IP Library Granted Patent US 12,392,009
Granted Patent B2
US 12,392,009 · App. 18/247,814 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

High-grade non-oriented silicon steel and production method thereof

Inventors: Chongxiang Yue (Suzhou, CN); Shengjie Wu (Suzhou, CN); Jiadong Lu (Suzhou, CN); Hui Li (Suzhou, CN)
Assignees: INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH OF IRON AND STEEL, JIANGSU PROVINCE/SHA-STEEL, CO. LTD (CN); ZHANGJIAGANG YANGTZE RIVER COLD ROLLED PLATE CO. LTD; JIANGSU SHAGANG GROUP CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,392,009
App. No.
18/247,814
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-grade non-oriented silicon steel and a production method are provided. The non-oriented silicon steel includes the following chemical components in percent by mass: 0.002-0.004% of C, not greater than 0.003% of S, 1.4-1.7% of Si, 0.7-0.95% of Mn, not greater than 0.03% of P, 0.015-0.035% of Sn; and 11×([Si]-1.4%)=14×([Mn]-0.7%). In the production method, the heating temperature of a continuous casting billet is 1,120-1,150° C.; the finishing temperature in finish rolling is 890±15° C.; the rolling reduction of the last pass of finish rolling is not less than 30%, the total rolling reduction of the last two passes of finish rolling is not less than 50%, and the coiling temperature is 650±20° C.; normalizing treatment is avoided before acid continuous rolling.

Claims (23)

1. A production method of non-oriented silicon steel, comprising the following steps:

1) Smelting steel by molten iron desulfurization, converter smelting and RH refining in sequence, to obtain a molten steel comprising the following chemical components in percent by mass: 0.002-0.004% of C, not greater than 0.003% of S, 1.4-1.7% of Si, 0.7-0.95% of Mn, not greater than 0.03% of P, 0.015-0.035% of Sn, not greater than 0.004% of Nb, not greater than 0.004% of V, not greater than 0.005% of Ti, not greater than 0.004% of Mo, not greater than 0.03% of Cr, not greater than 0.03% of Ni, not greater than 0.03% of Cu, not greater than 0.003% of N, and the balance Fe and inevitable impurities, and 11×([Si]-1.4%)=14×([Mn]-0.7%);

2) Continuously casting the molten steel obtained in step 1 into a continuous casting billet with a thickness of more than 200 mm;

3) Heating the continuous casting billet obtained in step 2 to reach a temperature between 1,120-1,150° C., and maintaining the temperature for more than 200 min; then carrying out multi-pass rough rolling to obtain an intermediate billet with a thickness of 40-45 mm; and then carrying out multi-pass finish rolling, cooling and coiling to obtain a hot-rolled coil with a thickness of 2.50±0.1 mm, the finishing temperature in finish rolling being 890±15° C., the rolling reduction of the last pass of finish rolling being not less than 30%, the total rolling reduction of the last two passes of finish rolling being not less than 50%, and the coiling temperature being 650±20° C.;

4) Carrying out uncoiling, acid pickling, rinsing, drying, cold rolling and coiling on the hot-rolled coil obtained in step 3, rather than carrying out normalizing treatment, thereby obtaining a cold hard coil with a thickness of 0.500±0.005 mm or 0.350±0.004 mm; and

5) Carrying out finished product annealing on the cold hard coil obtained in step 4 in a mixed atmosphere of H 2 +N 2 through a continuous annealing furnace, the finished product annealing temperature being 920-980° C., and the annealing time being 60±5 s; and carrying out cooling, coating and finishing on the annealed steel strip to obtain a finished product of non-oriented silicon steel.

2. The production method of the non-oriented silicon steel according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the thickness of the finished product of the non-oriented silicon steel is 0.500±0.005 mm, the iron loss is shown as P 1.5/50 ≤3.8 W/kg, and the magnetic induction intensity is shown as B 5000 ≥1.71;

or, in a case that the thickness of the finished product of the non-oriented silicon steel is 0.350±0.004 mm, the iron loss is shown as P 1.5/50 ≤33.3 W/kg, and the magnetic induction intensity is shown as B 5000 ≥1.70.

3. The production method of the non-oriented silicon steel according to claim 1 , wherein in step 3, the continuous casting billet obtained in step 2 is heated to reach a temperature between 1,130-1,150° C., and the temperature is maintained for more than 200 min.

4. The production method of the non-oriented silicon steel according to claim 1 , wherein in step 3, in the cooling process, two-stage cooling is carried out, the first-stage cooling is natural slow cooling without water cooling and lasts for 3-8 s, and the second-stage cooling is water-cooling.

5. The production method of the non-oriented silicon steel according to claim 1 , wherein in the molten iron desulphurization process, the temperature of desulphurized molten iron is controlled to be not less than 1,320° C., the content of S is not greater than 0.0015% by mass, and a slagging-off rate is not less than 98%;

in the converter smelting process, the desulphurized molten iron is mixed with scrap steel to be smelted in a converter, and the scrap steel accounts for 20-25% of the total mass of the molten steel; in a tapping process, a sufficient quantity of tin ingots are added into the molten steel according to the ratio of 0.015-0.035% by mass of Sn in the finished product; and after tapping is finished, a slag top deoxidizing agent is added into the molten steel;

in the RH refining process, the molten steel is subjected to decarburization treatment in a pre-vacuumized RH refining furnace; then titanium ferrosilicon and metal manganese are added into the molten steel according to an alloying solution that the finished product contains 1.4-1.7% by mass of Si, and 0.7-0.95% by mass of Mn, and 11×([Si]-1.4%)=14×([Mn]-0.7%); tapping is carried out more than 7 min after net circulation; and a desulfurizing agent is added into the molten steel for deep desulfurization treatment during net circulation.

6. The production method of the non-oriented silicon steel according to claim 1 , wherein in the acid pickling process, the hot-rolled coil obtained in step 3 is uncoiled and then subjected to three-stage acid pickling through HCl; wherein the concentration of a first-stage acid liquor is 50-80 g/L, and the concentration of Fe 2+ in the first-stage acid liquor is not greater than 130 g/L; the concentration of a second-stage acid liquor is 90-120 g/L, and the concentration of Fe 2+ in the second-stage acid liquor is not greater than 90 g/L; the concentration of a third-stage acid liquor is 140-160 g/L, and the concentration of Fe 2+ in the third-stage acid liquor is not greater than 50 g/L;

during each stage of acid pickling, the temperature of the acid liquor is 75-85° C., the acid liquor contains a silicon steel acid pickling accelerant, and the silicon steel acid pickling accelerant accounts for 0.05-0.10% of the acid liquor by weight; and

the temperature of rinsing water is 45-55° C., and the acid pickling and rinsing speed is controlled to be 100-180 mpm.

7. The production method of the non-oriented silicon steel according to claim 1 , wherein in step 5, the steel strip obtained after finished product annealing is subjected to three-stage cooling; the first-stage cooling is high-temperature-stage slow cooling, and the steel strip is cooled from annealing temperature to 850° C. at a cooling speed of not greater than 5° C./s; the second-stage cooling is circulating gas jet controlled cooling, and the steel strip is continuously cooled from 850° C. to 350° C. or below at a cooling speed of not greater than 15° C./s; and the third-stage cooling is circulating water jet cooling, and the steel strip is continuously cooled from 350° C. to 100° C. or below.

8. A production method of non-oriented silicon steel, comprising the following steps:

1) Smelting steel by molten iron desulfurization, converter smelting and RH refining in sequence, to obtain a molten steel comprising the following chemical components in percent by mass: 0.002-0.004% of C, not greater than 0.003% of S, 1.4-1.7% of Si, 0.7-0.95% of Mn, not greater than 0.03% of P, 0.015-0.035% of Sn, not greater than 0.004% of Nb, not greater than 0.004% of V, not greater than 0.005% of Ti, not greater than 0.004% of Mo, not greater than 0.03% of Cr, not greater than 0.03% of Ni, not greater than 0.03% of Cu, not greater than 0.003% of N, and the balance Fe and inevitable impurities, and 11×([Si]-1.4%)=14×([Mn]-0.7%);

2) Continuously casting the molten steel obtained in step 1 into a continuous casting billet with the thickness of more than 200 mm;

3) Heating the continuous casting billet obtained in step 2 to reach a temperature between 1,120-1,150° C., and maintaining the temperature for more than 200 min; then carrying out multi-pass rough rolling to obtain an intermediate billet with a thickness of 40-45 mm; then carrying out multi-pass finish rolling, and coiling to obtain a hot-rolled coil with a thickness of 2.50±0.1 mm, the finishing temperature in finish rolling being (Ar1−40)±15° C., Ar1 representing the temperature for transformation from austenite to ferrite, the rolling reduction of the last pass of finish rolling being not less than 30%, the total rolling reduction of the last two passes of finish rolling being not less than 50%, and the coiling temperature being 650±20° C.; and carrying out two-stage cooling on the steel plate obtained by finishing in finish rolling before coiling, the first-stage cooling being natural slow cooling without water cooling and lasting for 3-8 s, and the second-stage cooling being water-cooling rapid cooling;

4) Carrying out uncoiling, acid pickling, rinsing, drying, cold rolling and coiling on the hot-rolled coil obtained in step 3, rather than carrying out normalizing treatment, thereby obtaining a cold hard coil with a thickness of 0.500±0.005 mm or 0.350±0.004 mm; and

5) Carrying out finished product annealing on the cold hard coil obtained in step 4 in a mixed atmosphere of H 2 +N 2 through a continuous annealing furnace, the finished product annealing temperature being 920-980° C., and the annealing time being 60±5 s; and carrying out cooling, coating and finishing on the annealed steel strip to obtain a finished product of non-oriented silicon steel.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2025
From: YUE, CHONGXIANG; WU, SHENGJIE; LU, JIADONG; LI, HUI
To: INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH OF IRON AND STEEL, JIANGSU PROVINCE/SHA-STEEL, CO. LTD (CN); ZHANGJIAGANG YANGTZE RIVER COLD ROLLED PLATE CO. LTD; JIANGSU SHAGANG GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071521/0263 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: YUE, CHONGXIANG; WU, SHENGJIE; LU, JIADONG; LI, HUI
To: INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH OF IRON AND STEEL, JIANGSU PROVINCE/SHA-STEEL, CO. LTD (CN); ZHANGJIAGANG YANGTZE RIVER COLD ROLLED PLATE CO. LTD; JIANGSU SHAGANG GROUP CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
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