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Hot-rolled steel sheet for tailored rolled blank and tailored rolled blank

Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPPriority: Apr 23, 2014Filed: Jan 28, 2020Published: May 21, 2020
Est. expiryApr 23, 2034(~7.7 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
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Abstract

A hot-rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition that contains, in mass %, C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, N and Ti, and that satisfies Formula (1); and a microstructure containing bainite and ferrite. In the interior of the steel sheet an average value of pole densities of an orientation group {100}<011> to {223}<110> is 4 or less, and a pole density of a {332}<113> crystal orientation is 4.8 or less. In an outer layer of the steel sheet, a pole density of a {110}<001> crystal orientation is 2.5 or more. Furthermore, among Ti carbo-nitrides in the steel sheet, the number density of fine Ti carbo-nitrides having a particle diameter of 10 nm or less is 1.0×10 17 per cm 3 or less, and a bake hardening amount is 15 MPa or more. [Ti]−48/14×[N]−48/32×[S]≥0  (1)

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         17 . A hot-rolled steel sheet for a tailored rolled blank comprising:
 a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %,   C: 0.03 to 0.1%,   Si: 1.5% or less,   Mn: 1.0 to 2.5%,   P: 0.1% or less,   S: 0.02% or less,   Al: 0.01 to 1.2%,   N: 0.01% or less,   Ti: 0.015 to 0.15%,   Nb: 0 to 0.1%,   Cu: 0 to 1%,   Ni: 0 to 1%,   Mo: 0 to 0.2%,   V: 0 to 0.2%,   Cr: 0 to 1%,   W: 0 to 0.5%,   Mg: 0 to 0.005%,   Ca: 0 to 0.005%,   rare earth metal: 0 to 0.1%,   B: 0 to 0.005%, and   one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of Zr, Sn, Co and Zn in a total amount of 0 to 0.05%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1); and   a microstructure containing, in terms of area ratio, 20% or more of bainite, with 50% or more in terms of area ratio of the balance being ferrite;   wherein:   at a depth position that is equivalent to one-half of a sheet thickness from a surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet, an average value of pole densities of an orientation group {100}<011> to {223}<110> comprising crystal orientations {100}<011>, {116}<110>, {114}<110>, {113}<110>, {112}<110>, {335}<110> and {223}<110> is four or less and a pole density of a {332}<113> crystal orientation is 4.8 or less;   at a depth position that is equivalent to one-eighth of the sheet thickness from the surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet, a pole density of a {110}<001> crystal orientation is 2.5 or more;   a number density of fine Ti carbo-nitrides having a particle diameter of 10 nm or less among Ti carbo-nitrides in the hot-rolled steel sheet is 1.0×10 17  per cm 3  or less; and   a bake hardening amount is 15 MPa or more;
   [TI]−48/14×[N]−48/32×[S]≥0  (1),
 
   where a content (mass %) of a corresponding element is substituted for each symbol of an element in Formula (1).   
     
     
         18 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 17 , wherein:
 the chemical composition contains one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of:   Nb: 0.005 to 0.1%,   Cu: 0.005 to 1%,   Ni: 0.005 to 1%,   Mo: 0.005 to 0.2%,   V: 0.005 to 0.2%,   Cr: 0.005 to 1%, and   W: 0.01 to 0.5%.   
     
     
         19 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 18 , wherein the chemical composition contains:
 one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of Zr, Sn, Co and Zn in a total amount of 0.005 to 0.05%.   
     
     
         20 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 18 , wherein:
 the chemical composition contains one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of:   Mg: 0.0005 to 0.005%,   Ca: 0.0005 to 0.005%, and   rare earth metal: 0.0005 to 0.1%.   
     
     
         21 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 20 , wherein the chemical composition contains:
 one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of Zr, Sn, Co and Zn in a total amount of 0.005 to 0.05%.   
     
     
         22 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 20 , wherein the chemical composition contains:
 B: 0.0002 to 0.005%.   
     
     
         23 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 22 , wherein the chemical composition contains:
 one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of Zr, Sn, Co and Zn in a total amount of 0.005 to 0.05%.   
     
     
         24 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 18 , wherein the chemical composition contains:
 B: 0.0002 to 0.005%.   
     
     
         25 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 24 , wherein the chemical composition contains:
 one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of Zr, Sn, Co and Zn in a total amount of 0.005 to 0.05%.   
     
     
         26 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 17 , wherein the chemical composition contains:
 B: 0.0002 to 0.005%.   
     
     
         27 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 26 , wherein the chemical composition contains:
 one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of Zr, Sn, Co and Zn in a total amount of 0.005 to 0.05%.   
     
     
         28 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 17 , wherein:
 the chemical composition contains one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of:   Mg: 0.0005 to 0.005%,   Ca: 0.0005 to 0.005%, and   rare earth metal: 0.0005 to 0.1%.   
     
     
         29 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 28 , wherein the chemical composition contains:
 one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of Zr, Sn, Co and Zn in a total amount of 0.005 to 0.05%.   
     
     
         30 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 28 , wherein the chemical composition contains:
 B: 0.0002 to 0.005%.   
     
     
         31 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 30 , wherein the chemical composition contains:
 one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of Zr, Sn, Co and Zn in a total amount of 0.005 to 0.05%.   
     
     
         32 . The hot-rolled steel sheet according to  claim 17 , wherein the chemical composition contains:
 one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of Zr, Sn, Co and Zn in a total amount of 0.005 to 0.05%.   
     
     
         33 . A method for producing a hot-rolled steel sheet for a tailored rolled blank according to  claim 17 , comprising:
 a step of heating at not less than a temperature SRT min  that is defined by Formula (2) a slab containing, in mass %, C: 0.03 to 0.1%, Si: 1.5% or less, Mn: 1.0 to 2.5%, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.01 to 1.2%, N: 0.01% or less, Ti: 0.015 to 0.15%, Nb: 0 to 0.1%, Cu: 0 to 1%, Ni: 0 to 1%, Mo: 0 to 0.2%, V: 0 to 0.2%, Cr: 0 to 1%, W: 0 to 0.5%, Mg: 0 to 0.005%, Ca: 0 to 0.005%, rare earth metal: 0 to 0.1%, B: 0 to 0.005%, and one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of Zr, Sn, Co and Zn in a total amount of 0 to 0.05%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1);   a step of producing a rough bar by performing rough rolling with an overall reduction of 60 to 90% with respect to the slab that is heated, and during the rough rolling, performing one rolling pass or more at a reduction of 20% or more when a slab temperature is 1050 to 1150° C.;   a step of producing a steel sheet by starting finish rolling with respect to the rough bar within 150 seconds after rough rolling ends, and performing finish rolling in which a temperature of the rough bar when starting the finish rolling is in a range of 1000° C. to less than 1080° C., an overall reduction is set in a range of 75 to 95%, a total reduction in a final two passes is set to 30% or more, a finish rolling ending temperature is set in a range from an Ar 3  transformation temperature to 1000° C., and a shape ratio SR that is defined by Formula (3) is set to 3.5 or more;   a step of starting cooling of the steel sheet within three seconds after finish rolling ends, setting a cooling stopping temperature to 600° C. or less, and setting an average cooling rate until the cooling stopping temperature as 15° C. per second or more to thereby cool the steel sheet, and making a total cumulative diffusion length L total , that is defined by Formula (4), in a time period until coiling starts after the temperature of the steel sheet passes an Ar 3  transformation temperature 0.15 μm or less; and   a step of coiling the steel sheet after cooling at a coiling temperature of 600° C. or less;
   [Ti]−48/14×[N]−48/32×[S]≥0%  (1)
 
   SRT min =10780/{5.13−log([Ti]×[C])}−273  (2)
 
   SR= Id/hm   (3)
 
     L   total =Σ√( D ( T )Δ t   L )  (4)
 
   where a content (mass %) of a corresponding element is substituted for each symbol of an element in Formula (1) and Formula (2), and Id in Formula (3) represents a length of an arc of contact between a rolling roll that performs a final rolling reduction in the finish rolling and the steel sheet, and is defined by the following formula:
     Id =√/( L ×( h   in   −h   out )/2)
 
   where L (mm) represents a diameter of the rolling roll, h in  represents a sheet thickness (mm) of the steel sheet at an entrance side of the rolling roll, and h out  represents a sheet thickness (mm) of the steel sheet at an exit side of the rolling roll, and where hm is defined by the following formula:
     hm =( h   in   +h   out )/2 
   where Δt L  in Formula (4) represents a time period until coiling starts after the temperature of the steel sheet passes the Ar 3  transformation temperature, and is a very small time period of 0.2 seconds, and D(T) represents a volume diffusion coefficient of Ti at T° C., and is defined by the following formula when a diffusion coefficient of Ti is represented by D0, an activation energy is represented by Q, and a gas constant is represented by R:
     D ( T )= D 0×Exp{− Q/R ( T+ 273)}.
 
   
     
     
         34 . The method for producing a hot-rolled steel sheet for a tailored rolled blank according to  claim 33 , wherein:
 the slab contains one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of:   Nb: 0.005 to 0.1%,   Cu: 0.005 to 1%,   Ni: 0.005 to 1%,   Mo: 0.005 to 0.2%,   V: 0.005 to 0.2%,   Cr 0.005 to 1%, and   W: 0.01 to 0.5%.   
     
     
         35 . The method for producing a hot-rolled steel sheet for a tailored rolled blank according to  claim 33 , wherein:
 the slab contains one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of:   Mg: 0.0005 to 0.005%,   Ca: 0.0005 to 0.005%, and   rare earth metal: 0.0005 to 0.1%.   
     
     
         36 . The method for producing a hot-rolled steel sheet for a tailored rolled blank according to  claim 33 , wherein:
 the slab contains:   B: 0.0002 to 0.005%.   
     
     
         37 . The method for producing a hot-rolled steel sheet for a tailored rolled blank according to  claim 33 , wherein:
 the slab contains:   one or more types of element selected from a group consisting of Zr, Sn, Co and Zn in a total amount of 0.005 to 0.05%.   
     
     
         38 . A method for producing a tailored rolled blank using a hot-rolled steel sheet produced by a method for producing a hot-rolled steel sheet for a tailored rolled blank according to  claim 33 , comprising:
 a step of producing a cold-rolled steel sheet by performing cold rolling on the hot-rolled steel sheet while changing a reduction within a range of more than 5% to 50% so that a sheet thickness changes in a tapered shape in a longitudinal direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet, and   a step of performing a precipitation hardening heat treatment on the cold-rolled steel sheet;   wherein:   in the precipitation hardening heat treatment, a highest heating temperature T max  is from 600 to 750° C.,   a holding time period t K  (sec) at 600° C. or more satisfies Formula (5) with respect to the highest heating temperature T max , and   a heat treatment index IN defined by Formula (6) is 16500 to 19500,
   530−0.7× T   max   ≤t   K ≤3600−3.9× T   max   (5)
 
     IN =( T   n +273)(log( t   n /3600)+20)  (6)
 
   where to (sec) in Formula (6) is defined by Formula (7):
     t   n /3600=10 X   +Δt   IN /3600  (7)
 
   where X=((T n-1 +273)/(T n +273))(log(t n-1 /3600)+20)−20, t1=Δt IN , and Δt IN  is one second;   T n  (° C.) in Formula (6) is defined by Formula (8):
     T   n   =T   n-1 +αΔ IN   (8)
 
   where α represents a rate of temperature increase or cooling rate (° C./s) at the temperature T n-1 .   
     
     
         39 . The method for producing a tailored rolled blank according to  claim 38 , further comprising:
 a step of performing a galvanizing treatment before the step of heating the slab, before the step of cooling the steel sheet after finish rolling, before the step of coiling the steel sheet that is cooled, or after the step of performing a precipitation hardening heat treatment.   
     
     
         40 . The method for producing a tailored rolled blank according to  claim 39 , further comprising:
 a step of performing an alloying treatment at 450 to 600° C. after performing the galvanizing treatment.

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