US20200063228A1 - Wire rod for springs with excellent corrosion fatigue resistance, steel wire, and manufacturing method thereof - Google Patents

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US20200063228A1 US16/466,984 US201716466984A US2020063228A1 US 20200063228 A1 US20200063228 A1 US 20200063228A1 US 201716466984 A US201716466984 A US 201716466984A US 2020063228 A1 US2020063228 A1 US 2020063228A1
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  • the present disclosure relates to a wire rod for springs with high strength and excellent corrosion fatigue resistance, a steel wire, and a method of manufacturing the same, which may preferably be applied to a suspension spring, a torsion bar, and a stabilizer, or the like, used for vehicles.
  • a suspension spring has been designed to be manufactured using a high strength material having strength of 1800 MPa or higher after a quenching and tempering process so as to respond to the demand for lightweight materials.
  • Steel used for springs is formed as a spring through the following processes. After manufacturing a wire rod through a hot rolling process, in case of a hot formed spring, the wire rod is manufactured as a spring through a heating process, a forming process, and a quenching and tempering process performed in order, and in case of a cold formed spring, the wire rod is manufactured as a spring through a drawing process and a quenching and tempering process performed in order.
  • a corrosion environment of a suspension spring may be increased due to snow melting agents used to prevent a road surface from freezing in winter. Accordingly, demand for steel for springs with high strength and improved corrosion fatigue resistance has increased.
  • Corrosion fatigue of a suspension spring refers to breakage of a spring.
  • a material of the portion with no paint is exposed externally, which may cause a pitting corrosion reaction, and a corrosion pit may be created and grown, such that cracks may be generated and spread from the pit.
  • hydrogen from an external source may be concentrated on the cracks and may cause hydrogen embrittlement, which may lead to spring breakage.
  • a content of Ni is increased to 0.55 weight % to improve corrosion resistance, thereby increasing corrosion fatigue life
  • a content of Si is increased to create micronized carbide precipitated during tempering, thereby improving strength against corrosion fatigue.
  • Ti precipitation, a strong hydrogen trapping site, and a V, Nb, Zr, and Hf precipitation, weak hydrogen trapping sites are balanced to improve hydrogen delayed fracture resistance, thereby improving a corrosion fatigue life of a spring.
  • Ni is an expensive element
  • material costs may increase when a large amount of Ni is added.
  • Si Si is a representative element causing decarburization, and thus, if a content of Si is increased, it may cause substantial risk.
  • Ti, V, Nb, and the like, elements creating precipitation, may degrade the corrosion fatigue life because the elements may crystallize coarse carbonitrides from liquid materials when the materials are solidified.
  • the method of adding alloy elements and the method of decreasing a tempering temperature have been used in the prior art .
  • the method of increasing quenching hardness using C, Si, Mn, and Cr has been used, and strength of a steel material may increase through a rapid cooling and a tempering heat treatment using Mo, Ni, V, Ti, and Nb, and the like, relatively expensive alloy elements.
  • the techniques may increase material costs.
  • Strength of a steel material has also been increased by changing heat treatment conditions in a general component system without changing an alloy composition.
  • a tempering temperature is deceased, strength of a material may increase.
  • an area reduction rate may decrease, which may cause degradations in toughness, and may also cause early breakage of a spring while a spring is formed and used, and other problems.
  • An aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a wire rod for springs with high strength and excellent corrosion fatigue resistance, a steel wire, and a method of manufacturing the same by controlling a combination of contents of Cr, Cu, and Ni to a certain level, controlling a maximum depth of a corrosion pit to a certain level or less, and controlling a content of fine carbide containing Mo to a certain level or higher.
  • An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a wire rod for springs with excellent corrosion fatigue resistance including C: 0.40 to 0.70%, Si: 1.30 to 2.30%, Mn: 0.20 to 0.80%, Cr: 0.20 to 0.80%, Cu: 0.01 to 0.40%, Ni: 0.10 to 0.60%, Mo: 0.01 to 0.40%, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.015% or less, N: 0.01% or less, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities by weight o, the wire rod satisfies equation 1 below,
  • a microstructure comprises 50 area % or less of ferrite and a balance of pearlite
  • the wire rod comprises 8.0 ⁇ 10 4 count/mm 2 or higher of Mo-based carbides.
  • Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a wire rod for springs with excellent corrosion fatigue resistance including heating a billet to 900 to 1100° C., the billet comprising C: 0.40 to 0.70%, Si: 1.30 to 2.30%, Mn: 0.20 to 0.80%, Cr: 0.20 to 0.80%, Cu: 0.01 to 0.40%, Ni: 0.10 to 0.60%, Mo: 0.01 to 0.40%, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.015% or less, N: 0.01% or less, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities by weight % and satisfying equation 1 below,
  • each element symbol is a value of a content of each element measured by weight %
  • obtaining a wire rod by finishing-hot-rolling the heated billet at 800 to 1000° C., and coiling the wire rod and cooling the wire rod such that the time for maintaining the wire rod at a temperature in a range of 600 to 700° C. is 31 seconds or longer.
  • Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a steel wire for springs with excellent corrosion fatigue resistance and a method of manufacturing the same.
  • a wire rod for springs with high strength and excellent corrosion fatigue resistance a steel wire, and a method of manufacturing the same may be provided.
  • FIG. 1 is a graph illustrating a relative corrosion fatigue life depending on a maximum depth of a corrosion pit according to an example embodiment
  • FIG. 2 is a graph illustrating a relative corrosion fatigue life depending on the number of Mo-based carbides according to an example embodiment.
  • Cr one of alloy elements
  • an element which may improve corrosion resistance but as a result of a salt water spraying test, corrosion fatigue resistance was degraded when a content of Cr increased.
  • Cu and Ni made corrosion rust formed on a surface of a material amorphous during a corrosion reaction such that a corrosion speed decreased.
  • the greater the maximum depth of a corrosion pit generated on a surface of a material in the corrosion reaction the further the corrosion fatigue resistance was degraded. Particularly, the narrower and deeper the width of a corrosion pit, the further the corrosion fatigue resistance may degrade.
  • a wire rod for springs with high strength and excellent corrosion fatigue resistance, a steel wire, and a method of manufacturing the same may be provided by controlling combination of contents of Cr, Cu, and Ni, controlling a maximum depth of a corrosion pit to a certain level or less, and controlling a content of fine carbide including Mo to a certain level or higher.
  • a wire rod for springs with excellent corrosion fatigue may include C: 0.40 to 0.70%, Si: 1.30 to 2.30%, Mn: 0.20 to 0.80%, Cr: 0.20 to 0.80%, Cu: 0.01 to 0.40%, Ni: 0.10 to 0.60%, Mo: 0.01 to 0.40%, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.015% or less, N: 0.01% or less, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities by weight %, the wire rod may satisfies equation 1, a microstructure may include 50 area % or less of ferrite and a balance of pearlite, and the wire rod may include 8.0 ⁇ 10 4 count/mm 2 or higher of Mo-based carbides.
  • alloy composition of the example embodiment will be described in greater detail.
  • a unit of each element content may be weight % unless otherwise indicated.
  • the alloy composition may be applied to the method of manufacturing a wire rod, and may also be applied to a steel wire and the method of manufacturing the steel wire.
  • C is an essential element added to secure strength of a spring. To draw the effect of C, it may be preferable to add 0.40% or higher of C.
  • a content of C exceeds 0.70%, a twin-type martensite structure may be formed during a heat treatment in a quenching and tempering process, and cracks may be created in a material, which may significantly decrease fatigue life, may increase defect sensitivity, and may significantly degrade fatigue life or fracture stress when a corrosion pit is created.
  • a preferable content of C may be 0.40 to 0.70%.
  • Amore preferable lower limit content of C may be 0.45%, and a more preferable upper limit content may be 0.65%.
  • Si may be dissolved in ferrite, may enhance strength of a base material and may improve deformation resistance.
  • a content of Si When a content of Si is less than 1.30%, the effect of Si dissolved in ferrite to enhance strength of a base material and to improve deformation resistance may be insufficient. Thus, a preferable lower limit content of Si may be 1.30%, and a more preferable lower limit maybe 1.45%. When a content of Si exceeds 2.30%, the effect of improvement in deformation resistance may be saturated such that no significant effect may be obtained from additionally added Si, and surface decarburization may occur during a heat treatment. Thus, a preferable upper limit content of Si may be 2.30%, and a more preferable upper limit may be 2.25%.
  • Mn may secure strength of a steel material by improving hardenability of the steel material.
  • a content of Mn When a content of Mn is less than 0.20%, it may be difficult to obtain sufficient strength and hardenability required for a material for springs with high strength, whereas, when a content of Mn exceeds 0.80%, hardenability may increase excessively such that a martensite hard structure may easily be creased during cooling after a hot rolling process, and MnS inclusions may increasingly be created, which may degrade corrosion fatigue resistance properties.
  • a preferable content of Mn may be 0.20 to 0.80%
  • Amore preferable lower limit content of Mn may be 0.30%, and an even more preferable lower limit content may be 0.40%.
  • a more preferable upper limit content of Mn may be 0.75%, and an even more preferable upper limit content may be 0.70%.
  • Cr may be used to prevent oxidation resistance, temper softening properties, and surface decarburization and to secure hardenability.
  • a content of Cr When a content of Cr is less than 0.20%, it may be difficult to secure the sufficient effect of oxidation resistance, temper softening properties, surface decarburization, and hardenability. When a content of Cr exceeds 0.80%, deformation resistance may degrade such that strength may degrade. Thus, a preferable content of Cr may be 0.20 to 0.80%.
  • Amore preferable lower limit content of Cr may be 0.22%, and an even more preferable upper limit may be 0.75%.
  • Cu may be added to improve corrosion resistance.
  • a content of Cu is less than 0.01%, the effect of improvement in corrosion resistance may be insufficient, whereas, when a content of Cu exceed 0.40%, embrittlement may degrade during a hot rolling process, which may cause cracks, and other problems.
  • a preferable content of Cu may be 0.01 to 0.40%.
  • a more preferable content of Cu may be 0.05 to 0.30%.
  • Ni may be added to improve hardenability and toughness.
  • a content of Ni is less than 0.10%, the effect of hardenability and toughness may not be sufficient, whereas, when a content of Ni exceeds 0.60%, the amount of residual austenite may increase, which may decrease fatigue life, and may increase manufacturing costs as Ni is expensive.
  • a preferable content of Ni may be 0.10 to 0.60%.
  • Mo may contribute to refining microstructure by forming carbonitride together with carbon or nitrogen, and may work as a trap site for hydrogen.
  • a preferable content of Mo may be 0.01% or higher.
  • a content of Mo when a content of Mo is excessive, it may be highly likely than a martensite hard structure may be created during cooling after a hot rolling process, and coarse carbonitride may be created, which may degrade flexibility of a steel material.
  • a preferable upper limit content of Mo may be 0.40%.
  • P is impurities. P may be segregated into a grain boundary and may degrade toughness. Thus, it may be preferable to control an upper limit content of P to be 0.02%.
  • S is impurities. S may be segregated into a grain boundary as an element having a low melting point and may degrade toughness, and may also create large amount of MnS, which may degrade corrosion resistance properties of a spring. Thus, it may be preferable to control an upper limit content of S to be 0.015%.
  • Nitride (N) may easily create BN by reacting with boron (B), and may decrease a quenching effect, and thus, a content of N may need to be controlled to be relatively low. Considering process load, it may be preferable to control a content of N to be 0.01% or less.
  • Iron (Fe) may also be added in the example embodiment.
  • each element symbol is a value of a content of each element measured by weight %)
  • Cr, Cu, and Ni may need to satisfy each element content described above, and may also satisfy equation 1 above.
  • Cr is known as an element which may improve corrosion resistance, but as a content of Cr increases in steel for springs, corrosion fatigue resistance may degrade. The reason is that Cr may decrease pH of a pit bottom during a corrosion reaction such that Cr may create a strongly acid atmosphere in the pit and may increase a maximum depth of the pit. Thus, the higher the content of Cr, the more the corrosion fatigue resistance may degrade.
  • Cu and Ni may make corrosion rust formed on a surface of a material amorphous in a corrosion reaction such that Cu and Ni may decrease a corrosion speed.
  • the correlation between contents of Cr, Cu, and Ni and the decrease of corrosion fatigue resistance of steel for springs was examined, and the effect rate of Cr was 0.70, the effect rate of Cu was ⁇ 0.76, and the effect rate of Ni was ⁇ 0.24.
  • corrosion fatigue resistance was improved.
  • one or more elements selected from among V: 0.01 to 0.20%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.15%, and Nb: 0.01 to 0.10% may further be added.
  • V 0.01 to 0.20%
  • V may improve strength and may contribute to grain refinement. Further, V may work as a trap site for hydrogen infiltrating steel by forming carbonitride together with carbon (c) or nitrogen (N) and such that V may prevent hydrogen infiltration in steel and may decrease corrosion of steel.
  • a content of V When a content of V is less than 0.01%, the above-described effect may not be sufficient. When a content of V is excessive, manufacturing costs may increase. Thus, a preferable upper limit content of V may be 0.20%.
  • Ti may improve spring properties by causing a precipitation hardening effect by forming carbonitride, and may improve strength and toughness by refining grains and reinforcing precipitation. Ti may also work as a trap site for hydrogen infiltrating steel such that Ti may prevent hydrogen infiltration in steel and may decrease corrosion of steel.
  • a content of Ti When a content of Ti is less that 0.01%, it may not be effective in that a frequency of precipitations reinforcing precipitation and working as a hydrogen trap site decreases.
  • a content of Ti exceeds 0.15%, manufacturing costs may significantly increase, the effect of improvement in spring properties due to precipitations may be saturated, and the amount of coarse alloy carbide which has not been dissolved into a base material during a heat treatment of austenite such that the coarse alloy carbide may work as a non-metal inclusion. Accordingly, the effect of fatigue properties and precipitation reinforcement may degrade.
  • Nb may contribute to structure refinement by forming carbonitride together with carbon or nitrogen, and may work as a trap site for hydrogen. To obtain the effect, a preferable content of Nb may be 0.01% or higher. However, when a content of Nb is excessive, coarse carbonitride may be formed, which may degrade ductility of steel. Thus, a preferable upper limit content of Nb may be 0.10%.
  • a microstructure of a wire rod in the example embodiment may include 50 area % or less of ferrite, and a balance of pearlite. The area fraction above was measured exclusive of precipitation.
  • the remainder excluding ferrite is pearlite.
  • a wire rod may be broken in a process of drawing the wire rod.
  • the wire rod in the example embodiment may include 8.0 ⁇ 10 4 count/mm 2 or higher of Mo-based carbides.
  • hydrogen may need to be trapped using fine carbide, and carbide including alloy elements of V, Ti, Nb, Mo, or the like, as main ingredients, not cementite, may be used as the fine carbide.
  • the carbide including Mo as a main ingredient may be precipitated in nano-size within a temperature in a range of 600 to 700° C. such that a hydrogen trapping effect may significantly increase.
  • the carbides include V, Ti, Nb, and the like, as main ingredients, a hydrogen trapping effect may significantly increase when Mo is contained.
  • Mo-based carbides it may be preferable to include 8.0 ⁇ 10 4 count/mm 2 or higher of Mo-based carbides, and more preferably, 8.5 ⁇ 10 4 count/mm 2 or higher of Mo-based carbides may be included.
  • the number of Mo-based carbides may not be significantly changed when a steel wire is manufactured, but the number of Mo-based carbides may decrease slightly. Thus, it may be more preferable to secure 9.0 ⁇ 10 4 count/mm 2 or higher of Mo-based carbides in a wire rod state.
  • the Mo-based carbides may include 5 weight % or higher of Mo based on carbides. That is because, as described above, when the carbides include V, Ti, Nb, and the like, as main ingredients, a hydrogen trapping effect may significantly increase when Mo is contained.
  • the method of manufacturing a wire rod for springs with excellent corrosion fatigue resistance may include heating a billet satisfying the above-described alloy composition to 900 to 1100° C., obtaining a wire rod by finishing-hot-rolling the heated billet at 800 to 1000° C., and coiling the wire rod and cooling the wire rod such that the time for maintaining the billet at a temperature in a range of 600 to 700° C. may be 31 seconds or longer.
  • the billet satisfying the above-described alloy composition may be heated to 900 to 1100° C.
  • the heating temperature of the billet may be 900° C. or higher because, by melting all coarse carbides generated during a molding process, the alloy elements may be uniformly distributed in austenite.
  • a heating temperature of the billet exceeds 1100° C., the billet may be excessively heated such that heat consumption may increase, and the time may be prolonged, which may cause excessive decarburization.
  • a wire rod may be obtained by finishing-hot-rolling the heated billet to 800 to 1000° C.
  • the temperature of the finishing-rolling may be 800° C. or higher to facilitate precipitation of fine carbides.
  • load taken in a roller may increase, and when the temperature of the finishing-rolling exceeds 1000° C., a size of a grain may increase such that toughness may degrade, and transformation may be delayed in a cooling process, and accordingly, martensite hard structure may be created.
  • the wire rod After the wire rod is coiled, the wire rod may be cooled such that the time for maintaining the wire rod at a temperature in a range of 600 to 700° C. may be 31 seconds or longer.
  • the reason for controlling the time for maintaining the wire rod at a temperature in a range of 600 to 700° C. to be 31 seconds or longer may be to secure sufficient time for completing pearlite transformation without creating martensite hard structure during a cooling process, and to sufficiently precipitate fine carbides including Mo as a main ingredient.
  • a steel wire for springs with excellent corrosion fatigue resistance in an example embodiment may satisfy the above-described alloy composition
  • a microstructure may be a tempered martensite single phase
  • the steel wire may include 8.0 ⁇ 10 4 count/mm 2 or higher of Mo-based carbides.
  • a microstructure is a tempered martensite single phase, and 8.0 ⁇ 10 4 count/mm 2 or higher of Mo-based carbides are included, corrosion fatigue resistance may improve.
  • the tempered martensite single phase may refer to a structure mostly formed of tempered martensite with a balance of an inevitable impure structure.
  • hydrogen may need to be trapped using fine carbides, and carbides including alloy elements of V, Ti, Nb, Mo, or the like, as main ingredients, not cementite, may be used as the fine carbides.
  • the carbides including Mo as a main ingredient may be precipitated in nano-size within a temperature in a range of 600 to 700° C. such that a hydrogen trapping effect may significantly increase, and when carbides include V, Ti, Nb, or the like, as main ingredients, a hydrogen trapping effect may significantly increase when Mo is contained.
  • the Mo-based carbides may be created when a wire rod is manufactured, and the Mo-based carbides may not be changed but may slightly decrease during a heating process and a cooling process when a steel wire is manufactured.
  • a maximum depth of a corrosion pit of the steel wire in the example embodiment may be 120 ⁇ m or less.
  • the maximum depth of the corrosion pit may be measured after 14 repetitions of a cycle in which a sample of the steel wire was put in a salt water spray tester, 5% salt water was sprayed onto the steel wire sample for 4 hours in an atmosphere at 35° C., the steel wire sample was dried for 4 hours at atmosphere at a temperature of 25° C. and humidity of 50%, and the steel wire sample was wet for 16 hours until humidity became 100%.
  • the harshest condition was set in consideration of usage environment of steel for springs, and when a maximum depth of the corrosion pit is 120 ⁇ m or less under the above-described conditions, improved corrosion fatigue resistance could be secured.
  • the tensile strength of steel wire in the example embodiment may be 1800MPa or higher.
  • a method of manufacturing a steel wire for springs with excellent corrosion fatigue resistance in an example embodiment may include obtaining a steel wire by drawing the wire rod manufactured by the method of manufacturing a wire rod described in the aforementioned example embodiment, austenitizing the steel wire by heating the steel wire to 850 ⁇ 1000° C. and maintaining the heated steel wire for 1 minute or longer, and oil-cooling the austenitized wire rod to 25 to 80° C. and tempering the wire rod at 350 to 500° C.
  • the maintaining time after heating is less than 1 minute, structures of ferrite and pearlite may not be sufficiently heated such that the wire rod may not be transferred to be austenite, and thus, it may be preferable to control the heating time to be 1 minute or longer.
  • the oil-cooling temperature is generally used condition, and thus, the oil-cooling temperature may not be particularly limited.
  • a preferable tempering temperature may be 350 to 500° C.
  • a billet having a composition as in Table 1 below was heated to 1000° C., and was coiled after finishing-rolling at 900° C. In a cooling process after coiling, a temperature in a range of 600 to 700° C. was maintained for maintaining times listed in Table 2 below, and a wire rod was manufactured. A microstructure of the wire rod was observed and listed in Table 2 below.
  • the wire rod was drawn, was heated at 975° C. for 15 minutes, was put in oil of 70° C. and was rapidly cooled, and the cooled wire rod was maintained at 390° C. for 30 minutes, and a steel wire was manufactured.
  • Tensile strength of the steel wire, a maximum depth of a corrosion pit, a Mo-based carbide, and relative corrosion fatigue life were measured and listed in Table 2 below. All microstructures were martensite single phases.
  • the tensile strength was measured by, after gathering tensile samples of the steel wire in accordance with ASTM E 8 standard, performing a tensile test.
  • the sample was cut cross-sectionally, fine carbides were extracted by a replica method, and the fine carbides were analyzed using a transmission electron microscope and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and the number of carbides including 5% or higher of Mo from the result was listed in Table 1 below.
  • a maximum depth of a corrosion pit was measured using a confocal laser microscope.
  • the relative corrosion fatigue life was measured by performing a rotary bending fatigue test, a speed of the fatigue test was 3,000 rpm, and a weight applied to the sample was 40% of tensile strength. 10 samples were tested for corrosion fatigue life, and fatigue lives of 8 samples excluding the sample having the highest fatigue life and the sample having the lowest fatigue life were averaged. The average value was determined as a corrosion fatigue life of the respective sample. Relative corrosion fatigue lives of the other samples of when a corrosion fatigue life of a comparative example 1 was 1 were listed in Table 2.
  • equation 1 indicates values of 0.70[Cr] ⁇ 0.76[Cu] ⁇ 0.24[Ni].
  • F refers to ferrite
  • P refers to pearlite
  • M martensite
  • Inventive Examples 1 to 5 which satisfied the alloy composition and manufacturing conditions described in the present disclosure had excellent tensile strength and relative corrosion fatigue life. Relative corrosion fatigue lives of the comparative examples were between 0.97 and 1.28, but relative corrosion fatigue lives of the Inventive Examples were between 3.23 and 8.21, which were significantly increased.
  • the comparative examples secured 1800 MPa or higher of tensile strength, but did not satisfy the alloy composition and manufacturing conditions described in the present disclosure, and accordingly, relative corrosion fatigue lives were deteriorated.
  • FIG. 1 is a graph illustrating a relative corrosion fatigue life depending on a maximum depth of a corrosion pit according to an example embodiment. The smaller the maximum depth of a corrosion pit, the greater the relative corrosion fatigue life, and when a maximum depth of a corrosion pit is greater than 120 ⁇ m, relative corrosion fatigue life was significantly degraded.
  • FIG. 2 is a graph illustrating a relative corrosion fatigue life depending on the number of the Mo-based carbides. The higher the number of Mo-based carbides, the greater the relative corrosion fatigue life was increased, and when the number of the Mo-based carbides was smaller than 8.0 ⁇ 10 4 count/mm 2 , relative corrosion fatigue life significantly was degraded.

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