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US 8,449,700 · App. 13/119,804 · Granted May 28, 2013

Manufacturing method of a hot-pressed steel plate member

Inventors: Takehide Senuma (Okayama, JP); Hiroshi Yoshida (Okayama, JP)
Assignee: National University Corporation Okayama University
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Patent No.
US 8,449,700
App. No.
13/119,804
Granted
May 28, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a high-strength, high-toughness hot-pressed steel plate member and a manufacturing method therefor. A specified hot-press process is performed on a steel plate member that, with respect to the chemical composition of the steel plate, includes: 0.15 to 0.4 wt % of C; 1.0 to 5.0 wt % of Mn or of a total of Mn and at least one of Cr, Mo, Cu, and Ni; 0.02 to 2.0 wt % of at least any one of Si and Al; and the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, thus providing the physical properties of a martensite phase average grain diameter of 5 μm or less and a tensile strength of 1200 MPa or higher.

Claims (7)

1. A manufacturing method of a hot-pressed steel plate member using a raw steel plate comprising, with respect to the chemical composition of the steel plate, 0.15 to 0.4 wt % of C, 1.0 to 5.0 wt % of Mn or of a total of Mn and at least one of Cr, Mo, Cu, and Ni, 0.02 to 2.0 wt % of at least any one of Si and Al, and the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and providing physical properties of a martensite phase average grain diameter of 2 μm or less and a tensile strength of 1200 MPa or higher by being subjected to hot pressing, the hot pressing comprising:

a heating process for heating the steel plate member to a highest heating temperature T° C. of 675 to 950° C. at a rate of temperature increase of 200° C./sec or higher;

a temperature keeping process for keeping the highest heating temperature T° C. for (40-T/25) sec or less; and

a cooling and pressing process for cooling the steel plate member to not more than an Ms point that is a temperature of formation of the martensite phase at a cooling rate of 1.0° C./sec or higher from the highest heating temperature T° C. while pressing the steel plate member, wherein

the steel plate member is subjected to cold rolling at a reduction of 30% or higher before the heating process.

2. The manufacturing method of a hot-pressed steel plate member according to claim 1 , wherein the steel plate member contains 0.1 wt % or less of at least one of B, Ti, Nb, and Zr.

3. The manufacturing method of a hot-pressed steel plate member according to claim 1 , wherein press working for forming the steel plate member to have a shape is performed once or more before reaching the Ms point in the cooling process.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2011
From: SENUMA, TAKEHIDE; YOSHIDA, HIROSHI
To: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 026432/0934 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-239573 · Sep 18, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110226393A1 · Sep 22, 2011