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US 8,968,494 · App. 13/378,501 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

High-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Tatsuya Nakagaito (Nagoya, JP); Yoshiyasu Kawasaki (Fukuyama, JP); Shinjiro Kaneko (Fukuyama, JP); Saiji Matsuoka (Kurashiki, JP); Yoshitsugu Suzuki (Fukuyama, JP)
Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
C23C2/02C21D8/0226C21D8/0236C21D8/0273C23C2/06C23C2/28C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/04C22C38/06C21D8/0263
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Patent No.
US 8,968,494
App. No.
13/378,501
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent ductility, stretch flangeability, and fatigue resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same. A high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance is characterized in that the steel sheet is composed of steel having a composition containing, by % by mass, C: 0.05% to 0.3%, Si: 0.5% to 2.5%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.003% to 0.100%, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010% to 0.1%, and the balance including iron and unavoidable impurities, and the steel sheet has a microstructure containing 50% or more of ferrite, 5% to 35% of martensite, and 2% to 15% of pearlite in terms of an area ratio, the martensite having an average gain size of 3 μm or less and an average distance of 5 μm or less between adjacent martensite grains.

Claims (25)

1. A high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance, wherein the steel sheet is composed of steel having a composition containing, by % by mass, C: 0.05% to 0.3%, Si: 0.5% to 2.5%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.003% to 0.100%, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010% to 0.1%, and the balance including iron and unavoidable impurities, and the steel sheet has a microstructure containing 50% or more of ferrite, 5% to 35% of martensite, and 2% to 15% of pearlite in terms of an area ratio, the martensite having an average grain size of 3 μm or less and an average distance of 5 μm or less between adjacent martensite grains, wherein the steel sheet has a hole expansion rate λ of 40% or more.

2. The high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance according to claim 1 , wherein the microstructure of the steel sheet further contains 5% to 20% of bainite and/or 2% to 15% of retained austenite in terms of an area ratio.

3. The high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance according to claim 1 , wherein the steel further contains, by % by mass, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cr: 0.005% to 2.00%, Mo: 0.005% to 2.00%, V: 0.005% to 2.00%, Ni: 0.005% to 2.00%, and Cu: 0.005% to 2.00%.

4. The high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance according to claim 1 , wherein the steel further contains, by % by mass, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti: 0.01% to 0.20% and Nb: 0.01% to 0.20%.

5. The high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance according to claim 1 , wherein the steel further contains, by % by mass, B: 0.0002% to 0.005%.

6. The high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance according to claim 1 , wherein the steel further contains, by % by mass, one or two elements selected from the group consisting of Ca: 0.001% to 0.005% and REM: 0.001% to 0.005%.

7. A method for manufacturing a high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance, characterized by hot-rolling a slab containing the components according to claim 1 to produce a hot-rolled sheet having a microstructure in which a total area ratio of bainite and martensite is 80% or more;

cold-rolling the hot-rolled sheet to produce a cold-rolled steel sheet;

continuously annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet by heating to 750° C. to 900° C. at an average heating rate of 8° C./s or more from 500° C. to an A 1 transformation point, holding the steel sheet for 10 seconds or more, and then cooling the steel sheet to a temperature region of 300° C. to 530° C. at an average cooling rate of 3° C./s or more from 750° C. to 530° C.;

galvanizing the steel sheet; and

further coating-alloying the steel sheet in a temperature region of 540° C. to 600° C. for 5 to 60 seconds.

8. A method for manufacturing a high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance, characterized by hot-rolling a slab containing the components according to claim 1 to produce a hot-rolled sheet having a microstructure in which a total area ratio of bainite and martensite is 80% or more;

cold-rolling the hot-rolled sheet to produce a cold-rolled steel sheet;

continuously annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet by heating to 750° C. to 900° C. at an average heating rate of 8° C./s or more from 500° C. to an A 1 transformation point, holding the steel sheet for 10 seconds or more, cooling the steel sheet to a temperature region of 300° C. to 530° C. at an average cooling rate of 3° C./s or more from 750° C. to 530° C., and then holding the steel sheet in a temperature region of 300° C. to 530° C. for 20 to 900 seconds;

galvanizing the steel sheet; and

further coating-alloying the steel sheet in a temperature region of 540° C. to 600° C. for 5 to 60 seconds.

9. A method for manufacturing a high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance, characterized by hot-rolling, in a hot-rolling step, a slab containing the components according to claim 1 at a finish rolling temperature equal to or higher than an A 3 transformation point, cooling at an average cooling rate of 50° C./s or more, and then coiling at a temperature of 300° C. or more and 550° C. or less to produce a hot-rolled sheet;

cold-rolling the hot-rolled sheet to produce a cold-rolled steel sheet; continuously annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet by heating to 750° C. to 900° C. at an average heating rate of 8° C./s or more from 500° C. to an A 1 transformation point, holding the steel sheet for 10 seconds or more, and then cooling the steel sheet to a temperature region of 300° C. to 530° C. at an average cooling rate of 3° C./s or more from 750° C. to 530° C.;

galvanizing the steel sheet; and

further coating-alloying the steel sheet in a temperature region of 540° C. to 600° C. for 5 to 60 seconds.

10. A method for manufacturing a high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance, characterized by hot-rolling, in a hot-rolling step, a slab containing the components according to claim 1 at a finish rolling temperature equal to or higher than an A 3 transformation point, cooling at an average cooling rate of 50° C./s or more, and then coiling at a temperature of 300° C. or more and 550° C. or less to produce a hot-rolled sheet;

cold-rolling the hot-rolled sheet to produce a cold-rolled steel sheet;

continuously annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet by heating to 750° C. to 900° C. at an average heating rate of 8° C./s or more from 500° C. to an A 1 transformation point, holding the steel sheet for 10 seconds or more, cooling the steel sheet to a temperature region of 300° C. to 530° C. at an average cooling rate of 3° C./s or more from 750° C. to 530° C., and then holding the steel sheet for 20 to 900 seconds in a temperature region of 300° C. to 530° C.;

galvanizing the steel sheet;

and further coating-alloying the steel sheet in a temperature region of 540° C. to 600° C. for 5 to 60 seconds.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2012
From: NAKAGAITO, TATSUYA; KAWASAKI, YOSHIYASU; KANEKO, SHINJIRO; MATSUOKA, SAIJI; SUZUKI, YOSHITSUGU
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027643/0733 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-144075 · Jun 17, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120118438A1 · May 17, 2012