheating a steel slab including, by weight %, 0.05-0.14% of carbon (C), 0.1-1.0% of silicon (Si), 0.8-1.8% of manganese (Mn), 0.001-0.03% of phosphorous (P), 0.001-0.01% of sulfur (S), 0.1-0.5% of soluble aluminum (Sol.Al), 0.3-1.0% of chromium (Cr), 0.01-0.05% of titanium (Ti), 0.03-0.06% of niobium (Nb), 0.04-0.1% of vanadium (V), 0.001-0.01% of nitrogen (N), and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, Mn and Si satisfying relational formula 1 as below, at a temperature range of 1180-1300° C.; finishing hot-rolling the reheated steel slab at a temperature of Ar3 or higher and manufacturing a hot-rolled steel sheet; primarily cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet to a temperature range of 550-750° C. at a cooling rate of 20° C./s or higher; performing secondary cooling at a cooling rate of 0.05-2.0° C./s within a range in which relational formula 4 is satisfied, after the primary cooling; performing tertiary cooling to a temperature range of room temperature −400° C. at a cooling rate of 20° C./s or higher, after the secondary cooling; and performing coiling after the tertiary cooling

4<Mn/Si<12  [Relational Formula 1]

where Mn and Si refer to weight contents of respective elements,

| t−ta|≤ 2  [Relational Formula 4]

with respect to the relational formula, [ta=251+(109[C])+(10.5[Mn])+(22.7[Cr])−(6.1[Si])−(5.4[Sol.Al])−(0.87Temp)+(0.00068Temp 2 )], where t refers to a secondary cooling maintaining time (seconds), ta refers to a secondary cooling maintaining time (seconds) for securing an optimal phase fracture, and Temp refers to a secondary cooling intermediate I temperature, the secondary cooling intermediate temperature refers to a temperature of an intermediate point between a secondary cooling initiation point and a secondary cooling termination and each alloy component is represented by weight content; thereby producing the hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 .

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the finishing hot-rolling is performed in a temperature range of Ar3-1000° C.

8. An electric resistance welded steel pipe manufactured by electric resistance welding the hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2020
From: NA, HYUN-TAEK; SEO, SEOK-JONG
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 052990/0131 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0177515 · Dec 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210010098A1 · Jan 14, 2021