METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HIGH STRENGTH COATED STEEL SHEET HAVING IMPROVED DUCTILITY AND FORMABILITY, AND OBTAINED COATED STEEL SHEET

    公开(公告)号:US20200270713A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US16063740

    申请日:2016-12-21

    Applicant: ArcelorMittal

    Abstract: A method for producing a coated steel sheet having a tensile strength TS of at least 1100 MPa, a total elongation TE according to ISO standard 6892-1 of at least 12%, the product TSxTE of the tensile strength by the total elongation being at least 14200 MPa %, and a hole expansion ratio HER according to ISO standard 16630:2009 of at least 25%, the method including the following successive steps: providing a cold-rolled steel sheet, the chemical composition of the steel containing in weight %: 0.15%≤C≤0.23%, 2.0%≤Mn≤2.7%, with C+Mn/10≥0.420%, 0≤Cr≤0.40%, with Mn+Cr≥2.25%, 0.2%≤Si≤1.6%, 0.02%≤Al≤1.2%, with 1.0%≤Si+Al≤2.2%, 0≤Nb≤0.035%, 0≤Mo≤0.1%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, annealing the steel sheet at an annealing temperature TA so as to obtain a structure comprising at least 65% of austenite and at most 35% of intercritical ferrite, quenching the sheet from a temperature of at least 600° C. at a cooling rate comprised between 20° C./s and 50° C./s down to a quenching temperature QT between 200° C. and 270° C., heating the sheet up to a partitioning temperature PT comprised between 400° C. and 480° C. and maintaining the sheet at this partitioning temperature PT for a partitioning time Pt comprised between 50 s and 250 s, hot-dip coating the sheet at a temperature less than 515° C., cooling the coated sheet down to the room temperature, the steel sheet having a microstructure consisting of, in surface fraction: between 3% and 15% of retained austenite, at least 30% of tempered martensite, at most 5% of fresh martensite, at most 35% of bainite, the sum of the surface fractions of tempered martensite, fresh martensite and bainite being comprised between 55% and 92%, and between 5% and 35% of ferrite.

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HIGH STRENGTH COATED STEEL SHEET HAVING IMPROVED DUCTILITY AND FORMABILITY, AND OBTAINED COATED STEEL SHEET

    公开(公告)号:US20230193412A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-22

    申请号:US18108533

    申请日:2023-02-10

    Applicant: ArcelorMittal

    Abstract: A method for producing a coated steel sheet having a tensile strength TS of at least 1100 MPa, a total elongation TE according to ISO standard 6892-1 of at least 12%, the product TS×TE of the tensile strength by the total elongation being at least 14200 MPa %, and a hole expansion ratio HER according to ISO standard 16630:2009 of at least 25%, the method including the following successive steps:



    providing a cold-rolled steel sheet, the chemical composition of the steel containing in weight %: 0.15%≤C≤0.23%, 2.0%≤Mn≤2.7%, with C+Mn/10≥0.420%, 0≤Cr≤0.40%, with Mn+Cr≥2.25%, 0.2%≤Si≤1.6%, 0.02%≤Al≤1.2%, with 1.0%≤Si+Al≤2.2%, 0≤Nb≤0.035%≤Mo≤0.1%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities,
    annealing the steel sheet at an annealing temperature TA so as to obtain a structure comprising at least 65% of austenite and at most 35% of intercritical ferrite,
    quenching the sheet from a temperature of at least 600° C. at a cooling rate comprised between 20° C./s and 50° C./s down to a quenching temperature QT between 200° C. and 270° C.,
    heating the sheet up to a partitioning temperature PT comprised between 400° C. and 480° C. and maintaining the sheet at this partitioning temperature PT for a partitioning time Pt comprised between 50 s and 250 s,
    hot-dip coating the sheet at a temperature less than 515° C.,
    cooling the coated sheet down to the room temperature,

    the steel sheet having a microstructure consisting of, in surface fraction: between 3% and 15% of retained austenite, at least 30% of tempered martensite, at most 5% of fresh martensite, at most 35% of bainite, the sum of the surface fractions of tempered martensite, fresh martensite and bainite being comprised between 55% and 92%, and between 5% and 35% of ferrite.

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET HAVING IMPROVED DUCTILITY AND FORMABILITY, AND OBTAINED STEEL SHEET

    公开(公告)号:US20180371566A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-27

    申请号:US16061776

    申请日:2016-12-21

    Applicant: ArcelorMittal

    Abstract: A method for producing a steel sheet, the method containing the following successive steps:providing a cold-rolled steel sheet, the chemical composition of the steel containing in weight %: 0.15%≤C≤0.23%, 2.0%≤Mn≤2.8%, 1.0%≤Si≤2.1%, 0.02%≤Al≤1.0%, with 1.7%≤Si+Al≤2.1%, 0≤Nb≤0.035%, 0≤Mo≤0.3%, 0≤Cr≤0.4%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities,annealing the steel sheet at an annealing temperature TA so as to obtain a structure comprising at least 65% of austenite and up to 35% of intercritical ferrite,quenching the sheet at a cooling rate of at least 20° C./s from a temperature of at least 600° C. down to a quenching temperature QT comprised between Ms-170° C. and Ms-80° C.,heating the sheet up to a partitioning temperature PT between 350° C. and 450° C. and maintaining the sheet at this temperature for a partitioning time Pt comprised between 80 s and 440 s,immediately cooling the sheet down to the room temperature, the steel sheet having a final microstructure consisting of, in surface fraction: between 40% and 70% of tempered martensite, between 7% and 15% of retained austenite, between 15% and 35% of ferrite, at most 5% of fresh martensite, at most 15% of bainite.

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