公开(公告)号：US20230272502A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-31

申请号：US18195578

申请日：2023-05-10

Applicant: ArcelorMittal

Inventor： Jean-Marc PIPARD ,  Sebastien CREMEL ,  Anirban CHAKRABORTY ,  Damon PANAHI ,  Olga GIRINA ,  Hassan GHASSEMI-ARMAKI ,  Pavan CHALLA VENKATA SURYA ,  Yacine BENLATRECHE

IPC: C21D9/50 ,  B23K11/11 ,  B23K11/16 ,  B23K31/12 ,  B23K37/04 ,  C21D1/76 ,  C21D6/00 ,  C21D8/02 ,  C21D9/46 ,  C22C38/02 ,  C22C38/06 ,  C22C38/22 ,  C22C38/38 ,  C23C2/02 ,  C23C2/40 ,  C23F17/00 ,  C25D5/36

CPC classification number: C21D9/50 ,  B23K11/115 ,  B23K11/163 ,  B23K31/125 ,  B23K37/0408 ,  C21D1/76 ,  C21D6/002 ,  C21D6/005 ,  C21D6/008 ,  C21D8/0205 ,  C21D8/0236 ,  C21D8/0247 ,  C21D9/46 ,  C22C38/02 ,  C22C38/06 ,  C22C38/22 ,  C22C38/38 ,  C23C2/02 ,  C23C2/40 ,  C23F17/00 ,  C25D5/36 ,  B23K2103/04

Abstract: A method for producing a zinc or zinc-alloy coated steel sheet with a tensile strength higher than 900 MPa, for the fabrication of resistance spot welds containing in average not more than two Liquid Metal Embrittlement cracks per weld having a depth of 100 μm or more, with steps of providing a cold-rolled steel sheet, heating cold-rolled steel sheet up to a temperature T1 between 550° C. and Ac1+50° C. in a furnace zone with an atmosphere (A1) containing from 2 to 15% hydrogen by volume, so that the iron is not oxidized, then adding in the furnace atmosphere, water steam or oxygen with an injection flow rate Q higher than (0.07%/h×α), α being equal to 1 if said element is water steam or equal to 0.52 if said element is oxygen, at a temperature T≥T1, so to obtain an atmosphere (A2) with a dew point DP2 between −15° C. and the temperature Te of the iron/iron oxide equilibrium dew point, then heating the sheet from temperature T1 up to a temperature T2 between 720° C. and 1000° C. in a furnace zone under an atmosphere (A2) of nitrogen containing from 2 to 15% hydrogen and more than 0.1% CO by volume, with an oxygen partial pressure higher than 10−21 atm., wherein the duration to of heating of the sheet from temperature T1 up to the end of soaking at temperature T2 is between 100 and 500 s, soaking the sheet at T2, then cooling the sheet at a rate between 10 and 400° C./s, then coating the sheet with zinc or zinc-alloy coating.

公开(公告)号：US20240344166A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-17

申请号：US18754268

申请日：2024-06-26

Applicant: ArcelorMittal

Inventor： Jean-Marc PIPARD ,  Sebastien CREMEL ,  Anirban CHAKRABORTY ,  Damon PANAHI ,  Olga GIRINA ,  Hassan GHASSEMI-ARMAKI ,  Pavan CHALLA VENKATA SURYA ,  Yacine BENLATRECHE

IPC: C21D9/50 ,  B23K11/11 ,  B23K11/16 ,  B23K31/12 ,  B23K37/04 ,  B23K101/00 ,  B23K103/04 ,  C21D1/76 ,  C21D6/00 ,  C21D8/02 ,  C21D9/46 ,  C22C38/02 ,  C22C38/06 ,  C22C38/22 ,  C22C38/38 ,  C23C2/02 ,  C23C2/06 ,  C23C2/26 ,  C23C2/40 ,  C23F17/00 ,  C25D3/22 ,  C25D5/36

CPC classification number: C21D9/50 ,  B23K11/115 ,  B23K11/163 ,  B23K31/125 ,  B23K37/0408 ,  C21D1/76 ,  C21D6/002 ,  C21D6/005 ,  C21D6/008 ,  C21D8/0205 ,  C21D8/0236 ,  C21D8/0247 ,  C21D9/46 ,  C22C38/02 ,  C22C38/06 ,  C22C38/22 ,  C22C38/38 ,  C23C2/02 ,  C23C2/0222 ,  C23C2/0224 ,  C23C2/024 ,  C23C2/26 ,  C23C2/40 ,  C23F17/00 ,  C25D5/36 ,  B23K2101/006 ,  B23K2103/04 ,  C21D2211/001 ,  C21D2211/008 ,  C23C2/06 ,  C25D3/22

Abstract: A method for the fabrication of a resistance spot weld containing not more than two Liquid Metal Embrittlement cracks having a depth of 100 μm or more, the method includes the following successive steps of providing at least two first zinc or zinc-alloy coated sheets having a first steel substrate of a first steel, with TS>900 MPa, a thickness of the zinc or zinc-alloy coated sheets being between 0.5 and 2.5 mm; measuring C1av(100), Si1av(100), Mn1av(100), Al1av(100), Cr1av(100), designating respectively the average content of C, Si, Mn, Al, Cr in the zone D100 of the first steel substrate comprised between 0 and 100 micrometers under the zinc or zinc-alloy coating; then calculating a factor CSI1 of the first steel CSI1=C1av(100)+(Si1av(100)/32)+(Mn1av(100)/14)−(Al1av(100)/48)+(Cr1av(100)/11) then; performing resistance spot welding on at least 10 welds with a certain intensity. A second steel sheet can be provided depending on measurements.

公开(公告)号：US20200181729A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16614734

申请日：2018-06-13

Applicant: ArcelorMittal

Inventor： Jean-Marc PIPARD ,  Sebastien CREMEL ,  Anirban CHAKRABORTY ,  Damon PANAHI ,  Olga GIRINA ,  Hassan GHASSEMI-ARMAKI ,  Pavan CHALLA VENKATA SURYA ,  Yacine BENLATRECHE

IPC: C21D9/50 ,  C21D8/02 ,  C21D6/00 ,  C22C38/38 ,  C22C38/22 ,  C22C38/06 ,  C22C38/02 ,  C21D9/46 ,  C21D1/76 ,  C23C2/02 ,  C23C2/40 ,  C25D5/36 ,  C23F17/00 ,  B23K11/11 ,  B23K31/12 ,  B23K11/16 ,  B23K37/04

Abstract: A method for producing a zinc or zinc-alloy coated steel sheet with a tensile strength higher than 900 MPa, for the fabrication of resistance spot welds containing in average not more than two Liquid Metal Embrittlement cracks per weld having a depth of 100 μm or more, with steps of providing a cold-rolled steel sheet, heating cold-rolled steel sheet up to a temperature T1 between 550° C. and Ac1+50° C. in a furnace zone with an atmosphere (A1) containing from 2 to 15% hydrogen by volume, so that the iron is not oxidized, then adding in the furnace atmosphere, water steam or oxygen with an injection flow rate Q higher than (0.07%/h×α), α being equal to 1 if said element is water steam or equal to 0.52 if said element is oxygen, at a temperature T≥T1, so to obtain an atmosphere (A2) with a dew point DP2 between −15° C. and the temperature Te of the iron/iron oxide equilibrium dew point, then heating the sheet from temperature T1 up to a temperature T2 between 720° C. and 1000° C. in a furnace zone under an atmosphere (A2) of nitrogen containing from 2 to 15% hydrogen and more than 0.1% CO by volume, with an oxygen partial pressure higher than 10−21 atm., wherein the duration tD of heating of the sheet from temperature T1 up to the end of soaking at temperature T2 is between 100 and 500s., soaking the sheet at T2, then cooling the sheet at a rate between 10 and 400° C./s, then coating the sheet with zinc or zinc-alloy coating.