A hot stamping component and a manufacturing method thereof include: (a) preparing a blank including 0.27 to 0.33 wt % of carbon (C), more than 0 and 0.40 wt % or less of silicon (Si), 1.10 to 1.60 wt % of manganese (Mn), more than 0 and 0.030 wt % or less of phosphorus (P), more than 0 and 0.015 wt % or less of sulfur (S), 0.10 to 0.60 wt % of chromium (Cr), more than 0 and 0.1 wt % or less of titanium (Ti), and 0.0008 to 0.0050 wt % of boron (B); (b) heat-treating the blank; and (c) molding the heat-treated blank and cooling the molded blank. The component and method may stably provide high strength by minimizing hydrogen charging in a hot stamping manufacturing process and preventing hydrogen delayed fracture due to the hydrogen charging.

A hot stamping component and a manufacturing method thereof include: (a) preparing a blank including 0.27 to 0.33 wt % of carbon (C), more than 0 and 0.40 wt % or less of silicon (Si), 1.10 to 1.60 wt % of manganese (Mn), more than 0 and 0.030 wt % or less of phosphorus (P), more than 0 and 0.015 wt % or less of sulfur (S), 0.10 to 0.60 wt % of chromium (Cr), more than 0 and 0.1 wt % or less of titanium (Ti), and 0.0008 to 0.0050 wt % of boron (B); (b) heat-treating the blank; and (c) molding the heat-treated blank and cooling the molded blank. The component and method may stably provide high strength by minimizing hydrogen charging in a hot stamping manufacturing process and preventing hydrogen delayed fracture due to the hydrogen charging.

The high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, which includes a hot-dip galvanized coating layer on a surface of the steel sheet, has a component composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.07% to 0.20%, Si: 0.1% to 2.0%, Mn: 2.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.05% or less, and sol. Al: 0.005% to 0.1%, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities; and has a steel microstructure containing, in area fraction, 60% or less of ferrite, 40% or more of tempered martensite, and 10% or less of fresh martensite and having a void number density of 1,500/mm.sup.2 or less in a bent portion in the VDA bending test.

The present invention relates to an ultra-high strength, hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent surface quality and coating adherence and to a method for manufacturing thereof, the ultra-high strength, hot-dip galvanized steel sheet comprising: 0.1-0.3% by weight carbon (C); 0.1-2.0% by weight silicon (Si); 0.005-1.5% by weight aluminum (Al); 1.5-3.5% by weight manganese (Mn); 0.04% by weight or less phosphorus (P) (excluding 0% by weight); 0.015% by weight or less sulphur (S) (excluding 0% by weight); 0.02% by weight or less nitrogen (N) (excluding 0% by weight); the balance being Fe; and other inevitable impurities, and further comprising 0.01 wt.% to 0.07 wt.% of at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of bismuth (Bi), tin (Sn) and antimony (Sb).

The invention relates to a steel sheet skin-pass rolled with a deterministic surface structure, and to a method for producing it.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a steel sheet, the method including: reheating a steel slab at a temperature of 1200° C. to 1350° C., the steel slab including, by weight%, carbon (C): 0.05% to 0.14%, silicon (Si): 0.01% to 1.0%, manganese (Mn): 1.5% to 2.5%, aluminum (Al): 0.01% to 0.1%, chromium (Cr): 0.005% to 1.0%, phosphorus (P): 0.001% to 0.05%, sulfur (S): 0.001% to 0.01%, nitrogen (N): 0.001% to 0.01%, niobium (Nb): 0.005% to 0.06%, titanium (Ti): 0.005% to 0.11%, and a balance of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities; finish hot rolling the reheated steel slab under predetermined conditions to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet; cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a cooling rate of 10° C./s to 100° C./s to a temperature of 400° C. to 500° C. after the finish hot rolling; and coiling the steel sheet at a temperature of 400° C. to 500° C. after the cooling.

Disclosed is a hot stamped part, which has improved toughness while maintaining high strength and high hardness, and a method for manufacturing the same. The hot stamped part is formed by performing hot stamping using an iron-based alloy, and includes a reinforced portion formed to have a martensite structure, a softened portion formed to have ferrite and bainite structures, and a transition portion formed between the reinforced portion and the softened portion. The reinforced portion, the transition portion and the softened portion are formed in the thickness direction of the hot stamped part.

Disclosed is a hot stamped part, which has improved toughness while maintaining high strength and high hardness, and a method for manufacturing the same. The hot stamped part is formed by performing hot stamping using an iron-based alloy, and includes a reinforced portion formed to have a martensite structure, a softened portion formed to have ferrite and bainite structures, and a transition portion formed between the reinforced portion and the softened portion. The reinforced portion, the transition portion and the softened portion are formed in the thickness direction of the hot stamped part.

The subject innovation relates to a furnace and a method for treatment of at least one workpiece in the furnace, wherein the workpiece is heated up in a chamber of the furnace by at least two heating units which are each associated with a workpiece having a first side and a second side, and whereby a first heating unit heats up the first side of the workpiece and a second heating unit heats up the second side of the workpiece. Further, each heating unit comprises at least two pressure pistons with heatable contact surfaces that are arranged next to each other and with the same orientation. Contact is made between the first side of the workpiece and the contact surfaces of the first heating unit, and in that contact is likewise made between the second side of the workpiece and the contact surfaces of the second heating unit.

A tool for manufacturing hot formed structural components having locally different microstructures and mechanical properties, the tool comprising upper and lower mating dies, each die being formed by two or more die blocks (10) comprising one or more working surfaces (34) that in use face the structural component to be formed and one or more supporting blocks, the upper and lower dies comprising die blocks are adapted to operate at different temperatures corresponding to zones of the structural component to be formed having locally different microstructures and mechanical properties, the die blocks including one or more warm die blocks adapted to operate at a higher temperature, and one or more cold die blocks adapted to operate at a lower temperature, and wherein at least one of the warm die blocks is an electrically conductive die block which is electrically connected to a current source configured to provide a DC current through the die block to control the temperature of the die block. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing hot formed structural components is also provided.