Superstrength cold-rolled weathering steel sheet and method of manufacturing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10094011-B2
Application number	US-201414777249-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2014
Priority date	May 22, 2013
Publication date	Oct 9, 2018
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018

Abstract

The present invention discloses a superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet, wherein the weight percentage of the chemical elements thereof are as follows: C: 0.05˜0.16%; Mn: 1.00˜2.20%; Al: 0.02˜0.06%; Cu: 0.20˜0.40%; Cr: 0.40˜0.60%; Ti: 0.015˜0.035%; P: less than 0.03%; and C+Mn/16 is more than 0.19% and less than 0.23%; the remainders thereof being Fe and other unavoidable impurities. The present invention also discloses a method of manufacturing said superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet, comprising the following stages: smelting, heating and preservation, hot rolling, coiling, pickling, cold rolling, continuous annealing and skin passing. The advantages of the superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet and the method of manufacturing the same are: high strength, i.e., the yield strength more than 700 MPa and the tensile strength more than 1000 MPa; excellent performance of atmosphere corrosion resistance; thin so as to meet the demand of reducing the thickness and weight thereof; good shape and surface quality.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet, consisting of the following chemical elements, in weight percentage:
C: 0.05˜0.16%;
Mn: 1.00˜2.20%;
Al: 0.02˜0.06%;
Cu: 0.20˜0.40%;
Cr: 0.40˜0.60%;
Ti: 0.015˜0.035%;
P: less than or equal to 0.03%;
Ni: less than or equal to 0.20%; and
the balance being Fe and other unavoidable impurities,
wherein C+Mn/16 is more than 0.19% and less than 0.23%,
wherein the superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet has a yield strength of more than 700 MPa and a tensile strength of more than 1000 MPa and wherein the microstructure thereof is martensite, the volume fraction of which is more than 95%.

2. The superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the weight percentage of the chemical elements thereof are further defined as follows:
C: 0.07˜0.15%;
Mn: 1.30˜2.00%;
Al: 0.02˜0.04%;
Cu: 0.25˜0.35%;
P: less than or equal to 0.015%.

3. The superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness thereof is 0.8˜1.5 mm.

4. A container panel manufactured with said superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet according to claim 1 .

5. An automobile structural plate manufactured with said superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet according to claim 1 .

6. A method of manufacturing said superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein it comprises the following stages: smelting, heating and preservation, hot rolling, coiling, pickling, cold rolling, continuous annealing, skin passing; wherein, in the continuous annealing process, the annealing temperature is 830˜880° C. so as to enable the complete austenization, then the steel is cooled rapidly in an high hydrogen atmosphere so as to attain martensite structure.

7. The method of manufacturing said superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein in the stage of continuous annealing, the volume fraction of hydrogen in the high hydrogen atmosphere is 60%.

8. The method of manufacturing said superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein in the stage of continuous annealing, the cooling speed of the rapid cooling is more than 100° C./s.

9. The method of manufacturing said superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein in the stage of continuous annealing, the annealing temperature is 850˜880° C.

10. The method of manufacturing said superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein in the stages of heating and preservation, the slab is heated and preserved at 1170˜1200° C.

11. The method of manufacturing said superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein in the stage of hot rolling, the finish rolling temperature is more than or equal to Ar3.

12. The method of manufacturing said superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein in the stage of coiling, the coiling temperature is 450˜550° C.

13. The method of manufacturing said superstrength cold rolled weathering steel sheet according to claim 6 , wherein in the stage of cold rolling, the reduction rate therein is 50˜60%.

Assignees

• Baoshan Iron & Steel

Inventors

• Zhong Yong
• Wang Li
• Feng Weijun
• He Xiaoming
• Huang Junjie
• Ke Yanglin

Classifications

• C21D8/02

  during manufacturing of plates or strips (C21D8/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C21D9/46

  for sheet metals · CPC title

• C22C38/28 Primary

  with titanium or zirconium · CPC title

• C22C38/04

  containing manganese · CPC title

• C22C38/42

  with copper · CPC title