IP Library Granted Patent US 12,344,923
Granted Patent B2
US 12,344,923 · App. 17/415,543 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Ki-Cheol Kang (Gwangyang-si, KR); Sea-Woong Lee (Gwangyang-si, KR); Kyoo-Young Lee (Gwangyang-si, KR); Jong-Ho Kim (Gwangyang-si, KR); Young-Roc Im (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C22C38/38C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D9/46C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/22C22C38/26C22C38/28C22C38/32C23C2/02C23C2/0222C23C2/0224C23C2/024C23C2/06C23C2/28C23C2/40
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Patent No.
US 12,344,923
App. No.
17/415,543
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability and a manufacturing method thereof. The zinc plated steel sheet includes a steel sheet and a zinc plated layer formed on the surface of the steel sheet, wherein the ratio (a/b) between a widthwise average value (a) of thickness of an internal oxidized layer and a widthwise standard deviation (b) of thickness of the internal oxidized layer in the steel sheet may be 1.5 or more.

Claims (27)

1. A zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability, comprising:

a steel sheet; and

a zinc-based plated layer formed on a surface of the steel sheet,

wherein a ratio (a/b) between a widthwise average value (a) of thickness of an internal oxidized layer and a widthwise standard deviation (b) of thickness of the internal oxidized layer in the steel sheet is 1.5 or more, and

wherein the widthwise average value (a) of the thickness of an internal oxidized layer and the widthwise standard deviation (b) of thickness of the internal oxidized layer are obtained by dividing the overall width of the steel sheet at equal intervals, measuring the thickness of the internal oxidized layer at each divided point, and calculating the average and standard deviation of these values.

2. The zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability of claim 1 , wherein the widthwise average value (a) of the thickness of the internal oxidized layer is 3.0 μm or more.

3. The zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability of claim 1 , wherein the widthwise standard deviation (b) of the thickness of the internal oxidized layer is 2.0 μm or less.

4. The zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability of claim 1 , wherein a plating adhesion amount of the zinc-based plated layer is 30 to 70 g/m 2 .

5. The zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability of claim 1 , wherein the zinc-based plated layer is a galvannealed (GA) layer having an alloying degree of 8 to 13% by weight.

6. The zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability of claim 1 , wherein the steel sheet has a composition including 0.05 to 1.5% of C, 2.0% or less of Si, 1.0 to 30% of Mn, 3% or less of S—Al (acid-soluble aluminum), 2.5% or less of Cr, 1% or less of Mo, 0.005% or less of B, 0.2% or less of Nb, 0.2% or less of Ti, 0.2% or less of V, 0.1% or less of Sb+Sn+Bi, and 0.01% or less of N.

7. A method of manufacturing a zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability, comprising steps of:

hot rolling a steel slab to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet;

coiling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a temperature of 590 to 750° C. to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet;

heating an edge portion of the coiled hot-rolled steel sheet at 600 to 800° C. for 5 to 24 hours;

pickling the hot-rolled steel sheet with a 5-25% hydrochloric acid solution at a plating speed of 180 to 250 mpm;

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

annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet in an atmosphere with a dew point of −10 to 30° C. at 650 to 900° C.; and

hot-dip galvanizing the annealed cold-rolled steel sheet.

8. The method of manufacturing a zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability of claim 7 , further comprising

a step of galvannealing the hot-dip galvanized cold-rolled steel sheet.

9. The method of manufacturing a zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability of claim 8 , wherein the galvannealing treatment is performed at a temperature of 480 to 560° C.

10. The method of manufacturing a zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability of claim 7 , wherein the steel slab has a composition including 0.05 to 1.5% of C, 2.0% or less of Si, 1.0 to 30% of Mn, 3% or less of S—Al (acid-soluble aluminum), 2.5% or less of Cr, 1% or less of Mo, 0.005% or less of B, 0.2% or less of Nb, 0.2% or less of Ti, 0.2% or less of V, 0.1% or less of Sb+Sn+Bi, and 0.01% or less of N.

11. The zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability of claim 2 , wherein the steel sheet has a composition including 0.05 to 1.5% of C, 2.0% or less of Si, 1.0 to 30% of Mn, 3% or less of S—Al (acid-soluble aluminum), 2.5% or less of Cr, 1% or less of Mo, 0.005% or less of B, 0.2% or less of Nb, 0.2% or less of Ti, 0.2% or less of V, 0.1% or less of Sb+Sn+Bi, and 0.01% or less of N.

12. The zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability of claim 3 , wherein the steel sheet has a composition including 0.05 to 1.5% of C, 2.0% or less of Si, 1.0 to 30% of Mn, 3% or less of S—Al (acid-soluble aluminum), 2.5% or less of Cr, 1% or less of Mo, 0.005% or less of B, 0.2% or less of Nb, 0.2% or less of Ti, 0.2% or less of V, 0.1% or less of Sb+Sn+Bi, and 0.01% or less of N.

13. The zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability of claim 4 , wherein the steel sheet has a composition including 0.05 to 1.5% of C, 2.0% or less of Si, 1.0 to 30% of Mn, 3% or less of S—Al (acid-soluble aluminum), 2.5% or less of Cr, 1% or less of Mo, 0.005% or less of B, 0.2% or less of Nb, 0.2% or less of Ti, 0.2% or less of V, 0.1% or less of Sb+Sn+Bi, and 0.01% or less of N.

14. The zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability of claim 5 , wherein the steel sheet has a composition including 0.05 to 1.5% of C, 2.0% or less of Si, 1.0 to 30% of Mn, 3% or less of S—Al (acid-soluble aluminum), 2.5% or less of Cr, 1% or less of Mo, 0.005% or less of B, 0.2% or less of Nb, 0.2% or less of Ti, 0.2% or less of V, 0.1% or less of Sb+Sn+Bi, and 0.01% or less of N.

15. The method of manufacturing a zinc plated steel sheet having excellent spot weldability of claim 8 , wherein the steel slab has a composition including 0.05 to 1.5% of C, 2.0% or less of Si, 1.0 to 30% of Mn, 3% or less of S—Al (acid-soluble aluminum), 2.5% or less of Cr, 1% or less of Mo, 0.005% or less of B, 0.2% or less of Nb, 0.2% or less of Ti, 0.2% or less of V, 0.1% or less of Sb+Sn+Bi, and 0.01% or less of N.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061773/0658 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 19, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061476/0736 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2021
From: KANG, KI-CHEOL; LEE, SEA-WOONG; LEE, KYOO-YOUNG; KIM, JONG-HO; IM, YOUNG-ROC
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 056619/0372 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0165177 · Dec 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220056564A1 · Feb 24, 2022
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