IP Library Granted Patent US 12,534,772
Granted Patent B2
US 12,534,772 · App. 17/296,496 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Hot rolled steel sheet and method for producing same

Inventors: Kohei Nakada (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Toyoda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
C21D9/46C21D8/0226C21D8/0263C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/005C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C22C38/20C22C38/22C22C38/24C22C38/26C22C38/28C22C38/32C22C38/40C21D2211/009
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Patent No.
US 12,534,772
App. No.
17/296,496
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a hot rolled steel sheet comprising a predetermined chemical composition, and a metallic structure comprising, by area ratio, pearlite: 90 to 100%, pseudo pearlite: 0 to 10%, and pro-eutectoid ferrite: 0 to 1%, wherein the pearlite has an average lamellar spacing of 0.20 μm or less, and the pearlite has an average pearlite block size of 20.0 μm or less. Provided is a method for producing a hot rolled steel sheet comprising heating a slab to 1100° C. or more, hot rolling where an exit side temperature of finishing rolling is 820 to 920° C., primary cooling the steel sheet down to an Ae1 point by an average cooling rate of 40 to 80° C./s, then secondary cooling the steel sheet from the Ae1 point down to a coiling temperature by an average cooling rate of less than 20° C./s, and coiling the steel sheet at a coiling temperature of 540 to 700° C.

Claims (64)

1 . A hot rolled steel sheet comprising a chemical composition comprising, by mass %,

C: 0.50 to 1.00%,

Si: 0.01 to 0.50%,

Mn: 0.50 to 2.00%,

P: 0.100% or less,

S: 0.0100% or less,

Al: 0.100% or less,

N: 0.0100% or less,

Cr: 0.50 to 2.00%,

Cu: 0 to 1.00%,

Ni: 0 to 1.00%,

Mo: 0 to 0.50%,

Nb: 0 to 0.10%,

V: 0 to 1.00%,

Ti: 0 to 1.00%,

B: 0 to 0.0100%,

Ca: 0 to 0.0050%,

REM: 0 to 0.0050%, and

balance: Fe and impurities, and

a metal structure comprising, by area ratio,

pearlite: 90 to 100%,

pseudo pearlite: 0 to 10%, and

pro-eutectoid ferrite: 0 to 1%, wherein

the pearlite has an average lamellar spacing of 0.20 μm or less, and

the pearlite has an average pearlite block size of 20.0 μm or less,

wherein the hot rolled sheet has a hole expandability of 45% or more.

2 . The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, by mass %, one or more of

Cu: 0.01 to 1.00%,

Ni: 0.01 to 1.00%,

Mo: 0.01 to 0.50%,

Nb: 0.01 to 0.10%,

V: 0.01 to 1.00%,

Ti: 0.01 to 1.00%,

B: 0.0005 to 0.0100%,

Ca: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, and

REM: 0.0005 to 0.0050%.

3 . The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the hot rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength of 980 to 1281 MPa.

4 . The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the hot rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength of 980 to 1281 MPa.

5 . A method for producing a hot rolled steel sheet comprising

heating a slab having the chemical composition of claims 1 to 1100° C. or more,

hot rolling including finishing rolling the heated slab, wherein an exit side temperature of the finishing rolling is 820 to 920° C.,

primary cooling the obtained steel sheet down to an Ae1 point by an average cooling rate of 40 to 80° C./s, then secondary cooling the steel sheet from the Ae1 point down to a coiling temperature by an average cooling rate of less than 20° C./s, and

coiling the steel sheet at a coiling temperature of 540 to 700° C.

6 . The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, by mass %,

Mn: 1.01 to 2.00%.

7 . The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, by mass %,

Al: 0.0005 to 0.100%.

8 . The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, by mass %,

Al: 0.0005 to 0.100%.

9 . The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, by mass %,

Ni: 0.10 to 1.00%.

10 . The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, by mass %,

Ni: 0.10 to 1.00%.

11 . The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 7 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, by mass %,

Ni: 0.10 to 1.00%.

12 . The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 8 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, by mass %,

Ni: 0.10 to 1.00%.

13 . The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, by mass %,

C: 0.53 to 1.00%.

14 . The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, by mass %,

C: 0.55 to 1.00%.

15 . The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition comprises, by mass %,

C: 0.60 to 1.00%.

16 . The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the metal structure comprises, by area ratio, pseudo pearlite: 2 to 10%.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2021
From: NAKADA, KOHEI; TOYODA, TAKESHI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056342/0739 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-040948 · Mar 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220033927A1 · Feb 3, 2022
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