Hot stamped component, precoated steel sheet used for hot stamping and hot stamping process

1. A hot stamped component, comprising a coating of aluminium or an aluminium alloy on at least one surface of a base steel, the coating produced by interdiffusion between the base steel and a precoating of aluminium or aluminium alloy,

wherein the coating is composed only of a first layer located on a side close to the base steel and is an innermost side,

wherein the first layer is an interdiffusion layer having a thickness of 6 to 14 μm and which is covered on an outer side with a FeAl layer having a thickness of 1 to 2 μm, and

wherein a composition of the interdiffusion layer is α-Fe containing Al and Si, wherein the Fe content is 70% by weight or more.

2. A hot stamping process for manufacturing the hot stamped component according to claim 1 , comprising the following steps:

a steel sheet austenization step including multi-stage heating a precoated steel sheet for hot stamping or a preformed component thereof to 840° C. or more, wherein the precoated steel sheet for hot stamping is provided with a precoating of aluminium or aluminium alloy on at least one surface of the base steel, the total thickness of the precoated steel sheet for hot stamping is 0.5 mm to 3.0 mm, and the thickness of the precoating is 3 to 19 μm;

a steel sheet transfer step including transferring the heated precoated steel sheet to a hot stamping die, wherein it is ensured that the temperature of the precoated steel sheet is more than 550° C. when transferred to the die; and

a hot stamping step including stamping the transferred precoated steel sheet in the die to obtain a hot stamped component,

wherein, in the steel sheet austenization step, the multi-stage heating is performed in the following manner:

for a precoated steel sheet having a thickness of 0.5 to 1.5 mm, the heating temperature is set to 700-875° C. in a preheating stage for coating alloying , the heating temperature in the first stage of austenization heating is set to 920-940° C., the heating temperature in the second stage is set to 940-960° C., the heating temperature in the third stage is set to 920-940° C., the fourth stage is a heat preservation stage, and the temperature is set to 900 to 920° C.;

for the precoated steel sheet with a thickness of 0.5 to 1.0 mm, the total heating time for the first to the fourth stage of austenization heating is set to 90s to 140s;

for the precoated steel sheet with a thickness greater than 1.0 mm and less than or equal to 1.5 mm, the total heating time for the first to the fourth stage of austenization heating is set to 120s to 180s; and

for the precoated steel sheet having a thickness greater than 1.5 mm and less than or equal to 3.0 mm, the heating temperature in the preheating stage for coating alloying is set to 700 to 895° C.; in the austenization heating process, the heating temperature in the first stage is set to 940-960° C., the heating temperature in the second stage is set to 950-970° C., the heating temperature in the third stage is set to 940-960° C., the fourth stage is a heat preservation stage, and the temperature is set to 920 to 940° C., and wherein:

for the precoated steel sheet with a thickness greater than 1 .5 mm and less than or equal to 2.0 mm, the total heating time for the first to the fourth stage of austenization heating is set to 180s-220s;

for the precoated steel sheet having a thickness greater than 2.0 mm and less than or equal to 2.5 mm, the total heating time for the first to the fourth stage of austenization heating is set to 180s-260s; and

for the precoated steel sheet having a thickness greater than 2.5 mm and less than or equal to 3.0 mm, the total heating time for the first to the fourth stage of austenization heating is set to 200s-300s.

3. The hot stamping process according to claim 2 , characterized by further comprising a paint baking step after the steel sheet transfer step, wherein in the paint baking step, the hot stamped component is heated to 130 to 200° C. and is held for 5 to 60 minutes and then is cooled in any way.

4. The hot stamped component according to claim 1 , wherein the hot stamped component is formed by a precoated steel sheet for hot stamping, which is provided with a precoating of aluminium or aluminium alloy on at least one surface of the base steel, and wherein the total thickness of the precoated steel sheet for hot stamping is 0.5 mm to 3.0 mm, and the thickness of the precoating is 3 to 19 μm.

5. The hot stamped component according to claim 4 , wherein the base steel comprises, by weight percentage, the following components: 0.28-0.4% of C; 0.6-3.5% of Mn; 0-0.004% of B; 0-0.4% of Nb+Ti +V, 0.05 to 1% of Si, 0.01 to 1% Al; total content of less than 5% of Cr, Mo, Ni, Cu; and unavoidable impurity elements.

6. The hot stamped component according to claim 4 , wherein the base steel comprises, by weight percentage, the following components: 0.19 to 0.29% of C; 0.6 to 3.5% of Mn; 0 to 0.004% of B; 0 to 0.4% of Nb+Ti+V; 0 to 2% of Si, 0 to 2% of Al; total content of less than 5% of Cr, Mo, Ni, Cu; and unavoidable impurity elements.