EP0627494A1 - Alliage pour masque d'ombre et sa méthode de fabrication - Google Patents

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EP0627494A1
EP0627494A1 EP93120232A EP93120232A EP0627494A1 EP 0627494 A1 EP0627494 A1 EP 0627494A1 EP 93120232 A EP93120232 A EP 93120232A EP 93120232 A EP93120232 A EP 93120232A EP 0627494 A1 EP0627494 A1 EP 0627494A1
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  • the present invention relates to an alloy sheet for making a shadow mask having high press-formability and method for manufacturing thereof.
  • Recent up-grading trend of color television toward high definition TV has employed Fe-Ni alloy containing 34 to 38wt.% Ni as the alloy for making a shadow mask to suppress color-phase shift.
  • Fe-Ni alloy containing 34 to 38wt.% Ni as the alloy for making a shadow mask to suppress color-phase shift.
  • conventional Fe-Ni alloy has considerably lower thermal expansion coefficient. Accordingly, a shadow mask made of conventional Fe-Ni alloy raises no problem of color-phase shift coming from the thermal expansion of shadow mask even when an electron beam heats the shadow mask.
  • An alloy ingot is prepared by continuous casting process or ingot-making process.
  • the alloy ingot is subjected to slabbing, hot-rolling, cold-rolling, and annealing to form a alloy sheet.
  • the alloy sheet for the shadow mask is then processed usually in the following steps to form shadow mask.
  • the alloy sheet is photo-etched to form passage-holes for the electron beam on the alloy sheet for shadow mask.
  • the thin alloy sheet for shadow mask perforated by etching is hereinafter referred to as "flat mask”.
  • the flat mask is subjected to annealing.
  • the annealed flat mask is pressed into a curved shape of cathode ray tube.
  • the press-formed flat mask is assembled to a shadow mask which is then subjected to blackening treatment.
  • the shadow mask which is prepared by cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, or by further slight finishing rolling after recrystallization annealing, has higher strength than conventional low carbon steel. Accordingly, such a conventional Fe-Ni alloy is subjected to softening-annealing (annealing before press-forming) at a temperature of 800°C or more before press-forming to make grains coarse. After the softening-annealing, an warm-press is applied to carry spheroidal forming. The temperature of 800°C or more is, however, in a high temperature region.
  • JP-A-H3-267320 the term JP-A- referred to herein signifies unexamined Japanese patent publication.
  • the prior art employs cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, finish cold-rolling and softening annealing.
  • the finish cold-rolling is conducted at a reduction ratio of 5 to 20%.
  • the temperature of the softening annealing is below 800°C, more specifically at 730°C for 60 min.
  • the prior art produces a sheet having sufficiently low strength to give good press-forming performance with the 0.2% proof stress of 9.5 kgf/mm2 (10 kgf/mm2 or less) at 200°C.
  • Shadow masks prepared by the prior art were found to gall the die and to generate cracks at the edge of shadow masks.
  • cathode ray tube manufacturers try to carry the softening annealing at a lower temperature and in a shorter time than conventional level described above aiming to improve work efficiency and economy.
  • the target annealing time is 40min. or less, and in some cases, as short as 2 min.
  • the galling of dies during press-forming becomes severe and the crack on shadow mask increases to raise serious quality problem.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an alloy sheet for making a shadow mask having high press-formability and method for manufacturing thereof.
  • the present invention provides an alloy sheet for making a shadow mask consisting essentially of 34 to 38 wt.% Ni, 0.07 wt.% or less Si, 0.002 wt.% or less B, 0.002 wt.% or less O, less than 0.002 wt.% N and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; said alloy sheet after annealing before press-forming having 0.2 % proof stress of 28 kgf/mm2 or less; and a gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane on a surface of said alloy sheet being 16 % or less.
  • Said alloy steel sheet may further include 1 wt.% or less Co.
  • the present invention also provides an alloy sheet for making a shadow mask consisting essentially of 28 to 38 wt.% Ni, 0.07 wt.% or less Si, 0.002 wt.% or less B, 0.002 wt.% or less O, less than 0.002 wt.% N, over 1 to 7 wt.% Co, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; said alloy sheet after annealing before press-forming having 0.2 % proof stress of 28 kgf/mm2 or less; and a gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane on a surface of said alloy sheet being 16 % or less.
  • the present invention also provides an alloy sheet for making a shadow mask consisting essentially of 34 to 38 wt.% Ni, 0.1 wt.% or less Si, 0.003 wt.% or less B, 0.003 wt.% or less O, less than 0.002 wt.% N, 0.05 to 3 wt.% Cr and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; said alloy sheet after annealing before press-forming having 0.2 % proof stress of 27.5 kgf/mm2 or less; and a gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane on a surface of said alloy sheet being 16 % or less.
  • Said alloy steel sheet may further include 1 wt.% or less Co.
  • the present invention also provides an alloy sheet for making a shadow mask consisting essentially of 28 to 38 wt.% Ni, 0.1 wt.% or less Si, 0.003 wt.% or less B, 0.003 wt.% or less O,less than 0.002 wt.% N, 0.05 to 3 wt.% Cr, over 1 to 7 wt.% Co, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; said alloy sheet after annealing before press-forming having 0.2 % proof stress of 27.5 kgf/mm2 or less; and a gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane on a surface of said alloy sheet being 16 % or less.
  • the present invention also provides a method for manufacturing an alloy sheet for shadow mask comprising the steps of:
  • Said hot-rolled sheet can be a hot-rolled sheet containing Ni and Co.
  • the present invention further provides a method for manufacturing an alloy sheet for shadow mask comprising the steps of:
  • Said hot-rolled sheet can be a hot-rolled sheet containing Fe, Ni, Co and Cr.
  • the term favorable press-formability of the present invention means to have an excellent shape freezing performance, to have a good fitness to dies (free of galling of dies), and to generate no crack on material during press-forming.
  • the present invention requests a specific range of yield strength in order to improve the shape fix ability during hot press-forming and to suppress the crack generation on alloy sheet.
  • the yield strength is represented by 0.2% proof stress of 28.0 kgf/mm2 at the room temperature after softening annealing before press-forming (hereinafter referred to as "annealing before press-forming"). 0.2% proof stress of 28.0 kgf/mm2 or less further improves the shape fix ability.
  • the gist of the present invention is as follows.
  • the Fe-Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask is necessary to have the upper limit of average thermal expansion coefficient at approximately 2.0 x 10 ⁇ 6 / °C in the temperature range of 30 to 100°C.
  • the average thermal expansion coefficient depends on the content of Ni in the alloy sheet.
  • the Ni content which satisfies the above limitation of average thermal expansion coefficient is in a range of 34 to 38wt.%. Consequently, the preferred Ni content is in a range of 34 to 38wt.%. More preferably, the Ni content to further decrease average thermal expansion coefficient is in a range of 35 to 37wt.%, and most preferably in a range of 35.5 to 36.5 wt.%.
  • Fe-Ni alloy includes Co as inevitable impurities.
  • Co of 1 wt.% or less does not affect the characteristics. Ni content which satisfies the above described range is also employed. On the contrary, when over 1 wt.% to 7 wt.% Co is included, the Ni content which satisfies the above limitation of average thermal expansion coefficient is in a range of 28 to 38 wt.%. Consequently, the Ni content is specified as 28 to 38 wt.% when over 1 wt.% to 7 wt.% Co is included. Co and Ni content to further improve the characteristics is in a range of 3 to 6 and 30 to 33 wt.%, respectively. As Co of over 7 wt.% increases the thermal expansion coefficient, the upper limit of Co content is defined as 7 wt.%.
  • Oxygen is one of the inevitable impurities.
  • the non-metallic oxide inclusion increases in the alloy.
  • the non-metallic inclusion suppresses the growth of crystal grains during the annealing before press-forming, particularly under the condition of 720 to 790°C and 40min or less annealing, which is the condition before press-forming specified in this invention. If the content of O exceeds 0.002%, the growth of crystal grains is suppressed and 0.2% proof stress after the annealing before press-forming exceeds 28.0 kgf/mm2.
  • the lower limit of O content is not specially limited, but it is selected to 0.001% from the economy of ingot-making process.
  • Boron enhances the hot-workability of the alloy. Excess amount of B induces the segregation of B at boundary of recrystallized grain formed during the annealing before press-forming, which inhibits the free migration of grain boundaries and results in the suppression of grain growth and the dissatisfaction of 0.2% proof stress after the annealing before press-forming.
  • the suppression action against the grain growth is strong and the action does not uniformly affect on all grains, so a severe mixed grain structure is accompanied with irregular elongation of material during press-forming. Boron also increases the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane after annealing, which causes the crack on the skirt of material.
  • Silicon is used as the deoxidizer during ingot-making of the alloy.
  • Si content exceeds 0.07wt.%, an oxide film of Si is formed on the surface of alloy during the annealing before press-forming.
  • the oxide film degrades the fitness between die and alloy sheet during press-forming and results in the galling of die by alloy sheet. Consequently, the upper limit of Si content is specified as 0.07wt.%. Less Si content improves the fitness of die and alloy sheet.
  • the lower limit of Si content is not necessarily specified but practical value is 0.001wt.% or more from the economy of ingot-making process.
  • Nitrogen is an element unavoidably entering into the alloy during ingot-making process. 0.0020 wt.% or more nitrogen induces the concentration of N on the surface of alloy during the annealing before press-forming. The concentrated N on the surface of alloy degrades the fitness of die and alloy sheet to gall die with the alloy sheet. Consequently, N content is specified below 0.0020wt.%. Although the lower limit of N content is not necessarily defined, the practical value is 0.0001wt.% or higher from the economy of ingot-making process.
  • the composition further contains 0.0001 to 0.005wt.% C, 0.001 to 0.35wt.% Mn, and 0.001 to 0.05wt.% Cr.
  • the control of alloy composition and of 0.2% proof stress after the annealing before press-forming specified in this invention suppresses the galling of dies by alloy sheet during press-forming and gives a superior shape fix ability.
  • press-forming quality there remains the problem of crack generation on press-formed material.
  • the inventors studied the relation between the crack generation on the material during press-forming and the crystal orientation during press-forming by changing the crystal orientation of the alloy sheet in various directions using the alloy sheets having chemical composition and 0.2% proof stress in the range specified in this invention, and found that an effective condition to suppress the crack generation on the alloy material is to control the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane to maintain at or below a specified value, as well as to control the 0.2% proof stress after the annealing before press-forming to keep at or below a specified level.
  • Fig. 1 shows the relation among crack generation on alloy sheet during press-forming, gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane, and 0.2% proof stress for an alloy sheet having chemical composition specified in the present invention.
  • the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane is determined from the relative X-ray intensity ratio of (422) diffraction plane of alloy sheet after the annealing before press-forming divided by the sum of relative X-ray diffraction intensity ratio of (111), (200), (220), (311), (331), and (420) diffraction planes.
  • the relative X-ray diffractive intensity ratio is defined as the value of X-ray diffraction intensity observed on each diffraction plane divided by the theoretical X-ray diffraction intensity of that diffraction plane.
  • the relative X-ray diffraction intensity ratio of (111) diffraction plane is determined from the X-ray diffraction intensity of (111) diffraction plane divided by the theoretical X-ray diffraction intensity of (111) diffraction plane.
  • the measurement of degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane was carried by measuring the X-ray diffraction intensity of (422) diffraction plane which has equivalent orientation with ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane.
  • Fig. 1 clearly shows that the case where 0.2% proof stress does not exceed 28.0 kgf/mm2 and where the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane does not exceed 16% does not induce crack generation on alloy sheet during press-forming, which fact indicates the effect of this invention. Based on the finding, the invention specifies 16% or less of the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane as the condition to suppress crack generation on the alloy sheet.
  • the alloy sheet of the present invention is manufactured by the following processes.
  • the hot-rolled alloy sheet having the above described chemical composition is annealed, subjected to the process including cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing and cold-rolling, followed by final recrystallization annealing, finish cold-rolling and annealing before press-forming.
  • the hot-rolled sheet is needed to be annealed in the specified temperature range to maintain the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of 16% or less.
  • the hot-rolled sheet which satisfies the condition of chemical component specified in the present invention is annealed at different temperatures, subjected to the process including cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing (at 890°C for 1 min.), finish cold-rolling (at 21 % of reduction ratio) and annealing before press-forming to obtain the desired alloy sheet.
  • a hot-rolled strip not annealed was treated under the same condition as thereabove. Fig.
  • FIG. 2 shows the relation among the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane, elongation perpendicular to rolling direction, and annealing temperature of the alloy sheet treated by the processes above.
  • the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane gave 16% or less when the annealing temperature of the hot-rolled sheet is 910 to 990°C. Consequently, this invention specifies the temperature of annealing of hot-rolled sheet in the range of 910 to 990 °C to assure the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of 16% or less.
  • the uniform heat treatment of the slab after slabbing is not preferable.
  • the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane exceeds the range specified in the present invention. Therefore, such a heat treatment must be avoided.
  • Fig. 2 shows the trend that a high degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane gives a low elongation perpendicular to the rolling direction. Increased degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane decreases the elongation perpendicular to the rolling direction and lowers the fracture limit, then presumably induces cracks.
  • the hot-rolled alloy strip having the composition thereabove was subjected to annealing (in the temperature range of 910 to 990°C), cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, finishing cold-rolling, and annealing before press-forming (at 750°C for 15min.) to produce the alloy sheet.
  • the alloy sheet was tested for tensile strength to determine 0.2% proof stress (the value is shown in the parenthesis in Fig. 3).
  • Fig. 3 shows the relation among the 0.2% proof stress, reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling and average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling. In this test, the specified austenite grain size was obtained by varying the temperature of recrystallization annealing before finish cold-rolling.
  • the condition specified in the present invention for the annealing before press-forming gives insufficient recrystallization, insufficient growth of recrystallized grain, and 0.2% proof stress exceeding 28.0 kgf/mm2, and results in a dissatisfactory alloy sheet. If R > 75% or R > 6.38D - 51.0, then the condition specified in the present invention for the annealing before press-forming allows 100% recrystallization but gives excess frequency of nucleation during recrystallization, which decreases the size of recrystallized grain. In that case, the 0.2% proof stress exceeds 28.0 kgf/mm2, and the alloy sheet has unsatisfactory quality.
  • the condition to achieve 28.0 kgf/mm2 or below of 0.2% proof stress under the condition of the annealing before press-forming in this invention is specified as R (%), the reduction ratio of cold-rolling, which satisfies the equations of (1a) and (1b) being described below according to the average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling.
  • the structure control of the alloy sheet of the present invention is realized by controlling the frequency of nucleation during recrystallization, through the control of comprehensive structure of the alloy during hot-rolled sheet annealing, and adequate reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling in response to the grain size before finish cold-rolling.
  • Fig. 3 shows that further reduction of 0.2% proof stress after the annealing before press-forming is achieved by optimizing the reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling (R%).
  • the 0.2% proof stress can be 27.5 kgf/mm2 or less.
  • the 0.2% proof stress can be 27 kgf/mm2 or less.
  • the present invention specifies the reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling R(%) which satisfies the equations of (2a) and (2b) above, responding to the average austenite grain size D ( ⁇ m) before finish cold-rolling to obtain 0.2% proof stress of 27.5 kgf/mm2 or less, and specifies the reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling R(%) which satisfies the equations of (3a) and (3b) above, responding to the average austenite grain size D ( ⁇ m) before finish cold-rolling to obtain 0.2% proof stress of 27.0 kgf/mm2 or less.
  • the average austenite grain size specified by the relation with reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling, R is obtained by annealing a hot-rolled sheet followed by cold-rolling and annealing in a temperature range of 860 to 950°C for 0.5 to 2 min.
  • Fig. 4 shows the relation among annealing temperature before press-forming (T), annealing time (t), 0.2% proof stress after annealing before press-forming and gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of an alloy sheet.
  • the alloy sheet was manufactured by the process including annealing of hot-rolled sheet in a temperature of 910 to 990°C, cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, finishing cold-rolling and annealing before press-forming and by controlling the conditions such as composition, annealing condition of the hot-rolled sheet and reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling responding to the average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling to satisfy the specification of present invention.
  • this invention specifies the temperature (T) of annealing before press-forming, 790°C or less, and the annealing time (t) before press-forming 40min. or less and T ⁇ -53.8 log t + 806 .
  • Fig. 5 shows a relation between the 0.2% proof stress responding to the time of annealing before press-forming and the change of gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane for each annealing temperature.
  • the employed alloys were No. 1 alloy of the present invention and alloys No. 21 and 22, which are comparative alloys. They are hot-rolled to manufacture the hot-rolled sheet, then subjected to the process of annealing in a temperature range of 910 to 990°C, cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, finish cold-rolling and annealing before press-forming. In both case, the condition of annealing of hot-rolled sheet, reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling responding to the average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling remained within the range specified in this invention.
  • the alloy of this invention gives both 0.2% proof stress and gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane specified in this invention.
  • the comparative alloys clearly have problems in their press-formability with 0.2% proof stress exceeding 28.0 kgf/mm2 even if annealed at 750°C, and the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane exceeding the limit specified in the present invention. Accordingly, the present invention emphasizes the alloy composition as well as the specification on manufacturing method.
  • the annealing before press-forming of this invention may be carried before photo-etching. In that case, if the condition of annealing before press-forming is kept within the range specified in this invention, then a satisfactory photo-etching quality is secured.
  • annealing before press-forming can not be conducted before photo-etching because the photo-etching after the annealing before press-forming following the conditions of this invention results in poor quality of photo-etching.
  • the alloy of this invention having specified composition and gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane keeps favorable quality if photo-etching after annealing before press-forming is conducted.
  • hot-rolled sheets were subjected to annealing (at 930°C), cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing (following the condition shown in Table 5) and finish cold-rolling (at the reduction ratio of 21%) to provide alloy sheets having 0.25 mm thickness.
  • the hot-rolled sheet were fully recrystallized by hot-rolling.
  • the alloy sheets were etched to make flat masks, which flat masks were then treated by the annealing before press-forming at 750°C for 20 min. to provide material No. 1 through No. 23. These were press-formed to inspect the press-formability.
  • Table 1 and Table 2 shows the average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling of each material
  • Table 3 and Table 4 shows the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane, tensile property and press-formability.
  • the tensile property (0.2% proof stress and elongation perpendicular to the rolling direction) and gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane was inspected after annealing before press-forming. The tensile property was determined at room temperature. The measurement of degree of the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane was carried with X-ray diffraction method described before.
  • materials of No. 1 through No. 13 which have the chemical composition, gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane, and 0.2% proof stress within the range specified in the present invention, show excellent press-formability. Materials of No. 1 through No. 17 of the present invention that includes Co also show excellent press-formability.
  • material No. 18 through No. 20 gives Si and Ni content above the upper limit of this invention and raises a problem in fitness to die.
  • Material No. 19 gives O content above the upper limit of this invention and also gives 0.2% proof stress above the upper limit, 28.9 kgf/mm2, which results in a poor shape fix ability and induces crack generation.
  • Material No. 21 and No. 22 are comparative example giving B content and B and O content above the upper limits of this invention, respectively, both gives 0.2% proof stress above the upper limit of this invention, 28.0 kgf/mm2, to degrade the shape fix ability.
  • These comparative materials gives gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane above the upper limit of the present invention to induce cracking of alloy sheet.
  • the average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling of material No. 23 fails to reach the level that satisfies the reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling, which gives 0.2% proof stress of more than 28.0 kgf/mm2 to degrade shape fix ability and induces crack generation.
  • Fe-Ni alloy sheet and Fe-Ni-Co alloy having high press-formability aimed in this invention is prepared by adjusting the chemical composition, degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane, and 0.2% proof stress within the range specified in this invention.
  • Table 5 Material No. Annealing condition 1 890°C x 1 min. 2 890°C x 1 min. 3 890°C x 1 min. 4 880°C x 0.8 min. 5 880°C x 0.8 min. 6 880°C x 0.8 min. 7 880°C x 0.8 min. 8 870°C x 1 min. 9 870°C x 1 min. 10 870°C x 1 min. 11 910°C x 1 min.
  • Hot-rolled sheets of alloy No. 1, 9, and 14, which were used in Example 1, were employed.
  • the annealing for hot-rolled sheet was applied to these materials under various annealing conditions given in Table 6, and no annealing was applied to one material, which is also given in the table. They were subjected to cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, cold rolling, recrystallization annealing (at 890°C for 1 min.), finish cold-rolling (at 21% of reduction ratio) to provide alloy sheet having 0.25 mm thickness.
  • the flat masks were then treated by the annealing before press-forming at 750°C for 15 min. to give materials No. 24 through No. 28.
  • the flat masks were press-formed and were tested for press-formability.
  • Table 6 shows the annealing temperature, average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling and gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane.
  • Table 7 shows tensile properties and press-formability. The method for measuring properties was the same as in Example
  • materials No. 24 and No. 25 having the chemical composition and satisfying the conditions specified in the present invention have excellent press-formability.
  • materials No.26 through No. 28 give hot-rolled sheet annealing temperature above the limit of this invention, and all of these materials give the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane above the upper limit of this invention and generate cracks on alloy sheet during press-forming.
  • material No. 28 gives 0.2% proof stress of more than 28.0 kgf/mm2 and raises problem of shape fix ability during press-forming.
  • Hot-rolled sheets of alloy No. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14 which were used in Example 1 were employed. These hot-rolled sheet were subjected to the process including annealing (at 930°C), cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing (at the temperature shown in Table 8 and Table 9 for 1 min.), finish cold-rolling to obtain the alloy sheet having 0.25 mm thickness.
  • the alloy sheets were etched to make flat masks, which flat masks were then subjected to annealing before press-forming at 750°C for 20 min. to obtain material No. 29 through No. 66. These materials were press-formed to determine the press-formability.
  • Table 8 and Table 9 shows the annealing temperature before finish cold-rolling, average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling, reduction ratio of finish cold rolling and tensile property.
  • Table 10 and Table 11 shows the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane and press-formability. The method for measuring properties was the same as in Example 1.
  • Table 8 through Table 11 shows that material No. 30 through No. 35, No. 38, No. 41 through 43 and No. 47 through 66, which have chemical composition and satisfy the conditions of hot-rolled sheet annealing and annealing before press-forming specified in the present invention and give the relation between average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling and reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling in a region specified in the present invention, give 16% or less of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane.
  • material No. 30, No. 35, No. 38, No. 41, No. 47, No. 49, No. 50, No. 54, No. 60, No. 63 and No. 66 employed reduction ratios of finish cold-rolling, R, (in the Region I in Fig.
  • the relation among the average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling, conditions of hot-rolled sheet annealing and reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling of comparative materials of No. 29, No. 36, No. 37, No. 39, No. 40, No. 44, and No. 45 fails to satisfy the condition specified in the present invention even if they satisfy the condition of chemical composition, hot-rolled sheet annealing and annealing before press-forming specified in the present invention. They are out of scope of this invention for one of the 0.2% proof stress and the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane or both, and they raise problem of at least one of the shape fix ability and crack generation on alloy sheet during press-forming or both.
  • Material No. 46 was treated by the annealing before finish cold-rolling at 850°C for 1 min. Such an annealing condition gives 10.0 ⁇ m of austenite grain size, so the 0.2% proof stress exceeds 28.0 kgf/mm2 even if the reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling is selected to 15%. These figures can not provide a shape fix ability during press-forming to satisfy the specifications of this invention.
  • Hot-rolled sheets of alloy No. 1, 4, 9, 10, 12, 14, 21 and 22 which were used in Example 1 were employed. These hot-rolled sheet were subjected to the process including annealing (at 930°C), cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing (at 890°C for 1 min.), finish cold-rolling (at 21% of reduction ratio) to obtain the alloy sheet having 0.25 mm thickness.
  • the alloy sheets were etched to make flat masks, which flat masks were then subjected to annealing before press-forming under the conditions shown in Table 12 to obtain material No. 67 through No. 84. These materials were press-formed to determine the press-formability.
  • Table 12 shows average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling, condition of annealing before press-forming, gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane, tensile property and press-formability.
  • Table 10 and Table 11 shows the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane and press-formability. The method for measuring properties was the same as in Example 1.
  • Table 12 shows that material No. 67, No. 69, No. 70 and No. 76 through No. 84, which satisfy the conditions of chemical composition and hot-rolled sheet annealing, finish cold-rolling (reduction ratio of finish cold rolling), annealing before press-forming (temperature, time) specified in the present invention give the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of 16% or less. All of these materials give 0.2% proof stress being aimed in this invention and show high press-forming quality.
  • comparative materials of No. 72 and No. 73 were annealed before press-forming at the temperature and for a time above the upper limit of the present invention though they satisfy the condition of chemical composition, hot-rolled sheet annealing and finish cold-rolling (reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling) specified in the present invention. They give the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of 16% or more and cracking is generated.
  • Comparative material No. 63 was annealed before press-forming at a temperature of (T) and for a time of (t), which do not satisfy the equation of (T ⁇ -53.8 log t + 806) . Comparative material No.
  • annealing temperature T and annealing time t do not satisfy the above described equation. All of these comparative materials give 0.2% proof stress of more than 28.0 kgf/mm2, and they have problem in shape fix ability during press-forming. The degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of these materials exceed 16%, and cracks are generated on alloy sheet.
  • Table 13 shows the average austenite grain size, condition of annealing before press-forming and gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of each material.
  • Table 14 shows the tensile property, press-formability and etching performance. Etching performance was determined by visual observation of irregularity appeared on the etched flat masks. The measuring method for each property was the same as in Example 1.
  • Table 13 and Table 14 indicate that materials of No. 85 through No. 87 which satisfy the condition of chemical composition and manufacturing process specified in the present invention give favorable state without irregularity in etching, the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of 16% or less, and 0.2% proof stress within the range specified in this invention. All of these materials show excellent press-form quality.
  • the alloy sheets having the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of higher than 16% give lower elongation perpendicular to rolling direction after the annealing before press-forming than that of the preferred embodiment of this invention. Increased degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane presumably decreases the elongation and induces cracks on alloy sheet during press-forming.
  • Table 13 Material No. Alloy No. Average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling ( ⁇ m) Annealing condition before press-forming Gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane Temperature (°C) Time (min.) 85 1 18 750 20 7 86 1 17 790 2 15 87 4 13 720 40 16
  • the present invention requests a specific range of yield strength in order to improve the shape fix ability during warm press-forming and to suppress the crack generation on alloy sheet.
  • the yield strength is represented by 0.2% proof stress of 27.5 kgf/mm2 or less at the ambient temperature after softening annealing before press-forming (hereinafter referred to as "annealing before press-forming"). 0.2% proof stress of 27.5 kgf/mm2 or less further improves the shape fix ability.
  • the gist of the present invention is as follows.
  • the Fe-Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask is necessary to have the upper limit of average thermal expansion coefficient at approximately 3.0 x 10 ⁇ 6 / °C in the temperature range of 30 to 100°C.
  • the average thermal expansion coefficient depends on the content of Ni in the alloy sheet.
  • the Ni content which satisfies the above limitation of average thermal expansion coefficient is in a range of 34 to 38wt.%. Consequently, the preferred Ni content is in a range of 34 to 38wt.%. More preferably, the Ni content to further decrease average thermal expansion coefficient is in the range of 35 to 37wt.%, and most preferably in the range of 35.5 to 36.5wt.%.
  • Fe-Ni alloy includes Co as inevitable impurities. Co of 1 wt.% or less does not affect the characteristics. Ni content which satisfies the above described range is also employed. Fe-Ni-Cr alloy sheet of the present invention may include 1 wt.% or less Co. On the contrary, when Co of over 1 wt.% to 7 wt.% is included, the Ni content which satisfies the above limitation of average thermal expansion coefficient is in a range of 28 to 38 wt.%. Consequently, the Ni content is specified as 28 to 38 wt.% when Co of over 1 wt.% to 7 wt.% is included in Fe-Ni-Co-Cr alloy sheet. Co and Ni content to further improve the characteristics is in a range of 3 to 6 and 30 to 33 wt.%, respectively. As over 7 wt.% Co increases the thermal expansion coefficient, the upper limit of Co content is defined as 7 wt.%.
  • Chromium is an element that enhances corrosion resistance, but degrades thermal expansion characteristics. Cr content is required to be in a range that improves corrosion resistance and gives thermal expansion characteristics within a permitted limit. Accordingly Cr content is defined to be 0.05 to 3.0 wt.%. Cr of 0.05 wt.% or less can not improve the corrosion resistance, on the other hand, over 3.0 wt.% can not give thermal expansion characteristics specified in the present invention.
  • Oxygen is one of the inevitable impurities. Increased content of O increases the non-metallic oxide inclusion within the alloy, which inclusion suppresses the growth of crystal grains during the annealing before press-forming, particularly when annealed below 800°C and for less than 60 min, which is the condition before press-forming specified in this invention. If the content of O exceeds 0.0030%, then the inclusion caused by O considerably suppresses the growth of crystal grains, and 0.2% proof stress after the annealing before press-forming exceeds 27.5 kgf/mm2. At the same time, the corrosion resistance deteriorates.
  • the lower limit of O content is not specially limited, but it is selected to 0.003% from the economy of ingot-making process.
  • the lower limit of O content is not specifically limited, but it is selected to 0.001% from the economy of ingot making process.
  • Boron enhances the hot-workability of the alloy. Excess amount of B induces the segregation of B at boundary of recrystallized grain formed during the annealing before press-forming, which inhibits the free migration of grain boundaries and results in the suppression of grain growth and the dissatisfaction of 0.2% proof stress after the annealing before press-forming.
  • the suppression action against the grain growth is strong and the action does not uniformly affect on all grains, so a severe mixed grain structure appears accompanied with irregular elongation of material during press-forming. Boron also increases the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane after annealing, which causes the crack on the skirt of material.
  • Silicon is used as the deoxidizer during ingot-making of the alloy.
  • Si of above 0.10 wt.% deteriorates the corrosion resistance and forms an oxide film of Si on the surface of alloy during the annealing before press-forming.
  • the oxide film degrades the fitness between die and alloy sheet during press-forming and results in the galling of die by alloy sheet. Consequently, the upper limit of Si content is specified as 0.10 wt.%. Less Si content improves the fitness of die and alloy sheet.
  • the lower limit of Si content is not necessarily specified but practical value is 0.001 wt.% or more from the economy of ingot-making process.
  • Nitrogen is an element unavoidably entering into the alloy during ingot-making process. Nitrogen content of more than 0.0020wt.% induces the concentration of N on the surface of alloy during the annealing before press-forming. The concentrated N on the surface of alloy degrades the fitness of die and makes the alloy sheet to gall die. Consequently, the upper limit of N content is specified as 0.0020wt.%. Although the lower limit of N content is not necessarily defined, the practical value is 0.0001wt.% or more from the economy of ingot-making process.
  • the composition further contains 0.0001 to 0.010 wt.% C, 0.001 to 0.50 wt.% Mn.
  • the inventors studied the relation between the crack generation on the material during press-forming and the crystal orientation during press-forming by changing the crystal orientation of the alloy sheet in various directions using the alloy sheets having chemical composition and 0.2% proof stress in the range specified in this invention, and found that an effective condition to suppress the crack generation on the alloy material is to control the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane to maintain at or below a specified value, as well as to control the 0.2% proof stress after the annealing before press-forming to keep at or below a specified level.
  • Fig. 6 shows the relation among crack generation on alloy sheet during press-forming, gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane, and 0.2% proof stress for an alloy sheet having chemical composition specified in the present invention.
  • the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane is determined from the relative X-ray intensity ratio of (422) diffraction plane of alloy sheet after the annealing before press-forming divided by the sum of relative X-ray diffraction intensity ratio of (111), (200), (220), (311), (331), and (420) diffraction planes, where (422) diffraction plane has the equivalent factor with ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane.
  • Fig. 6 clearly shows that the case where 0.2% proof stress does not exceed 27.5 kgf/mm2 and where the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane does not exceed 16% does not induce crack generation on alloy sheet during press-forming, which fact indicates the effect of this invention. Based on the finding, the invention specifies 16% or less of the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane as the condition to suppress crack generation on the alloy sheet.
  • the alloy sheet of the present invention is manufactured by the following processes.
  • the hot-rolled sheet having the above described chemical composition is annealed, subjected to the process including cold-rolling, final recrystallization annealing and finish cold-rolling, followed by stress relief annealing and annealing before press-forming.
  • the hot-rolled sheet is needed to be annealed in the specified temperature range to maintain the degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of 16% or less.
  • the hot-rolled sheet which satisfies the condition of chemical component specified in the present invention is annealed at different temperatures, subjected to the process including cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing (at 890 °C for 1 min.), finish cold-rolling (at 21% of reduction ratio), stress relief annealing and annealing before press-forming (at 750°C for 20 min) to obtain the desired alloy sheet.
  • a hot-rolled strip not annealed was treated under the same condition as thereabove. Fig.
  • FIG. 7 shows the relation among gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane, elongation perpendicular to rolling direction, and annealing temperature of the alloy sheet treated by the processes above. According to Fig. 7, the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane gave 16% or less in the annealing temperature of 910 to 990°C of the hot-rolled sheet. Consequently, this invention specifies the temperature of annealing of hot-rolled sheet in the temperature of 910 to 990 °C to assure the degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of 16% or less.
  • the uniform heat treatment of the slab after slabbing is not preferable.
  • the degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane exceeds the range specified in this invention. Therefore, such a heat treatment must be avoided.
  • Fig. 7 shows the trend that a high degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane gives a low elongation perpendicular to the rolling direction. Increased degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane decreases the elongation perpendicular to the rolling direction and lowers the fracture limit, then presumably induces cracks.
  • the hot-rolled alloy strip having the composition thereabove was subjected to annealing (in the temperature range of 910 to 990 °C), cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, finish cold-rolling, stress relief annealing and annealing before press-forming (at 750°C for 20 min.) to produce the alloy sheet.
  • the alloy sheet was tested for tensile strength to determine 0.2% proof stress (the value is shown in the parenthesis in Fig. 3).
  • Fig. 8 shows the relation among the 0.2% proof stress, reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling and average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling. In this test, the specified austenite grain size was obtained by varying the temperature of recrystallization annealing before finish cold-rolling.
  • the condition to achieve 0.2% proof stress of 27.5 kgf/mm2 or less by the annealing before press-forming specified in this invention is determined as R (%), the reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling, which satisfies the equations of (1a) and (1b) being described below according to the average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling.
  • the structure control of the alloy sheet of the present invention is realized by controlling the frequency of nucleation during recrystallization, through the texture control of the alloy during hot-rolled sheet annealing and of adequate reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling in response to the grain size before finish cold rolling.
  • Fig. 8 shows that further reduction of 0.2% proof stress after the annealing before press-forming is achieved by optimizing the reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling (R%).
  • R% the 0.2% proof stress can be 27.5 kgf/mm2 or less.
  • the 0.2% proof stress can be 26.5 kgf/mm2 or less.
  • the present invention specifies the reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling R(%) which satisfies the equations of (2a) and (2b) above, responding to the average austenite grain size D ( ⁇ m) before finish cold-rolling to obtain 0.2% proof stress of 27.0 kgf/mm2 or less, and specifies the reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling R(%) which satisfies the equations of (3a) and (3b) above, responding to the average austenite grain size D ( ⁇ m) before finish cold-rolling to obtain 0.2% proof stress of 26.5 kgf/mm2 or less.
  • the average austenite grain size specified by the relation with reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling, R is obtained by annealing a hot-rolled sheet followed by cold-rolling and annealing in the temperature range of 860 to 950°C for 0.5 to 2 min.
  • Fig.9 shows the relation among annealing temperature before press-forming (T), annealing time (t), 0.2% proof stress after annealing before press-forming and the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of an alloy sheet manufactured by the process including annealing of hot-rolled sheet in the temperature range of 910 to 990°C, cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, finish cold-rolling, stress relief annealing and annealing before press-forming and by controlling the conditions such as chemical composition, annealing condition and reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling responding to the average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling to satisfy the specification of present invention.
  • the annealing before press-forming of this invention may be carried before photo-etching. In that case, if the condition of annealing before press-forming is kept within the range specified in this invention, then a satisfactory photo-etching quality is secured.
  • the alloy that contains the chemical composition and has the gathering degree of the plane specified in the present invention can be etched after annealing before press-forming to obtain a good quality.
  • a series of ladle refining produced alloy of No 1 through No. 23 having the composition are shown in Table 15 and Table 16. Alloys of No. 1 through No. 13 and No. 18 through No. 23 were continuously casted into ingots. those continuously casted slabs were subjected to adjusting and hot-rolling (at 1100°C for 3 hrs) to provide hot-rolled sheet. Alloys of No. 14 through No. 17 were directly casted into thin plates, these plates were hot-rolled at 40% of reduction ratio, then rolled at 700°C to provide a hot-rolled sheet.
  • hot-rolled sheets were subjected to annealing (at 930°C), cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing, cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing (following the condition shown in Table 19), finish cold-rolling (at 21% of reduction ratio) and stress relief annealing to provide alloy sheets having 0.25 mm thickness.
  • the hot-rolled sheet were fully recrystallized by hot-rolling.
  • the alloy sheets were etched to make flat masks, which flat masks were then treated by the annealing before press-forming at 750 °C for 20min. to provide material No. 1 through No. 23.
  • Table 15 and Table 16 shows the average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling of each material
  • Table 17 and Table 18 shows the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane, tensile property and press-formability.
  • the tensile property (0.2% proof stress and elongation perpendicular to the rolling direction) and gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane was inspected after annealing before press-forming.
  • the tensile property was determined at room temperature.
  • the measurement of degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane was carried with X-ray diffraction method described before. The corrosion resistance were inspected after unstressing annealing.
  • materials of No. 1 through No. 13 which have the chemical composition, gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane, and 0.2% proof stress within the range specified in the present invention, show excellent press-formability and corrosion resistance better than the comparative example described below.
  • Materials of No. 1 through No. 17 of the present invention that includes Co also show excellent press-formability.
  • material No. 18 through No. 20 gives Si and Ni content above the upper limit of this invention and raises a problem in fitness to die.
  • Material No. 18 gives corrosion resistance inferior to the material of the present invention.
  • Material No. 19 gives O content above the upper limit of this invention and also gives 0.2% proof stress of more than 27.5 kgf/mm2, the upper limit, which results in a poor shape fix ability and induces crack generation.
  • Material No. 21 is the comparative example giving B content above the upper limit of this invention, which gives 0.2% proof stress above the upper limit of this invention, 27.5 kgf/mm2, to degrade shape fix ability. These comparative materials gives gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane above the upper limit of the present invention to induce cracking of alloy sheet.
  • the average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling of material No. 23 fails to reach the level that satisfies the reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling, which gives 0.2% proof stress of more than 27.5 kgf/mm2 to degrade shape fix ability and induces crack generation.
  • Fe-Ni-Cr alloy sheet and Fe-Ni-Co-Cr alloy having high press-formability aimed in the present invention is prepared by adjusting the chemical composition, gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane, and 0.2% proof stress within the range specified in this invention.
  • Table 19 Material No. Annealing condition 1 890°C x 1 min. 2 890°C x 1 min. 3 890°C x 1 min. 4 880°C x 0.8 min. 5 880°C x 0.8 min. 6 880°C x 0.8min. 7 880°C x 0.8 min. 8 870°C x 1 min. 9 870°C x 1 min. 10 870°C x 1 min. 11 910°C x 1 min.
  • Hot-rolled sheets of alloy No. 1, 9, and 14, which were used in Example 6, were employed.
  • the annealing for hot-rolled sheet was applied to these materials under various annealing conditions given in Table 6, and no annealing was applied to one material which is also given in the table. They were subjected to cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing (at 890°C for 1 min.), finish cold rolling (at 21% of reduction ratio), stress relief annealing to provide alloy sheet having 0.25 mm thickness.
  • the flat masks were then treated by the annealing before press-forming at 750°C for 15min. to give materials No. 24 through No. 28.
  • the flat masks were press-formed and were tested for press-formability.
  • Table 20 shows the annealing temperature, average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling and gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane.
  • Table 21 shows tensile properties and press-formability. The method for measuring properties was the same as in Example 1.
  • materials No. 24 and No. 25 having the chemical composition and satisfying the conditions specified in the present invention have excellent press-formability.
  • materials No.26 through No. 28 give hot-rolled sheet annealing temperature above the limit of this invention, and all of these materials give the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane above the upper limit of this invention and generate cracks on alloy sheet during press-forming.
  • material No. 28 gives 0.2% proof stress of more than 27.2 kgf/mm2 and raises problem of shape fix ability during press-forming.
  • Hot-rolled sheets of alloy No. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14 which were used in Example 6 were employed. These hot-rolled sheet were subjected to the process including annealing (at 930°C), cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing (at the temperature for 1 min. shown in Table 22 and Table 23), finish cold-rolling and stress relief annealing to obtain the alloy sheet having 0.25 mm thickness.
  • the alloy sheets were etched to make flat masks which flat masks were then subjected to annealing before press-forming at 750°C for 20 min. to obtain material No. 29 through No. 66. These materials were press-formed to determine the press-formability.
  • Table 22 and Table 23 shows the annealing temperature before finish cold-rolling, average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling, reduction ratio of finishing cold rolling and tensile property.
  • Table 10 and Table 11 shows the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane and press-formability. The method for measuring properties was the same as in Example 1.
  • Table 22 through Table 25 shows that material No. 30 through No. 35, No. 38, No. 41 through 43 and No. 47 through 66, which have chemical composition and satisfy the conditions of hot-rolled sheet annealing and annealing before press-forming specified in the present invention and give the relation between average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling and reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling in a region specified in the present invention, give ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane fo 16% or less.
  • material No. 30, No. 35, No. 38, No. 41, No. 47, No. 49, No. 50, No. 54, No. 60, No. 63 and No. 66 employed reduction ratios of finish cold-rolling, R, (in the Region I in Fig.
  • the relation among the average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling, conditions of hot-rolled sheet annealing and reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling of comparative materials of No. 29, No. 36, No. 37, No. 39, No. 40, No. 44, and No. 45 fails to satisfy the condition specified in the present invention even if they satisfy the condition of chemical composition, hot-rolled sheet annealing and annealing before press-forming specified in the present invention. They are out of scope of this invention for one of the 0.2% proof stress and the degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane or both, and they raise problem of at least one of the shape fix ability and crack generation on alloy sheet during press-forming or both.
  • Material No. 64 was treated by the annealing before finish cold-rolling at 850°C for 1min. Such an annealing condition gives 10.0 ⁇ m of austenite grain size, so the 0.2% proof stress exceeds 27.5 kgf/mm2 even if the finish cold-rolling reduction ratio is 15%. These figures can not provide a shape fix ability during press-forming which satisfies the specifications of this invention.
  • Hot-rolled sheets of alloy No. 1, 4, 9, 10, 12, 14, 21 and 22 which were used in Example 1 were employed. These hot-rolled sheet were subjected to the process including annealing (at 930°C), cold-rolling, recrystallization annealing (at 890°C for 1 min.), finish cold-rolling (at 21% of reduction ratio) and stress relief annealing to obtain the alloy sheet having 0.25 mm thickness.
  • the alloy sheets were etched to make flat masks, which flat masks were then subjected to annealing before press-forming under the conditions shown in Table 12 to obtain material No. 67 through No. 84. These materials were press-formed to determine the press-formability.
  • Table 26 shows average austenite grain size before finish cold-rolling, condition of annealing before press-forming, gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane, tensile property and press-formability.
  • Table 10 and Table 11 shows the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane and press-formability. The method for measuring properties was the same as in Example 1.
  • Table 26 shows that material No. 67, No. 69, No. 70 and No. 76 through No. 84, which satisfy the conditions of chemical composition and hot-rolled sheet annealing, finish cold-rolling (reduction ratio of finish cold rolling), annealing before press-forming (temperature, time) specified in the present invention give the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of 16% or less. All of these materials give 0.2% proof stress being aimed in this invention and show high press-forming quality.
  • comparative materials of No. 72 and No. 73 were annealed before press-forming at the temperature and for a time above the upper limit of the present invention though they satisfy the condition of chemical composition, hot-rolled sheet annealing and finish cold-rolling (reduction ratio of finish cold-rolling) specified in the present invention. They give 16% or more gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane and crackings are generated.
  • Comparative material No. 63 was annealed before press-forming at a temperature of (T) and for a time of (t), that do not satisfy the equation of (T ⁇ -48.1 log t + 785) . Comparative material No.
  • annealing temperature T and annealing time t do not satisfy the above described equation. All of these comparative materials give 0.2% proof stress of more than 27.5 kgf/mm2, and they have problem in shape fix ability during press-forming. The degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of these materials exceed 16%, and cracks are generated on alloy sheet.
  • Table 13 shows the average austenite grain size, condition of annealing before press-forming and gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane of each material.
  • Table 28 shows the tensile property, press-formability and etching performance. Etching performance was determined by visual observation of irregularity appeared on the etched flat masks. The measuring method for each property was the same as in Example 6.
  • Table 27 and Table 28 indicate that materials of No. 85 through No. 87 which satisfy the condition of chemical composition and manufacturing process specified in the present invention give favorable state without irregularity in etching, 16% or less of the degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane, and 0.2% proof stress within the range specified in this invention. All of these materials show excellent press-form quality.
  • the alloy sheets having higher than 16% of the gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane give lower elongation perpendicular to rolling direction after the annealing before press-forming than that of the preferred embodiment of this invention.
  • Increased gathering degree of ⁇ 211 ⁇ plane presumably decreases the elongation and induces cracks on alloy sheet during press-forming.

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