IP Library Granted Patent US 9,708,697
Granted Patent B2
US 9,708,697 · App. 14/400,453 · Granted Jul 18, 2017

High strength cold-rolled steel sheet and manufacturing method therefor

Inventors: Tomokazu Masuda (Kobe, JP); Katsura Kajihara (Kobe, JP); Toshio Murakami (Kobe, JP); Masaaki Miura (Kakogawa, JP); Muneaki Ikeda (Kakogawa, JP)
Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
C22C38/38C21D1/18C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0263C21D8/1272C21D9/46C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/16C22C38/18C22C38/34C21D1/25C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 9,708,697
App. No.
14/400,453
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a steel sheet having a specific chemical composition and having a microstructure including ferrite that is a soft first phase by 20-50% in terms of the area ratio, the remainder being tempered martensite and/or tempered bainite that is a hard second phase, the microstructure of steel of a surface layer section of the steel sheet from the surface to the depth of 100 μm and a center section of t/4-3t/4 (t is the sheet thickness) is controlled.

Claims (90)

1. A cold-rolled steel sheet, comprising:

C: 0.05-0.19 mass %;

Si: 3.0 mass % or less, exclusive of 0 mass %;

Mn: 0.1-5.0 mass %;

P: 0.1 mass % or less, exclusive of 0 mass %;

S: 0.02 mass % or less, exclusive of 0 mass %;

Al: 0.01-1.0 mass %; and

N: 0.01 mass% or less, exclusive of 0 mass % respectively;

iron and inevitable impurities,

wherein

a microstructure comprises ferrite that is a soft first phase by 20-50% in terms of area ratio, and tempered martensite, tempered bainite, or both, that is a hard second phase;

a difference between area ratio Vαs of ferrite of a steel sheet surface layer section from a steel sheet surface to a depth of 100 μm and area ratio Vαc of ferrite of a center section of t/4-3t/4 ΔVα=Vαs−Vαc is less than 10%, where t is a sheet thickness; and

a ratio of hardness Hvs of the steel sheet surface layer section and hardness Hvc of the center section RHv=Hvs/Hvc is 0.75-1.0.

2. The steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one group selected from groups (a)-(c): (a) Cr: 0.01-1.0 mass %,

(b) at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mo: 0.01-1.0 mass %, Cu: 0.05-1.0 mass %, and Ni: 0.05-1.0 mass %, and

(c) at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca: 0.0001-0.01 mass %, Mg: 0.0001-0.01 mass %, Li: 0.0001-0.01 mass %, and REM: 0.0001-0.01 mass %.

3. A method of manufacturing the cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising hot rolling, thereafter cold rolling, thereafter annealing, and tempering with respective conditions (A1)-(A4):

(A1) hot rolling condition:

finish rolling temperature: Ar 3 point or above

coiling temperature: above 600° C. and 750° C. or below;

(A2) cold rolling condition:

cold rolling ratio: more than 50% and 80% or less;

(A3) annealing condition:

holding at an annealing temperature of Ac 1 or above and below (Ac 1 +Ac 3 )/2for annealing holding time of 3,600 s or less, thereafter slow cooling with a first cooling rate of 1° C/s or more and less than 50° C/s from the annealing temperature to a first cooling completion temperature of 730° C. or below and 500° C. or above, and thereafter rapid cooling with a second cooling rate of 50° C/s or more to a second cooling completion temperature of Ms point or below; and

(A4) tempering condition:

tempering temperature: 300-500° C.

tempering holding time: 60-1,200 s within the temperature range of 300° C.-tempering temperature.

4. A cold-rolled steel sheet comprising:

C: 0.05-0.30 mass %;

Si: 3.0 mass % or less, exclusive of 0 mass %;

Mn: 0.1-5.0 mass %;

P: 0.1 mass % or less, exclusive of 0 mass %;

S: 0.02 mass % or less, exclusive of 0 mass %;

Al: 0.01-1.0 mass %; and

N: 0.0052-0.01 mass %;

iron and inevitable impurities,

wherein

a microstructure comprises ferrite that is a soft first phase by 20-50% in terms of area ratio, and tempered martensite, tempered bainite, or both, that is a hard second phase;

a difference between area ratio Vαs of ferrite of a steel sheet surface layer section from a steel sheet surface to a depth of 100μm and area ratio Vαc of ferrite of a center section of t/4-3t/4 ΔVα=Vαs−Vαc is less than 10%, where t is a sheet thickness; and

a ratio of hardness Hvs of the steel sheet surface layer section and hardness Hvc of the center section RHv=Hvs/Hvc is 0.75-1.0.

5. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein ΔVα is less than 5%.

6. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein RHv is 0.80-1.0.

7. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the microstructure comprises the soft first phase by 35-50% in terms of area ratio.

8. A cold-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength of from 1,009 to 1,131 MPa, comprising:

C: 0.05-0.30 mass %;

Si: 3.0 mass % or less, exclusive of 0 mass %;

Mn: 0.1-5.0 mass %;

P: 0.1 mass % or less, exclusive of 0 mass %,

S: 0.02 mass % or less, exclusive of 0 mass %;

Al: 0.01-1.0 mass %; and

N: 0.01 mass % or less, exclusive of 0 mass% respectively;

iron and inevitable impurities,

wherein

a microstructure comprises ferrite that is a soft first phase by 20-50% in terms of area ratio, and tempered martensite, tempered bainite, or both, that is a hard second phase;

a difference between area ratio Vαs of ferrite of a steel sheet surface layer section from a steel sheet surface to a depth of 100μm and area ratio Vαc of ferrite of a center section of t/4-3t/4ΔVα=Vαs−Vαc is less than 10%, where t is a sheet thickness; and

a ratio of hardness Hvs of the steel sheet surface layer section and hardness Hvc of the center section RHv=Hvs/Hvc is 0.75-1.0.

9. The steel sheet according to claim 4 , further comprising at least one group selected from groups (a)-(c): (a) Cr: 0.01-1.0 mass %,

(b) at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mo: 0.01-1.0 mass %, Cu: 0.05-1.0 mass %, and Ni: 0.05-1.0 mass %, and

(c) at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca: 0.0001-0.01 mass %, Mg: 0.0001-0.01 mass %, Li: 0.0001-0.01 mass %, and REM: 0.0001-0.01 mass %.

10. A method of manufacturing the cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 4 , comprising hot rolling, thereafter cold rolling, thereafter annealing, and tempering with respective conditions (A1)-(A4):

(A1) hot rolling condition:

finish rolling temperature: Ar 3 point or above

coiling temperature: above 600° C. and 750° C. or below;

(A2) cold rolling condition:

cold rolling ratio: more than 50% and 80% or less;

(A3) annealing condition:

holding at an annealing temperature of Ac 1 or above and below (Ac 1 +Ac 3 )/2 for annealing holding time of 3,600 s or less, thereafter slow cooling with a first cooling rate of 1° C/s or more and less than 50° C/s from the annealing temperature to a first cooling completion temperature of 730° C. or below and 500° C. or above, and thereafter rapid cooling with a second cooling rate of 50° C/s or more to a second cooling completion temperature of Ms point or below; and

(A4) tempering condition:

tempering temperature: 300-500° C.

tempering holding time: 60-1,200 s within the temperature range of 300° C. -tempering temperature.

11. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 4 , wherein ΔVα is less than 5%.

12. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 4 , wherein RHv is 0.80-1.0.

13. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 4 , wherein the microstructure comprises the soft first phase by 35-50% in terms of area ratio.

14. The steel sheet according to claim 8 , further comprising at least one group selected from groups (a)-(c): (a) Cr: 0.01-1.0 mass %,

(b) at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mo: 0.01-1.0 mass %, Cu: 0.05-1.0 mass %, and Ni: 0.05-1.0 mass %, and

(c) at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca: 0.0001-0.01 mass %, Mg: 0.0001-0.01 mass %, Li: 0.0001-0.01 mass %, and REM: 0.0001-0.01 mass %.

15. A method of manufacturing the cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 8 , comprising hot rolling, thereafter cold rolling, thereafter annealing, and tempering with respective conditions (A1)-(A4):

(A1) hot rolling condition:

finish rolling temperature: Ar 3 point or above

coiling temperature: above 600° C. and 750° C. or below;

(A2) cold rolling condition:

cold rolling ratio: more than 50% and 80% or less;

(A3) annealing condition:

holding at an annealing temperature of Ac 1 or above and below (Ac 1 +Ac 3 )/2 for annealing holding time of 3,600 s or less, thereafter slow cooling with a first cooling rate of 1° C/s or more and less than 50° C/s from the annealing temperature to a first cooling completion temperature of 730° C. or below and 500° C. or above, and thereafter rapid cooling with a second cooling rate of 50° C/s or more to a second cooling completion temperature of Ms point or below; and

(A4) tempering condition:

tempering temperature: 300-500° C.

tempering holding time: 60-1,200 s within the temperature range of 300° C.-tempering temperature.

16. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 8 , wherein ΔVαis less than 5%.

17. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 8 , wherein RHv is 0.80-1.0.

18. The cold-rolled steel sheet according to claim 8 , wherein the microstructure comprises the soft first phase by 35-50% in terms of area ratio.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2014
From: MASUDA, TOMOKAZU; KAJIHARA, KATSURA; MURAKAMI, TOSHIO; MIURA, MASAAKI; IKEDA, MUNEAKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2012-124207 · May 31, 2012 · national
JP 2012-124208 · May 31, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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