IP Library Granted Patent US 12,241,135
Granted Patent B2
US 12,241,135 · App. 17/429,855 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

High-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent blanking properties and uniformity, and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Dong-Wan Kim (Gwangyang-si, KR); Sung-Il Kim (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C21D8/0226C21D8/0205C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/22C22C38/28C22C38/32C22C38/38C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 12,241,135
App. No.
17/429,855
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a steel sheet comprising by weight: C: 0.10-0.30%; Si: 0.001-1.0%; Mn: 0.5-2.5%; Cr: 0.001-1.5%; Mo: 0.001-0.5%; Al: 0.001-0.5%; P: 0.001-0.01%; S: 0.001-0.01%; N: 0.001-0.01%; B: 0.0001-0.004%; Ti: 0.001-0.1%; Nb: 0.001 to 0.1%; and the balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, and satisfying relational expression (1), and a microstructure includes comprising: a martensite phase; a bainite phase, wherein the fraction of the martensite phase is 50-90%, the fraction of the bainite phase is 5-50%, the sum of the fractions of the martensite phase and the bainite phase is 90% or more; and the balance consisting of a ferrite phase. CL<1,  [Relationship Expression (1)] CL=−0.692−0.158×[Mn]+0.121×[Mn] 2 +0.061×[Cr] 2 −0.319×[Mo]+0.035×[Hardness_HRC] (where CL is an effective cracking index, [Mn], [Cr] and [Mo] are the percentages by weight of respective corresponding alloy elements, and [Hardness_HRC] is a Rockwell hardness (HRC).)

Claims (24)

1. A hot-rolled steel sheet, comprising:

by weight %, C: 0.10 to 0.30%, Si: 0.001 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.5 to 2.5%, Cr: 0.001 to 1.5%, Mo: 0.001 to 0.5%, Al: 0.001 to 0.5%, P: 0.001 to 0.01%, S: 0.001 to 0.01%, N: 0.001 to 0.01%, B: 0.0001 to 0.004%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.1%, and Nb: 0.001 to 0.1%, and comprising a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities, the hot-rolled steel sheet satisfying Relationship Expression (1),

wherein in a microstructure, a main phase consists of a martensite phase and a bainite phase, a fraction of the martensite phase is 50% or more and less than 90%, a fraction of the bainite phase is 5% or more and 50% or less, a sum of the fractions of the martensite phase and the bainite phase is 90% or more, and a remainder is a ferrite phase,

[Relationship Expression (1)]

CL<1, in which CL=−0.692−0.158×[Mn]+0.121×[Mn] 2 +0.061×[Cr] 2 −0.319×[Mo]+0.035×[Hardness_HRC], where CL is an effective cracking index, [Mn], [Cr] and [Mo] are weight % of a corresponding alloying element, and [Hardness_HRC] is a Rockwell hardness (HRC).

2. The hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein an average packet size of the martensite phase is 1 to 7 μm in a circle-equivalent diameter, an aspect ratio of a packet structure of the martensite phase is 1 to 5 in a central part (t/4 to t/2) in a thickness direction and is 1.1 to 6 in a surface layer part (surface layer to t/8) in the thickness direction, and a value obtained by dividing the aspect ratio of the surface layer part in the thickness direction by the aspect ratio of the central part in the thickness direction is 0.9 to 2.

3. The hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the hot-rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1100 MPa or more and a surface hardness of 35 HRC or more.

4. The hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 3 , wherein when the tensile strength and the surface hardness were measured at 9 sites in a total width and 3 sites in a total length of a coiled hot-rolled steel sheet, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of each measurement result is within 140 MPa of tensile strength and within 4 HRC of surface hardness.

5. A method of manufacturing a hot-rolled steel sheet, comprising:

reheating a steel slab satisfying the following Relationship Expression (1) to 1180-1350° C., the steel slab comprising, by weight %, C: 0.10 to 0.30%, Si: 0.001 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.5 to 2.5%, Cr: 0.001 to 1.5%, Mo: 0.001 to 0.5%, Al: 0.001 to 0.5%, P: 0.001 to 0.01%, S: 0.001 to 0.01%, N: 0.001 to 0.01%, B: 0.0001 to 0.004%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.1%, Nb: 0.001 to 0.1%, and balances of iron and unavoidable impurities;

hot rolling the reheated steel slab to satisfy the following Relationship Expression (2);

cooling a hot-rolled steel sheet to a temperature in a range of 0 to 400° C. to satisfy the following Relationship Expression (3); and

coiling the cooled steel sheet at a temperature in a range of 0 to 400° C.,

CL<1,

CL=−0.692−0.158×[Mn]+0.121×[Mn] 2 +0.061×[Cr] 2 −0.319×[Mo]+0.035×[Hardness_HRC],   Relationship Expression (1):

where CL is an effective cracking index, [Mn], [Cr] and [Mo] are weight % of a corresponding alloying element, and [Hardness_HRC] is a Rockwell hardness (HRC),

Tn−70≤FDT≤Tn,

Tn=967−280×[C]+35.7×[Si]−28.1×[Mn]−11.4×[Cr]+11.4×[Mo]−62×[Ti]+46.2×[Nb],   Relationship Expression (2):

where Tn is a critical rolling temperature (° C.), FDT is a rolling finishing temperature (° C.), and [C], [Si], [Mn], [Cr], [Mo], [B], [Nb] and [Ti] are weight % of a corresponding alloying element, and

LCR≤CR≤HCR,

LCR=2000/(−1076+2751×[C]+17×[Si]+301×[Mn]+330×[Cr]+355×[Mo]+42939×[B])

HCR=2500/(−70.3+198×[C]+32.0×[Si]+16.7×[Mn]+18.4×[Cr]+42.1×[Mo]+5918×[B])   Relationship Expression (3):

where CR is a cooling rate (° C./s) in a cooling zone, LCR is a minimum critical cooling rate (° C./s), a minimum value thereof is 5 and a maximum value thereof is 45, HCR is a maximum critical cooling rate (° C./s), a minimum value thereof is 50 and a maximum value thereof is 200, and [C], [Si], [Mn], [Cr], [Mo] and [B] are weight % of a corresponding alloying element.

6. The method of manufacturing a hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 5 , wherein after the coiling, the hot-rolled steel sheet is pickled and then lubricated.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061777/0937 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0730 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: KIM, DONG-WAN; KIM, SUNG-IL
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 057146/0786 →
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