JP2009125801A - Welding method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a welding method capable of ensuring the welding strength of a welded part while the material strength of a high-tensile steel plate exceeds 980 MPa. <P>SOLUTION: In the welding method for welding a steel plate, a workpiece to be welded by the resistance welding is melted and solidified to form a nugget, a melted and solidified part and a heat affected zone are tempered by the induction heating, and subjected to the natural cooling immediately thereafter, or the steel plate is cooled at the cooling rate of ≥20°C/s by pressure-holding an electrode of the resistance welding. The tempering by the induction heating is performed at the heating temperature equal to or lower than the A3 transformation point of the workpiece. After melting and solidifying the workpiece by the resistance welding and forming the nuggets, the workpiece is subjected to induction heating to the A3 transformation point, and successively cooled. Thereafter, the melted and solidified part and the heat affected zone are tempered by the induction heating. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for welding a high-tensile steel plate of 980 Mpa class or higher, which has good resistance welding used as a joining means for members composed of high-strength steel plates used for the purpose of reducing the weight of automobiles.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as steel plates for automobiles, high tension has been advanced for the purpose of reducing the weight of automobiles. When resistance welding such as spot welding is performed as an adverse effect of increasing the tension of automobiles, there is a problem that the toughness of the melt-solidified portion is lost due to rapid heating and quenching, and the bonding strength is low or not stable. Therefore, by suppressing the additive element, particularly C (% by weight), joint strength is secured by preventing toughness deterioration of the weld solidified portion (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2005-21934 A

  However, suppressing the additive element, particularly the amount of C, suppresses the increase in the tensile strength of the steel sheet, and as a high-strength steel sheet for automobiles, there is a problem that the tensile strength remains at about 980 MPa class. In addition, there is an increase in strength by hot pressing. In this case, it contains about 0.2% (weight) of C, and it is quenched by heating and cooling by a mold, resulting in a material strength of about 1500 MPa. Due to the above-mentioned problems and the like, strength reliability is secured by restricting the mating material to be joined. Thus, suppressing C (weight%) makes it difficult to increase the tension of the material, and if C (weight%) is increased to some extent, the plate assembly is restricted. .

  The objective of this invention is providing the welding method which can ensure the joining strength of a junction part, although it is a high-tensile steel plate in which material strength exceeds 980 MPa.

  As a result of the study by the present inventors, the material to be welded is melted and solidified by resistance welding to form a nugget, and then the melt-solidified part and the heat-affected part are tempered by high-frequency heating, so that the melt-solidified part and heat It has been found that the bonding strength hardly decreases even when the C content is added to 0.38 (wt%) by making the affected part a tempered martensite or tempered bainite structure. Moreover, it was confirmed that by setting the hardness of the melt-solidified part in the range of Hv + 50 to +150 from the hardness of the base material, both the strength and toughness of the melt-solidified part can be ensured and good joint strength can be obtained.

  In order to achieve the above-described object of the present invention, the present inventors have studied and found that it is effective to satisfy the following conditions.

That is,
(A) In the welding of steel plates, the material to be welded is melted and solidified by resistance welding to form a nugget, and then the melt-solidified part and the heat-affected part are tempered by high-frequency heating, and immediately after that, left to cool, or The welding method of cooling at a cooling rate of 20 ° C./s or more by pressurizing and holding the resistance welding electrode.

(B) In the welding method of the above-mentioned claim, the tempering treatment by high frequency heating is performed at a heating temperature below the A3 transformation point of the material to be welded.

(C) In the welding method of the above-mentioned claim, after the material to be welded is melted and solidified by resistance welding to form a nugget, high-frequency heating is performed up to the A3 transformation point, followed by cooling, and baking of the melt-solidified portion and the heat-affected zone Welding method to return.

(D) The welding method according to the above claim, wherein resistance welding and tempering are performed by an apparatus comprising an arrangement in which a high-frequency heating coil is wound around an electrode for resistance welding.

(E) In the welding method of the above-mentioned claim, a method of heating to the A3 transformation point by high-frequency heating is performed by detecting a change in impedance when the high-frequency heating coil reaches the A2 transformation point, and a predetermined time after the detection. A welding method characterized by stopping high-frequency heating or reducing heat input by high-frequency heating.

(F) In the welding method of the above-mentioned claim, the material to be welded is a steel plate exceeding 980 MPa, and the melt-solidified portion and the heat-affected zone of the joint by resistance welding are mainly tempered martensite or tempered bainite. A welding method that forms a phased structure.

(G) The welding method according to the above claim, wherein the hardness of the melt-solidified portion is adjusted to a range of + Hv50 to +150 from the hardness of the base material.

  According to the present invention, even in a high-tensile steel plate of 980 Mpa or higher, the strength of the joint portion does not decrease, and an excellent effect that has never been achieved is exhibited.

    FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the embodiment. By moving the heating coils 4 and 5 to an appropriate position by driving a servo motor (not shown), it is possible to sandwich a preset welded part of the workpiece (material to be welded). The heating coils 4 and 5 are connected to a high frequency power source 6 to constitute a high frequency heating means. This high frequency heating means is driven and controlled by the heating control device 7 based on a movement completion signal from the coil driving device.

The operation of the embodiment will be described below.
The workpieces 1 and 2 are sandwiched at appropriate positions with respect to the welded portion 3 by the heating coils 4 and 5 moved by the coil driving device. Based on the movement completion signal of the coil drive device, the heating control device 7 causes the high-frequency power source 6 to supply a high-frequency current to the heating coils 4 and 5. Heating is detected by the heating control device 7 when the heating coils 4 and 5 reach the A2 transformation of the workpieces 1 and 2, and after 1 second, the high-frequency current is stopped and heated to the A3 transformation of the workpieces 1 and 2. It was. Thereafter, the workpieces 1 and 2 are cooled at a cooling rate of 20 ° C./s or higher by the heating control device 7 with a high-frequency current.
After completion of the cooling process, the heating control device 7 stops the supply of high-frequency current to the heating coils 4 and 5 and the coil driving device moves the heating coils 4 and 5 to a predetermined standby position away from the welded portion 3. Let

  EXAMPLES Hereinafter, although an Example and a comparative example demonstrate this invention further in detail, this invention is not limited to these Examples.

(Comparative Examples 1-27, Examples 28-30)
A steel plate having the composition shown in Table 1 was welded using the welding apparatus shown in FIG.

  Table 1 lists the components and mechanical properties of the examples and comparative examples. A tensile shear test piece and a cross tensile test piece in accordance with JIS Z 3136 and JIS Z 3137 were prepared from each steel sheet shown in Table 1 by cutting, and the welded joint surface was degreased, and then the applied pressure was 4950 to 6450 kN and the energization time was 19 Spot welding was performed under conditions of ˜23 cyc and a current value of 10 to 14 kA. Test piece numbers 28 to 30 were tempered by a high-frequency heat treatment apparatus in which a coil was arranged on the outer periphery of the nugget after the spot welding.

As for the mechanical properties of the steel sheet, a tensile test was performed using a JIS Z 2201 No. 5 test piece. In the observation of the structure of the base material, the melted part, and the heat-affected zone, the cross-section was polished and then etched with a nital solution, and an optical microscope 100 to 1000 times and SEM observation 1000 to 5000 times were performed.
The obtained spot-welded specimens were subjected to a tensile shear test and a cross tensile test in accordance with JIS Z 3136 and JIS Z 3137, respectively. The cross-sectional test was based on JIS Z 3139 and measured the nugget diameter.

With regard to the strength of the joint portion subjected to resistance welding, when the base material strength exceeds the 590 MPa class, TSS increases, but CTS tends not to increase. Therefore, as a comparison of effects, the comparison was made by examining the relationship of the following formula (1). As a judgment, the joint portion was evaluated by comparing the ratio of TSS and material strength and the product of CTS and material strength. (In Table 1; 590 MPa class or more: ○, 590 MPa class or less: x)
TSS / (Material strength) + CTS x (Material strength) ... Formula (1)

  It is known that resistance welding systematically changes around the melted part due to the influence of heat. As a result, the base material strength is softened to reduce the joint strength, so the presence or absence of softening (in Table 1; no softening: ○, with softening: x) is cut in the cross-sectional direction at the melt-solidified part and its periphery. After resin filling, it was mirror-polished and confirmed by measuring the hardness according to JIS Z 2244.

  The fracture form can be said to be the factor most attributable to the stability of the joint strength, and it can be said that the case of taking the form of the plug fracture described in JIS Z 3136 is a stable strength. (In Table 1, plug rupture: ○, interface rupture: x)

  Each performance after spot welding of the steel sheet in the scope of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 shows the bonding strength, presence / absence of softening of the base metal strength around the molten part, which affects the strength, and the variation factors of the bonding strength as shown in Table 1. It can be said that the base material has all the performances of the fracture mode and the tensile strength of the base material is 1180 MPa class or more, and exhibits an excellent effect that has been achieved so far that both high strength and resistance weldability can be achieved.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be changed without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the workpiece is sandwiched between a pair of coils. However, if predetermined heating is possible, the same effect can be obtained even by heating with one coil, and the configuration can be simplified. I can plan.
Further, in order to obtain cooling of 20 ° C./s or more, it may be sandwiched between spot welding electrodes and cooled by heat removal. Normally, the heating temperature fluctuates due to the displacement of the position of the high-frequency coil and the material to be welded. However, according to this method, the heating control is performed based on the detection of the impedance change at the A2 transformation point. There is an advantage that the temperature control is highly accurate.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of a resistance welding apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1, 2 Work 3 Welded part 4, 5 Heating coil 6 High frequency power supply 7 Heating control device

Claims (7)

  In the steel plate welding method, the material to be welded is melted and solidified by resistance welding to form a nugget, and then the tempering treatment of the melt-solidified portion and the heat-affected zone is performed by high-frequency heating, and then left to cool, or resistance welding A welding method in which the electrode is cooled and cooled at a cooling rate of 20 ° C./s or higher.   The welding method according to claim 1, wherein the tempering treatment by high-frequency heating is performed at a heating temperature below the A3 transformation point of the welded material.   3. The welding method according to claim 1, wherein the tempering process is a first tempering process in which high-frequency heating is performed up to an A3 transformation point of the workpiece, and after the cooling, melt-solidification is performed by high-frequency heating. Welding method for further performing a second tempering process for tempering the heat affected zone and the heat affected zone.   The welding method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the resistance welding and the tempering treatment are performed by an apparatus having an arrangement in which a high-frequency heating coil is wound around an electrode for resistance welding. Method.   The welding method according to claim 3, wherein the method of heating by high frequency heating to the A3 transformation point of the first tempering process is performed by detecting a change in impedance when the high frequency heating coil reaches the A2 transformation point. A welding method characterized in that high-frequency heating is stopped after a predetermined period of time or heat input due to high-frequency heating is reduced.   The welding method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the material to be welded is a steel plate exceeding 980 MPa, and is tempered martensite in the melt-solidified part and the heat-affected part of the joint by resistance welding. Alternatively, a resistance welding method for forming a structure whose main phase is tempered bainite.   The welding method according to claim 6, wherein the hardness of the melt-solidified portion is adjusted to a range of + Hv50 to +150 from the hardness of the base material.

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