IP Library Granted Patent US 11,111,553
Granted Patent B2
US 11,111,553 · App. 16/076,381 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

High-strength steel sheet and method for producing the same

Inventors: Yusuke Kimata (Tokyo, JP); Yoshihiko Ono (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Kawamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
C21D8/0247C21D6/002C21D6/005C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D9/46C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/42C22C38/44C22C38/46C22C38/48C22C38/50C22C38/54C22C38/58C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 11,111,553
App. No.
16/076,381
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength (TS) of 1,320 MPa or more and good workability. The high-strength steel sheet has a specific component composition and a steel microstructure containing, on an area-percentage basis with respect to the entire steel microstructure, 40% or more and less than 85% of a lower bainite, 5% or more and less than 40% martensite including tempered martensite, 10% or more and 30% or less retained austenite, and 10% or less (including 0%) polygonal ferrite, the retained austenite having an average C content of 0.60% by mass or more. Additionally, a Mn segregation value at a surface of the steel sheet is 0.8% or less, the ratio R/t of a limit bending radius (R) to a thickness (t) of the steel sheet is 2.0 or less, and tensile strength×total elongation of the steel sheet is 15,000 MPa % or more.

Claims (51)

1. A high-strength steel sheet comprising:

a component composition including:

C: 0.15% to 0.40%, by mass %,

Si: 0.5% to 2.5%, by mass %,

Mn: 0.5% to 2.4%, by mass %,

P: 0.1% or lower, by mass %,

S: 0.01% or lower, by mass %,

Al: 0.01% to 0.5%, by mass %,

N: 0.010% or lower, by mass %, and

Fe and incidental impurities; and

a steel microstructure containing, on an area-percentage basis with respect to the entire steel microstructure, 40% or more and less than 85% of a lower bainite, 5% or more and less than 40% martensite including tempered martensite, 10% or more and 30% or less retained austenite, and 10% or less (including 0%) polygonal ferrite, the retained austenite having an average C content of 0.60% by mass or more,

wherein:

a Mn segregation value at a surface of the steel sheet is 0.8% or less, the Mn segregation value being defined as a difference between maximum and minimum values of a Mn concentration at the surface as measured by line analysis in a 1-mm-long portion of the surface perpendicular to a rolling direction using electron probe microanalysis (EPMA),

a tensile strength of the steel sheet is 1,320 MPa or more,

a ratio R/t of a limit bending radius (R) to a thickness (t) of the steel sheet is 2.0 or less,

tensile strength×total elongation of the steel sheet is 15,000 MPa·% or more, and

tensile strength×hole expansion ratio of the steel sheet is 50,000 MPa·% or more.

2. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the component composition further comprises one or more selected from the following groups A to D:

Group A:

one or more selected from:

Cr: 0.005% to 1.0%, by mass %,

V: 0.005% to 1.0%, by mass %,

Ni: 0.005% to 1.0%, by mass %,

Mo: 0.005% to 1.0%, by mass %, and

Cu: 0.01% to 2.0%, by mass %,

Group B:

one or more selected from:

Ti: 0.005% to 0.1%, by mass %, and

Nb: 0.005% to 0.1%, by mass %,

Group C:

B: 0.0003% to 0.0050%, by mass %, and

Group D:

one or more selected from:

Ca: 0.001% to 0.005%, by mass %, and

REM: 0.001% to 0.005%, by mass %.

3. A method for producing the high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

subjecting a steel slab to hot rolling at a reduction ratio of a first pass in rough rolling of 10% or more and then cold rolling to form a cold-rolled steel sheet,

annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet in a single-phase austenite region for 200 seconds or more and 1,000 seconds or less,

cooling the steel sheet from an annealing temperature to Ac 3 —100° C. at an average cooling rate of 5° C./s or more, and cooling the steel sheet from Ac 3 —100° C. to a first temperature range of a martensitic transformation start temperature (Ms)—100° C. or higher and lower than Ms at an average cooling rate of 20° C./s or more,

after the cooling, increasing the temperature of the steel sheet to a second temperature range of 300° C. or higher, a bainitic transformation start temperature (Bs)—150° C. or lower, and 450° C. or lower, and

after the temperature increase, retaining the steel sheet in the second temperature range for 15 seconds or more and 1,000 seconds or less.

4. A method for producing the high-strength steel sheet according to claim 2 , the method comprising:

subjecting a steel slab to hot rolling at a reduction ratio of a first pass in rough rolling of 10% or more and then cold rolling to form a cold-rolled steel sheet,

annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet in a single-phase austenite region for 200 seconds or more and 1,000 seconds or less,

cooling the steel sheet from an annealing temperature to Ac 3 —100° C. at an average cooling rate of 5° C./s or more, and cooling the steel sheet from Ac 3 —100° C. to a first temperature range of a martensitic transformation start temperature (Ms)—100° C. or higher and lower than Ms at an average cooling rate of 20° C./s or more,

after the cooling, increasing the temperature of the steel sheet to a second temperature range of 300° C. or higher, a bainitic transformation start temperature (Bs)—150° C. or lower, and 450° C. or lower, and

after the temperature increase, retaining the steel sheet in the second temperature range for 15 seconds or more and 1,000 seconds or less.

5. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the Mn segregation value is in the range of from 0.34% to 0.8%.

6. The high-strength steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the Mn segregation value is in the range of from 0.34% to 0.8%.

7. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the Mn segregation value is in the range of from 0.34% to 0.8%.

8. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the Mn segregation value is in the range of from 0.34% to 0.8%.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2018
From: KIMATA, YUSUKE; ONO, YOSHIHIKO; KAWAMURA, KENJI
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046582/0108 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2016-023374 · Feb 10, 2016 · national
JP JP2016-235853 · Dec 5, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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