Electric resistance welded steel pipe for producing hollow stabilizer, hollow stabilizer, and production methods for same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11440125-B2
Application number	US-201916979357-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2019
Priority date	Mar 29, 2018
Publication date	Sep 13, 2022
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022

Abstract

There are provided an electric resistance welded steel pipe for producing a high strength hollow stabilizer excellent in fatigue resistance and a high strength hollow stabilizer. In an electric resistance welded steel pipe (5) for producing a hollow stabilizer, an internal weld bead cut portion (30) has a three-peak shape and a depth (H) of a trough portion (30a) of the three-peak shape is 0.3 mm or less and an angle (θ) formed by a central portion in the circumferential direction of the trough portion (30a) and the top of right and left peak portions (30b, 30c) located on both the right and left sides of the trough portion (30a) is 160° or more and less than 180°.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electric resistance welded steel pipe for producing a hollow stabilizer,
the electric resistance welded steel pipe being a steel pipe for producing a hollow stabilizer and comprising:
on a pipe inner surface, an internal weld bead cut portion having an outline shape of a three-peak shape along a circumferential direction in which a trough portion is formed on each of both right and left sides across a weld zone, wherein
in the internal weld bead cut portion, a depth H of the trough portion is 0.3 mm or less and an angle θ formed by a central portion in the circumferential direction of the trough portion and a top of right and left peak portions located on both right and left sides of the trough portion is 160° or more and less than 180°.

2. The electric resistance welded steel pipe for producing a hollow stabilizer according to claim 1 , wherein
a steel material configuring the steel pipe contains, in terms of % by mass, C: 0.20% or more and 0.40% or less, Si: 0.1% or more and 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.1% or more and 2.0% or less, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.10% or less, Cr: 0.01% or more and 0.50% or less, Ti: 0.01% or more and 0.05% or less, B: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, Ca: 0.0001% or more and 0.0050% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, and a balance of Fe and an inevitable impurity.

3. The electric resistance welded steel pipe for producing a hollow stabilizer according to claim 2 , wherein
the steel material configuring the steel pipe further contains, in terms of % by mass, either or both of Cu: 0.05% or more and 1.00% or less and Ni: 0.05% or more and 1.00% or less.

4. The electric resistance welded steel pipe for producing a hollow stabilizer according to claim 2 , wherein
the steel material configuring the steel pipe further contains, in terms of % by mass, one or two or more kinds selected from Nb: 0.001% or more and 0.050% or less, W: 0.001% or more and 0.050% or less, and V: 0.05% or more and 0.50% or less.

5. The electric resistance welded steel pipe for producing a hollow stabilizer according to claim 2 , wherein
the steel material configuring the steel pipe further contains, in terms of % by mass, REM: 0.001% or more and 0.020% or less.

6. The electric resistance welded steel pipe for producing a hollow stabilizer according to claim 3 , wherein
the steel material configuring the steel pipe further contains, in terms of % by mass, one or two or more kinds selected from Nb: 0.001% or more and 0.050% or less, W: 0.001% or more and 0.050% or less, and V: 0.05% or more and 0.50% or less.

7. The electric resistance welded steel pipe for producing a hollow stabilizer according to claim 2 , wherein
the steel material configuring the steel pipe further contains, in terms of % by mass, REM: 0.001% or more and 0.020% or less.

8. The electric resistance welded steel pipe for producing a hollow stabilizer according to claim 3 , wherein
the steel material configuring the steel pipe further contains, in terms of % by mass, REM: 0.001% or more and 0.020% or less.

9. The electric resistance welded steel pipe for producing a hollow stabilizer according to claim 4 , wherein
the steel material configuring the steel pipe further contains, in terms of % by mass, REM: 0.001% or more and 0.020% or less.

10. A production method for an electric resistance welded steel pipe for producing a hollow stabilizer comprising:
a first step of molding a steel sheet into a cylindrical shape by cold molding to form an open pipe, butting end portions in a width direction of the open pipe against each other, and
performing electric resistance welding to the end portions to form an electric resistance welded pipe;
a second step of heating the electric resistance welded pipe to a temperature of 850° C. or more and 1000° C. or less, and then applying hot stretch reducing to the electric resistance welded pipe at a rolling temperature of 650° C. or more and 1000° C. or less and at a cumulative reduction ratio of 30% or more and 90% or less; and
a third step of adjusting an internal weld bead cut portion having an outline shape of a three-peak shape along a circumferential direction in which a trough portion is formed on each of both right and left sides across a weld zone such that a depth H of the trough portion is 0.3 mm or less and an angle θ formed by a central portion in the circumferential direction of the trough portion and a top of right and left peak portions located on both right and left sides of the trough portion is 160° or more and less than 180°.

11. The production method for an electric resistance welded steel pipe for producing a hollow stabilizer according to claim 10 , wherein
the steel sheet contains, in terms of % by mass, C: 0.20% or more and 0.40% or less, Si: 0.1% or more and 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.1% or more and 2.0% or less, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.10% or less, Cr: 0.01% or more and 0.50% or less, Ti: 0.01% or more and 0.05% or less, B: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, Ca: 0.0001% or more and 0.0050% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, and a balance of Fe and an inevitable impurity.

12. The production method for an electric resistance welded steel pipe for producing a hollow stabilizer according to claim 11 , wherein
the steel sheet further contains, in terms of % by mass, one or two or more kinds selected from Cu: 0.05% or more and 1.00% or less, Ni: 0.05% or more and 1.00% or less, Nb: 0.001% or more and 0.050% or less, W: 0.001% or more and 0.050% or less, V: 0.05% or more and 0.50% or less, and REM: 0.001% or more and 0.020% or less.

Assignees

• Jfe Steel Corp

Inventors

• Aratani Masatoshi
• Matsui Ryoji
• Nakata Hiroshi
• Kondo Tomonori
• Hori Hiromichi

Classifications

• C21D8/10

  during manufacturing of tubular bodies · CPC title

• B60G2206/81035

  involving heating to relieve internal stresses · CPC title

• B60G2206/427

  Stabiliser bars or tubes · CPC title

• C22C38/54

  with boron · CPC title

• C22C38/002

  containing In, Mg, or other elements not provided for in one single group C22C38/001 - C22C38/60 · CPC title