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• the present invention relates to a cold-rolled steel sheet which is most suitable for members of large-size tabular parts such as backlight chassis for large-size liquid crystal display televisions and which has excellent formability, shape fixability, and surface appearance and also relates to a method for manufacturing the same.
• backlight chassis need to have rigidity to support lights, need to be good in flatness, and need to hardly be deformed such that the lights do not hit liquid crystal sections or crack, that is, backlight chassis need to be free from so-called "twist”. Requirements for rigidity and flatness have become more severe because of the upsizing and thinning of backlight chassis.
• Patent Literature 1 An example of a conventional steel sheet with excellent shape fixability is a steel sheet in which the texture is controlled and in which at least one of the Lankford value in the rolling direction and the Lankford value in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction is 0.7 or less as disclosed in Patent Literature 1. It is disclosed that the springback of this steel sheet is small during bending.
• Patent Literature 2 discloses a method for suppressing springback or camber during bending by controlling the anisotropy of local elongation or uniform elongation.
• Patent Literature 3 discloses a method for suppressing springback during bending by adjusting the ratio of the ⁇ 100 ⁇ plane to the ⁇ 111 ⁇ plane to 1.0 or more.
• Backlight chassis, formed by drawing, for large-size televisions have the problem of "twist". This is due to that the feed of a steel sheet is uneven during drawing and therefore the thickness of a shaped portion is uneven.
• Patent Literature 4 discloses a method for reducing the yield elongation of low-carbon steel that is responsible for stretcher strains. In this method, an appropriate amount of B is added and the center line valley depth (Rv) and the center line average (Ra), which are surface roughness parameters, are adjusted to 0.5 to 10 ⁇ m and 0.5 ⁇ m or more, respectively, during cold rolling.
• Rv center line valley depth
• Ra center line average
• patent literature 5 discloses a steel sheet with a composition of 0.032 wt% C, 0.01 wt% Si, 0.18 wt% Mn, 0.009 wt% P, 0.008 wt% S, 0.033 wt% Al and 0.020 wt% N.
• Said steel sheet has an in-plate anisotropy ⁇ r in the range of 0.02 to 0.42, a Lankford value of 0.98 to 1.34 a tensile strength of 308 to 318 and a yield strength of 196 to 205.
• Patent literature 5 also discloses a method for the production of the afore-said steel sheet.
• a reduction in yield strength is known to be effective in suppressing springback.
• low-carbon steels have high yield strength and insufficient elongation. Therefore, ultra-low-carbon steels are used for portions that are difficult to machine.
• the softening of steel is effective in reducing the yield strength and an increase in annealing temperature and an increase in cold-rolling reduction are effective as techniques therefor.
• the softening of steel develops a (111)-oriented texture to increase the Lankford value.
• Low-carbon steel can be probably applied to parts such as backlight chassis for large-size TVs only by achieving both the softening of steel for the purpose of suppressing springback and the reduction of the Lankford value for the purpose of suppressing the strain caused by bending.
• the softening of steel and high Lankford values have been principally required.
• Patent Literature 4 For the problem of geometrical flatness and poor appearance, it is important that the yield strength of a steel sheet is small not only just after the steel sheet is manufactured but also until the steel sheet is shaped, that is, properties thereof after aging are important.
• the method disclosed in Patent Literature 4 needs to meet all the requirement of the surface roughness of a cold-rolled sheet, the requirement of the cooling rate thereof during recrystallization annealing, and the requirements of overaging conditions and therefore has a problem that the control of manufacturing conditions is complicated.
• the cold-rolled steel sheet satisfies both workability and shape fixability; can be subjected to drawing, bending, and stretching; can ensure shapes required for large-size parts; has high flatness; is free from appearance defects; and is excellent in formability, shape fixability, and surface appearance.
• the present invention has been made as a result of intensive investigations performed to solve the above-mentioned problems.
• a large rectangular flat plate is taken from a steel sheet and is then machined into a required part, in view of material yield and operation, it is advantageous that the plate is taken therefrom such that the long sides of the rectangular plate are parallel to the rolling direction of the steel sheet or a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction thereof.
• the present invention allows even large-size parts to satisfy workability and surface quality. That is, drawing and stretching can be performed by increasing the mean elongation, whereby shapes required for parts can be ensured.
• the occurrence of springback can be suppressed after machining by reducing the yield strength, whereby shape fixability can be ensured.
• the Lankford value is adjusted to 0.7 to 1.4 in the rolling direction and the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction and the inequality - 0.2 ⁇ ⁇ r ⁇ 0.2 holds; hence, shape fixability can be ensured.
• it is most important that adjusting the aged yield strength to 2% or less allows the formation of stretcher strains to be suppressed during machining, surface appearance to be rendered excellent, the occurrence of springback to be suppressed after machining, and shape fixability to be ensured.
• the mechanism of an increase in elongation and a reduction in yield strength is believed as described below. That is, in hot rolling, the finish temperature is adjusted to (A1 transformation temperature-50°C) to (A1 transformation temperature + 100°C) and rolling is ended such that austenite is not formed but ferrite is formed, whereby the grain size of a ferrite microstructure is coarsened. This allows the size of grains to be coarsened after cold rolling or recrystallization annealing and enables softening.
• finish rolling is ended within a range from (A1 transformation temperature - 50°C) to (A1 transformation temperature + 100°C), whereby the (110) orientation is formed in a surface layer of a hot-rolled steel sheet.
• the hot-rolled steel sheet is cold-rolled and is then recrystallization-annealed, whereby the Lankford value is maintained low because of the development of the (110) orientation.
• This enables softening due to the coarsening of ferrite grains with the Lankford value maintained low.
• yield elongation is completely eliminated and aged yield strength is reduced; hence, a steel sheet in which the formation of stretcher strains is suppressed after shaping and which has excellent surface appearance can be obtained.
• the (110) orientation is known to be an orientation in which strain is likely to be accumulated and the development of this orientation in the surface layer allows strain due to cold rolling or temper rolling to be readily introduced. This is likely to cause so-called dislocation; hence, the formation of stretcher strains is supposed to be difficult.
• Cold-rolled steel sheets contemplated by the present invention include steel sheets manufactured by subjecting cold-rolled steel sheets to surface treatment such as electrogalvanizing or galvanizing and steel sheets manufactured by providing coatings on those steel sheets.
• the steel sheet according to the present invention can be widely used for not only backlight chassis for large-size TVs but also common members, such as panels for refrigerators and air conditioner outdoor units, for home appliance use, the common members having flat portions and being subjected to bending, stretching, or slight drawing.
• the present invention can be used to manufacture a backlight chassis with a size of about 850 mm x 650 mm (42V type) from a steel sheet with a thickness of, for example, 0.8 mm.
• the following sheet can be obtained: a cold-rolled steel sheet which is capable of achieving low yield elongation, excellent elongation, low yield strength, and low aged yield elongation; which satisfies both workability and shape fixability; which can be subjected to drawing, bending, and stretching; and which is excellent in formability, shape fixability, and surface appearance.
• a cold-rolled steel sheet which is capable of achieving low yield elongation, excellent elongation, low yield strength, and low aged yield elongation; which satisfies both workability and shape fixability; which can be subjected to drawing, bending, and stretching; and which is excellent in formability, shape fixability, and surface appearance.
• solute C is reduced by forming cementite.
• the content of C is less than 0.030%, the yield strength cannot be adjusted to 230 MPa or less because the degree of supersaturation is too small to precipitate carbides and therefore the precipitation of the carbides is insufficient.
• the lower limit is 0.030%.
• the upper limit is 0.060%.
• the upper limit is 0.05%.
• Mn converts harmful S in steel into MnS, which is harmless, and therefore the content thereof needs to be 0.1% or more.
• a large amount of Mn causes the deterioration of workability because of hardening or suppresses the recrystallization of ferrite during annealing; hence, the content thereof needs to be 0.3% or less.
• the content thereof needs to be 0.05% or less and is preferably 0.03% or less.
• S seriously reduces hot ductility and therefore causes hot cracking to seriously deteriorate surface quality. Furthermore, S hardly contributes to strength and reduces ductility because S serves as an impurity element to form coarse MnS. These problems are serious when the content of S is more than 0.02%; hence, the content thereof is preferably minimized. Thus, the content of S needs to be 0.02% or less.
• Al fixes nitrogen in the form of a nitride, whereby age hardening due to solute N can be suppressed.
• the content of Al needs to be 0.02% or more.
• a large amount of Al causes the deterioration of workability.
• the content of Al needs to be 0.10% or less.
• N When a large amount of N is contained, surface flaws may possibly be caused because slab cracking occurs during hot rolling.
• the presence of solute N causes age hardening after cold rolling or annealing.
• the content of N needs to be 0.005% or less.
• the metallographic structure of the steel sheet according to the present invention is substantially made of ferrite and cementite.
• the average ferrite grain size of a ferrite microstructure is 7 ⁇ m or more. Coarse ferrite grains are achieved in a hot rolling step as described below.
• the steel sheet according to the present invention has a mean yield strength of 230 MPa or less as determined by above Equation (a).
• the mean yield strength thereof exceeds 230 MPa, shape failures such as springback are caused in some cases.
• the mean yield strength thereof is 230 MPa or less.
• the steel sheet according to the present invention has a Lankford value of 0.7 to 1.4 in the rolling direction thereof and the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction.
• the phenomenon "twist”, which is due to shape fixability as described above, is known to be caused by edge warp during bending or stretching and can be suppressed by reducing the Lankford value.
• the Lankford value is small, drawing is difficult.
• the inventors have found that the Lankford value needs to be 0.7 to 1.4 as an indicator showing that edge warp is suppressed and drawing is possible.
• the plates are taken from steel sheets such that the long sides of the rectangular plates are parallel to the rolling direction of the steel sheets or a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction thereof.
• materials are taken in such a way and are machined into parts.
• the upper limit of the Lankford value is limited to 1.4 in the rolling direction and the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction, whereby in the case of bending an end portion of a long side and an end portion of a short side of a rectangular flat plate, a material can be prevented from being fed into a corner portion thereof and the flatness of the parts can be maintained.
• the lower limit of the Lankford value is limited to 0.7, whereby the rigidity of the parts can be prevented from being reduced due to the reduction in thickness of the corner portion.
• the lower limit of the Lankford value is preferably more than 0.7 and more preferably 0.75 or more.
• the steel sheet according to the present invention has a mean elongation of 40% or more as determined by above Equation (b).
• the mean elongation thereof is increased to 40% or more, whereby the steel sheet can be drawn and stretched and shapes necessary for parts can be ensured.
• the in-plane anisotropy ( ⁇ r) of the Lankford value satisfies the inequality -0.2 ⁇ ⁇ r ⁇ 0.2 as determined by above Equation (c).
• "twist" occurs after drawing in some cases. This occurs because the feed of a plate is uneven during drawing and therefore the thickness of a drawn portion is uneven. Therefore, the in-plane anisotropy ( ⁇ r) of the Lankford value is preferably close to "0" and the feed of a plate is preferably even; hence, ⁇ r is limited to the range of -0.2 to 0.2.
• the steel sheet according to the present invention has a yield elongation of 2% or less in each of the rolling direction thereof, a direction at 45 degrees to the rolling direction thereof, and a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction thereof after the steel sheet is aged at 170°C for 60 minutes.
• the yield elongation thereof is reduced not only just after the manufacture of the steel sheet but also the aging thereof, whereby stretcher strains are suppressed after shaping and the steel sheet can be manufactured so as to have excellent surface appearance.
• a slab having the above composition is hot-rolled in such a manner that the finish rolling temperature thereof is adjusted to (A1 transformation temperature - 50°C) to (A1 transformation temperature + 100°C), whereby a hot-rolled steel sheet is manufactured such that the grain size of ferrite is increased and the
• (110) orientation is developed in a surface layer of the hot-rolled steel sheet during hot rolling.
• the hot-rolled steel sheet is cold-rolled and is then recrystallization-annealed, whereby coarse ferrite grains are formed. This allows low yield strength and excellent elongation to be achieved and yield elongation to be completely eliminated, whereby an appropriate Lankford value can be obtained.
• Heating temperature 1200°C or higher
• the heating temperature during hot rolling needs to be 1200°C or higher.
• Hot rolling needs to be performed at a finish temperature of (A1 transformation temperature - 50°C) to (A1 transformation temperature + 100°C), which is a key point of the present invention. This ends rolling such that the microstructure of steel is not austenite but ferrite. Rolling is ended with ferrite microstructure, whereby the transformation from austenite to ferrite is completed and strain is caused by rolling at about 700°C to 800°C; hence, ferrite grains coarsen. This allows the hot-rolled steel sheet to have a coarse grain size.
• the A1 transformation temperature is about 720°C.
• Coiling temperature 550°C to 680°C
• the grain size is increased, carbides are aggregated, and the amount of solute C is reduced.
• the coiling temperature needs to be 550°C or higher and is preferably 600°C or higher.
• the coiling temperature needs to be 680°C or lower.
• Rolling reduction (cold-rolling reduction) during cold rolling: 50% to 85%
• the cold-rolling reduction may be within a common range.
• the thickness of a hot-rolled sheet for obtaining a steel sheet with a desired thickness is extremely small and the load during hot rolling is large. Therefore, the lower limit of the cold-rolling reduction is 50%.
• the upper limit thereof is 85%, which is common for cold rolling mills.
• Average heating rate at 600°C or higher 1 to 30 °C/s
• the average heating rate from 600°C to the annealing temperature needs to be 1 °C/s or more.
• the concentration of C in precipitated carbides is insufficient; hence, a large amount of solute C remains and the yield elongation cannot be reduced.
• the average heating rate is 30 °C/s or less.
• Annealing temperature 700°C or higher
• the annealing temperature may be a temperature suitable for recrystallization. For low-carbon steels, recrystallization usually occurs at 700°C or higher and therefore the annealing temperature is 700°C or higher. Since the steel sheet is hard when the annealing temperature exceeds the AC 3 transformation temperature, the annealing temperature is preferably not lower than the AC 3 transformation temperature and more preferably not lower than 800°C.
• the time (soaking time) to hold the annealing temperature also referred to as the soaking temperature
• the time (soaking time) to hold the annealing temperature is short
• the growth of grains is suppressed even though recrystallization is completed or not; hence, sufficient elongation cannot be ensured in some cases.
• soaking time is 30 s or more.
• the soaking time is excessively long, the grains are grown to be large; hence, the problem of surface roughness occurs during machining and therefore surface quality is likely to be impaired.
• the soaking time is 200 s or less.
• Average cooling rate at down to 600°C 3 °C/s or more After being heated to the annealing temperature, the steel sheet is cooled.
• the average cooling rate from the annealing temperature to 600°C is less than 3 °C/s, C precipitated in the form of carbides forms solid solutions again to increase the yield strength.
• the average cooling rate from the annealing temperature to 600°C needs to be 3 °C/s or more.
• the cooling rate exceeds 30 °C/s, the growth of ferrite grains is likely to be insufficient; hence, the yield strength is likely to be high and the steel sheet is likely to be hard.
• the average cooling rate is 30 °C/s or less.
• a production process such as a common converter process or electric furnace process can be used to carry out the present invention.
• Produced steel is cast into a slab, which is directly hot-rolled or is cooled, heated and then hot-rolled.
• the hot-rolled steel sheet is finished under the above-mentioned finish conditions and is then coiled at the above-mentioned coiling temperature.
• the cooling rate from finish rolling to coiling is not particularly limited and may be a rate equal to or greater than that obtained by air cooling. Quenching may be performed at 100 °C/s or more as required.
• cold rolling is performed as described above. Annealing is performed after cold rolling in such a manner that heating and then cooling are performed under the above-mentioned conditions.
• the cooling rate at temperatures lower than 600°C is arbitrary.
• Galvanizing may be performed at about 480°C as required. After galvanizing is performed, a coating may be alloyed by reheating the coating to 500°C or higher. Alternatively, thermal history may be preserved by holding or the like in the course of cooling. Furthermore, temper rolling may be performed at an elongation of about 0.5% to 2% as required. If plating is not performed in the course of annealing, electrogalvanizing or the like may be performed for the purpose of enhancing corrosion resistance. Furthermore, a coating may be provided on a cold-rolled steel sheet or a plated steel sheet by chemical conversion or the like.
• Table 1 shows the chemical composition, manufacturing conditions, and properties of each specimen.
• each slab was heated at a heating temperature (RT) for one hour, was roughly rolled, and was then treated at a finish temperature (FT) and coiling temperature (CT).
• Steels according to the present invention had an A1 transformation temperature of about 720°C.
• Hot-rolled sheets had a thickness of 2.0 mm to 3.5 mm. After the hot-rolled sheets were pickled, the hot-rolled sheets were cold-rolled and then annealed under conditions shown in Table 1. The cold-rolled sheets had a thickness of 0.6 mm to 1.0 mm.
• the heating rate is the average heating rate from 600°C to the soaking temperature and the cooling rate is the average cooling rate from the soaking temperature to 600°C.
• JIS No. 5 tensile specimens were cut out in a rolling direction (L-direction), a direction (D-direction) at 45 degrees to the rolling direction, and a direction (C-direction) perpendicular to the rolling direction and were then subjected to a tensile test at a cross-head speed of 10 mm/min.
• JIS No. 5 tensile specimens were cut out in a rolling direction (L-direction), a direction (D-direction) at 45 degrees to the rolling direction, and a direction (C-direction) perpendicular to the rolling direction and were then subjected to a tensile test at a cross-head speed of 10 mm/min.
• the average ferrite grain size was determined in accordance with JIS G 0551 (2005).
• the measurement results are summarized in Table 1.
• the yield strength is the maximum value of the measurements in each direction.
• steel sheets which were manufactured by a method according to the present invention and which have compositions according to the present invention have an average ferrite grain size of 7 ⁇ m or more; a mean yield strength (YSm) of 230 MPa or less in each of the rolling direction, the direction at 45 degrees to the rolling direction, and the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction; a mean elongation (Elm) of 40% or more; a Lankford value (r L , r C ) of 0.7 to 1.4 in each of the rolling direction and the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction; and an aged yield strength of 2% or less.
• YSm mean yield strength
• Elm mean elongation
• steel sheets which have compositions outside the scope of the present invention or which have compositions within the scope of the present invention and were manufactured by methods outside the scope of the present invention are inferior in any one of YSm, Elm, r L , r C , ⁇ r, and yield elongation.

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