A high-performance thermoformed component provided with a coating, and a manufacturing method therefor. The thermoformed component comprises a substrate and a coating thereon. The substrate comprises the following ingredients in percentage by weight: 0.01-0.8% of C, 0.05-1.0% of Si, 0.1-5% of Mn, 0.001-0.3% of P, 0.001-0.1% of S, 0.001-0.3% of Al, 0.001-0.5% of Ti, 0.0005-0.1% of B, 0.001-0.5% of Nb, 0.001-0.5% of V, and the remainder being Fe and other unavoidable impurities. The appearance of the thermoformed component has no color difference and no mottling. The surface oxygen content of the thermoformed component is 0.1-20 wt. %, and the ratio of the standard deviation to the average value of the surface oxygen content satisfies: 0<standard deviation of oxygen content/average value of oxygen content ≤0.3. In the manufacturing method, a coated steel plate that has undergone heat treatment, transfer processing, and hot stamping is not treated with oil.

A high-performance thermoformed component provided with a coating, and a manufacturing method therefor. The thermoformed component comprises a substrate and a coating thereon. The substrate comprises the following ingredients in percentage by weight: 0.01-0.8% of C, 0.05-1.0% of Si, 0.1-5% of Mn, 0.001-0.3% of P, 0.001-0.1% of S, 0.001-0.3% of Al, 0.001-0.5% of Ti, 0.0005-0.1% of B, 0.001-0.5% of Nb, 0.001-0.5% of V, and the remainder being Fe and other unavoidable impurities. The appearance of the thermoformed component has no color difference and no mottling. The surface oxygen content of the thermoformed component is 0.1-20 wt. %, and the ratio of the standard deviation to the average value of the surface oxygen content satisfies: 0<standard deviation of oxygen content/average value of oxygen content ≤0.3. In the manufacturing method, a coated steel plate that has undergone heat treatment, transfer processing, and hot stamping is not treated with oil.

The present disclosure relates to a zinc plated steel sheet having excellent fatigue strength of electrical resistance spot welds and a method for manufacturing the same. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a zinc plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a zinc-based plating layer formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, wherein a concentration profile of one or two of oxygen, and silicon and manganese measured in a depth direction from the surface of the base steel sheet has a maximum point in the depth direction from the surface, and an absolute value of a difference between a depth at which the maximum point of the concentration profile of oxygen is formed and a depth at which the maximum point of the concentration profile of one of silicon and manganese is formed is 0.5 μm or less.

The present disclosure relates to a zinc plated steel sheet having excellent fatigue strength of electrical resistance spot welds and a method for manufacturing the same. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a zinc plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet and a zinc-based plating layer formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, wherein a concentration profile of one or two of oxygen, and silicon and manganese measured in a depth direction from the surface of the base steel sheet has a maximum point in the depth direction from the surface, and an absolute value of a difference between a depth at which the maximum point of the concentration profile of oxygen is formed and a depth at which the maximum point of the concentration profile of one of silicon and manganese is formed is 0.5 μm or less.

An embodiment of the present invention provides steel for hot forming, a hot-formed member, and methods for manufacturing same, the steel comprising, by wt %, 0.06-0.1% of C, 0.05-0.6% of Si, 0.6-2% of Mn, 0.05% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 0.01-0.1% of Al, 0.01-0.8% of Cr, 0.01-0.5% of Mo, 0.02% or less of N, and the remainder of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein an alloy factor represented by relational expression 1 below is 7 or more, and the number of carbides having a circular equivalent diameter of 0.5 μm or greater is 10.sup.5/mm.sup.2 or less.

Alloy factor=I(Mn)×I(Si)×I(Cr)×I(Mo)  [Relational expression 1] where the I values for the components are I(Mn)=3.34×Mn+1, I(Si)=0.7×Si+1, I(Cr)=2.16×Cr+1, and I(Mo)=3×Mo+1, respectively, and the content of each component is expressed as wt %.

This steel sheet has a specific chemical composition, the tensile strength is 1300 MPa or more, the ratio (R/t) of the limit bend radius to the sheet thickness is less than 3.5, when a depth position of 30 μm from the surface in the sheet thickness direction is defined as a position A and a depth position of ¼ of the sheet thickness from the surface in the sheet thickness direction is defined as a position B, the number density of AIN at the position A is 3000 pieces/mm.sup.2 or more and 6000 pieces/mm.sup.2 or less, a metallographic structure at the position B includes 90% or more of martensite by volume percentage, and the hardness at the position A is 1.20 times or higher than the hardness at the position B.

This steel sheet has a specific chemical composition, the tensile strength is 1300 MPa or more, the ratio (R/t) of the limit bend radius to the sheet thickness is less than 3.5, when a depth position of 30 μm from the surface in the sheet thickness direction is defined as a position A and a depth position of ¼ of the sheet thickness from the surface in the sheet thickness direction is defined as a position B, the number density of AIN at the position A is 3000 pieces/mm.sup.2 or more and 6000 pieces/mm.sup.2 or less, a metallographic structure at the position B includes 90% or more of martensite by volume percentage, and the hardness at the position A is 1.20 times or higher than the hardness at the position B.

A hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition and includes microstructure which includes residual austenite of which an area ratio is 5% or more and less than 10%. Among grain boundaries of crystal grains of bainite and tempered martensite in the microstructure, a ratio of a length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to a total length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 4° to 12°, a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 49° to 54°, and a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to the <011> direction as a rotation axis is 30% or more. The tensile strength of the hot-stamping formed body is 1500 MPa or more.

A hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition and includes microstructure which includes residual austenite of which an area ratio is 5% or more and less than 10%. Among grain boundaries of crystal grains of bainite and tempered martensite in the microstructure, a ratio of a length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to a total length of a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 4° to 12°, a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 49° to 54°, and a grain boundary having a rotation angle in a range of 55° to 75° to the <011> direction as a rotation axis is 30% or more. The tensile strength of the hot-stamping formed body is 1500 MPa or more.

Provided is a rail that is effective in improving wear resistance and rolling contact fatigue (RCF) resistance. The rail has a metallic structure including a pearlitic structure and a structure other than the pearlitic structure in a surface layer from a surface of a rail head to a depth of at least 0.5 mm, where the pearlitic structure has Vickers hardness of 420 HV or more and 520 HV or less, and the structure other than the pearlitic structure has Vickers hardness of 350 HV or more and 420 HV or less.