IP Library Granted Patent US 11,512,359
Granted Patent B2
US 11,512,359 · App. 16/648,976 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Hot rolled steel sheet and method for producing same

Inventors: Tetsuya Hirashima (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Toyoda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D8/0226C21D8/0263C21D9/46C22C38/001C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 11,512,359
App. No.
16/648,976
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a hot rolled steel sheet comprising a predetermined composition wherein the hot rolled steel sheet comprises ferrite with an average orientation difference in the same grain of 0.5 to 5.0° in 30 to 70 vol %, the ferrite and martensite in a total of 90 vol % or more, and a balance microstructure of 10 vol % or less, has an average grain size of the ferrite of 0.5 to 5.0 μm, and has an average grain size of the martensite and the balance microstructure of 1.0 to 10 μm. Provided is a method for producing a hot rolled steel sheet comprising rolling where two or more consecutive passes of rolling including a final pass are performed under conditions of a rolling temperature: A point or more and less than Ae 3 point, a strain rate: 1.0 to 50/sec, and a time between passes: within 10 seconds and where a total strain amount of all passes satisfying the conditions is 1.4 to 4.0, cooling by a 20° C./sec or more average cooling rate, and coiling the steel sheet at room temperature or more and less than 300° C.

Claims (37)

1. A hot rolled steel sheet comprising a composition

comprising, by mass %,

C: 0.01% or more and 0.20% or less,

Si: 1.0% or less,

Mn: 3.0% or less,

P: 0.040% or less,

S: 0.004% or less,

Al: 0.10% or less,

N: 0.004% or less, and

a balance of Fe and impurities,

wherein:

the hot rolled steel sheet comprises 30 vol % or more and 70 vol % or less of ferrite, with an average orientation difference in each grain of 0.5° or more and 5.0° or less,

a total of ferrite and martensite is 90 vol % or more, and

a balance microstructure is 10 vol % or less, and

wherein an average grain size of the ferrite is 0.5 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less, an average grain size of the martensite is 1.0 μm or more and 10 μm or less, and, when there is the balance microstructure, an average grain size of the balance microstructure is 1.0 μm or more and 10 μm or less.

2. The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising, by mass %, one or more of:

Nb: 0.01% or more and 0.20% or less,

Ti: 0.01% or more and 0.15% or less,

Mo: 0.01% or more and 1.0% or less,

Cu: 0.01% or more and 0.5% or less, and

Ni: 0.01% or more and 0.5% or less.

3. A method for producing the hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , comprising:

(a) hot rolling a cast steel stock comprising the composition according to claim 1 without cooling after casting or hot rolling the cast steel stock after cooling once to room temperature, then heating to 1100° C. or more and 1350° C. or less, wherein the hot rolling includes finishing rolling by continuously running the cast steel stock through a plurality of rolling stands, a rolling temperature at all of the rolling stands of the finishing rolling is an A point or more, two or more consecutive passes of rolling including a final pass of the finishing rolling are performed under conditions of a rolling temperature: A point or more and less than Ae 3 point, a strain rate: 1.0 to 50/sec, and a time between passes: within 10 sec, and a total strain amount of all of the passes satisfying the conditions is 1.4 or more and 4.0 or less to obtain a finishing rolled steel sheet,

(b) cooling the finishing rolled steel sheet by a 20° C./sec or more average cooling rate, wherein the cooling is started within 10 seconds after the hot rolling to obtain a steel sheet, and

(c) coiling the steel sheet at room temperature or more and less than 300° C. in temperature range,

where, the A point is a temperature found by the following (formula 1) and the Ae 3 point is a temperature found by the following (formula 2):

A(° C.)=910−310C−80Mn−20Cu−55Ni−80Mo  (formula 1)

Ae 3 (° C.)=919−266C+38Si−28Mn−27Ni+12Mo  (formula 2)

where, C, Si, Mn, Cu, Ni, and Mo are contents, in mass %, of each element.

4. A method for producing the hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , comprising:

(a) hot rolling a cast steel stock comprising the composition according to claim 2 without cooling after casting or hot rolling the cast steel stock after cooling once to room temperature, then heating to 1100° C. or more and 1350° C. or less, wherein the hot rolling includes finishing rolling by continuously running the cast steel stock through a plurality of rolling stands, a rolling temperature at all of the rolling stands of the finishing rolling is an A point or more, two or more consecutive passes of rolling including a final pass of the finishing rolling are performed under conditions of a rolling temperature: A point or more and less than Ae 3 point, a strain rate: 1.0 to 50/sec, and a time between passes: within 10 sec, and a total strain amount of all of the passes satisfying the conditions is 1.4 or more and 4.0 or less to obtain a finishing rolled steel sheet,

(b) cooling the finishing rolled steel sheet by a 20° C./sec or more average cooling rate, wherein the cooling is started within 10 seconds after the hot rolling to obtain a steel sheet, and

(c) coiling the steel sheet at room temperature or more and less than 300° C. in temperature range,

where, the A point is a temperature found by the following (formula 1) and the Ae 3 point is a temperature found by the following (formula 2):

A(° C.)=910−310C−80Mn−20Cu−55Ni−80Mo  (formula 1)

Ae 3 (° C.)=919−266C+38Si−28Mn−27Ni+12Mo  (formula 2)

where, C, Si, Mn, Cu, Ni, and Mo are contents, in mass %, of each element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2020
From: HIRASHIMA, TETSUYA; TOYODA, TAKESHI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-225763 · Nov 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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