IP Library Granted Patent US 10,974,485
Granted Patent B2
US 10,974,485 · App. 15/769,917 · Granted Apr 13, 2021

Component made of metallic composite material and method for the manufacture of the component by hot forming

Inventors: Gabriele Brückner (Dusseldorf, DE); Thomas Fröhlich (Ratingen, DE); Thomas Nentwig (Dusseldorf, DE); Jasminko Skrlec (Krefeld, DE); Stefan Lindner (Willich, DE)
Assignee: Outokumpu Oyj
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Patent No.
US 10,974,485
App. No.
15/769,917
Granted
Apr 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A component made of metallic composite material having high corrosion resistance and scale resistance. The metallic composite material contains as a core material an uncoated hardenable steel on which surface a corrosion resistance and scaling resistance layer is provided using heat resistant stainless steel, and has a yield strength Rp 0,2 of at least 1000 MPa and a tensile strength R m of at least 1500 MPa for the core material and a critical scaling resistance temperature in air for the layer material is at least 850° C.

Claims (19)

1. A component made of a metallic composite material having high corrosion resistance and scale resistance, wherein the metallic composite material comprises as a core material an uncoated hardenable steel on which surface a corrosion resistant and scaling resistant layer is provided using heat resistant stainless steel as a layer material,

wherein the core material comprises in mass %: up to 0.48% C, up to 0.4% N, 10.5-18% Cr, up to 8% Ni, up to 18% Mn, up to 3.0% Mo, up to 1.0% Si, up to 0.65% Cu, up to 0.005 B, and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities and has a yield strength Rp 0,2 of at least 1000 MPa and a tensile strength R m of at least 1500 MPa, and

wherein the layer material is austenitic heat resistant stainless steel comprising by mass % 18-25% Cr, 10-19% Ni, Mn≥0.5% and Si≥0.4% or ferritic heat resistant stainless steel comprising by mass % 13-18% Cr, Mn≥0.5%, Si≥1.0% and C≤0.1%.

2. The component according to claim 1 , wherein, a ratio of a total thickness of the layer material to a thickness of the core material is at most 0.4.

3. The component according to claim 1 , wherein, a ratio of a total thickness of the layer material to a thickness of the core material is at most 0.2.

4. The component according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a thermal conductivity of the layer material to a thermal conductivity of the core material is at most 2.

5. A method for the manufacture of the component of claim 1 , comprising: welding a core material of uncovered hardenable steel and a layer material of heat resistant stainless steel together in order to produce a metallic composite material, wherein the layer material covers outer surfaces of the core material,

heat treating the composite material at the austenization temperature for at most 5 minutes,

hot forming the heat treated composite material in a hot forming tool to have a desired shape of the component, and

cooling the hot formed component to the room temperature.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein welding is carried out by laser welding.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein welding is carried out by keyhole welding.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein hot forming is carried out in an atmosphere comprising at least one shielding gas.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein nitrogen is used as the shielding gas and a top part of the component has a nitride hardened surface with high wear resistance.

10. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the layer material for the composite material of the component is made of austenitic heat resistant stainless steel comprising by mass % 18-25% Cr, 10-19% Ni, Mn≥0.5% and Si≥0.4%.

11. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the layer material for the composite material of the component is made of ferritic heat resistant stainless steel comprising by mass % 13-18% Cr, Mn≥0.5%, Si≥1.0% and C≤0.1%.

12. The method according to claim 5 , wherein a heating rate during the hot forming process of the composite material is at least 50K/s.

13. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the composite material is removed from the hot forming tool during the cooling process when a martensitic start temperature (M s ) of the layer material is reached.

14. The method according to claim 5 , wherein a connection of the layer material to the core material is achieved by preconditioning the layer material by electrobrightening with an electrolytic solution comprising a 96% sulfuric acid and 85% orthophosphoric acid.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2019
From: BRÜCKNER, GABRIELE; FRÖHLICH, THOMAS; NENTWIG, THOMAS; SKRLEC, JASMINKO; LINDNER, STEFAN
To: OUTOKUMPU OYJ
Reel/Frame 048667/0753 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 15192262 · Oct 30, 2015 · regional
Continuity (1)
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