Cold-rolled steel plate for hot forming, having excellent corrosion-resistance and spot-weldability, hot-formed member, and method for manufacturing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11788166-B2
Application number	US-202318114387-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2023
Priority date	Sep 26, 2016
Publication date	Oct 17, 2023
Grant date	Oct 17, 2023

Abstract

An aspect of the present invention relates to a cold-rolled steel plate for hot forming, which is excellent in corrosion-resistance and spot-weldability, contains, by weight %, C: 0.1-0.4%, Si: 0.5-2.0%, Mn: 0.01-4.0%, Al: 0.001-0.4%, P: 0.001-0.05%, S: 0.0001-0.02%, Cr: 0.5% to less than 3.0%, N: 0.001-0.02%, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, satisfying formula (1) below, and includes an Si amorphous oxidation layer continuously or discontinuously formed at a thickness of 1 nm-100 nm on the surface thereof. Formula (1): 1.4≤0.4*Cr+Si≤3.2 (wherein element symbols denote measurements of respective element contents by weight %).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hot-formed member, comprising:
a base member comprising C: 0.1 to 0.4%, Si: 0.5 to 2.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 4.0%, Al: 0.001 to 0.4%, P: 0.001 to 0.05%, S: 0.0001 to 0.02%, Cr: 0.5% or higher and less than 3.0%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities by weight %,
wherein the base member satisfies equation (1) below:
1.4≤0.4*Cr+Si≤3.2  equation (1):

where each element symbol is a value of a content of each element measured by weight %; and
wherein an Si-based amorphous oxide layer having a thickness of 2 nm to 2000 nm is continuously or discontinuously formed on a surface of the base member.

2. The hot-formed member of claim 1 ,
wherein an Fe, Mn, and Cr oxide layer is formed to a thickness of 3 μm or less on the Si-based amorphous oxide layer.

3. The hot-formed member of claim 1 ,
wherein the base member further includes one or more elements selected from between a) and b) below by weight %:
a) one or more elements selected from among Ti, Nb, Zr, and V: 0.001 to 0.4%
b) B: 0.0001 to 0.01%.

4. The hot-formed member of claim 1 ,
wherein the base member further includes one or more elements selected from among c) to e) below by weight %:
c) one or more elements selected from between Mo and W: 0.001 to 1.0%
d) a sum of contents of Cu and Ni: 0.005 to 2.0%
e) one or more elements selected from between Sb and Sn: 0.001 to 1.0%.

5. The hot-formed member of claim 1 ,
wherein the base member includes martensite or bainite as a main phase.

6. The hot-formed member of claim 1 ,
wherein the base member has 1000 MPa or higher tensile strength.

7. The hot-formed member of claim 1 ,
wherein the base member has a spot-welding current range of 1.0 kA or higher.

8. A hot-formed member, comprising:
a base member comprising Si: 0.5 to 2.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 4.0%, Cr: 0.5% or higher and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities by weight %,
wherein the base member satisfies equation (1) below:
1.4≤0.4*Cr+Si≤3.2  equation (1):

where each element symbol is a value of a content of each element measured by weight %;
wherein an Si-based amorphous oxide layer having a thickness of 2 nm to 2000 nm is continuously or discontinuously formed on a surface of the base member, wherein the Si-based amorphous oxide layer comprises at least one of Fe, Mn, and Cr.

9. The hot-formed member of claim 8 ,
wherein an Fe, Mn, and Cr oxide layer is formed to a thickness of 3 μm or less on the Si-based amorphous oxide layer.

10. The hot-formed member of claim 8 ,
wherein the Fe, Mn, and Cr oxide layer comprises Si.

11. The hot-formed member of claim 10 ,
wherein an amount of Fe, Mn, and Cr in the Fe, Mn, and Cr oxide layer is greater than an amount of Si in the Fe, Mn, and Cr oxide layer.

12. The hot-formed member of claim 10 ,
wherein an amount of Si in the Si-based amorphous oxide layer is greater than an amount of Fe, Mn, and Cr in wherein the Si-based amorphous oxide layer.

13. The hot-formed member of claim 8 ,
wherein the base member comprising C: 0.1 to 0.4%, Si: 0.5 to 2.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 4.0%, Al: 0.001 to 0.4%, P: 0.001 to 0.05%, S: 0.0001 to 0.02%, Cr: 0.5% or higher and less than 3.0%, and N: 0.001 to 0.02%, by weight %.

14. The hot-formed member of claim 8 ,
wherein the base member further includes one or more elements selected from between a) and b) below by weight %:
a) one or more elements selected from among Ti, Nb, Zr, and V: 0.001 to 0.4%
b) B: 0.0001 to 0.01%.

15. The hot-formed member of claim 8 ,
wherein the base member further includes one or more elements selected from among c) to e) below by weight %:
c) one or more elements selected from between Mo and W: 0.001 to 1.0%
d) a sum of contents of Cu and Ni: 0.005 to 2.0%
e) one or more elements selected from between Sb and Sn: 0.001 to 1.0%.

16. The hot-formed member of claim 8 ,
wherein the base member includes martensite or bainite as a main phase.

17. The hot-formed member of claim 8 ,
wherein the base member has 1000 MPa or higher tensile strength.

18. The hot-formed member of claim 8 ,
wherein the base member has a spot-welding current range of 1.0 kA or higher.

Assignees

• Posco Co Ltd

Inventors

• Oh Jin-Keun
• Cho Yeol-Rae
• Cho A-Ra
• Cha Jin-Ho
• Heo Si-Myoung
• Seo Jeong-Won
• Kim Seong-Woo

Classifications

• C21D8/02

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

• C21D9/46 Primary

  for sheet metals · CPC title

• B21B3/02

  Rolling special iron alloys {, e.g. stainless steel} · CPC title

• B21D22/022

  by heating the blank or stamping associated with heat treatment (C21D takes precedence) · CPC title

• C21D6/004

  containing Cr and Ni · CPC title