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"Hot Dip Galvanized Composite High Strength Steel Sheet Excellent In Shapeability And Hole Enlargement Ability And Method Of Production Of Same"

Abstract: The present invention provides a hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet excellent in shapeability and hole enlargement ability and a method of production of the same, that is, a hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet excellent in shapeability and hole enlargement ability containing C: 0.01 to 0.3%, Si: 0.005 to 0.6%, Mn: 0.1 to 3.3%, P: 0.001 to 0.06%, S: 0.001 to 0.01%, Al: 0.01 to 1.8%, and N: 0.0005 to 0.01% and having a metal structure of ferrite and, by area rate, 5% to 60% of tempered martensite and a method of production of the same comprising hot rolling, then cold rolling a slab including the above ingredients, heating the sheet in the hot dip galvanization heating process to Ac1 to Ac3+100°C, holding it there for 30 seconds to 30 minutes, then cooling it by a l°C/s or higher cooling rate to 450 to 600°C, hot dip galvanizing it at that temperature, then cooling it at a l°C/s or higher cooling rate to the martensite transformation point or lower in temperature, holding it there at 200°C to 500°C for 1 second to 5 minutes, then cooling it at a 5°C/s or higher cooling rate to 100°C or less.

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Patent Information

Application #
Filing Date
04 September 2006
Publication Number
28/2007
Publication Type
INA
Invention Field
CHEMICAL
Status
Email
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Patent Number
Legal Status
Grant Date
2010-09-09
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Applicants

NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
6-3, OTEMACHI 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 100-8071, JAPAN.

Inventors

1. HIROKAZU TANIGUCHI
C/O NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION NAGOYA WORKS, 5-3, TOKAIMACHI, TOKAI-SHI, AICHI 476-8686, JAPAN
2. TOSHIKI NONAKA
C/O NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION NAGOYA WORKS, 5-3, TOKAIMACHI, TOKAI-SHI, AICHI 476-8686, JAPAN
3. KENICHIRO MATSUMURA
C/O NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION NAGOYA WORKS, 5-3, TOKAIMACHI, TOKAI-SHI, AICHI 476-8686, JAPAN
4. YUKI YASUDA
C/O NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION NAGOYA WORKS, 5-3, TOKAIMACHI, TOKAI-SHI, AICHI 476-8686, JAPAN

Specification

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet excellent in shapeability and hole enlargement ability and a method of production of the same. BACKGROUND ART In recent years, improved fuel economy of automobiles and reduced weight of chasses have been increasingly demanded. To reduce the weight, the need for high strength steel sheet has been rising. However, along with the rise in strength, this high strength steel sheet has become difficult to shape. In particular, steel materials have fallen in elongation. As opposed to this, recently, TRIP steel (high residual austenite steel) high in both strength and elongation has come to be used for the frame members of automobiles. However, conventional TRIP steel contains over 1% of Si, so there were the problems that the plating is difficult to uniformly stick and therefore the member to which it can be applied are limited. Further, to maintain a high strength in residual austenite steel, a large amount of C has to be added. There were therefore problems in welding such as nugget cracking. For this reason, hot dip galvanized high strength steel sheet reduced in the amount of Si has been proposed in Japan Patent No. 2962038 and Japanese Patent Publication (A) No. 2000-345288. However, with this art, while an improvement in the platability and ductility can be expected, no improvement in the above-mentioned weldability can be expected. Further, with TS>980 MPa TRIP steel, the yield stress becomes extremely high, so there was the problem of deterioration of the shape freezability at the time of pressing etc. Therefore, to solve the above problems in DP steel (composite structure steel), the inventors previously proposed, in Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-239040, art to set the Si, Al, and TS balance in a specific range and enable the industrial production of hot dip galvanized high strength steel sheet enabling an elongation higher than ever before in low yield stress DP steel to be secured. Further, recently, there are also quite a few members which are worked by burring to enlarge the worked hole part and form a flange. Steel sheet also having a hole enlargement ability as an important characteristic is therefore starting to be demanded. In respect to this demand, in the ferrite+martensite DP steel proposed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 2, since the difference in strength between the martensite and ferrite is large, there is the problem that the hole enlargement ability is inferior. DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has as its object to resolve the above-mentioned conventional problems and realize a hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet excellent in shapeability and hole enlargement ability and a method of production of the same on an industrial scale. The inventors engaged in intensive studies on hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet excellent in shapeability, plating adhesion, and hole enlargement ability and a method of production of the same and as a result discovered that by optimizing the steel ingredients, that is, reducing the amount of Si and using Al as an alternative element, it is possible to improve the adhesion of hot dip galvanization, that by specifying the relationship between Si and Al and limiting the amounts of addition of C and Mn, it is possible to give superior features of both strength and elongation, and that by applying the necessary heat treatment after the hot dip galvanization step, a material stable in hole enlargement ability and embrittlement can be obtained. The inventors discovered that in steel sheet designed based on this technical idea, by making low yield stress DP steel a metal structure mainly comprised of ferrite in accordance with the conventional residual austenite steel and tempered martensite with an area rate of 5% to 60%, it is possible to secure an elongation greater than before and obtain a DP structure excellent in hole enlargement ability and optimal for hot dip galvanization. Further, in the present invention, to prevent delayed fracture and secondary embrittlement or other problems from occurring, the unavoidably included 5% or less residual austenite may be allowed. The present invention is based on the above technical idea and has as its gist the following: (1) A hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet excellent in shapeability and hole enlargement ability characterized by containing, by mass%, C: 0.01 to 0.3%, Si: 0.005 to 0.6%, Mn: 0.1 to 3.3%, P: 0.001 to 0.06%, 3:0.001 to 0.01%, Al: 0.25 to 1.8%, and N: 0.0005 to 0.01% and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the metal structure is comprised of ferrite and, by area ratio, 5% to 60% of tempered martensite. (2) A hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet excellent in shapeability and hole enlargement ability as set forth in (1), characterized in that said hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet further contains, by mass%, one or more of Mo: 0.05 to 0.5%, V: 0.01 to 0.1%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.2%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.05%, Cu: 1.0% or less, Ni: 1.0% or less, Cr: 1.0% or less, Ca: 0.0003 to 0.005%, REM: 0.0003 to 0.005%, and B: 0.0003 to 0.002%. (3) A hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet excellent in shapeability and hole enlargement, ability as set forth in (1) or (2), characterized in that said hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet the mass% of Si and Al and the target tensile strength (TS) satisfy the following equation I: (0.0012x[TS target value]-0.29-[Si])/1.45540 MPa, TSxEl>18,000 Hole enlargement rate: TSO80 MPa... 50% or more considered passing TS>980 MPa... 40% or more considered passing Table I/Ingredients (Table Removed) As will be understood from Example 1, the invention examples described in Table 3 are increased in amount of tempered martensite over the comparative examples of the same experiment numbers described in Table 2 and therefore are improved in hole enlargement.ability. Further, when equation 1 is not satisfied, while the passing condition is satisfied, compared with steel types with the same degree of TS, the elongation is poor and, as a result, the TSxEl tends to fall. Example 2 Steel slabs obtained by melting and casting the steels of L, AA, and AJ of the range of ingredients of the present invention described in Table 1 were reheated to 1200°C, then hot rolled at a temperature of 880°C for final rolling to obtain hot rolled steel sheets. The steel sheets were cooled and held at a temperature of 600°C for 1 hour to reproduce coiling heat treatment. The obtained hot rolled steel sheets were descaled by grinding and cold rolled by a reduction rate of 70%, then preplated and pickled under the conditions of the following experiments 1) to 5): Experiment 1 (invention example): pickling by 5% hydrochloric acid, Ni pre-plating to 0.5 g/m2 Experiment 2 (invention example): no pickling, Ni pre-plating to 0.5 g/m2 Experiment 3 (comparative example): pickling by 5% hydrochloric acid, Ni pre-plating to 0.005 g/m2 Experiment 4 (comparative example): pickling by 5% hydrochloric acid, no Ni pre-plating Experiment 5 (invention example): no pickling, no Ni pre-plating After this, a continuous annealing simulator was used for annealing at 800°C in temperature for 100 seconds, then the sheets were cooled at a 5°C/s cooling rate to 650°C, then were hot dip galvanized at 460°C and alloyed at 520°C in temperature, then were cooled at a 10°C/s cooling rate to the martensite transformation point or less, then were heated at 300°C in temperature for 60 seconds, then were cooled at a 20°C/s cooling rate to ordinary temperature. After this, the sheets were rolled by skin pass rolling by a reduction rate of 1%. The results are shown in Table 4. Table 4/Differences in Pickling and Preplating Conditions (Table Removed) As will be understood from Example 2, from the differences in pickling and preplating conditions, it is learned from experiment 1) and experiment 2) that preplating results in a great improvement in the plating adhesion and plating appearance and further that pickling before preplating is preferable. Further, it is learned from experiment 3) that there is no effect if the amount of preplating is small and, further, from experiment 4), that with just pickling, the results conversely are worse. In the case of only pickling, it is believed that the plating adhesion and the plating appearance conversely deteriorate since the surface is heated in the continuous hot dip galvanization step while overly activated, so Si, Mn, and other oxides of the steel sheet again are formed on the surface of the steel sheet and degrade the plateability. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, it becomes possible to provide a hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet excellent in shapeability and hole enlargement ability for use for automobile parts etc. We claim, 1. A hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet excellent in shapeability and hole enlargement ability characterized by containing, by mass%, C: 0.01 to 0.3%, Si: 0.005 to 0.6%, Mn: 0.1 to 3.3%, P: 0.001 to 0.06%, S:0.001 to 0.01%, Al: 0.25 to 1.8%, and N: 0.0005 to 0.01% optionally one or more of Mo: 0.05 to 0.5%, V: 0.01 to 0.1%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.2%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.05%, Cu: 1.0% or less, Ni: 1.0% or less, Cr: 1.0% or less, Ca: 0.0003 to 0.005%, REM: 0.0003 to 0.005%, and B:0.0003 to 0.002%.and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the metal structure is comprised of ferrite and, by area ratio, 5% to 60%) of Tempered martensite, wherein the mass% of Si and Al and the target tensile strength (TS) satisfy the following equation 1: (Equation Removed) [TS target value]: Design value of tensile strength of steel sheet (MPa), [Si]: Si mass%, Al: Al mass%. 2. A method of production of a hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet excellent in shapeability and hole enlargement ability characterized by hot rolling, then cold rolling a slab containing, by mass%, C: 0.01 to 0.3%, Si: 0.005 to 0.6%, Mn: 0.1 to3.3%, P: 0.001 to 0.06%, S:0.001 to 0.01%, Al: 0.25 tol.8%, and N: 0.0005 to 0.01% %,optionally one or more of Mo: 0.05 to 0.5%, V: 0.01 to 0.1%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.2%. Nb: 0.005 to 0.05%, Cu: 1.0% or less, Ni: 1.0% or less, Cr: 1.0% or less, Ca: 0.0003 to 0.005%, REM: 0.0003 to 0.005%, and B: 0.0003 to 0.002%. and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, heating the sheet in a hot dip galvanization heating step to Ac1 to Ac3+100°C in temperature, holding it there for 30 seconds to 30 minutes, then cooling it by a l°C/s or higher cooling rate to 450 to 600°C in temperature, then hot dip galvanizing it at that temperature, then cooling it by a 1 °C/s or higher cooling rate to the martensite transformation point or less in temperature, then holding it at 200°C to 500°C in temperature for 1 second to 5 minutes, then cooling it by a 5°C/s or higher cooling rate to 100°C or less so as to obtain a metal structure comprised of ferrite and of tempered martensite of an area rate of 5% to 60%, wherein said hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet the mass% of Si and Al and a target tensile strength (TS) satisfy the following equation 1: (Equation Removed) [TS target value]: Design value of tensile strength of steel sheet (MPa), [Si]: Si mass%, Al: Al mass% 3. A method of production of a hot dip galvanized composite high strength steel sheet excellent in shapeability and hole enlargement ability as claimed in claim 2, wherein performing alloying after said hot dip galvanization.

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3 5082-delnp-2006-Form-1-(16-03-2010).pdf 2010-03-16
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4 5082-delnp-2006-Description (Complete)-(16-03-2010).pdf 2010-03-16
5 5082-DELNP-2006-PROOF OF ALTERATION [12-09-2019(online)].pdf 2019-09-12
5 5082-delnp-2006-Correspondence-Others-(16-03-2010).pdf 2010-03-16
6 5082-DELNP-2006-RELEVANT DOCUMENTS [22-02-2019(online)].pdf 2019-02-22
6 5082-delnp-2006-Claims-(16-03-2010).pdf 2010-03-16
7 5082-DELNP-2006-RELEVANT DOCUMENTS [17-02-2018(online)].pdf 2018-02-17
7 5082-delnp-2006-Abstract-(16-03-2010).pdf 2010-03-16
8 Form 27 [28-03-2017(online)].pdf 2017-03-28
8 5082-DELNP-2006-Correspondence-Others-(04-06-2010).pdf 2010-06-04
9 5082-DELNP-2006-Claims-(04-06-2010).pdf 2010-06-04
9 5082-DELNP-2006_EXAMREPORT.pdf 2016-06-30
10 5082-DELNP-2006-Form-3-(07-06-2010).pdf 2010-06-07
10 IN242772.pdf 2014-05-06
11 5082-delnp-2006-Correspondence Others-(25-02-2013).pdf 2013-02-25
11 5082-DELNP-2006-Correspondence-Others-(07-06-2010).pdf 2010-06-07
12 5082-delnp-2006-Form-27-(25-02-2013).pdf 2013-02-25
12 5082-delnp-2006-pct-308.pdf 2011-08-21
13 5082-delnp-2006-abstract.pdf 2011-08-21
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14 5082-delnp-2006-claims.pdf 2011-08-21
14 5082-delnp-2006-pct-210.pdf 2011-08-21
15 5082-delnp-2006-correspondence-others-1.pdf 2011-08-21
15 5082-delnp-2006-form-5.pdf 2011-08-21
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17 5082-delnp-2006-form-26.pdf 2011-08-21
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20 5082-delnp-2006-form-18.pdf 2011-08-21
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22 5082-delnp-2006-description (complete).pdf 2011-08-21
22 5082-delnp-2006-form-26.pdf 2011-08-21
23 5082-delnp-2006-correspondence-others.pdf 2011-08-21
23 5082-delnp-2006-form-3.pdf 2011-08-21
24 5082-delnp-2006-form-5.pdf 2011-08-21
24 5082-delnp-2006-correspondence-others-1.pdf 2011-08-21
25 5082-delnp-2006-claims.pdf 2011-08-21
25 5082-delnp-2006-pct-210.pdf 2011-08-21
26 5082-delnp-2006-abstract.pdf 2011-08-21
26 5082-delnp-2006-pct-304.pdf 2011-08-21
27 5082-delnp-2006-Form-27-(25-02-2013).pdf 2013-02-25
27 5082-delnp-2006-pct-308.pdf 2011-08-21
28 5082-delnp-2006-Correspondence Others-(25-02-2013).pdf 2013-02-25
28 5082-DELNP-2006-Correspondence-Others-(07-06-2010).pdf 2010-06-07
29 5082-DELNP-2006-Form-3-(07-06-2010).pdf 2010-06-07
29 IN242772.pdf 2014-05-06
30 5082-DELNP-2006-Claims-(04-06-2010).pdf 2010-06-04
30 5082-DELNP-2006_EXAMREPORT.pdf 2016-06-30
31 5082-DELNP-2006-Correspondence-Others-(04-06-2010).pdf 2010-06-04
31 Form 27 [28-03-2017(online)].pdf 2017-03-28
32 5082-delnp-2006-Abstract-(16-03-2010).pdf 2010-03-16
32 5082-DELNP-2006-RELEVANT DOCUMENTS [17-02-2018(online)].pdf 2018-02-17
33 5082-delnp-2006-Claims-(16-03-2010).pdf 2010-03-16
33 5082-DELNP-2006-RELEVANT DOCUMENTS [22-02-2019(online)].pdf 2019-02-22
34 5082-delnp-2006-Correspondence-Others-(16-03-2010).pdf 2010-03-16
34 5082-DELNP-2006-PROOF OF ALTERATION [12-09-2019(online)].pdf 2019-09-12
35 5082-delnp-2006-Description (Complete)-(16-03-2010).pdf 2010-03-16
35 5082-DELNP-2006-RELEVANT DOCUMENTS [03-03-2020(online)].pdf 2020-03-03
36 5082-delnp-2006-Form-1-(16-03-2010).pdf 2010-03-16
36 5082-DELNP-2006-RELEVANT DOCUMENTS [26-07-2021(online)].pdf 2021-07-26
37 5082-DELNP-2006-RELEVANT DOCUMENTS [23-09-2022(online)].pdf 2022-09-23
37 5082-delnp-2006-Form-2-(16-03-2010).pdf 2010-03-16
38 5082-DELNP-2006-RELEVANT DOCUMENTS [30-08-2023(online)].pdf 2023-08-30
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