US20180282835A1 - Method for producing a steel component for a vehicle - Google Patents

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US20180282835A1
US20180282835A1 US15/768,788 US201615768788A US2018282835A1 US 20180282835 A1 US20180282835 A1 US 20180282835A1 US 201615768788 A US201615768788 A US 201615768788A US 2018282835 A1 US2018282835 A1 US 2018282835A1
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    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
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    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
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    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
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    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
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    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
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  • the invention relates to a method of producing a component for a vehicle, comprising the following steps:
  • the invention further relates to a component, especially produced by the method of the invention, and to a corresponding use of the component.
  • the steel material used is a heat-treatable steel, for example a manganese-boron steel, the most common representative at present being 22MnB5.
  • Press-hardened components are generally produced from coated formed blanks or from coated blanks which are first cold-formed to give preformed semifinished products.
  • the coating may be organic in nature, but inorganic coatings based on aluminum or aluminum/silicon and based on zinc have become established in practice.
  • Liquid embrittlement in the course of subsequent hot forming and/or press hardening, according to the degree of forming that results from the forming at the surface of the coating, results in formation of cracks which can propagate further in the direction of the base material owing to the material stress (compression-tension) and extend into the base material.
  • the propagation of the cracks is due to the presence of liquid zinc phases at the particle boundaries of the material, which weaken the material and promote propagation of cracks in the coating by virtue of the compressive/tensile stress down to the base material.
  • Press-hardened components of this kind that are afflicted by cracking can cause a strength reduction in the component in the event of a crash and shortening of the expected lifetime, especially under cyclical stress.
  • the object is achieved in a method of the invention in that the workpiece has a first surface having a smaller coating thickness of the zinc-containing coating compared to the second surface of the workpiece, wherein the workpiece is inserted into the hot-forming and/or press-hardening mold in such a way that the first surface of the workpiece is positioned on the side predominantly subjected to compression and/or tension in the component manufacture, especially the predominantly concave mold side.
  • the method of the invention for production of a component for a vehicle firstly comprises the step of providing a workpiece composed of a heat-treatable steel material provided with a zinc-containing coating on both sides.
  • Heat-treatable steels used are essentially manganese-boron steels. It is also conceivable to use other steel qualities in which a higher strength can be generated as a result of a heat treatment and by comparison with the condition as supplied.
  • a further step comprises at least partial heating of the workpiece to a temperature above Ac1, especially above Ac3.
  • the workpiece is first heated partially or completely to austenitization temperature, and (partially) different microstructures or a homogeneous microstructure throughout can be established in the workpiece according to the requirement on the component to be produced and the end use thereof in the motor vehicle. This can be effected by means of appropriate furnaces and/or by means of appropriate hot-forming and/or press-hardening tools. If different microstructures in the workpiece have to be taken into account, this is referred to as “tailored tempering”, meaning that at least one region having a hard microstructure and at least one region which has a soft microstructure and is more ductile compared to the hard microstructure are established.
  • a further step comprises the insertion of the at least partly heated workpiece into a hot-forming and/or press-hardening mold comprising at least one punch and at least one die. At least one side of the mold is predominantly concave, preferably the die, and at least one side of the mold is predominantly convex, preferably the punch.
  • the closure of the mold by relative movement of the punch and/or the die toward one another and hot-forming and/or press-hardening of the workpiece comprises a further step, with cooling of at least one region of the heated workpiece in the closed mold in such a way that there is at least partial formation of a hardened microstructure.
  • the workpiece is completely or at least partially hardened, which is effected by rapid cooling in a mold, especially an actively cooled mold, in the course of hot forming and press-hardening (direct hot forming) or in the course of press-hardening (indirect hot forming), with conversion of the microstructure of the at least partly austenitic region of the workpiece by abrupt cooling to a martensitic and/or bainitic microstructure, particular preference being given to the achievement of a martensitic microstructure.
  • the inventors have found that, surprisingly, the reduction in the coating thickness of the zinc-containing coating on the first surface of the workpiece, which is positioned on the side predominantly subjected to compression and/or tension in the component manufacture, especially the predominantly concave mold side, preferably contacted with the die of the mold, can reduce the cracks or crack depth in the critical region compared to coating thicknesses that are customary in practice to a degree which satisfies the demands on component strength in the event of a crash and the expected lifetime, especially under cyclical stresses. Crack formation cannot be entirely avoided owing to the aforementioned phenomenon.
  • the lowering of the coating thickness also reduces the zinc supply, and hence a lower level of liquid zinc phases, which weaken the material, arises in the material during the heating process.
  • the workpiece prior to the provision thereof, is separated from a steel material in strip form which has been provided with a zinc-containing coating applied electrolytically or by hot dip coating, which is especially applied in a continuous coating process.
  • Continuous coating processes are firstly economically viable and, secondly, the required coating thicknesses can be established in a controlled manner.
  • the way in which the application of the different coating thicknesses (differential coating) on the surfaces of the steel material in strip form is conducted is known in the art.
  • the steel material in strip form after the application of the zinc-containing coating, is subjected to a heat treatment at a temperature especially between 200° C. and Ac1, preferably between 350° C. and Ac1, for a period of time between 5 and 300 s, preferably between 20 and 240 s.
  • the heat treatment (galvannealing) conducted additionally prior to the hot forming and/or press hardening enriches the coating with iron in a controlled manner, which raises the melting point of the zinc-containing coating and can reduce the formation of liquid zinc phases during the austenitization in the material.
  • the heat treatment is preferably effected continuously, preferably inline after the coating process.
  • the heat treatment can also alternatively be conducted on a steel material in strip form that has been wound up to form a coil, which, for example, is batch-annealed, in which case the heat treatment time may be several minutes to several hours and the temperature range is within the aforementioned order of magnitude.
  • a workpiece having a first surface having a coating thickness of ⁇ 4 ⁇ m, especially ⁇ 3.5 ⁇ m, more preferably ⁇ 3 ⁇ m, and a second surface having a coating thickness ⁇ 4 ⁇ m, especially ⁇ 4.5 ⁇ m, more preferably ⁇ 5 ⁇ m, of the zinc-containing coating is used, in each case in the as yet non-press-hardened condition (condition as supplied).
  • a reduction in the cracks or the crack depth, especially in the critical region, is perceptible essentially when the coating thickness is ⁇ 4 ⁇ m on the first surface of the workpiece.
  • the coating thickness on the first surface should be ⁇ 1 ⁇ m, especially ⁇ 1.5 ⁇ m, more preferably ⁇ 2 ⁇ m.
  • the coating thickness on the second surface is ⁇ 25 ⁇ m, especially ⁇ 20 ⁇ m, more preferably 15 ⁇ m, in order to keep the diffusion pathway for iron enrichment in the applied layer short.
  • the workpiece after being heated, is inserted as an essentially flat workpiece into a hot-forming and press-hardening mold (direct hot forming), or as an already cold-formed workpiece of near finished geometry into a press-hardening mold (indirect hot forming).
  • Indirect hot forming offers the advantage that there are no liquid zinc phases in the material, and the cold (pre)forming to give a workpiece of near finished geometry results in barely any cracks or any significant propagation of cracks into the base material through the stress on the material, especially in the critical region during the cold forming.
  • quenching and calibration are effected in the press-hardening mold, which may include a low degree of forming.
  • a workpiece means either a flat steel sheet or a cold, preformed steel part that has yet to be hardened.
  • the workpiece is subjected to hot forming in a first mold and at least to partial press hardening in a second mold.
  • the division of the “hot forming” and “press hardening” processes between two molds can advantageously increase the cycle time, with an associated enhancement in economic viability.
  • the division of the process into two means that it is necessary to ensure that the temperature does not go below the Ms temperature (martensite start temperature) on insertion of the already hot-formed workpiece into the press-hardening mold.
  • the temperature on insertion is at least Ms+20K, especially Ms+50K.
  • the workpiece is trimmed in the hot-forming and/or press-hardening mold.
  • This has the advantage that the workpiece, preferably in the still-hot state, can be trimmed relatively easily when the temperature has not yet gone below the Ms temperature. This makes it possible to dispense with additional mechanical cutting tools which, because of the high hardness in the finished workpiece (component), are prone to wear and have a short service life, or alternative separating apparatuses, for example costly hard trimming by laser.
  • Tailored products are understood to mean tailored blanks or tailored welded blanks, tailored strips or tailored welded strips and tailored rolled blanks or tailored rolled strips, which are known in the art. Tailored blanks and tailored strips with different sheet thicknesses and tailored rolled blanks can additionally be used to save mass by comparison with workpieces having a uniform material thickness.
  • the heat-treatable steel is a magnesium-boron steel having a tensile strength of at least 1500 MPa in the hardened state. Its alloy constituents in % by weight are preferably limited as follows:
  • a component having a profile cross section which is hat-shaped or omega-shaped at least in some regions is produced. More particularly, the component produced has the form of a half shell.
  • Half shells are components which, in the installed state, are preferably parts of an A, B, C, D pillar, of a door sill, of a longitudinal beam, of a transverse beam, of a crash box or of a chassis component.
  • a component for a vehicle which has a profile cross section which is hat-shaped or omega-shaped at least in some regions, and which has been at least partly press-hardened, especially produced by the process of the invention is specified, wherein the component has a first surface having a smaller coating thickness of a zinc-containing coating compared to the second surface of the component.
  • the component has been formed from a tailored product, in order especially to be able to influence the weight. If a component is to have different microstructures, it may have been produced alternatively or cumulatively by a “tailored tempering” process.
  • the invention relates to use of the component of the invention as bodywork component of a vehicle, especially as part of an A, B, C, D pillar, door sill, longitudinal beam, transverse beam, crash box, or in the form of a chassis part of a vehicle, especially as part of a chassis component, more preferably in passenger vehicles, utility vehicles, heavy goods vehicles, specialty vehicles, buses, omnibuses, whether driven by a combustion engine and/or electrically, but also in rail-bound vehicles, for example trams or passenger-carrying wagons.
  • FIG. 1 a schematic sequence of steps for production of a component for a vehicle in a first configuration of a method of the invention
  • FIG. 2 a partial cross-sectional view of a first working example of a component of the invention
  • FIG. 3 a, b micrographs of the critical region, shown in FIG. 2 , of hot-formed and press-hardened components, wherein the coating thickness was 5 ⁇ m and 3 ⁇ m in the non-press-hardened condition (condition as supplied).
  • FIG. 1 shows, in schematic form, a sequence (E) of steps for production of a component for a vehicle in a first configuration of a method of the invention.
  • the method of the invention firstly comprises the step (A) of providing a workpiece composed of a heat-treatable steel material provided with a zinc-containing coating on both sides.
  • the coating has a first surface 3 having a coating thickness ⁇ 4 ⁇ m, especially ⁇ 3.5 ⁇ m, more preferably ⁇ 3 ⁇ m, and a second surface 4 having a coating thickness of ⁇ 4 ⁇ m, especially ⁇ 4.5 ⁇ m, more preferably ⁇ 5 ⁇ m, of the zinc-containing coating, in each case in the as yet non-press-hardened condition (condition as supplied).
  • a further step (B) comprises at least partial heating, preferably complete heating, of the workpiece to a temperature above Ac1, especially above Ac3.
  • the workpiece is first partially or completely heated to austenitization temperature, and different microstructures or a homogeneous microstructure throughout can be established in the workpiece according to the requirement on the component to be produced and the end use thereof in the motor vehicle. This can be effected by means of appropriate furnaces.
  • Workpieces used include monolithic steel materials having a homogeneous material thickness, for example having material thicknesses between 0.5 and 6 mm, especially between 0.8 and 4 mm, or tailored products.
  • the temperature for heating (through-heating), preferably in a furnace (continuous furnace), is, for example, 850 to 930° C. with a residence time, for example, between 3 and 12 min.
  • the heating is followed by the insertion of the at least partly, preferably completely, heated workpiece into a hot-forming and/or press-hardening mold (step C) comprising at least one punch and at least one die.
  • the workpiece having a first surface having a lower coating thickness of the zinc-containing coating compared to the second surface of the workpiece is inserted into the hot-forming and/or press-hardening mold in such a way that the first surface of the workpiece is brought into contact with the predominantly concave side of the mold, preferably with the die of the mold, and the second surface of the workpiece with the predominantly convex side of the mold, preferably with the punch of the mold.
  • suitable means that are not shown here, for example measurement systems, for example thermal imaging cameras etc., namely at an early stage in the region of charging of the furnace and/or at the outlet of the furnace and/or prior to the insertion into the mold, in order to avoid incorrect insertion.
  • the reduction in the coating thickness of the zinc-containing coating on the first surface 3 of the workpiece, which is preferably brought into contact with the die of the mold, can reduce the cracks or excessively high crack depths in the critical region 1 by comparison with coating thicknesses that are customary in practice to a degree which meets the demands on component strength in the event of a crash and the expected lifetime, especially under cyclical stresses.
  • the lowering of the coating thickness also reduces the zinc supply and hence a lower level of liquid zinc phases, which weaken the material, forms during the heating process in the material.
  • the closure of the mold by relative movement of the punch and/or the die relative to one another and hot forming and/or press hardening of the workpiece are encompassed by a further step (D), wherein at least one region of the hot workpiece in the closed mold is cooled in such a way that there is at least partial formation of a hardened microstructure.
  • the workpiece is at least completely or partially hardened, which is effected by rapid cooling in a mold, especially an actively cooled mold, in the course of hot forming and press-hardening (direct hot forming) or in the course of press-hardening (indirect hot forming), with conversion of the microstructure of the at least partly austenitic region of the workpiece by abrupt cooling to a martensitic and/or bainitic microstructure, particular preference being given to the achievement of a martensitic microstructure.
  • the “tailored tempering” process or alternatively through the use of, for example, a tailored blank composed at least of one heat-treatable steel material and at least one non-heat-treatable steel material, to establish at least one region having a hard microstructure and at least one region which has a soft microstructure and is more ductile compared to the hard microstructure.
  • a tailored blank composed at least of one heat-treatable steel material and at least one non-heat-treatable steel material, to establish at least one region having a hard microstructure and at least one region which has a soft microstructure and is more ductile compared to the hard microstructure.
  • Particular preference is given to direct hot forming.
  • the workpiece is used to produce, by the indirect and preferably direct hot forming, components which have a hat-shaped or omega-shaped profile cross section 5 in some regions. More particularly, the component produced has the form of a half shell.
  • Half shells are components which, in the installed state, are preferably parts of an A, B, C, D pillar, of a door sill, of a longitudinal beam, of a transverse beam, of a crash box or of a chassis component.
  • hot-formed parts can also have other profile cross sections which are used, for example, as attachments, especially as part of a wheel rim, preferably as the wheel disk of a wheel rim.
  • FIG. 2 shows a partial cross-sectional view of a first working example of a component of the invention, for example in the form of a B pillar. What is shown is a cross section along an axis of the component F, where the component may be formed symmetrically about the axis F at least in this cross section.
  • a B pillar has a cross section of variable length along its component axis.
  • the first surface 3 of the workpiece which is in contact with the die during the hot forming and press hardening, experiences high compressive/tensile stress, as a result of which cracks with high crack depths which extend into the base material form in the critical region ( 1 ) by virtue of the liquid zinc phases, which weaken the material, that result from the heating.
  • the second surface 4 of the workpiece which is in contact with the punch during the hot forming and press hardening, experiences lower compressive/tensile stress compared to the first surface, as a result of which there is no risk of excessively deep crack formation on the side facing the üunch.
  • Components or half shells of this kind are preferably joined to further components or half shells to form a profile having a cavity.
  • the first surface 3 of the component having the reduced coating thickness of the zinc-containing coating (in the condition as supplied) accordingly has an external side for component-related reasons.
  • the second surface 4 having a higher coating thickness of the zinc-containing coating compared to the first surface 3 , accordingly has an internal side present within the cavity for component-related reasons.
  • cavities in the case of entry of a corrosive medium, there can be elevated risk of corrosion.
  • secondary measures for example cavity sealing by means of wax, are undertaken in these regions.
  • With a corresponding (higher) coating thickness of the zinc-containing coating on the second surface 4 it is possible in accordance with the invention to provide active long-term corrosion protection.
  • the furnace temperature was 880° C. with a residence time of 6 min.
  • the press-hardened components were produced from a manganese-boron steel (22MnB5) having a zinc-containing coating applied electrolytically at least on the first surface 3 and having a coating thickness of 3 ⁇ m ( FIG. 3 a ) and 5 ⁇ m ( FIG. 3 b ) prior to the press hardening in the condition as supplied.
  • the crack depth 6 in the base material 2 can be reduced to a maximum of 10 ⁇ m, which means that it is possible to assure sufficient component strength in the event of a crash and expected lifetime, especially under cyclical stress.
  • the coating thickness on the first surface 3 is ⁇ 1 ⁇ m, especially ⁇ 1.5 ⁇ m, more preferably ⁇ 2 ⁇ m, in the as yet non-press-hardened condition (in the condition as supplied).
  • the coating thickness on the second surface 4 is restricted to ⁇ 25 ⁇ m, especially ⁇ 20 ⁇ m, more preferably 15 ⁇ m.

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