Alloy steel manufacturing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11549162-B2
Application number	US-201917261077-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2019
Priority date	Jul 23, 2018
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

Provided is an alloy steel manufacturing method, the method including: preparing a manganese-containing first molten ferroalloy; preparing a chromium-containing second molten alloy; preparing molten steel; mixing the first molten ferroalloy and the second molten ferroalloy to manufacture third molten ferroalloy; and mix pouring the third molten ferroalloy and the molten steel to manufacture an alloy steel, wherein the phosphorous concentration in the molten steel may efficiently be controlled by reducing the converter end point temperature of the molten steel to improve a phosphorous control capacity during converter refining.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An alloy steel manufacturing method comprising:
preparing a first molten ferroalloy containing manganese by melting, in a first melting furnace, a manganese-containing raw material;
charging the first molten ferroalloy into a first temperature holding furnace;
holding the first molten ferroalloy at a temperature no less than a melting point;
preparing a second molten ferroalloy containing chromium;
preparing a molten steel;
mixing the first molten ferroalloy and the second molten ferroalloy to manufacture a third molten ferroalloy; and
mixing the third molten ferroalloy and the molten steel in a molten state to manufacture an alloy steel,
wherein, before the mixing of the first molten ferroalloy and the second molten ferroalloy, the first molten ferroalloy held in the first temperature holding furnace is refined, and at least any one among solid state manganese metal and molten manganese is added to the first molten ferroalloy held in the first temperature holding furnace, the solid state manganese and the molten manganese having a phosphorous (P) content smaller than that of the first molten ferroalloy to reduce a phosphorous (P) concentration in the first molten ferroalloy and increase a manganese concentration in the first molten ferroalloy.

2. The alloy steel manufacturing method of claim 1 , further comprising: heating the first molten ferroalloy held in the first temperature holding furnace before the mixing of the first molten ferroalloy and the second molten ferroalloy.

3. The alloy steel manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein the preparing of the second molten ferroalloy comprises:
melting, in a second melting furnace, a chromium-containing raw material to manufacture the second molten ferroalloy;
charging the second molten ferroalloy into a second temperature holding furnace; and
holding the second molten ferroalloy at a temperature no less than a melting point.

4. The alloy steel manufacturing method of claim 3 , before the mixing of the first molten ferroalloy and the second molten ferroalloy, further comprising: refining the second molten ferroalloy held in the second temperature hold furnace.

5. The alloy steel manufacturing method of claim 3 , wherein the manufacturing of the third molten ferroalloy comprises:
discharging the second molten ferroalloy held in the second temperature holding furnace to a mixing container; and
discharging the first molten ferroalloy held in the first temperature holding furnace to the mixing container in which the discharged second molten ferroalloy is held.

6. The alloy steel manufacturing method of claim 5 , further comprising:
measuring manganese content and chromium content in the third molten ferroalloy; and
further discharging, to the mixing container, at least any one among the first molten ferroalloy and the second molten ferroalloy according to a measured result.

7. The alloy steel manufacturing method of claim 1 , before the mixing of the first molten ferroalloy and the second molten ferroalloy, further comprising: adding at least any one among solid state chromium metal and molten chromium to the second molten ferroalloy held in the second temperature holding furnace, the solid state chromium and the molten chromium having a phosphorous (P) content smaller than that of the second molten ferroalloy to reduce a phosphorous (P) concentration in the second molten ferroalloy and increase a chromium concentration in the second molten ferroalloy.

8. The alloy steel manufacturing method of claim 7 , wherein the phosphorous concentration of the first molten ferroalloy and the phosphorous concentration of the second molten ferroalloy are controlled to be 350 ppm or less, respectively, so that a phosphorous concentration of the alloy steel is 140 ppm or less.

9. The alloy steel manufacturing method of claim 1 , before the mixing of the first molten ferroalloy and the second molten ferroalloy, further comprising: heating the second molten ferroalloy held in the second temperature holding furnace.

10. The alloy steel manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a manganese component to a chromium component in the third molten ferroalloy is 6:1 to 14:1.

11. The alloy steel manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein a manganese content of the third ferroalloy is 24 wt % or more with respect to a total weight of the alloy steel, and a chromium content of the third ferroalloy is 3 wt % or more with respect to the total weight of the alloy steel.

12. The alloy steel manufacturing method of claim 1 , wherein a temperature of the molten steel is 1,600-1,700° C.

Assignees

• Posco
• Posco Co Ltd

Inventors

• Han Woong Hee
• Yun Yeo Sun
• Kang Soo Chang
• Son Jung Hwan

Classifications

• C22C38/18

  containing chromium · CPC title

• C22C35/005

  based on iron, e.g. ferro-alloys · CPC title

• Y02P10/20

  Recycling · CPC title

• C22C38/00 Primary

  Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys (cast-iron alloys C22C37/00) · CPC title

• C22C1/03

  using master alloys · CPC title