C21D2211/002

Method for producing a hot strip of a bainitic multi-phase steel having a Zn—Mg—Al coating, and a corresponding hot strip

The invention relates to a method for producing a hot-rolled strip composed of a bainitic multi-phase steel and having a Zn—Mg—Al coating, comprising the following steps: melting a steel melt containing (in weight percent): C: 0.04-0.11, Si: <=0.7, Mn: 1.4-2.2, Mo: 0.05-0.5, Al: 0.015-0.1, P: up to 0.02, S: up to 0.01, B: up to 0.006, and at least one element from the group Nb, V, Ti in accordance with the following condition: 0.02<=Nb+V+Ti<=0.20, the remainder being iron including unavoidable steel-accompanying elements resulting from the melting process, casting the steel melt into a preliminary material, in particular a slab or a block or a thin slab, hot rolling the preliminary material into a hot-rolled strip having a final rolling temperature in the range of 800 to 950° C., cooling the hot-rolled strip to a winding temperature less than 650° C., winding the hot-rolled strip at a winding temperature less than 650° C., cooling the wound hot-rolled strip to room temperature in still air, wherein the microstructure of the wound hot-rolled strip then has a bainite fraction greater than 50% after the hot rolling, heating the hot-rolled strip to a temperature greater than 650° C. and less than Ac3, in particular less than Ac1+50° C., cooling the hot-rolled strip to zinc bath temperature, hot-dip coating the heated hot-rolled strip in a zinc alloy molten bath containing (in weight percent): Al: 1.0-2.0, Mg: 1.0-2.0, the remainder being zinc and unavoidable impurities. The invention further relates to the hot-rolled strip produced in accordance with the method above and to shaped, dynamically highly loadable components, in particular motor vehicle parts, that are produced from said hot-roiled strip and that are resistant to corrosive and abrasive influences.

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED STEEL PIPE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, LINE PIPE, AND BUILDING STRUCTURE

An electric resistance welded steel pipe includes a base metal zone and an electric resistance welded zone. The base metal zone has a predetermined chemical composition and a microstructure including, by volume, ferrite: more than 30%, and bainite: 10% or more. The total volume fraction of the ferrite and the bainite is 70% or more and 95% or less. The balance being one or two or more phases selected from pearlite, martensite, and austenite. Further, when regions surrounded by boundaries between adjacent crystals having a misorientation of 15° or more are defined as crystal grains, the average size of the crystal grains is less than 7.0 μm, and the volume fraction of crystal grains having a size of 40.0 μm or more is 30% or less. A compressive residual stress generated in the inner and outer surfaces of the steel pipe in the axial direction is 250 MPa or less.

HIGH STRENGTH STEEL PLATE HAVING EXCELLENT LOW TEMPERTURE IMPACT TOUGHNESS. AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
20220372603 · 2022-11-24 · ·

Provided are high-strength steel plate having excellent low-temperature impact toughness and method of manufacturing the same. The present disclosure relates to a high-strength steel plate comprising, by weight %, carbon (C): 0.04-0.12%, silicon (Si): 0.1-0.5%, manganese (Mn): 1.2-2.5%, phosphorus (P): 0.01% or less, sulfur (S): 0.01% or less, aluminum (Al): 0.01-0.08%, niobium (Nb): 0.01-0.08%, chromium (Cr): 0.01-0.5%, nickel (Ni): 0.4-1.0%, copper (Cu): 0.5% or less, molybdenum (Mo): 0.01-0.5%, vanadium (V): 0.05% or less, titanium (Ti): 0.005-0.02%, boron (B): 0.001-0.0025%, nitrogen (N): 0.002-0.01%, the balance Fe and inevitable impurities, a Ceq value being less than 0.55.

HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET

This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure at a ¼ position of a sheet thickness in a sheet thickness direction from a surface, a primary phase is bainite, a secondary phase is martensite or a martensite-austenite mixed phase, an average grain size of the secondary phase is 1.5 μm or less, an average grain size of particles having grain diameters that are largest 10% or less out of all particles in the secondary phase is 2.5 μm or less, a pole density in a (110)<112> orientation is 3.0 or less, and, in a microstructure from the surface to a 1/16 position of the sheet thickness in the sheet thickness direction from the surface, a pole density in a (110)<1-11> orientation is 3.0 or less.

ALUMINUM ALLOY-PLATED STEEL SHEET, HOT-FORMED MEMBER, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING ALUMINUM ALLOY-PLATED STEEL SHEET AND HOT-FORMED MEMBER

Embodiments of the present disclosure provides an aluminum alloy-plated steel sheet having high surface quality and weldability, a hot-formed member, and methods for manufacturing the aluminum alloy-plated steel sheet and the hot-formed member. The aluminum alloy-plated steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet; and an aluminum alloy plating layer formed on the base steel sheet, wherein the aluminum alloy plating layer includes, by weight %, Zn: 21% to 35%, Si: 1% to 6.9%, Fe: 2% to 12%, and the balance of Al and inevitable impurities.

Hot rolled coated steel sheet having high strength, high formability, excellent bake hardenability and method of manufacturing same
11591666 · 2023-02-28 · ·

A hot-rolled coated steel sheet including: in wt %, C: 0.05-0.14%, Si: 0.1-1.0%, Mn: 1.0-2.0%, P: 0.001-0.05%, S: 0.001-0.01%, AI: 0.01-0.1%, Cr: 0.005-1.0%, Ti: 0.005-0.13%, Nb: 0.005-0.03%, N: 0.001-0.01%, Fe residues, and other inevitable impurities; a mixed structure of ferrite and bainite as a main phase; and as a remaining structure, one or more selected from the group consisting of martensite, austenite, and phase martensite (MA), wherein a fraction of the ferrite and bainite is 95-99 area % and Equation 1 is satisfied. [Equation 1] FCO.sub.{110}<112>+FCO.sub.{112}<111>≥10 where, FCO.sub.{110}<112> and FCO.sub.{112}<111>, each representing an area fraction occupied by a structure having ac crystal orientation of {110}<112> and {112}<111>.

STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
20230059951 · 2023-02-23 · ·

In the present invention, provided is a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition and a metallographic structure, in which A/B, which is a ratio of a length A of an interface between epitaxial ferrite and ferrite to a length B of an interface between the epitaxial ferrite and martensite in a cross section that is along a rolling direction and perpendicular to a surface of the steel sheet at a position of ¼ of a sheet thickness from the surface of the steel sheet is more than 1.5, a ratio of a major axis to a minor axis of the martensite is 5.0 or more, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.

SEAMLESS STEEL PIPE HAVING DESIRABLE SULFURIC ACID DEW-POINT CORROSION RESISTANCE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME

A seamless steel pipe of the present invention is a seamless steel pipe having a composition including, in mass %, C: 0.01 to 0.12%, Si: 0.01 to 0.8%, Mn: 0.10 to 2.00%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.040% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.100%, Cu: 0.03 to 0.80%, Ni: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mo: 0.01 to 0.20%, Sb: 0.002 to 0.50%, Cr: 0.004% or less, W: 0.002% or less, and the balance Fe and incidental impurities, and a structure including a ferrite phase having an area percentage of 50 to 65%, a pearlite phase having an area percentage of 2% or less, and one or both of a bainite phase and a martensitic phase representing the remainder, the seamless steel pipe having a yield strength of 230 MPa or more, and a tensile strength of 380 MPa or more.

HIGH-STRENGTH ULTRA-THICK STEEL PLATE HAVING SUPERB IMPACT TOUGHNESS AT LOW-TEMPERATURES, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
20220364193 · 2022-11-17 · ·

One aspect of the present invention is to provide a superior steel plate and a method for manufacturing same, the steel plate, as an ultra-thick steel plate, having high strength as well as superb imact toughness low-temperature, and excellent resistance to formation of cracks.

ULTRA-HIGH-STRENGTH REINFORCING BAR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
20220364194 · 2022-11-17 ·

Provided is an ultra-high-strength reinforcing bar and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the ultra-high-strength reinforcing bar includes an amount of 0.10 to 0.45 wt % carbon (C), an amount of 0.5 to 1.0 wt % silicon (Si), an amount of 0.40 to 1.80 wt % manganese (Mn), an amount of 0.10 to 1.0 wt % chromium (Cr), an amount greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.2 wt % vanadium (V), an amount greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.4 wt % copper (Cu), an amount greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.5 wt % molybdenum (Mo), an amount of 0.015 to 0.070 wt % aluminum (Al), an amount greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.25 wt % nickel (Ni), an amount greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.1 wt % tin (Sn), an amount greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.05 wt % phosphorus (P), an amount greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.03 wt % sulfur (S), an amount of 0.005 to 0.02 wt % nitrogen (N), and the remainder being iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities.