EP3209806B1 - Ultrahochfester thermomechanisch behandelter stahl - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to ultra-high strength steel for structural components.
- it relates to the process of making such steel that has a desirable microstructure in the thermo-mechanically processed and differently cooled conditions that delivers high fatigue resistance in service.
- the steel and the process of its manufacturing technique enables manufacture of components that exhibit bainitic microstructure that impart ultra-high strength ranges with very high fatigue resistance properties.
- the steel and its method of manufacturing process enables saving in alloying additives compared to hardened and tempered alloy steels and in addition avoid expensive heat treatment operations to achieve the desired range of mechanical properties.
- the steel developed in the present invention is a suitable replacement for microalloyed steel bars used for structural component development.
- the steel can be used for applied as the hot rolled and air cooled long products that can be directly used for applications or it can be directly hot forged in open or closed die forging followed by controlled cooling to achieve the desired microstructure and range of mechanical properties.
- the ultra-high strength steel (UTS in the 1100 to 1420 MPa range) of the invention provides a competitive replacement for quench tempered alloy steels in terms of strength and fatigue, ductility, although its toughness is lower compared to Quenched and Tempered steels but superior to micro alloyed steels.
- the potential steel bar product can be applied in various industries that include automotive, railways, general engineering, agricultural implements, construction, mining shafts, etc.
- the steel exhibits unique range of mechanical properties that develops due to the process of invention which involves the steel chemistry and the thermo-mechanical processing followed by controlled cooling.
- CN101613830A discloses a hot rolled bainitic steel rail and a production process.
- US2004/149359A1 discloses a method of fabricating a steel forging, and a forging obtained thereby.
- the present invention relates to innovative composition of a steel and associated thermo-mechanical processing of making it, such that it has desirable microstructure that gives ultra-high strength and fatigue resistance.
- the fatigue properties of the steel rolled bar of the invention have been found to exhibit greater than 5 million cycles with rotating bending type testing at a stress level of 515MPa. It was also found that the fatigue life of the forged component of the invention is at least five times more than that of the existing alloy steel materials.
- the present invention describes the steel composition and the entire process of making the steel from melting to thermo-mechanical processing to achieve steel with ultra-high strength and very high fatigue performance. Specifically, the invention relates to an ultra-high strength steel in accordance with claim 1, a process of making an ultra-high strength steel rolled bar in accordance with claim 2, and a process of making forged components in accordance with claim 3.
- the object of the present Invention is to develop an ultra-high strength steel with high fatigue resistance with thermo-mechanically processed and control cooled steel that is processed with induction or electric arc furnace or Basic oxygen furnace routes followed by secondary refining, vacuum degassing and traditional casting processes such as ingot casting or continuous casting.
- Another object of the present investigation is to achieve a wide range of mechanical properties within Ultra high strength range by changing the cooling rate post thermo-mechanical processing in air, water, polymer, oil and vermiculite cooling.
- Another object of the present invention is to propose usefulness of steel in weight reduction by at least 10% as a substitute for heat treated alloy steels or microalloyed steels.
- Another object of the invention is to minimize the cost of steel manufacturing as compared to alloy steels and savings associated with avoidance of heat treatment in alloy steels.
- Another object of present invention is to produce ultra-high strength components having fatigue resistance of at least five times compared to regular heat treated or micro alloyed steels.
- the present invention describes the development of ultra-high strength steel for potential use in light weighting and fatigue resistant component applications.
- the primary steel is manufactured using induction furnaces, electric arc furnaces (EAF), ladle furnaces or basic oxygen furnaces.
- the primary steel is suitably alloyed in a secondary refining furnace followed by vacuum degassing to produce the steel of designed chemistry additives shown in Table 1, based on theoretical considerations on alloy design principles.
- the steel is refined and killed with Aluminium (Al) to get a residual oxygen level to less than 15ppm. This is found to reduce the potential oxide inclusions that have an effect on the fatigue life of the component that may be made using the steel of the present invention.
- Table 1 Composition of the steel designed for meeting Ultra high strength range and fatigue resistance.
- the steel is cast through ingot casting preferably with bottom pouring up-hill casting technique or it may be cast as a concast steel product of suitable size.
- the as-cast ingot or the concast bloom may be hot charged or cold charged in a furnace for further deformation.
- the initial soaking for hot deformation is done at a temperature between 1280° C and 1220° C.
- the soaked bloom is subject to hot rolling. Suitable reduction per pass is applied.
- the material gets deformed easily by forging or directly hot rolling with good surface finish.
- the hot worked material is suitably hot finished at a temperature between 1000 and 900° C. This is followed by control cooling the deformed steel in any of the cooling medium vermiculite, air, oil, polymer or water.
- the distortion of the steel is depending on the quenching severity of the media.
- the steel quenched in water or polymer may require a stress relief temper treatment at a temperature between 200 and 340 °C.
- the invention discloses development of the steel and its processing where the content, morphology and distribution of the phases ensure the unique range of mechanical properties.
- the bainitic transformation involves a displacive transformation followed by diffusion of carbon to form carbides that create the bainitic microstructures.
- the invention discloses the stability of predominantly bainitic microstructure when control cooled in various media such as vermiculite, air, oil, polymer and water quenching which resulted in higher strength.
- the invention also discloses development of steel which can be made at par with that of processing an air cooled micro alloyed steel but delivers ultra-high strength level and superior fatigue resistance.
- the primary steel was melted in a 35MT electric arc furnace followed by secondary steel making using a ladle furnace.
- the entire process flow followed is shown in Figure 1 .
- the process of the present invention ensures that the steel developed by adopting above mentioned process has Oxygen content less than 15ppm (a condition that is necessary to give ultra-high strength).
- Secondary steel making followed by vacuum degassing ensures low gas content.
- One advantage of completely air cooled bainitic structure is that the transformation has a natural tendency to reject hydrogen gas and the steel would be virtually free from hydrogen flaking unlike that in an alloy steel.
- the steel in the present case was manufactured by continuous casting while ingot casting is also possible. Macro segregation was minimised by having low carbon and sulphur contents.
- the steel can be hot or cold charged during deformation.
- the as-cast steel is amenable for hot deformation using hot forging and hot rolling and in this specific case it was directly hot rolled with a reduction ratio more than 4 with a cross section of round corner square.
- the hot deformation temperature at which thermo-mechanical processing is carried out is between 1280 and 850 °C.
- the plastic deformation of the steel happens with good plastic flow behaviour and with no surface defects.
- the finish rolling temperature was maintained in a range between 1000 to 900°C.
- the steel after thermo-mechanical processing was subject to initially three different cooling rates using vermiculite cooling, air cooling or water quenching. Each of the three cooling methods leads to the formation of predominantly bainitic microstructure.
- the typical mechanical properties achieved in the 35 MT directly hot rolled steel are shown in Table 3.
- the corresponding microstructures are shown in Figure 2 .
- Table 2 Properties of raw material achieved at three cooling conditions.
- This example shows that the steel is amenable for processing to bainitic transformation after thermo-mechanical processing over a wide range of temperatures. This implies that the steel exhibits bainitic structure with lesser control of cooling rate. This simplifies the manufacturing process in closed die forging where in some cases desired cooling rate is imposed to get a specific microstructure.
- the present invention confirms that there is no need for forced air cooling or a very controlled cooling in the conveyor after deformation.
- the steel made using the process of invention was used in making of close die steel component, where excellent consistency in mechanical properties is achieved.
- the mechanical properties obtained in this study shows ultra-high strength range consistent in a product. Such levels of properties are usually achieved in hardened and tempered steels. In the case of the present invention, there is no need for hardening and tempering and air cooling is sufficient to achieve the desired mechanical properties. It was also observed that the transverse properties as shown in Table 2 significantly improved when the steel was subject to thermo-mechanical processing in a closed die forging operation.
- the steel bar manufactured using the invented process are easy to forge into complex shaped components.
- the forging made of such steel had the desired bainitic structure.
- This ultra-high strength steel contributes to weight reduction of the existing components that enhances fuel efficiency in automotive type applications.
- the component weight reduction can be achieved by at least 10%.
- the steel made using the process of invention was used for forging an automotive front axle beam designed for Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) of about 7 tons as shown in Figure 3 .
- the closed die forging of components made using the steel of the invention can be manufactured using a hammer or a press, and the forging process involves soaking of rolled bar at a temperature range between 1280° C and 1220° C , The Finish forging temperature is maintained within temperature range 1000 to 900°C.
- the forging process involves preform manufacturing step for blocker forging and finisher forging, the process of preform manufacturing consist of reduce rolling the heated billet and bending some portion using bender tool.
- the finish forging is followed by cooling the hot forged component in any of the cooling medium selected from a group comprising controlled cooled, air, oil, or polymer.
- the microstructure of forging component using the ultra-high strength steel is as shown in Figure 4 .
- the fatigue test results shows at least five times better fatigue life as compared to conventional heat treated steel grades such as AISI 1045, 40Cr4.
- Axle beams made from the invention of the present steel can be made slimmer than those made with micro alloyed steel grades (30MnVS6+Ti) resulting in weight reduction.
- the steel shows dense sheaves of bainitic ferrite with nano-carbides.
- the strengths developed in this invention far surpass the traditional medium carbon microalloyed steel grades used for component fabrication.
- One key feature of the process of the present invention is that the enhanced strength of the steel disclosed herein is achieved without heat treatment by cooling in air or cooling in other media after thermo-mechanical processing.
- the mechanical properties of the steel of the invention are comparable to that in the oil hardened and tempered alloy steels and superior to that obtained in ferrite pearlitic medium carbon microalloyed steel.
- the present steel achieves the strength value merely using thermo-mechanical processes and with suitable cooling medium.
- the steel of the present invention is comparable with 1% Cr alloy steel in terms of cost but it has mechanical properties which are equivalent to alloy steels with further alloying additive and heat treatment.
- the enhanced strength enables reduction in weight of the components in range of at least 10 % in case of the traditional medium carbon micro alloyed steel.
- the improved strength values have resulted in improved fatigue life of components made from the steel of the present invention is at least 5 times when compared with those which were made using traditional micro alloyed steel grade.
- the steel of the present invention is useful for light-weighting opportunities in applications such as shafts, axle beams, steering knuckles, connecting rods, camshaft, etc.
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- Ultrahochfester Stahl der vorliegenden Erfindung, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Stahl in Gewichtsprozent umfasst:Kohlenstoff im Anteil von 0,1 bis 0,25%,Mangan im Anteil von 1,2 bis 2,5%,Silizium im Anteil von 0,5 bis 1,7 %,Chrom im Anteil von 0,8 bis 1,4 %,Molybdän im Anteil von 0,05 bis 0,1%,Niob im Anteil von 0,05 bis 0,10%,Titan im Anteil von 0,01 bis 0,035%,und dass die restlichen Elemente weniger als 0,4% betragen, wobei die restlichen Elemente sind:Nickel im Anteil von weniger als 0,4 %,Vanadium im Anteil von weniger als 0, 1%,Schwefel im Anteil von weniger als 0,03%,Phosphor im Anteil von weniger als 0,02%,wobei der Stahl weiterhin in Gewichtsprozent umfasst:Aluminium im Anteil von weniger als 0,02%,Bor weniger als 30 ppm,Sauerstoff in einer Menge von weniger als 15 ppm,Rest Eisen und unvermeidbare Verunreinigungen.
- Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Walzstabs aus ultrahochfestem Stahl, wobei das Verfahren die folgenden Schritte umfasst:- Schmelzen des Stahls mit der in Anspruch 1 offenbarten chemischen Zusammensetzung, gefolgt von sekundärer Raffination und Vakuumentgasung, wobei die sekundäre Raffination den Schritt des Tötens mit Aluminium umfasst, um den Sauerstoffgehalt in dem Stahl auf unter 15 ppm zu bringen,- Gießen des Stahls durch Blockguss oder Strangguss zu einem Vorblock,- Heißchargieren des Gussblocks oder des Stranggussblocks oder alternativ Kaltchargieren derselben in einem Ofen,- Tauchen des Barrens oder des Vorblocks in einem Temperaturbereich zwischen 1280 °C und 1220 °C,- Warmwalzen des getauchten Vorblocks,-- Durchführung von Reduzierwalzen,- Fertigwalzen in einem Temperaturbereich von 1000 bis 900 °C,- geregeltes Kühlen des warmgewalzten Stahls in einem beliebigen Kühlmedium, das aus einer Gruppe ausgewählt wird, die Vermiculit, Luft, Öl, Polymer oder Wasser umfasst.
- Verfahren zur Herstellung geschmiedeter Bauteile mit einem ultrahochfesten Stahl, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Verfahren die folgenden Schritte umfasst:- Erhitzen und Tauchen von nach dem in Anspruch 2 offenbarten Verfahren hergestellten Walzstäben in einem Temperaturbereich zwischen 1280 °C und 1220 °C,- Warmschmieden des Bauteils,- Fertigschmieden des Bauteils in einem Temperaturbereich von 1000 bis 900 °C,- Kühlen des fertig geschmiedeten Bauteils in einem beliebigen Kühlmedium, das aus einer Gruppe ausgewählt wird, die geregelt gekühlte Luft, Öl oder Polymer umfasst.
- Verfahren zur Herstellung eines ultrahochfesten Stahls nach Anspruch 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Schmelzen im Schritt des Gießens unter Verwendung eines Induktionsofens oder eines elektrischen Lichtbogenofens oder eines Linz-Donawitz-Ofens durchgeführt wird.
- Verfahren zur Herstellung eines ultrahochfesten Stahls nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schritt der thermo-mechanischen Verarbeitung durch eine Technik durchgeführt wird, die aus einer Gruppe ausgewählt wird, die Warmwalzen, Gesenkschmieden oder Strangpressen umfasst.
- Verfahren zur Herstellung geschmiedeter Bauteile nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schritt des Warmschmiedens eines Bauteils den Schritt der Herstellung einer Vorform für das Blockschmieden und das Fertigschmieden umfasst, gefolgt von Abkühlen.
- Verfahren zur Herstellung geschmiedeter Bauteile nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schritt des Herstellens der Vorform die Schritte des Reduzierwalzens und Biegens umfasst.
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