Method for Manufacturing Flat Steel Products From Aluminum Alloyed Multi-Phase Steel

Abstract

A method, which allows high-tensile flat steel products to be manufactured with less effort includes a steel that forms a multi-phase microstructure and contains (in wt. %) 0.10-0.14% C, 1.30-1.70% Mn, up to 0.030% P, up to 0.004% S, 0.10-0.30% Si, 0.90-1.2% Al, up to 0.0070% N, 0.070-0.130% Ti, 0.040-0.060% Nb, 0.140-0.260% Mo, remainder iron and unavoidable impurities, being cast into a cast strip having a thickness of 1-4 mm. The cast strip is hot-rolled in-line into a hot-rolled strip having a thickness of 0.5-3.2 mm in a continuous process at a final hot-rolling temperature ranging from 850 to 1000° C., the deformation degree being greater than 20%. The hot-rolled strip is coiled at a coiling temperature ranging from 350 to 480° C., so as to obtain a hot-rolled strip, which has a minimum tensile strength R m of 800 MPa at a minimum breaking elongation A 80 of 5%.

1 . Method for manufacturing flat steel products,
 wherein a steel that forms a multi-phase microstructure with the following composition (in wt. %)   C: 0.10-0.14%   Mn: 1.30-1.70%   P: <0.030%   S: <0.004%   Si: 0.10-0.30%   Al: 0.90-1.2%   N: <0.0070%   Ti: 0.070-0.130%   Nb: 0.040-0.060%   Mo: 0.140-0.260%   remainder iron and unavoidable impurities   is cast into a cast strip having a thickness of 1-4 mm,
 wherein the cast strip is hot-rolled in-line into a hot-rolled strip having a thickness ranging from 0.5 to 3.2 mm in a continuous process at a final hot-rolling temperature ranging from 850 to 1000° C., the deformation degree being greater than 20%, and 
 wherein the hot-rolled strip is coiled at a coiling temperature ranging from 350 to 480° C. 
 so as to obtain a hot-rolled strip, which has a minimum tensile strength R m  of 800 MPa at a minimum breaking elongation A 80  of 5%. 
   
   
   
       2 . Method according to  claim 1 , wherein the width of the hot-rolled strip is greater than 1,200 mm. 
   
   
       3 . Method according to  claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the hot-rolled strip is 1.5 mm at most. 
   
   
       4 . Method according to  claim 1 , wherein the hot-rolled strip is cold-rolled into cold-rolled strip having a thickness of 0.5-1.4 mm. 
   
   
       5 . Method according to  claim 4 , wherein the cold-rolled strip is annealed at an annealing temperature of 750-850° C. 
   
   
       6 . Method according to  claim 4 , wherein the minimum tensile strength of the cold-rolled strip is 800 MPa. 
   
   
       7 . Method according to  claim 4 , wherein the cold-rolled strip has a minimum breaking elongation A 50  of 10%. 
   
   
       8 . Method according to  claim 1 , wherein the hot-rolled strip or cold rolled strip is provided with a metallic coating. 
   
   
       9 . Method according to  claim 8 , wherein the metallic coating is a zinc coating. 
   
   
       10 . Method according to  claim 1 , wherein with a minimum breaking elongation A 80  of the obtained hot-rolled strip of 10%, the final hot-rolling temperature is 900-1000° C. and the coiling temperature is 390-480° C. 
   
   
       11 . Method according to  claim 1 , wherein with a minimum tensile strength R m  of the obtained hot-rolled strip of 1000 MPa, the final hot-rolling temperature is 850-1000° C. and the coiling temperature is 350-390° C. 
   
   
       12 . Method according to  claim 4 , wherein the cold-rolled strip is provided with a metallic coating. 
   
   
       13 . Method according to  claim 12 , wherein the metallic coating is a zinc coating.