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US 12,215,405 · App. 17/432,218 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Hot-pressed member, cold-rolled steel sheet for hot pressing, and manufacturing methods therefor

Inventors: Katsutoshi Takashima (Tokyo, JP); Minoru Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Yoshie Obata (Tokyo, JP); Michitaka Sakurai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 12,215,405
App. No.
17/432,218
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a hot-pressed member that combines both high strength of 1850 MPa or more in TS and excellent delayed fracture resistance. A hot-pressed member comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; a microstructure in which a prior austenite average grain size is 8 μm or less, a volume fraction of martensite is 95% or more, and a volume fraction of granular carbide of 0.1 μm or more in grain size is 0.10% to 4.0%; a Ni diffusion region of 2.0 μm or more in a depth direction in a surface layer; and a tensile strength of 1850 MPa or more.

Claims (66)

1. A hot-pressed member, comprising:

a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %,

C: 0.31% or more and less than 0.55%,

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

Mn: 1.0% or more and 2.5% or less,

P: 0.05% or less,

S: 0.005% or less,

Al: 0.01% or more and 0.50% or less,

N: 0.01% or less, and

Cu: 0.002% or more and 0.25% or less,

and optionally one or more one or more selected from the group consisting of

Mo: 0.005% or more and 0.35% or less,

Cr: 0.005% or more and 0.35% or less,

Nb: 0.001% or more and 0.05% or less,

Ti: 0.001% or more and 0.050% or less,

B: 0.0002% or more and 0.0050% or less,

Ca: 0.005% or less,

V: 0.05% or less,

Sb: 0.001% or more and 0.020% or less,

Ni: 0.50% or less, and

Sn: 0.50% or less,

with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities;

a microstructure in which a prior austenite average grain size is 8 μm or less, a volume fraction of martensite is 95% or more, and a volume fraction of granular carbide of 0.1 μm or more in grain size is 0.10% or more and 4.0% or less;

a Ni diffusion region of 2.0 μm or more in a depth direction in a surface layer; and

a tensile strength of 1850 MPa or more.

2. The hot-pressed member according to claim 1 , further comprising

a Ni-containing Zn or Zn alloy coating or plating layer at a surface thereof.

3. A cold-rolled steel sheet for hot pressing, comprising:

a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %,

C: 0.31% or more and less than 0.55%,

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

Mn: 1.0% or more and 2.5% or less,

P: 0.05% or less,

S: 0.005% or less,

Al: 0.01% or more and 0.50% or less,

N: 0.01% or less, and

Cu: 0.002% or more and 0.25% or less,

and optionally one or more selected from the group consisting of

Mo: 0.005% or more and 0.35% or less,

Cr: 0.005% or more and 0.35% or less,

Nb: 0.001% or more and 0.05% or less,

Ti: 0.001% or more and 0.050% or less,

B: 0.0002% or more and 0.0050% or less,

Ca: 0.005% or less,

V: 0.05% or less,

Sb: 0.001% or more and 0.020% or less,

Ni: 0.50% or less, and

Sn: 0.50% or less,

with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities; and

a microstructure in which a volume fraction of granular carbide of 0.1 μm or more in grain size is 1.0% or more and 25% or less.

4. The cold-rolled steel sheet for hot pressing according to claim 3 , further comprising

a Ni-containing coating or plating layer of 0.5 μm or more in thickness, at a surface thereof.

5. The cold-rolled steel sheet for hot pressing according to claim 4 , wherein the Ni-containing coating or plating layer is a Ni-containing Zn or Zn alloy coating or plating layer.

6. A manufacturing method for a cold-rolled steel sheet for hot pressing, comprising:

hot rolling a steel slab having the chemical composition according to claim 3 at a finisher delivery temperature of 840° C. or more and 950° C. or less, to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet;

cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet to a cooling stop temperature of 700° C. or less at a primary average cooling rate of 55° C./s or more as primary cooling, thereafter cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet to a coiling start temperature of 650° C. or less at a secondary average cooling rate of 5° C./s or more and 60° C./s or less as secondary cooling, and thereafter subjecting the hot-rolled steel sheet to coiling and pickling;

cold rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet after the pickling, to obtain a cold-rolled steel sheet; and

heating the cold-rolled steel sheet to a soaking temperature of 550° C. or more and 680° C. or less at an average heating rate of 1° C./s or less, holding the cold-rolled steel sheet at the temperature for 60 min or more and 3000 min or less, and thereafter cooling the cold-rolled steel sheet to room temperature.

7. The manufacturing method for a cold-rolled steel sheet for hot pressing according to claim 6 , comprising

performing a coating or plating treatment on a surface of the cold-rolled steel sheet with a Ni-containing coating or plating.

8. A manufacturing method for a hot-pressed member, comprising

heating the cold-rolled steel sheet for hot pressing according to claim 3 to a temperature range of 850° C. or more and 1000° C. or less, and thereafter hot pressing the cold-rolled steel sheet.

9. A manufacturing method for a hot-pressed member, comprising

heating the cold-rolled steel sheet for hot pressing according to claim 4 to a temperature range of 850° C. or more and 1000° C. or less, and thereafter hot pressing the cold-rolled steel sheet.

10. A manufacturing method for a hot-pressed member, comprising

heating the cold-rolled steel sheet for hot pressing according to claim 5 to a temperature range of 850° C. or more and 1000° C. or less, and thereafter hot pressing the cold-rolled steel sheet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2021
From: TAKASHIMA, KATSUTOSHI; TANAKA, MINORU; OBATA, YOSHIE; SAKURAI, MICHITAKA
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057228/0856 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-029806 · Feb 21, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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