EP3250727A1 - Pièce constituée de tôle d'acier revêtue à base d'aluminium durcie par moulage par compression et procédé de fabrication d'une telle pièce - Google Patents

Pièce constituée de tôle d'acier revêtue à base d'aluminium durcie par moulage par compression et procédé de fabrication d'une telle pièce

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EP3250727A1
EP3250727A1 EP17721056.4A EP17721056A EP3250727A1 EP 3250727 A1 EP3250727 A1 EP 3250727A1 EP 17721056 A EP17721056 A EP 17721056A EP 3250727 A1 EP3250727 A1 EP 3250727A1
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Thomas Koll
Marc Debeaux
Friedrich Luther
Christian Fritzsche
Stefan MÜTZE
Frank Beier
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Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
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  • the invention relates to a component made of press-hardened aluminum-coated steel sheet, the coating having a hot-dip coating containing aluminum and silicon.
  • the invention also relates to a method for producing such a component.
  • the coating relates to an aluminum-silicon coating.
  • press hardening enables the production of high-strength components, which are mainly used in the bodywork area.
  • the press-hardening can basically be carried out by means of two different process variants, namely by means of the direct or indirect process. While in the indirect process, the process steps of forming and hardening run separately, they take place together in a direct process in a tool. In the following, only the direct method will be considered. In the direct process, a steel sheet is over the so-called
  • thermoformable steels for this application are, for example, the manganese-boron steel "22MnB5" and recently also air-hardenable steels according to the European patent EP 2 449 138 B1.
  • Scaling protection for press hardening eg for automotive body construction
  • the advantages here are in addition to the increased corrosion resistance of the finished component in that the boards or components do not scale in the oven, whereby the wear of the press tools is reduced by chipped scale and the components often have to be blasted before further processing.
  • hot-dip (alloy) coatings are currently known: aluminum-silicon (AS), zinc-aluminum (Z), zinc-aluminum-iron (ZF / Galvannealed), zinc-magnesium-aluminum (ZM ), as well as electrodeposited zinc-nickel or zinc coatings, the latter being converted to an iron-zinc alloy layer prior to hot working.
  • AS aluminum-silicon
  • Z zinc-aluminum
  • ZF / Galvannealed zinc-magnesium-aluminum
  • ZM zinc-magnesium-aluminum
  • Press-hardenable steels by hot forming in a forming tool is known from German patent DE 601 19 826 T2.
  • German Patent DE 699 33 751 T2 The production of components by quenching of aluminum alloy-coated precursors of press-hardenable steels by hot forming in a forming tool is known from German Patent DE 699 33 751 T2.
  • a coated aluminum alloy sheet is heated to above 700 ° C prior to forming, resulting in an intermetallic alloy based on iron, aluminum and silicon on the surface and subsequently formed the sheet and at a speed above the critical
  • the publication US 201 1/0300407 A1 discloses a process for the production a press-formed hardened steel sheet for use in the automotive industry.
  • the steel sheet is provided with an aluminum-silicon (AS) coating with a layer coverage of 20 to 80 g / m 2 , heated to temperatures above 820 ° C and held the temperature for some time (about 3 minutes).
  • AS aluminum-silicon
  • different intermetallic phases are formed in the coating, for example Fe 3 Al, FeAl or Fe-Al 2 O 3 .
  • European Patent Application EP 2 312 01 1 A1 also describes a process for the production of metallic coatings on moldings for use in the automotive industry. For this purpose, the casting is provided in a molten bath with an aluminum alloy and then to produce a
  • anodic oxidation is also provided.
  • German patent DE 198 53 285 C1 presents a method for producing a protective layer on martensitic steel. Under a protective gas atmosphere (argon with 5% H2), the steel to be coated is immersed in a melt of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, cooled and then at
  • Austenitizing temperature hot isostatically pressed The aluminum protective layer produced in this way is between 100 and 200 .mu.m thick and should contain on its surface an approximately 1 .mu.m thick alumina layer, for the formation or receipt of which no further details are given.
  • Aluminum oxide layer is above the temperature of the aluminum and the
  • Oxygen concentration adjusted during the coating it is between 4 and 30 nm.
  • the advantage of the aluminum-based coatings compared to the zinc-based coatings is that in addition to a larger process window (eg with regard to the heating parameters), the finished components before further processing is not must be blasted. In addition, there is no risk of molten metal embrittlement in the case of aluminum-based coatings and no microcracks in the near-surface substrate region can form on the former austenite grain boundaries, which can have a negative effect on the fatigue strength at depths above 10 ⁇ m.
  • AS Aluminum-silicon
  • KTL automotive-typical cathodic dip coating
  • the surface has a too low roughness, so that no sufficient paint adhesion is achieved.
  • aluminum-based coatings can not or only insufficiently phosphating and thus can not be achieved by the phosphating step improvement in paint adhesion.
  • the alloying of the coating with iron and the formation of a paintable surface topography require a correspondingly long residence time in the roller hearth furnace commonly used, which significantly prolongs the cycle times and reduces the economy of the press-forming.
  • the minimum residence time is thus determined by the coating and not by the base material, for which only the achievement of the necessary Austenitmaschinestemperatur would be necessary.
  • the corrosion resistance is reduced by the stronger alloying with iron, since the aluminum content in the alloy layer with the
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide a component of a press-form-hardened based on aluminum-coated sheet steel, which is inexpensive to produce and excellent paintability and weldability, in particular resistance point weldability, has. Furthermore, a method for producing such a component is to be specified.
  • the teaching of the invention comprises a component made of press-hardened, based on aluminum coated steel sheet, wherein the coating has a in
  • Hot-dip method applied coating containing aluminum and silicon which is characterized in that the press-form hardened component in the transition region between steel sheet and coating has an interdiffusion zone I, wherein depending on the coating layer of the coating before heating and press curing, the thickness of the interdiffusion zone I following formula
  • a zone with different intermetallic phases is formed with an average total thickness between 8 and 50 .mu.m, on which in turn a cover layer containing alumina and / or hydroxide in an average thickness of at least 0.05 .mu.m to at most 5 .mu.m is arranged.
  • Examples of possible aluminum-based coatings are aluminum-silicon (AS), aluminum-zinc-silicon (AZ), as well as the same coatings with admixtures of additional elements, e.g. Magnesium, transition metals such as manganese, titanium and rare earths.
  • An inventive coating of the steel sheet is produced, for example, in a molten bath with an Si content of 8 to 12% by weight, an Fe content of 1 to 4% by weight, balance aluminum.
  • cover layers containing aluminum oxide and / or hydroxide act on the component formed by press-forming hardening as ideal adhesion promoters for a subsequent painting, in particular the
  • Oven temperatures between 900 and 950 ° C should also be observed here. Oven temperatures between 930 and 950 ° C are advantageous for high cycle times.
  • cover layer of aluminum oxides and / or hydroxides according to the invention has an advantageous effect on the resistance spot weldability with short furnace times, since the contact resistance is increased and thus a good
  • cover layers having an average thickness of between 0.15 and 1 ⁇ m are particularly advantageous.
  • the invention also relates to a method for producing a component, in particular according to claim 1, from press-hardened, based on aluminum coated steel sheet with particular suitability for painting and resistance spot welding, wherein as an aluminum-based coating
  • Coating is applied to the steel sheet in the hot-dip method, which is characterized
  • Hot water treatment and / or treatment in an atmosphere which is at least variable proportions of oxygen, water vapor is subjected to the hot water treatment or treatment under water vapor at temperatures of at least 90 ° C, preferably at least 95 ° C, carried out in the course of treatment on the Surface of the coating to form oxides or hydroxides an alumina and / or - hydroxide contained cover layer is formed with a thickness of at least 0.05 .mu.m to a maximum of 5 ⁇
  • the steel sheet or steel strip is at least partially heated to a temperature above the Austenitmaschinestemperatur that the heated steel sheet or steel strip is then formed and then cooled at a rate that at least
  • the term is at least partially in the Understand the meaning of local sections of the treated steel sheet or steel strip, so that a steel sheet or steel strip with targeted spatially divergent structures and properties arise.
  • the cover layer is applied to the surface of the coating in a continuous process.
  • the treatment takes place in an atmosphere which also contains proportions of basic components, preferably ammonia (NH 3 ), primary, secondary or tertiary aliphatic amines (NH 2 R, NHR 2 ), NR 3 ).
  • basic components preferably ammonia (NH 3 ), primary, secondary or tertiary aliphatic amines (NH 2 R, NHR 2 ), NR 3 ).
  • a thin oxidic cover layer can advantageously be obtained by anodic oxidation (thin-film anodization), plasma oxidation and a hydroxide-containing topcoat by means of a hot water treatment of the aluminum-based coating at temperatures of at least 90 ° C, preferably at least 95 ° C and / or a treatment in water vapor at temperatures of at least 90 ° C, advantageously at least 95 ° C are prepared.
  • gas phase treatment of the AS surface also leads to the same target.
  • the AS surface is treated with an atmosphere which may contain at least variable proportions of oxygen, water vapor, optionally also fractions of basic components, in particular ammonia, primary, secondary or tertiary aliphatic amines.
  • This treatment leads to a time- or temperature-controlled growth of a cover layer containing aluminum oxide and / or hydroxide.
  • the composition of the gas phase can be used to control the layer thickness growth of this cover layer.
  • Treatment is carried out at a temperature of 40 ° C to 100 ° C, preferably 90 C to 100 ° C. Lower treatment temperatures extend the
  • treatment temperatures above 100 ° C may require
  • Both anodization and gas phase treatment lead to a cover layer containing aluminum oxide and / or hydroxide, which has net or needle-like structures on its surface.
  • the associated surface enlargement improves the adhesion of a subsequent KT coating. Since longer heating times are no longer required to form a coatable surface topography, the corrosion protection of the coating is also increased. This can be explained by the fact that less diffusion of aluminum and iron takes place with only a short required annealing time in the roller hearth furnace. Among other things, this leads to a relatively low level of education
  • Interdiffusion zone By way of example, this is for an AS support of the starting material of 150 g / m 2 (AS150) below 7 ⁇ m.
  • Heating time in the oven even lower thicknesses of the diffusion layers of less than 3 microns, and even be achieved below 2 microns on the finished component.
  • the thicknesses of the interdiffusion layers I according to the invention for a layer overlay of the starting material resulting from the linear relationship according to the following formulas for various sheet thickness-dependent heating times:
  • the necessary heating time in the oven depends, according to the invention, only on the sheet thickness, since the coating according to the invention does not have a holding time in the oven
  • Table 1 shows short (220 seconds), very short (180 seconds) and extremely short (150 seconds) heating times in comparison to the usual heating times (360 seconds) in the roller hearth furnace.
  • Another positive effect of the short heating time is a significantly reduced pore content in the alloy layer and in the diffusion zone. Pores are formed at longer annealing times, e.g. through the Kirkendall effect. Experiments have shown that short-term annealing reduces the total pore fraction to values of less than 6% and even to values below 4% and 2%, respectively. What is e.g. can have an advantageous effect on the weldability.
  • Forming press fed, reshaped and quenched As a result, also advantageously shorter roller hearth furnaces than those used so far can be used.
  • the use of other types of furnaces, for example for inductive or conductive rapid heating is possible without the heated boards to form a paintable Surface topography must be kept at temperature.
  • Figure 1 shows schematically the layer structure of the coating on a
  • a steel sheet with a coating of AS150, ie with a coating layer of the coating of 150 g / m 2 was used.
  • an interdiffusion zone Fe (Al, Si) is formed with a thickness of 7 to 14 microns, on which a zone with different intermetallic phases (eg Fe2SiAl 2 and FeAl 2 ) has formed, with the individual phases in this zone can occur cell-shaped or cluster-shaped distributed. Due to the oxidation in the oven as well as the transfer to the press, a very thin aluminum oxide layer with a thickness of less than 0.05 ⁇ m has formed. Also visible are pores that have formed in the different zones.
  • FIG. 2 shows, by comparison, the layer structure of an inventive device
  • Cover layer of at least 0.05 microns is formed and which has been produced with shortened compared to the prior art heating times.
  • an interdiffusion zone is formed, in which aluminum and silicon are diffused into the steel Fe (Al, Si). Due to the only very short necessary heating time in the oven
  • this layer for example, for AS150 has a thickness of less than 7 microns on average.
  • a further layer with different intermetallic phases eg Fe 2 SiAl 2 and FeAl 2 ) forms on this layer, wherein the individual phases in this zone can occur in a cell-shaped or cluster-shaped manner and on which an aluminum oxide and / or Hydroxide-containing topcoat in an average thickness of at least 0.05 microns to is arranged at most 5 microns.
  • FIG. 3 shows graphically the thickness I of the interdiffusion zone according to the invention for a layer coverage of the starting material between 50 g / m 2 and 180 g / m 2 according to the following relationship:
  • an inventive cover layer containing aluminum oxide and / or hydroxide is present.
  • short heating times of 220 s and less resulted in interdiffusion layers of less than 7 ⁇ m on the press-hardened component.
  • long heating times of 360 s according to the prior art on the other hand due to the alloying of the coating with iron, a good paint adhesion and weldability is also provided in the samples without the cover layer containing the aluminum oxide and / or hydroxide according to the invention.
  • the thickness of the interdiffusion layers is significantly above 7 ⁇ m after a heating time of 360 s.

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L'invention concerne une pièce constituée de tôle d'acier revêtue à base d'aluminium durcie par moulage par compression, le revêtement comprenant un dépôt appliqué suivant un procédé d'immersion à chaud, lequel dépôt contient de l'aluminium et du silicium. La pièce selon l'invention est caractérisée en ce que la pièce durcie par moulage par compression comprend une zone d'interdiffusion I dans la zone de transition entre la tôle d'acier et le dépôt. En fonction de la couche métallique du dépôt avant le chauffage et le durcissement par compression, l'épaisseur de la zone d'interdiffusion I répond à la formule suivante : I [µm] < (1/35) x couche métallique de part et d'autre [g/m2] + (19/7), une zone comprenant différentes phases intermétalliques et présentant une épaisseur totale moyenne comprise entre 8 et 50 µm est formée sur la zone d'interdiffusion I, sur laquelle est disposée pour sa part une couche de recouvrement contenant de l'oxyde et/ou de l'hydroxyde d'aluminium en une épaisseur moyenne d'au moins 0,05 µm à 5 µm au maximum. L'invention concerne également un procédé de fabrication de ladite pièce.
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