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US 12,285,794 · App. 18/076,967 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Hot stamping component and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Jae Myoung Park (Incheon, KR); Je Youl Kong (Incheon, KR); Kye Jeong Park (Incheon, KR); Seung Chae Yoon (Incheon, KR)
Assignee: Hyundai Steel Company
B21D37/16B21D22/022C21D9/46
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Patent No.
US 12,285,794
App. No.
18/076,967
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a hot stamping component, the method includes inserting a blank into a heating furnace, heating the blank, and transferring the heated blank from the heating furnace to a mold, wherein an air cooling time of the blank in the transferring of the blank satisfies Equation 1.

Claims (32)

1. A method of manufacturing a hot stamping component, the method comprising:

inserting a blank into a heating furnace;

heating the blank; and

transferring the heated blank from the heating furnace to a mold;

wherein an air cooling time of the blank in the transferring of the blank satisfies Equation 1 below

λ t =( a t ×T t +b t )× t c t   <Equation 1>

where λ t represents an air cooling time(s), a t represents a heating furnace discharge temperature and an atmospheric temperature correction coefficient, T t represents a heating temperature (° C.), b t represents a material component correction coefficient, t represents a material thickness (mm), and c t represents a high temperature material thickness sensitivity correction coefficient.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in Equation 1, at is 0.0160 or greater and 0.0165 or less, T t is Ac3 or more and 1000° C. or less, b t is −10 or greater and 0.5 or less, t is 1 mm or greater and 2.6 mm or less, and c t is 0.7 or greater and 0.9 or less.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein, in Equation 1, λ t is 5 s or more and 20 s or less.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein, in the transferring of the blank, the heated blank is air-cooled at room temperature.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the heating of the blank comprises:

step-heating the blank in multiple stages; and

soaking the blank in a temperature range of about Ac3 to about 1,000° C.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein, in the heating of the blank, the heating time of the blank satisfies equation (2) below

λ n =( a n ×T n +b n )× t c n   <Equation 2>

where λ n represents a heating time(s), a n represents a heating furnace heat loss correction coefficient, T n represents a heating temperature (° C.), b n represents an Ac3 temperature correction coefficient, t represents a material thickness (mm), and c n represents a high temperature material thickness sensitivity coefficient.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein, in Equation 2, an is −0.60 or greater and −0.55 or less, T n is Ac3 or greater and 1000° C. or less, b n is 700 or greater and 900 or less, t is 1 mm or greater and 2.6 mm or less, and c n is 0.7 or greater and 0.9 or less.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein, in Equation 2, λ n is 100 s or more and 900 s or less.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the heating furnace comprises a plurality of sections having different temperature ranges.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein a ratio of a length of sections for step-heating the blank to a length of a section for soaking the blank is about 1:1 to 4:1.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

after transferring the blank, forming a molded body by pressing the transferred blank with the mold; and

cooling the formed molded body.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein, in the molding of the molded body, a molding start temperature of the blank is 500° C. or higher and 700° C. or less.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the cooling of the molded body is performed within the mold.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein, in the cooling of the molded body, a mold cooling time during which the molded body is cooled in the mold satisfies Equation 3 below

λ q =( a q ×P+b q )× t c q   <Equation 3>

where λ q represents a mold cooling time(s), a q represents a mold thermal conductivity correction coefficient, P represents a pressing force (MPa), b q represents a material hardenability correction coefficient, t represents a material thickness (mm), and c q represents a low temperature material thickness sensitivity coefficient.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein, in Equation 3, a q is −1.0 or greater and −0.2 or less, P is 0.1 MPa or greater and 5 MPa or less, b q is 11 or greater and 15 or less, t is 1 mm or greater and 2.6 mm or less, and c q is 1.00 or greater and 1.05 or less.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein, in Equation 3, λ q is 6 s or more and 40 s or less.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein, in the cooling of the molded body, a cooling end temperature of the mold at which the cooling is terminated is above the room temperature and below about 200° C.

18. A hot stamping component manufactured according to the method of claim 1 , the hot stamping component having a tensile strength of 1,350 MPa or greater and less than 2,300 MPa.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2022
From: PARK, JAE MYOUNG; KONG, JE YOUL; PARK, KYE JEONG; YOON, SEUNG CHAE
To: HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0147069 · Oct 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022001412 · Jan 26, 2022
Related Publication 20230150008A1 · May 18, 2023
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