IP Library Granted Patent US 9,523,142
Granted Patent B2
US 9,523,142 · App. 14/773,398 · Granted Dec 20, 2016

Hot-dip zinc alloy coated steel sheet excellent in coating adhesion, and method for producing the same

Inventors: Masaaki Uranaka (Osaka, JP); Takeshi Shimizu (Tokyo, JP); Kentaro Hirata (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,523,142
App. No.
14/773,398
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a hot-dip zinc alloy coated steel sheet excellent in coating adhesion, comprising: hot-rolling a steel sheet, subjecting the base sheet for coating to a reduction heat treatment, and subjecting the base sheet for coating to hot-dip zinc alloy coating. The hot-dip alloy coated steel sheet is excellent in coating adhesion, by using, as a base sheet for coating, a steel sheet that is imparted with resistance to liquid metal embrittlement cracking by adding B. The hot-dip zinc alloy coated steel sheet excellent in coating adhesion contains at least one of a Si simple oxide, a Mn simple oxide, a Cr simple oxide, a Si—Mn composite oxide, a Si—Cr composite oxide, a Mn—Cr composite oxide, and a Si—Mn—Cr composite oxide in a portion within 10 μm from an interface between a steel sheet as a base sheet and a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on a surface thereof.

Claims (22)

1. A method for producing a hot-dip zinc alloy coated steel sheet excellent in coating adhesion, comprising: hot-rolling a steel sheet, as a base sheet for coating, consisting of from 0.01 to 0.20% of C, from 0.030% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, from 0.010 to 0.150% of Ti, 0.100% or less of sol. Al, less than 0.010% of N, from 0.0003 to 0.0100% of B, and at least one selected from the group consisting of from 0.01 to 1.00% of Si, from 0.10 to 2.50% of Mn, and from 0.05 to 1.00% of Cr, all in terms of percentage by mass, with the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities; subjecting the base sheet for coating to a reduction heat treatment; and subjecting the base sheet for coating to hot-dip zinc alloy coating containing from 1.0 to 22.0% of Al and from 0.1 to 10.0% of Mg, all in terms of percentage by mass, with the balance of Zn and unavoidable impurities,

a coiling temperature in the hot-rolling step of the base sheet for coating being in a range of from 550 to 700° C., and

in the reduction heat treatment, assuming that a period of time during which a temperature on a surface of the steel sheet is maintained to 750° C. to 860° C. in a furnace for the reduction heat treatment is designated as a retention time, and the maximum achieving temperature of the surface of the steel sheet in the furnace is designated as a reduction heat treatment temperature,

performing the reduction heat treatment,

at a reduction heat treatment temperature of from 750 to 860° C.,

for a retention time of 250 seconds or less in the case where the concentrations of Si and Mn in a portion within 4 μm from the surface of the steel sheet before the reduction heat treatment satisfy the condition A shown below, a retention time of 200 seconds or less in the case where the concentrations satisfy the condition B shown below, or a retention time of 150 seconds or less in the case where the concentrations satisfy the condition C shown below:

concentrations of Si and Mn in a portion within 4 μm from the surface of the steel sheet before the reduction heat treatment (in terms of percentage by mass)

A: 0.15% or less of Si and 0.8% or less of Mn

B: 0.6% or less of Si and 1.5% or less of Mn, but condition A not satisfied

C: more than 0.6% of Si and more than 1.5% of Mn.

2. The method for producing a hot-dip zinc alloy coated steel sheet excellent in coating adhesion according to claim 1 , wherein the hot-dip zinc alloy coating has a composition further containing at least one selected from the group consisting of 0.10% or less of Ti, 0.05% or less of B, and 2.0% or less of Si, all in terms of percentage by mass.

3. A method for producing a hot-dip zinc alloy coated steel sheet excellent in coating adhesion, comprising: hot-rolling a steel sheet, as a base sheet for coating, consisting of from 0.01 to 0.20% of C, from 0.030% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, from 0.010 to 0.150% of Ti, 0.100% or less of sol. Al, less than 0.010% of N, from 0.0003 to 0.0100% of B, and at least one selected from the group consisting of from 0.01 to 1.00% of Si, from 0.10 to 2.50% of Mn, and from 0.05 to 1.00% of Cr, and one or more of 0.10% or less of Nb and 0.50% or less of Mo, all in terms of percentage by mass, with the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities; subjecting the base sheet for coating to a reduction heat treatment; and subjecting the base sheet for coating to hot-dip zinc alloy coating containing from 1.0 to 22.0% of Al and from 0.1 to 10.0% of Mg, all in terms of percentage by mass, with the balance of Zn and unavoidable impurities,

a coiling temperature in the hot-rolling step of the base sheet for coating being in a range of from 550 to 700° C., and

in the reduction heat treatment, assuming that a period of time during which a temperature on a surface of the steel sheet is maintained to 750° C. to 860° C. in a furnace for the reduction heat treatment is designated as a retention time, and the maximum achieving temperature of the surface of the steel sheet in the furnace is designated as a reduction heat treatment temperature,

performing the reduction heat treatment,

at a reduction heat treatment temperature of from 750 to 860° C.,

for a retention time of 250 seconds or less in the case where the concentrations of Si and Mn in a portion within 4 μm from the surface of the steel sheet before the reduction heat treatment satisfy the condition A shown below, a retention time of 200 seconds or less in the case where the concentrations satisfy the condition B shown below, or a retention time of 150 seconds or less in the case where the concentrations satisfy the condition C shown below:

concentrations of Si and Mn in a portion within 4 μm from the surface of the steel sheet before the reduction heat treatment (in terms of percentage by mass)

A: 0.15% or less of Si and 0.8% or less of Mn

B: 0.6% or less of Si and 1.5% or less of Mn, but condition A not satisfied

C: more than 0.6% of Si and more than 1.5% of Mn.

4. The method for producing a hot-dip zinc alloy coated steel sheet excellent in coating adhesion according to claim 3 , wherein the hot-dip zinc alloy coating has a composition further containing at least one selected from the group consisting of 0.10% or less of Ti, 0.05% or less of B, and 2.0% or less of Si, all in terms of percentage by mass.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 9, 2019
From: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL NISSHIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049124/0373 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2015
From: URANAKA, MASAAKI; SHIMIZU, TAKESHI; HIRATA, KENTARO
To: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036505/0597 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-066576 · Mar 27, 2013 · national
JP 2014-060809 · Mar 24, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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