US20040003876A1 - Structural Fe-Cr steel sheet, manufacturing method thereof, and structural shaped steel - Google Patents

Structural Fe-Cr steel sheet, manufacturing method thereof, and structural shaped steel Download PDF

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US20040003876A1
US20040003876A1 US10/606,081 US60608103A US2004003876A1 US 20040003876 A1 US20040003876 A1 US 20040003876A1 US 60608103 A US60608103 A US 60608103A US 2004003876 A1 US2004003876 A1 US 2004003876A1
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  • This invention relates to structural Fe—Cr steel sheets, which have a strength equivalent to that of SS400 defined by Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) G 3101 (1995) and which are used for civil engineering and architectural structures such as bridges and housing structures, requiring superior corrosion resistance, durability, weldability, and characteristics of welded portions. More particularly, this invention relates to a structural Fe—Cr steel sheet in which variations in strength in a coil thereof does not substantially exist and in which deteriorates in the strength of welded portions does not substantially occur even when fabrication is performed by electric resistance welding which causes extremely rapid heating and cooling; to a manufacturing method of the structural Fe—Cr steel sheet described above; and to a structural shaped steel manufactured therefrom.
  • JIS Japanese Industrial Standard
  • Fe—Cr steel which has superior corrosion resistance and higher design performance, has drawn intensive attention as a very attractive candidate in view of life cycle cost (LCC).
  • LCC life cycle cost
  • an austenitic stainless steel such as SUS304A defined by JIS G 4321 (2000) has been studied, which has been most widely used because of its material strength, corrosion resistance, easy weldability, toughness of welded portions, and easy availability.
  • This austenitic stainless steel has sufficient characteristics used as a civil engineering and architectural material in view of the strength, corrosion resistance, fire resistance, toughness of welded portions and the like.
  • the austenitic stainless steel contains a large amount of alloying elements such as nickel (Ni) and chromium (Cr), the price is considerably high as compared to that of ordinary steel.
  • martensitic stainless steel such as SUS410 or SUS410S, defined by JIS G 4304 (1999), containing no expensive Ni and a relatively small amount of Cr, has been performed to develop a material for use in civil engineering and architectural application.
  • the martensitic stainless steel has advantages in that there is no concern about a embrittlement, 475° C. embrittlement, and the like, which are problems for a high Cr alloy, and that stress corrosion cracking, which is a problem for austenitic stainless steel, does not substantially occur under the conditions in which a chloride is present.
  • martensitic stainless steel for welded structures having improved characteristics of welded portions, has been disclosed in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 51-13463, in which the contents of Cr, Ni, silicon (Si), and manganese (Mn) are 10 to 18 wt %, 0.1 to 3.4 wt %, 1.0 wt % or less, and 4.0 wt % or less, respectively. Further, the contents of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) are decreased to 0.03 wt % or less and 0.02 wt % or less, respectively; and a massive martensitic structure is generated in a welding heat-affected zone.
  • Cr, Ni, silicon (Si), and manganese (Mn) are 10 to 18 wt %, 0.1 to 3.4 wt %, 1.0 wt % or less, and 4.0 wt % or less, respectively.
  • carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) are decreased to 0.03 wt % or less and 0.02
  • a technique for omitting annealing of a hot rolled sheet in which a steel raw material, containing 8 to 16 wt % of Cr, 0.05 to 1.5 wt % of Si, and 0.05 to 1.5 wt % of Mn, and containing C, N, and C+N at decreased contents of 0.005 to 0.1 wt %, 0.05 wt % or less, and 0.1 wt % or less, respectively, is heated to 1,100 to 1,250° C., and is then hot rolled. After hot rolling is finished at 800° C. or more, coiling is performed at 700° C. or more, and cooling is then performed at an average cooling rate of 5° C./min or less.
  • the steel material disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 11-302737 has a tensile strength of more than 450 MPa, and hence when the material described above is formed into shaped steel or pipes or is processed by secondary elaboration, drilling, and the like, it is difficult to used the production line designed for SS400, which has been processed, without any enhancement of the line.
  • a steel material containing 3.5 to less than 10.5 wt % of Cr, 0.01 to 1.0 wt % of Si, and 0.01 to 2.5 wt % of Mn, and containing C and N at decreased contents of 0.001 to 0.1 wt % and 0.001 to 0.10 wt %, respectively, is welded by electric resistance welding in a non-oxidizing atmosphere or in a reducing flame shield.
  • the Fe—Cr steel sheet having an as-hot rolled tensile strength, that is, a tensile strength of a hot rolled sheet obtained without annealing, of 400 to 450 MPa in the entire longitudinal and width directions of a coil of the steel sheet, and generating no embrittlement in welded portions even when rapid heating and cooling are performed by electric resistance welding.
  • an as-hot rolled tensile strength that is, a tensile strength of a hot rolled sheet obtained without annealing
  • a structural Fe—Cr steel sheet comprises: about 0.0025 to about 0.010 mass % of C; about 0.0025 to about 0.010 mass % of N; about 0.015 mass % or less of C+N; about 0.01 to about 1.0 mass % of Si; about 0.01 to about 0.30 mass % of Mn; about 0.04 mass % or less of phosphorous (P); about 0.03 mass % or less of sulfur (S); about 8 mass % to less than about 10 mass % of Cr; about 0.01 to about 1.0 mass % of Cu; about 0.01 to about 1.0 mass % of Ni; about 0.01 to about 0.20 mass % of V; about 0.05 mass % or less of aluminum (Al); and the balance being iron (Fe) and incidental impurities, wherein the tensile strength is about 400 to about 450 MPa.
  • the structural Fe—Cr steel sheet of the invention may further comprise about 1.0 mass % or less of Mo.
  • a method for manufacturing a structural Fe—Cr steel sheet comprises: heating a steel raw material to a temperature of about 1,100 to about 1,280° C., which comprises about 0.0025 to about 0.010 mass % of C; about 0.0025 to about 0.010 mass % of N; about 0.015 mass % or less of C+N; about 0.01 to about 1.0 mass % of Si; about 0.01 to about 0.30 mass % of Mn; about 0.04 mass % or less of P; about 0.03 mass % or less of S; about 8 mass % to less than about 10 mass % of Cr; about 0.01 to about 1.0 mass % of Cu; about 0.01 to about 1.0 mass % of Ni; about 0.01 to about 0.20 mass % of V; about 0.05 mass % or less of Al; and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities: hot rolling the steel raw material into a steel sheet; finishing the hot rolling at a temperature of more than about 930° C.; coiling
  • the steel raw material when higher corrosion resistance is required, may further comprise about 1.0 mass % or less of Mo.
  • hot rolling may comprise rough rolling at least one pass with a reduction in thickness of about 30% or more at a temperature of more than about 1,000° C.
  • the average cooling rate of about 2° C./min or less from about 800 to about 400° C. is preferably a cooling rate of every point of the entire coil, and in addition, the cooling the coil step is preferably performed by using one of a heat insulating box, a heat insulating cover, and a heat insulating furnace.
  • structural shaped steel is formed by electric resistance welding using the steel sheet described above or the steel sheet formed by the manufacturing method described above.
  • FIG. 1 is a graph showing an example of results obtained by calculating the temperature history of a hot rolled coil after coiling
  • FIG. 2 is a graph showing an example of results obtained by calculating the temperature history of a hot rolled coil which is covered with a heat insulating cover after coiling;
  • FIG. 3 is an example of the heat insulating cover
  • FIG. 4 is a graph showing cooling curves shown in FIG. 2 and a curve of a cooling rate of 2° C./min together with CCT diagrams.
  • the hardness of a martensite phase largely depends on the content of C and N dissolved in a steel material. Accordingly, by a conventional technique using a welding method such as arc welding in which a cooling rate after welding is relatively slow, the content of C and N in a steel sheet can be decreased, and in addition, by annealing a hot rolled steel sheet, a steel can be obtained having a strength of 400 to 450 MPa, superior workability and weldability, and in addition, having excellent toughness of a welded portion.
  • a welding method such as arc welding in which a cooling rate after welding is relatively slow
  • a conventional structual steel in a temperature range of from 800 to 900° C. has a two-phase structure of ferrite phase( ⁇ )+austenite phase( ⁇ ).
  • the contents of C and N dissolved in the a and y phases are very different from each other.
  • the contents of C and N are increased as compared to those in a single ⁇ phase.
  • the ⁇ phase containing such concentrated C and N is transformed to a hard martensite phase during cooling after welding, and as a result, embrittlement occurs in welded portions.
  • thermocouple was actually fixed to a coil which was hot rolled, and the temperature thereof was measured with time. Based on the results, the cooling rate at each position of the coil was calculated. The calculation was performed assuming that the coil weight was 12,300 kg, the coil width was 1,450 mm, the inside diameter was 760 mm, the coiling temperature was 850° C., and the outdoor air temperature was 20° C.
  • FIG. 1 One example of the results is shown in FIG. 1.
  • Tmin an edge portion in the width direction of the outermost portion of the coil, hereinafter referred to as a “coil coldest point”
  • the temperature was decreased to approximately 400° C. for just approximately 30 minutes, and it was understood that cooling was performed at a high speed of approximately 13° C./min between 800 to 400° C.
  • many hard phases such as a martensite phase and a bainite phase, are formed and are further hardened.
  • the average cooling rate does not mean that an average cooling rate of about 2° C./min or less must be controlled at every moment from about 800 to about 400° C., but it means that the time for cooling from about 800 to about 400° C. is controlled to be about 200 minutes or more so that an average cooling rate of about 2° C./min or less is obtained.
  • FIG. 2 shows an example of results obtained by calculating the coil temperature with time in the case in which, as shown in FIG. 3, a coil was covered with a heat insulating cover after 30 minutes from the completion of the coiling, wherein the heat insulating cover was lined with an insulating material 100 mm thick and was used as one heat insulating means. From FIG. 2, it is understood that by using the heat insulating cover, since even the coldest point Tmin of the coil was cooled from about 800 to about 400° C. for about 400 minutes or more, cooling can be performed at an average cooling rate of about 1° C./min or less.
  • FIG. 4 the cooling curves shown in FIG. 2, a curve showing a cooling rate of 2° C./min, and CCT diagrams are shown all together.
  • Marks F, B, and M in FIG. 4 indicate generation regions of a ferrite phase, a bainite phase, and a martensite phase, respectively.
  • the cooling rate from about 800 to about 400° C. is set to about 2° C./min or less, that is, when the cooling from about 800 to about 400° C. is performed for about 12,000 seconds (about 200 minutes) or more, it is understood that a soft single ferrite phase structure can be obtained with no generation of a bainite phase.
  • an optional position of the coil is processed by the temperature history represented by the region surrounded by Tmax and Tmin.
  • the heat insulation is performed before the temperature, even at the coldest point shown by the line of Tmin, is decreased to less than about 400° C., it is understood that the generation of a hard martensite phase can be substantially suppressed.
  • a bainite phase generated in a part of the coil by cooling performed before the heat insulation can be transformed to tempered bainite or a ferrite phase by tempering because of the recuperation effect after the heat insulation, and that as a result, softening can be achieved. Accordingly, when the insulating cover is used, by the manufacturing method of the invention, a Fe—Cr steel sheet for use in architectural structure applications can be provided at a reasonable price.
  • C about 0.0025 to about 0.010 mass %
  • N about 0.0025 to about 0.010 mass %
  • C+N about 0.015 mass % or less
  • the welding heat-affected zone of the steel according to the invention forms a fme martensitic structure.
  • the contents of C and N have a large influence on the hardness of the martensite phase generated in the welding heat-affected zone. It is effective to decrease the contents of C and N to improve the toughness and the workability of the welding heat-affected zone so as to prevent weld cracking, as has been known.
  • excessive decrease in C and N decreases the martensite production ability of the welding heat-affected zone, facilitates the generation of coarse and large ferritic grains, and as a result, considerably decreases the toughness of welded portions.
  • the contents of C and N are each set to about 0.0025 mass % or more.
  • the upper limits of the contents of C, N, and C+N are set to about 0.010 mass %, about 0.010 mass %, and about 0.015 mass %, respectively to prevent extreme increase in hardness of the martensite phase generated in the welding heat-affected zone and to prevent the embrittlement thereof.
  • Preferable ranges of the contents of C and N are about 0.003 to about 0.008 mass % and about 0.0030 to about 0.0060 mass %, respectively.
  • the content of N is preferably set to about 0.006 mass % or less.
  • the content of C is more preferably in the range of from about 0.003 to about 0.005 mass %.
  • Si about 0.01 to about 1.0 mass %
  • Si is an element added to be used as a deoxidizing agent and also to increase strength. Sufficient deoxidizing effect cannot be obtained when the content is less than about 0.01 mass %. On the other hand, when the content is excessively high such as about 1.0 mass % or more, in addition to the decrease in toughness and workability, the martensite production ability of the welding heat-affected zone is decreased. Accordingly, the content of Si is set to the range of from about 0.01 to about 1.0 mass %. The content is particularly preferable in the range of from about 0.1 to about 0.5 mass %.
  • Mn about 0.01 to about 0.30 mass %
  • Mn is an element stabilizing an austenite phase ( ⁇ phase) and allowing the welding heat-affected zone to have a martensitic structure, thereby contributing to improvement in toughness of the welded portion.
  • the content is excessively high, the ratio of an as-hot rolled hard phase is increased, and as a result, the targeted tensile strength (about 400 to about 450 MPa) cannot be obtained.
  • the hardness of the martensite generated at the two-phase temperature region by electric resistance welding is increased to cause the embrittlement thereof.
  • MnS is formed to decrease the corrosion resistance.
  • the upper limit of the Mn content is set to about 0.30 mass %.
  • the lower limit of the Mn content is set to about 0.01 mass % since Mn is an effective deoxidizing agent as is Si.
  • a particularly preferable range is about 0.10 to about 0.30 mass %.
  • P is a hazardous element which does not only decrease hot-workability, formability, and toughness, but also degrades corrosion resistance.
  • the content of P is more than about 0.04 mass %, since the influence thereof becomes significant, the content is limited to about 0.04 mass % or less.
  • a more preferable content is about 0.030 mass % or less.
  • 038 S reacts with Mn to form MnS, thereby causing a decrease in corrosion resistance and durability.
  • S is a hazardous element which exists locally in crystal grain boundaries to facilitate grain boundary embrittlement, and hence the content of S is preferably decreased as much as possible.
  • the content is more than 0.03 mass %, the adverse influence becomes significant, and hence the content is limited to about 0.03 mass % or less.
  • a more preferable content is about 0.008 mass % or less.
  • Cr is an effective element for improving corrosion resistance.
  • the content is less than about 8 mass %, sufficient corrosion resistance cannot be reliably obtained.
  • the content of Cr is increased to about 10 mass % or more, the cost is inevitably increased, and in addition, it becomes difficult to obtain the desired as-hot rolled strength.
  • the content is limited to the range of from about 8 mass % to less than about 10 mass %.
  • Cu is an effective element for improving corrosion resistance and is added for improving the life of architectural structures and the like.
  • Cu is an element which is positively used to perform electric resistance welding in air. The reason the remaining penetrator, which is generated in welding, can be reduced by the addition of Cu has not been clearly understood.
  • an appropriate amount of Cu which is a noble element (being unlikely to be ionized as compared to iron, or having a higher standard electrode potential than that of iron), is added, generation of an oxide in the welded portion can be suppressed.
  • the addition is limited to the range of from about 0.01 to about 1.0 mass %.
  • the lower limit of Cu is preferably set to about 0.1 mass % at which an apparent effect of improving the corrosion resistance can be obtained, and on the other hand, the upper limit is preferably set to about 0.7 mass % to prevent hot cracking and to obtain good workability.
  • Ni about 0.01 to about 1.0 mass %
  • Ni is an element which improves ductility and toughness. Ni is used to improve the toughness of the welding heat-affected zone and, in addition, to improve anti-rusting properties. In addition, hot cracking which occurs during hot rolling when Cu is added can be effectively prevented by addition of Ni.
  • the content of Ni is less than about 0.01 mass %, the effect described above is not so significant, and on the other hand, when the content of Ni is more than about 1.0 mass %, the effect described above is saturated, and the material is hardened or the cost is increased. Accordingly, the amount of Ni is limited to the range of from about 0.01 to about 1.0 mass %.
  • V about 0.01 to about 0.20 mass %
  • V is a very important element, and by addition of an appropriate amount thereof, embrittlement of the welding heat-affected zone, caused by electric resistance welding, can be prevented. In addition, formation of coarse and large ferritic crystal grains can also be prevented.
  • the effect described above is not so significant when the content is less than about 0.01 mass %.
  • the content is more than 0.20 mass %, the martensite production ability of the welding heat-affected zone is considerably decreased, the toughness of the welded portion is decreased, and in addition, it becomes difficult to obtain a desired as-hot rolled tensile strength (about 400 to about 450 MPa). Accordingly, the content of V is limited to the range of from about 0.01 to about 0.20 mass %. A preferred amount is about 0.03 to about 0.20 mass %.
  • the hardness of the martensite phase formed at the two-phase temperature region can be decreased to a lower level, and as a result, over the entire region of the welding heat-affected zone, a superior toughness can be obtained.
  • Al about 0.05 mass % or less
  • Al is not only effective as a deoxidizing agent but also can contribute to improvement in bending workability of a steel sheet.
  • the amount of about 0.003 mass % or more must be added.
  • the amount of Al is limited to about 0.05 mass % or less.
  • Al may not be contained/included at all.
  • Mo about 1.0 mass % or less
  • Mo is also an effective element which can improve corrosion resistance. It may be added whenever desired. The amount of about 0.03 mass % or more is added to obtain the effect desribed above. However, when the amount is increased to more than about 1.0 mass %, workability is considerably degraded, and in addition, a desired as-hot rolled tensile strength (about 400 to about 450 MPa) cannot be obtained. Accordingly, the amount of Mo is limited to about 1.0 mass % or less. In addition, in view of the balance among corrosion resistance, strength, and workability, the amount is preferably in the range of from about 0.1 to about 0.5 mass %.
  • the steel sheet of the invention must have a tensile strength in the range of from about 400 to about 450 MPa.
  • shaped steel used for civil engineering and architectural structures has been manufactured by primarily processing SS400 steel, and to utilize the same production line as that for SS400, the steel must have strength and workability equivalent to those of SS400. That is, when the tensile strength is more than about 450 MPa, it is not preferable since work load applied to the production line of the shaped steel is increased, the facilities must be enhanced thereby, and in addition, the workability is also degraded. On the other hand, when the strength is less than about 400 MPa, an excessive deformation may occur when the shaped sheet is fabricated, and in addition, the strength necessary used as a finished product may not be obtained in some cases.
  • molten steel having the composition according to the invention is formed by a generally known melting furnace such as a converter or an electric furnace, refining is performed by a known refining method, such as a vacuum degassing (RH) method, a vacuum oxygen decarburization (VOD) method, an argon oxygen decarburization (AOD) method, or the like, and next, by a continuous casting method or a ingot making method, a steel slab (steel raw material) is formed.
  • a vacuum degassing (RH) method such as a vacuum oxygen decarburization (VOD) method, an argon oxygen decarburization (AOD) method, or the like
  • a steel slab steel raw material
  • the thickness of the slab is preferably about 100 mm or more to reliably ensure the reduction in thickness in hot rough rolling described later.
  • the slab heating temperature is preferably high from the viewpoint that softening is facilitated by self-annealing after the completion of coiling.
  • the heating temperature is less than about 1,100° C., it becomes difficult to perform hot rolling at a finishing temperature of more than about 930° C.
  • the heating temperature is preferably in the range of from about 1,100 to about 1,250° C.
  • a step of hot rough rolling of the invention rolling with a reduction in thickness of about 30% or more is preferably performed at least one pass in a temperature range of more than about 1,000° C.
  • the reason for this is that by this rolling with a high reduction in thickness, the crystal structure of the steel sheet becomes finer to suppress the decrease in toughness of the parent material.
  • the decrease in toughness of the parent material, described above, is caused by formation of coarse and large ferritic crystal grains, which primarily occurs in the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the coil when the cooling rate is decreased by heat insulation after the completion of coiling. (Heat insulation will be described later.)
  • the hot rough rolling with a high reduction in thickness also has an effect of improving the toughness of a portion heated by electric resistance welding to the two-phase temperature region of a ferrite phase ( ⁇ ) and an austenite phase ( ⁇ ).
  • ⁇ ferrite phase
  • ⁇ austenite phase
  • the martensite at the two-phase temperature region is generated in ferritic crystal boundaries of the steel sheet, and when this is excessively hardened, sites generating cracks are formed, and embrittlement occurs. Accordingly, when the ferritic structure as a matrix is made to have a finer structure to improve the toughness thereof, propagation of cracks can be prevented, and hence embrittlement can be suppressed.
  • the steel sheet is an austenite ( ⁇ ) single phase at a temperature of more than 1,000° C., when the reduction in thickness per pass is set to about 30% or more, the number of sites generating the ferrite phase is increased, and hence the finer crystal grains can be obtained.
  • the rolling temperature is set to more than about 1,000° C. in this case is that the finish temperature of hot rolling is also set to more than about 930° C.
  • a final temperature in finish rolling following the hot rough rolling is set to more than about 930° C.
  • the coiling temperature after the rolling is set to more than about 810° C. to facilitate the softening by a self-annealing effect obtained after the completion of coiling.
  • the reason the final temperature of the finish rolling is set to more than 930° C. is to prevent the formation of a deformed ferrite phase by rolling in the two-phase temperature region of a ferrite phase ( ⁇ ) and an austenite phase ( ⁇ ) and to ensure a coiling temperature of more than about 810° C.
  • the reason the coiling temperature is set to more than about 810° C.
  • the coiling temperature must be set to more than about 810° C. to obtain a temperature of 400° C. or more at the edge portions in the width direction of the coil when the heat insulation is started.
  • the cooling time for the coil from about 800 to about 400° C. must be set to about 200 minutes or more after the completion of the coiling so that the cooling is performed at an average cooling rate of about 2° C./min or less.
  • the steel sheet structure can be formed of a ferrite single phase (partly including a carbonitride), a tempered bainite single phase, or a tempered bainitic+ferritic structure, and as a result, the growth of a hard martensite phase can be perfectly prevented.
  • the average cooling rate inside the coil is a cooling rate measured inside the coil, that is, measured at a position in the vicinity of the center in the longitudinal direction of the coil and at a distance of about 50 mm or more from the edge in the sheet width direction.
  • the measurement may be performed by inserting a thermocouple into the coil.
  • the rate may be estimated by using an equation based on the surface temperature of the coil.
  • the steel sheet after the completion of coiling can be relatively easily cooled at an average cooling rate of about 2° C./min or less.
  • the average cooling rate is likely to be more than about 2° C./min, and as a result, a bainite phase or a martensite phase is easily generated to form a hard structure. Accordingly, the portions described above must be cut away, thereby causing the problem of a decrease in production yield.
  • the invention provides a method in which heat insulation is started before the temperature of the coil after the completion of coiling is decreased to less than about 400° C., and in which by using the recuperation effect obtained by this heat insulation, the cooling time from about 800 to about 400° C., which is a temperature substantially at every position of the coil, is set to about 200 minutes or more so as to obtain an average cooling rate of about 2° C./min or less.
  • the end portions in the longitudinal and width direction of the coil can be sufficienty annealed, and as a result, the coil can obtain the targeted strength in the entire width and longitudinal directions thereof.
  • the average cooling rate is more preferably set to about 1° C./min or less.
  • thermocouple since the coldest point of the coil corresponds to each of the two end portions in the width direction of the outermost portion of the coil, when a thermocouple is welded to this position, the cooling rate can be measured.
  • temperature measurement may be performed by a radiation thermometer.
  • a heat insulating method for example, there may be mentioned a method in which the coil is covered with a heat insulating cover made of iron and lined with a heat insulating material inside thereof; a method in which the coil is placed in a heat insulating box formed by digging a pit and adhering a heat insulating material to the walls thereof and, if necessary, the coil is covered with a heat insulating cover; or a method using a device provided with a heating function, and in consideration of individual production facilities, heat insulating devices suitable thereto may be selectively used.
  • possible measures for example, in which the coil is placed on a heat insulating material, must be taken whenever necessary.
  • induction heating or the like may be additionally used.
  • a steel sheet By using the heat insulating method described above, without performing annealing of a hot rolled steel sheet, a steel sheet can be obtained having an as-hot rolled tensile strength of about 400 to about 450 MPa in the entire longitudinal and width directions of the coil, and hence the problem of the conventional technique in which the front and the rear ends in the longitudinal direction of the coil must be cut away and/or the edge portions in the width direction of thereof must be largely trimmed can be suppressed. Hence the decrease in production yield can be suppressed. Accordingly, significant cost reduction can be obtained.
  • the tensile strength is made equivalent to that of SS400 steel, machining such as bending and drilling can be performed in the same production line as that used for SS400.
  • the hot rolled steel sheet of the invention also has superior characteristics in which embrittlement of the welding heat-affected zone does not occur even by using electric resistance welding which causes rapid heating and cooling in welding.
  • the steel sheet of the invention which is in an as-hot rolled state, can be used, and in addition, it can also be used after being processed by skinpass rolling for shape compensation, whenever necessary; shotblasting, pickling, or the like for removing scale; or polishing for obtaining a desired surface condition. Furthermore, whenever necessary, the steel sheet can be used after being processed by application of an anti-rusting agent or the like. When pickling is performed, to improve the pickling performance, annealing may be performed for the hot rolled steel sheet.
  • the steel sheet of the invention can be applied to various types of shaped steel, which are formed by bending machining, roll forming, and the like, and are suitably used for shaped steel for civil engineering and architectural structures, and in particular, for housing structures.
  • the steel sheet of the invention can be used as a material for shaped steel formed by various welding techniques such as arc welding, and in particular, since embrittlement of the welded portion caused by rapid heating and cooling does not occur at all, the invention is preferably applied to manufacturing of welded lightweight H-shaped steel, electric resistance welded (ERW) tubes, square pipes, and the like formed by electric resistance welding using induction heating or direct electric heating.
  • ERW electric resistance welded
  • the steel sheet of the invention may also be used as a material for various structures such as containers, coal wagons, and bus frames by effectively using the characteristics thereof.
  • the steel sheet having the composition of the invention may also be applied to various steel materials, such as thick steel sheets formed by hot rolling, shaped steel, and steel bars, for use in civil engineering and architectural fields.
  • Steel having the composition shown in Table 1 was formed into steel slabs 200 mm thick by melting through a converter-secondary refining step followed by continuous casting. After being reheated to 1,170° C., these steel slabs were processed by rough rolling with seven passes under the conditions shown in Table 2 in which the reduction in thickness at the sixth pass was set to 20 to 45% and those of the other passes were each set to less than 30%, were then processed by finish rolling with seven passes at a finish rolling temperature of 940 to 1,050° C. to form hot rolled steel sheets 4.5 mm and 6.0 mm thick, and were coiled at a temperature of 815 to 910° C. to form coils, followed by air cooling.
  • the cooling rate was changed. For example, by forming coils from a small lot so as to decrease the weight of each coil, the cooling rate can be increased.
  • the coils formed by coiling were each provided with a thermocouple on the side of the coil that is measured at a position in the vicinity of the center in the longitudinal direction of the coil and at a distance of 50 mm or more from the edge in the sheet width direction to measure the cooling rate.
  • H-shaped steel In manufacturing the H-shaped steel, a web material was sequentially brought into contact with the central portions in the width direction of two flange materials, followed by electric resistance welding. Welding was performed under the conditions in which the atmosphere was air or purged with a nitrogen gas, the electrical power was 330 to 370 kW, and the welding speed was 20 to 40 m/min. From this welded H-shaped steel, H-shaped welded tensile test pieces, having a width of 35 mm along the welding direction, in accordance with JIS G 3353 were obtained by cutting, and each test piece was held at the two flange portions and was then pulled, thereby measuring the tensile strength and the breaking position. In this test, it is necessary that the H-shaped steel be broken not at the welded portion, but at the web portion and have a desired strength.
  • sample No. 10 had a steel sheet strength within the desired range.
  • sample No. 11 was cooled at a high cooling rate after hot rolling, and as a result, the desired strength could not be obtained.
  • sample No. 14 and sample No. 15 had an excessive C content and an excessive C+N content, respectively, embrittlement of the welded portion formed by electric resistance welding at the two-phase temperature region considerably occurred, and as a result, after formation of the H-shaped steel, the desired strength thereof could not be obtained.
  • Sample No. 16 contained a small amount of Cu, and due to the influence of a remaining penetrator, in the tensile characteristic test of the H-shaped steel, breakage occurred at the welded portion. Since sample No. 17 contained a small amount of V, embrittlement of the welded portion formed by electric resistance welding occurred concomitant with the formation of coarse and large ferritic crystal grains, and breakage occurred at the welded potion. Since sample No. 18 contained a large amount of Mn, hardening occurred in the heat-affected zone by electric resistance welding, and in the tensile characteristic test of the H-shaped steel, breakage occurred at the welded portion.
  • Steel having the composition shown in Table 3 was formed into steel slabs 200 mm thick by melting through a converter-secondary refining step followed by continuous casting. After being reheated to 1,170 to 1,220° C., these steel slabs were processed by rough rolling with seven passes under the conditions shown in Table 4 in which the reduction in thickness at the sixth pass was set to 30 to 45% and those of the other passes were each set to less than 30%, were then processed by finish rolling with seven passes at a finish rolling temperature of 940 to 1,050° C. to form hot rolled steel sheets 4.5 mm and 6.0 mm thick, and were coiled at a temperature of 815 to 910° C. to form coils.
  • the coils thus formed were conveyed to a heat insulating yard, the inside of which was covered with a heat insulating material, and were each covered with a heat insulating cover, the inside of which was lined with a heat insulating material 100 mm thick, whereby heat insulation was performed.
  • the measurement of the cooling rate of the coil was performed by a thermocouple welded to the vicinity of the edge of the outermost side of the coil.
  • the cooling rate was changed. From the edge portion in the width direction of the outermost portion of the hot rolled coil and from the 1 ⁇ 4 portion in the width direction thereof, test pieces in accordance with JIS NO. 5 were obtained by cutting, and the tensile characteristic test was performed. The tensile direction was in the rolling direction.
  • the desired strength could not be obtained at the edge portion.
  • the desired strength could not be obtained at both the edge portion in the width direction and the 1 ⁇ 4 width portion for the same reason as described above.
  • the desired strength could not be obtained since the content of C of sample No. 34, the content of N of sample No. 35, and the content of C+N of sample No. 36 were out of the range of the invention, the desired strength could not be obtained.
  • the desired strength could not be obtained since the content of Cu of sample No. 37, the content of V of sample No. 38, and the content of Mn of sample No. 39 were out of the range of the invention, the desired strength could not be obtained.
  • a structural Fe—Cr steel sheet which has an as-hot rolled strength equivalent to the strength of SS400 and which does not cause hardening at the front and the rear end portions in the longitudinal direction of the coil and at the edge portions in the sheet width direction thereof, and as a result, in the conventional production line, various shaped steel can be manufactured using the steel sheet described above.
  • the steel sheet of the invention can be fabricated by a welding method in which rapid heating and cooling are performed, structural shaped steel can be manufactured by electric resistance welding.
  • the steel sheet of the invention has sufficient corrosion resistance and durability used for civil engineering and architectural structures, the reduction in life cycle cost can be achieved, and hence the industrial and commercial values are very significant.
  • Example B 0.0025 0.20 0.27 0.025 0.006 0.010 9.96 0.0060 0.40 0.30 0.06 — 0.0085
  • Example C 0.0100 0.20 0.05 0.027 0.009 0.008 8.04 0.0026 0.46 0.18 0.03 — 0.0126
  • Example F
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