Coated steel member, coated steel sheet, and methods for manufacturing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11427882-B2
Application number	US-202017291507-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2020
Priority date	Feb 5, 2019
Publication date	Aug 30, 2022
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022

Abstract

The present invention has as its object the provision of a coated steel member and coated steel sheet excellent in hydrogen embrittlement resistance in a corrosive environment and methods for manufacturing the same. The coated steel member of the present invention is provided on its surface with an Al—Fe-based coating containing Cu and one or more of Mo, Ni, Mn, and Cr in a total by mass % of 0.12% or more by heating, cooling, and manufacturing a coated steel sheet having a layer containing Cu on its surface under predetermined conditions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hot stamped member comprising an Al—Fe-based coating on its surface,
the Al—Fe-based coating containing Cu and one or more of Mo, Ni, Mn, and Cr in a total by mass % of 0.12% or more,
the contents of Cu, Mo, Ni, Mn, and Cr satisfying, by mass %, Cu+0.01×63.5(Mo/95.9+Ni/58.7+Mn/54.9+Cr/52.0)≥0.12%, wherein:
a thickness of the Al—Fe-based coating is 10 to 100 μm, and
the chemical composition of the Al—Fe-based coating satisfies, by mass %:
an average value of Al content in a thickness direction: 20.0% or more,
an average value of Fe content in the thickness direction: 50.0% or more,
a minimum value of Cu content in the thickness direction: 0.06% or more, and
a ratio of a maximum value and a minimum value of Cu content in the thickness direction: 1.4 or more.

2. The hot stamped member according to claim 1 wherein a chemical composition of the part of the hot stamped member other than the Al—Fe-based coating comprises, by mass %,
C: 0.25 to 0.60%,
Si: 0.25 to 2.00%,
Mn: 0.30 to 3.00%,
P: 0.050% or less,
S: 0.0100% or less,
N: 0.010% or less,
Ti: 0.010 to 0.100%,
B: 0.0005 to 0.0100%,
Mo: 0.10 to 1.00%,
Cu: 0.01 to 1.00%,
Cr: 0 to 1.00%,
Ni: 0 to 1.00%,
V: 0 to 1.00%,
Ca: 0 to 0.010%,
Al: 0 to 1.00%,
Nb: 0 to 0.10%,
Sn: 0 to 1.00%,
W: 0 to 1.00%,
Sb: 0 to 1.00%,
REM: 0 to 0.30%, and
balance: Fe and impurities.

3. The hot stamped member according to claim 2 wherein the Al—Fe-based coating contains, by mass %, Si in 1 to 20%.

4. A method for manufacturing the hot stamped member according to claim 2 , the method comprising the steps of:
heating a coated steel sheet for hot stamping under conditions where, when defining a peak temperature as T 2 (° C.) and a time from when a temperature of the coated steel sheet for hot stamping reaches a temperature lower by 10° C. from T 2 (° C.) as t 2 (hr), (T 2 +273−10)×(log t 2 +20)≥19000, an Ac 3 point≤T 2 ≤(Ac 3 point+300)° C., and an average rate of temperature rise 5 to 1000° C./s, the coated steel sheet for hot stamping selected from (A), (B), or (C)
(A) a coated steel sheet for hot stamping having a layer where Cu is concentrated at a surface of a steel sheet, having a degree of Cu surface concentration at the layer where Cu is concentrated of 1.2 or more, further having an Al-based coating on the layer where Cu is concentrated, and having an average crystal grain size of the steel sheet of 30 μm or less,
(B) a coated steel sheet for hot stamping comprised of a steel sheet, an intermediate layer positioned on a surface of the steel sheet, and an Al-based coating positioned on a surface of the intermediate layer, the intermediate layer containing Cu and one or more of Mo, Ni, Mn, and Cr in a total by mass % of 30% or more,
(C) a coated steel sheet for hot stamping comprised of a steel sheet and an Al-based coating positioned on a surface of the steel sheet, the Al-based coating containing Cu, the Al-based coating containing Cu and one or more of Mo, Ni, Mn, and Cr in a total by mass % of 1.0% or more; and
cooling the heated coated steel sheet for hot stamping down to an Ms point by an average cooling rate made an upper critical cooling rate or more, then cooling from the Ms point down to 100° C. or less by an average cooling rate of 5° C./s or more;
here, the “degree of Cu surface concentration” shows the ratio of (maximum content of Cu in range from surface of steel sheet to depth of 0 to 30 μm)/(average content of Cu from surface of steel sheet to depth of 200 μm), while the “surface of steel sheet” means the position of a depth where the Fe content becomes 90% when performing GDS from the surface of the coated steel sheet in the thickness direction.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the coated steel sheet for hot stamping is hot shaped during cooling down to the Ms point.

6. The hot stamped member according to claim 1 wherein the Al—Fe-based coating contains, by mass %, Si in 1 to 20%.

7. A method for manufacturing the hot stamped member according to claim 6 , the method comprising the steps of:
heating a coated steel sheet for hot stamping under conditions where, when defining a peak temperature as T 2 (° C.) and a time from when a temperature of the coated steel sheet for hot stamping reaches a temperature lower by 10° C. from T 2 (° C.) as t 2 (hr), (T 2 +273−10)×(log t 2 +20)≥19000, an Ac 3 point≤T 2 ≤(Ac 3 point+300)° C., and an average rate of temperature rise 5 to 1000° C./s, the coated steel sheet for hot stamping selected from (A), (B), or (C)
(A) a coated steel sheet for hot stamping having a layer where Cu is concentrated at a surface of a steel sheet, having a degree of Cu surface concentration at the layer where Cu is concentrated of 1.2 or more, further having an Al-based coating on the layer where Cu is concentrated, and having an average crystal grain size of the steel sheet of 30 μm or less,
(B) a coated steel sheet for hot stamping comprised of a steel sheet, an intermediate layer positioned on a surface of the steel sheet, and an Al-based coating positioned on a surface of the intermediate layer, the intermediate layer containing Cu and one or more of Mo, Ni, Mn, and Cr in a total by mass % of 30% or more,
(C) a coated steel sheet for hot stamping comprised of a steel sheet and an Al-based coating positioned on a surface of the steel sheet, the Al-based coating containing Cu, the Al-based coating containing Cu and one or more of Mo, Ni, Mn, and Cr in a total by mass % of 1.0% or more; and
cooling the heated coated steel sheet for hot stamping down to an Ms point by an average cooling rate made an upper critical cooling rate or more, then cooling from the Ms point down to 100° C. or less by an average cooling rate of 5° C./s or more;
here, the “degree of Cu surface concentration” shows the ratio of (maximum content of Cu in range from surface of steel sheet to depth of 0 to 30 μm)/(average content of Cu from surface of steel sheet to depth of 200 μm), while the “surface of steel sheet” means the position of a depth where the Fe content becomes 90% when performing GDS from the surface of the coated steel sheet in the thickness direction.

8. A method for manufacturing the hot stamped member according to claim 1 , the method comprising the steps of:
heating a coated steel sheet for hot stamping under conditions where, when defining a peak temperature as T 2 (° C.) and a time from when a temperature of the coated steel sheet for hot stamping reaches a temperature lower by 10° C. from T 2 (° C.) as t 2 (hr), (T 2 +273−10)×(log t 2 +20)≥19000, an Ac 3 point≤T2≤(Ac 3 point+300)° C., and an average rate of temperature rise 5 to 1000° C./s, the coated steel sheet for hot stamping selected from (A), (B), or (C)
(A) a coated steel sheet for hot stamping having a layer where Cu is concentrated at a surface of a steel sheet, having a degree of Cu surface concentration at the layer where Cu is concentrated of 1.2 or more, further having an Al-based coating on the layer where Cu is concentrated, and having an average crystal grain size of the steel sheet of 30 μm or less,
(B) a coated steel sheet for hot stamping comprised of a steel sheet, an intermediate layer positioned on a surface of the steel sheet, and an Al-based coating positioned on a surface of the intermediate layer, the intermediate layer containing Cu and one or more of Mo, Ni, Mn, and Cr in a total by mass % of 30% or more,
(C) a coated steel sheet for hot stamping comprised of a steel sheet and an Al-based coating positioned on a surface of the steel sheet, the Al-based coating containing Cu, the Al-based coating containing Cu and one or more of Mo, Ni, Mn, and Cr in a total by mass % of 1.0% or more;
and
cooling the heated coated

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Tabata Shinichiro

Classifications

• C21D8/02

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

• 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

• C21D1/673

  for die quenching · CPC title

• C21D8/0257

  with diffusion of elements, e.g. decarburising, nitriding · CPC title

• C22C38/24

  with vanadium · CPC title