Overlapped blank for hot stamping, method of manufacturing overlapped hot stamp molded body, and overlapped hot stamp molded body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11364707-B2
Application number	US-201916613981-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2019
Priority date	Apr 6, 2018
Publication date	Jun 21, 2022
Grant date	Jun 21, 2022

Abstract

To solve the problem about the difference in temperature increasing rate between an overlapped part and a one-sheet part so as to further improve the corrosion resistance of plating after hot stamping. An overlapped blank for hot stamping includes: a first steel sheet; and at least one second steel sheet connected to a surface of the first steel sheet via a welding point and smaller in area than the first steel sheet, wherein: the first steel sheet is a plated steel sheet having an aluminum-based plated layer on both faces of the first steel sheet, and the second steel sheet is a plated steel sheet having an aluminum-based plated layer on both faces of the second steel sheet; a coating weight of the aluminum-based plated layer on the first steel sheet is W1 (g/m2) in terms of an average coating weight on both the faces; a coating weight of the aluminum-based plated layer on a surface on a side not in contact with the first steel sheet in the second steel sheet is W2 (g/m2); and each of the W1 and the W2 is within a range of 20 g/m2 or more and 120 g/m2 or less, and satisfies relationships of Expression (1) and Expression (2).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An overlapped blank for hot stamping comprising:
a first steel sheet; and
at least one second steel sheet connected to a surface of the first steel sheet via a welding point and smaller in area than the first steel sheet, wherein:
the first steel sheet is a plated steel sheet having an aluminum-based plated layer on both faces of the first steel sheet, and the second steel sheet is a plated steel sheet having an aluminum-based plated layer on both faces of the second steel sheet;
a coating weight of the aluminum-based plated layer on the first steel sheet is W1 (g/m 2 ) in terms of an average coating weight on both the faces;
a coating weight of the aluminum-based plated layer on a surface on a side not in contact with the first steel sheet in the second steel sheet is W2 (g/m 2 ); and
each of the W1 and the W2 is within a range of 20 g/m 2 or more and 120 g/m 2 or less, and satisfies relationships of following Expression (1) and Expression (2),
30≤( W 1 −W 2)≤100   Expression (1)

( W 1 /W 2) 2 ×( t 1 /t 2)≥1.5   Expression (2)

where t1 (mm) is a sheet thickness of the first steel sheet and t2(mm) is a sheet thickness of the second steel sheet in the Expression (2).

2. The overlapped blank for hot stamping according to claim 1 , wherein:
the welding is spot welding; and
a spot density of the spot welding is 1 spot/200 cm 2 or more.

3. The overlapped blank for hot stamping according to claim 2 , wherein:
the first steel sheet has a portion which becomes a flange part composed only of the first steel sheet after supplied for hot stamp molding;
at least a part of an overlapped part of the first steel sheet and the second steel sheet has a portion which becomes a bent part after supplied for the hot stamp molding; and
at least one spot of the spot welding exists at the portion which becomes the bent part after the hot stamp molding.

4. The overlapped blank for hot stamping according to claim 1 , wherein the sheet thickness t1 (mm) of the first steel sheet and the sheet thickness t2 (mm) of the second steel sheet satisfy a relationship of following Expression (3),
( t 2 /t 1)≤2.0   Expression (3).

5. The overlapped blank for hot stamping according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum-based plated layer provided on each of the first steel sheet and the second steel sheet has a two-layer structure of an aluminum layer and an aluminum-iron-based alloy layer in order from a surface toward a base material steel sheet, and a thickness d1 (μm) of the aluminum-iron-based alloy layer of the first steel sheet and a thickness d2 (μm) of the aluminum-iron-based alloy layer of the second steel sheet satisfy a relationship of following Expression (4),
2≤( d 2 −d 1)≤10   Expression (4).

6. The overlapped blank for hot stamping according to claim 1 , wherein the second steel sheet further comprises a carbon-based coating having an emissivity of 0.7 or more on the surface of the aluminum-based plated layer on the side not in contact with the first steel sheet.

7. The overlapped blank for hot stamping according to claim 1 , further comprising a coating composed of at least one of ZnO and TiO 2 and having a coating weight per one face of 0.2 g/m 2 or more, on the surface of the aluminum-based plated layer located on a surface of the second steel sheet.

8. A method of manufacturing an overlapped hot stamp molded body, the method comprising:
heating an overlapped blank for hot stamping, the overlapped blank for hot stamping comprising:
a first steel sheet; and
at least one second steel sheet connected to a surface of the first steel sheet via a welding point and smaller in area than the first steel sheet, wherein:
the first steel sheet is a plated steel sheet having an aluminum-based plated layer on both faces of the first steel sheet, and the second steel sheet is a plated steel sheet having an aluminum-based plated layer on both faces of the second steel sheet;
a coating weight of the aluminum-based plated layer on the first steel sheet is W1 (g/m 2 ) in terms of an average coating weight on both the faces;
a coating weight of the aluminum-based plated layer on a surface on a side not in contact with the first steel sheet in the second steel sheet is W2 (g/m 2 ); and
each of the W1 and the W2 is within a range of 20 g/m 2 or more and 120 g/m 2 or less, and satisfies relationships of following Expression (1) and Expression (2); and

in hot stamp molding of molding after the heating, providing a bent part subjected to bending at least a part of an overlapped part of the first steel sheet and the second steel sheet,
30≤( W 1− W 2)≤100  Expression (1)

( W 1/ W 2) 2 ×( t 1/ t 2)≥1.5  Expression (2)

where t1 (mm) is a sheet thickness of the first steel sheet and t2 (mm) is a sheet thickness of the second steel sheet in the Expression (2).

9. The method of manufacturing an overlapped hot stamp molded body according to claim 8 , wherein:
the welding is spot welding; and
a spot density of the spot welding is 1 spot/200 cm 2 or more.

10. The method of manufacturing an overlapped hot stamp molded body according to claim 9 , wherein at least one spot of the spot welding exists at a portion which becomes the bent part after the hot stamp molding.

11. The method of manufacturing an overlapped hot stamp molded body according to claim 8 , wherein the sheet thickness t1 (mm) of the first steel sheet and the sheet thickness t2 (mm) of the second steel sheet satisfy a relationship of following Expression (3),
( t 2/ t 1)≤2.0  Expression (3).

12. The method of manufacturing an overlapped hot stamp molded body according to claim 8 , wherein the aluminum-based plated layer provided on each of the first steel sheet and the second steel sheet has a two-layer structure of an aluminum layer and an aluminum-iron-based alloy layer in order from a surface toward a base material steel sheet, and a thickness d1 (μm) of the aluminum-iron-based alloy layer of the first steel sheet and a thickness d2 (μm) of the aluminum-iron-based alloy layer of the second steel sheet satisfy a relationship of following Expression (4),
2≤( d 2− d 1)≤10  Expression (4).

13. The method of manufacturing an overlapped hot stamp molded body according to claim 8 , wherein the second steel sheet further comprises a carbon-based coating having an emissivity of 0.7 or more on the surface of the aluminum-based plated layer on the side not in contact with the first steel sheet.

14. The method of manufacturing an overlapped hot stamp molded body according to claim 8 , wherein a coating composed of at least one of ZnO and TiO 2 and having a coating weight per one face of 0.2 g/m 2 or more is further provided on the surface of the aluminum-based plated layer located on a surface of the second steel sheet.

15. An overlapped hot stamp molded body comprising:
a first steel sheet having a sheet thickness of T1 (mm); and
at least one second steel sheet connected to a surface of the first steel sheet via a welding point, smaller in area than the first steel sheet, and having a sheet thickness of T2 (mm), wherein:
the first steel sheet is a plated steel sheet having an aluminum-based plated layer having an average plating thickness of K1 (μm) on both faces on both the faces of the first steel sheet;
the second steel sheet is a plated steel sheet having an aluminum-based plated layer having a plating thickness of K2 (μm) on a surface on a side not in contact with the first steel sheet; and
relationships of following Expression (11) and Expression (12) are satisfied
10≤( K 1− K 2)≤33  Expression (11)

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Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Fujita Soshi
• Suzuki Yuki
• Fuda Masahiro
• Maki Jun
• Irikawa Hideaki
• Nakata Masahiro

Classifications

• C21D8/00

  Modifying the physical properties of ferrous metals or ferrous alloys by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment (hardening articles or materials formed by forging or rolling with no further heating beyond that required for the formation C21D1/02) · CPC title

• B23K1/0008

  specially adapted for particular articles or work · CPC title

• B23K9/23

  taking account of the properties of the materials to be welded · CPC title

• B23K26/22

  Spot welding · CPC title

• B23K10/022

  Spot welding · CPC title