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US 11,827,950 · App. 17/992,240 · Granted Nov 28, 2023

Method of manufacturing high-strength steel sheet having excellent processability

Inventors: Yeon-Sang Ahn (Gwangyang-si, KR); Chang-Hyo Seo (Gwangyang-si, KR); Kang-Hyun Choi (Gwangyang-si, KR); Eul-Yong Choi (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C21D9/46C21D1/26C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C22C38/001C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/32C22C38/60C23C2/06C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 11,827,950
App. No.
17/992,240
Granted
Nov 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method of manufacturing a high strength steel sheet having excellent workability, including: reheating a steel slab; hot-rolling the reheated steel slab at an Ar3 transformation point or higher; coiling in a temperature range of 400 to 700° C.; primary cooling at a cooling rate of 0.1° C./s or less to room temperature; producing a cold rolled steel sheet at a cold reduction ratio of 40 to 70%; continuously annealing the cold rolled steel sheet in a temperature range of Ac1+30° C. to Ac3−20° C.; secondary cooling at a cooling rate of 10° C./s or less to 630 to 670° C.; third cooling to 400 to 500° C. at a cooling rate of 5° C./s or more in a hydrogen; maintaining for 70 seconds or more; hot-dip galvanizing; and performing a final cooling to Ms or less at a cooling rate of 1° C./s or more.

Claims (20)

1. A method of manufacturing a steel sheet, the method comprising:

reheating, at a temperature in a range of 1050 to 1300° C., a steel slab including, in weight %, 0.06 to 0.18% of carbon (C), 1.5% or less (excluding 0%) of silicon (Si), 1.7 to 2.5% of manganese (Mn), 0.15% or less (excluding 0%) of molybdenum (Mo), 1.0% or less (excluding 0%) of chromium (Cr), 0.1% or less of phosphorus (P), 0.01% or less of sulfur (S), 1.0% or less (excluding 0%) of aluminum (Al), 0.001 to 0.04% of titanium (Ti), 0.001 to 0.04% of niobium (Nb), 0.01% or less of nitrogen (N), 0.01% or less (excluding 0%) of boron (B), 0.05% or less (excluding 0%) of antimony (Sb), a remainder of Fe and other inevitable impurities;

preparing a hot-rolled steel sheet by finishing hot-rolling the reheated steel slab at an Ar3 transformation point or higher;

coiling the hot rolled steel sheet in a temperature range of 400 to 700° C.;

after the coiling, primary cooling at a cooling rate of 0.1° C./s or less to room temperature;

after the cooling, producing a cold rolled steel sheet by cold rolling at a cold reduction ratio of 40 to 70%;

continuously annealing the cold rolled steel sheet in a temperature range of Ac1+30° C. to Ac3-20° C.;

after the continuously annealing, performing a secondary cooling at a cooling rate of 10° C./s or less (excluding 0° C./s) to 630 to 670° C.;

after the secondary cooling, performing a third cooling to 400 to 500° C. at a cooling rate of 5° C./s or more in a hydrogen cooling facility;

maintaining at 400 to 500° C. for 70 seconds or more after the third cooling;

hot-dip galvanizing after the maintaining; and

after the hot-dip galvanizing, performing a final cooling to Ms or less at a cooling rate of 1° C./s or more.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the steel slab, a relationship of C, Si, Al, Mn, Mo and Cr satisfies the following relation 1,

(Si+Al+C)/(Mn+Mo+Cr)≥0.25  [Relationship 1]

where respective elements indicate a weight content.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a temperature at an outlet side during the finishing hot-rolling satisfies Ar3 to Ar3+50° C.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a bainite phase is formed upon the third cooling.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a fresh martensite phase is formed upon the final cooling after the hot-dip galvanizing.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hot-dip galvanizing is performed in a zinc plating bath at 430 to 490° C.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising temper rolling at a reduction ratio of less than 1.0% after the final cooling.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0178003 · Dec 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16767858
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