Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the problems that the hot forming steel in the prior art needs to be treated by an Al-Si coating, the material cost is high, the working procedure is complex, hydrogen embrittlement, sticking roller and coating cracking can occur, the bare plate of the existing hot forming steel without the coating has insufficient high-temperature oxidation resistance in the hot forming process, shot blasting is required, and the hot forming steel needs to be subjected to processes such as acid washing, annealing and the like to prepare automobile parts, and provides the hot forming steel, a preparation method and application thereof, and a preparation method of automobile and train lower door parts and the like.
In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention provides a hot-formed steel, wherein the hot-formed steel comprises a matrix and a dense composite oxide layer in this order from the inside to the outside;
wherein, the content of ferric oxide in the compact composite oxide layer is below 2 wt%.
The second aspect of the invention provides a method for preparing a hot-formed steel, wherein the method comprises the steps of sequentially carrying out heat treatment, hot rolling and coiling on a continuous casting blank to obtain the hot-formed steel;
wherein the conditions of the heat treatment, hot rolling and coiling are such that the content of ferric oxide in the layer formed on the surface of the hot-formed steel is 2wt% or less;
the heat treatment temperature is 1260-1340 ℃, the hot rolling start temperature is 1160-1200 ℃ and the hot rolling finish temperature is 850-890 ℃, and the coiling temperature is 610-680 ℃.
In a third aspect, the present invention provides a hot-formed steel produced by the above-described production method.
A fourth aspect of the present invention provides the use of the above-described hot-formed steel for the preparation of parts for automobile and train doors and the like.
The fifth aspect of the invention provides a method for manufacturing parts for automobile and train doors and the like, comprising the step of carrying out hot forming treatment on the hot formed steel.
Through the technical scheme, the technical scheme provided by the invention has the following beneficial effects:
(1) The hot forming steel provided by the invention has excellent oxidation resistance due to the fact that the content of ferric oxide in a compact composite oxide layer is below 2wt% through a high-temperature coiling process, and on the other hand, the structure of a matrix after high-temperature coiling is ferrite and pearlite, the volume content of the ferrite is 55-75%, and the volume content of the pearlite is 25-45%, so that the hot forming steel has proper yield strength, tensile strength and elongation, and is convenient to cut and blank;
(2) According to the preparation method of the hot forming steel, the component design (Si-Cr-RE) is matched with the regulation and control of the technological parameters such as the heat treatment temperature, the hot rolling temperature and the coiling temperature, so that the content of ferric oxide formed on the surface of the hot forming steel is below 2wt%, and acid washing, shot blasting and annealing treatment can be omitted after the coiling treatment. The oxidation resistance of the steel can be improved by controlling the contents of Cr, si and RE, and dense oxides Cr 2O3 and SiO 2 are formed before Fe and oxygen. In the oxide layer, si and Cr are helpful to form a composite compact oxide layer Fe 2(SixCryREz)O4, while RE element has good stability to the oxide layer, and can improve the bonding force between the compact composite layer and the matrix. The compact Fe 2(SixCryREz)O4 layer is beneficial to preventing oxygen from diffusing to the matrix and Fe from diffusing to the outside, improving the high-temperature oxidation resistance of the matrix and promoting the compact Fe 3O4 to generate;
(3) The hot forming steel provided by the invention is applied to preparing parts for automobiles, train doors and the like, and the matrix of the prepared automobile part contains martensite with the volume ratio of more than 95%, contains or does not contain a small amount of ferrite, bainite or residual austenite, has excellent mechanical properties, has the yield strength of 1030-1180MPa, the tensile strength of 1580-1610MPa, the elongation of 10.2-10.5% and the surface hardness of more than 480HV, and can realize the effects of no coating and no shot blasting;
(4) According to the preparation method of the parts for the automobile, the train lower door and the like, the compact composite oxide layer can deform together with the matrix in the thermoforming treatment process, no oxide layer falls off on the surface after thermoforming, and the effects of no coating and no shot blasting are achieved.
Detailed Description
The endpoints and any values of the ranges disclosed herein are not limited to the precise range or value, and are understood to encompass values approaching those ranges or values. For numerical ranges, one or more new numerical ranges may be found between the endpoints of each range, between the endpoint of each range and the individual point value, and between the individual point value, in combination with each other, and are to be considered as specifically disclosed herein.
The invention provides a hot forming steel, wherein the hot forming steel sequentially comprises a matrix and a compact composite oxide layer from inside to outside;
wherein, the content of ferric oxide in the compact composite oxide layer is below 2 wt%.
In the invention, when the content of ferric oxide in the compact composite oxide layer does not meet the range, the antioxidation effect of the hot-formed steel is weakened, the oxide layer on the surface can fall off after hot forming, and the effect of shot-free direct coating cannot be realized.
In the invention, the term "from inside to outside" means that the hot-formed steel has a structure of a matrix and a dense composite oxide layer.
According to the invention, the compact composite oxide layer comprises a Fe 2(SixCryREz)O4 layer and a Fe 3O4 layer from inside to outside.
According to the present invention, the structure and phase composition of the dense composite oxide layer can be determined by a scanning electron microscope and a method of X-ray diffraction analyte phase analysis. The Fe 2(SixCryREz)O4 layer contains 28-32wt% Fe, 16-20wt% Si, 34-38wt% Cr, and 0.01-0.02wt% RE, based on the total weight of the Fe 2(SixCryREz)O4 layer.
In the invention, in the Fe 2(SixCryREz)O4 layer, x+y+z is more than or equal to 0.95 and less than or equal to 1.05, specifically, the values of x, y and z are not particularly required, and only the value of x+y+z meets the limit of the invention.
According to the invention, 72-73wt% of Fe, based on the total weight of the Fe 3O4 layer.
According to the invention, the porosity of the dense composite oxide layer is 0.2-2%, preferably 0.2-1%.
In the invention, when the porosity content of the compact composite oxide layer does not meet the range, the porosity is more than 2%, the binding force between the matrix of the hot-formed steel and the composite oxide layer is weakened, the oxide layer on the surface can fall off after hot forming, and the effect of no shot blasting direct coating cannot be realized.
According to the present invention, the thickness of the dense composite oxide layer is 10 μm or less, preferably 8 μm or less.
In the invention, when the thickness of the compact composite oxide layer does not meet the range, the welding performance of the hot-formed steel is weakened, and the requirements of a host factory on the welding performance cannot be met.
According to the invention, the thickness of the Fe 2(SixCryREz)O4 layer is 0.05-0.2. Mu.m, preferably 0.1-0.15. Mu.m.
In the present invention, when the thickness of the Fe 2(SixCryREz)O4 layer does not satisfy the above range, oxidation resistance of the hot-formed steel and adhesion of the composite oxide layer are weakened.
According to the present invention, the thickness of the Fe 3O4 layer is 9.8 μm or less, preferably 8 μm or less.
In the present invention, when the thickness of the Fe 3O4 layer does not satisfy the above range, the weldability of the hot-formed steel is weakened.
In the present invention, the dense composite oxide layer contains iron sesquioxide in an amount of 2wt% or less as a whole.
According to the invention, the matrix is composed of ferrite and pearlite.
According to the invention, the volume content of ferrite in the matrix is 55-75% and the volume content of pearlite is 25-45% based on the total volume of the matrix.
According to the invention, the hot-formed steel has a yield strength of 500-600MPa, a tensile strength of 700-800MPa and an elongation of 18-24%.
According to the invention, the hot-formed steel contains 0.12-0.4 wt.% C, 1-2 wt.% Si, 0.01-0.5 wt.% Al, 0.5-1.6 wt.% Cr, 0.003-0.008 wt.% RE, less than 0.008 wt.% S+P, not more than 2 wt.% Mn, not more than 0.004 wt.% B, not more than 0.1 wt.% Ti, 93.381-96.698 wt.% Fe+impurities, based on the total weight of the hot-formed steel.
Further, the hot-formed steel contains 0.2 to 0.3wt% of C, 1.5 to 1.9wt% of Si, 0.2 to 0.4wt% of Al, 1.0 to 1.5wt% of Cr, 0.004 to 0.008wt% of RE, less than 0.005wt% of S+P, not more than 1.5wt% of Mn, not more than 0.002wt% of B, not more than 0.03wt% of Ti, and 94.455 to 96.0842wt% of Fe+impurities, based on the total weight of the hot-formed steel.
According to the invention, RE is selected from Ce and/or Y, and RE adopted in the following embodiments is Ce.
The second aspect of the invention provides a method for preparing a hot-formed steel, wherein the method comprises the steps of sequentially carrying out heat treatment, hot rolling and coiling on a continuous casting blank to obtain the hot-formed steel;
wherein the conditions of the heat treatment, hot rolling and coiling are such that the content of ferric oxide in the layer formed on the surface of the hot-formed steel is 2wt% or less;
the heat treatment temperature is 1260-1340 ℃, the hot rolling start temperature is 1160-1200 ℃ and the hot rolling finish temperature is 850-890 ℃, and the coiling temperature is 610-680 ℃.
In the invention, the heat treatment temperature, the hot rolling temperature and the coiling temperature are regulated, so that the content of ferric oxide in a layer formed on the surface of the hot forming steel is below 2wt%, and acid washing, shot blasting and annealing treatment can be omitted after the coiling treatment.
According to the invention, the continuous casting ingot is preceded by a steelmaking process.
According to the invention, the conditions of the heat treatment include a temperature of 1270-1320 ℃, preferably 1280-1300 ℃, and a time of 1.3-2.2 hours, preferably 1.6-2 hours.
In the invention, when the heat treatment condition does not meet the above range, the temperature is higher than 1320 ℃, the Fe 2(SixCryREz)O4 layer is completely changed into liquid, and diffuses to the oxide layer along the grain boundary to form a diffusion channel of oxygen atoms and iron atoms, thereby promoting the oxidation of the matrix, reducing the high-temperature oxidation resistance of the matrix, reducing the subsequent descaling effect, enabling the unremoved oxide skin to be pressed into the matrix in the rolling engineering, and reducing the oxidation resistance and the surface quality of the matrix, wherein the temperature is lower than 1260 ℃.
According to the invention, the heat treatment process comprises the steps of carrying out first full-high-pressure water descaling after heat treatment, wherein the descaling water pressure is more than or equal to 20MPa.
According to the invention, the hot rolling process comprises rough rolling and finish rolling.
According to the invention, the rough rolling process comprises the steps of rolling at a starting temperature of 1160-1200 ℃, preferably 1170-1190 ℃, a finishing temperature of 990-1080 ℃, preferably 1030-1050 ℃, 3-7 rough rolling, preferably 4-6 rough rolling, wherein the deformation of each rough rolling is more than or equal to 20%, and then performing second high-pressure water descaling.
In the invention, when the temperatures of the initial rolling and the final rolling of the rough rolling do not meet the above range, the initial rolling temperature is higher than 1200 ℃, so that crystal grains are coarsened to influence the final strength of the material, the initial rolling temperature is lower than 1160 ℃, so that the structure is uneven, the crystal grains grow slowly, the plasticity and the toughness of the material are influenced, the deformation of the material becomes more difficult, the final rolling temperature is higher than 1080 ℃, so that the crystal grains are coarsened to influence the final strength of the material, and the final rolling temperature is lower than 990 ℃, so that the hardness and the strength of the material are higher due to the incompletely recrystallized structure, but the toughness is relatively poor.
According to the invention, the finishing conditions include a start rolling temperature of 900-980 ℃, preferably 850-890 ℃, a finish rolling temperature of 850-890 ℃, preferably 860-880 ℃, and a finish rolling to a target thickness of 2-6mm by 4-7 passes.
In the invention, when the temperatures of the initial rolling and the final rolling of the finish rolling do not meet the above range, the initial rolling temperature is higher than 980 ℃, so that crystal grains are coarsened to influence the final strength of the material, the initial rolling temperature is lower than 900 ℃, the low initial rolling temperature causes uneven structure, slow growth of crystal grains to influence the plasticity and toughness of the material, the final rolling temperature is higher than 890 ℃, coarse austenite crystal grains and mixed crystal structure are easy to generate to influence the final strength of the material, and the final rolling temperature is lower than 850 ℃, so that the structure is uneven and the residual stress is increased.
According to the invention, the temperature of the reeling is 630-650 ℃.
In the invention, when the coiling temperature does not meet the range, the temperature is higher than 680 ℃, the thickness of the surface composite oxide layer is increased, which is unfavorable for the subsequent hot forming process and weakening the welding performance, the temperature is lower than 610 ℃, the content of Fe 2O3 in the composite oxide layer is increased, the oxidation resistance is reduced, and on the other hand, the curling temperature is reduced, so that the substrate generates bainite or martensite, the yield strength is increased, and the subsequent blanking and blanking processes are unfavorable.
In a third aspect, the present invention provides a hot-formed steel produced by the above-described production method.
A fourth aspect of the present invention provides the use of the above-described hot-formed steel for the preparation of parts for automobile and train doors and the like.
The fifth aspect of the invention provides a method for manufacturing parts for automobile and train doors and the like, comprising the step of carrying out hot forming treatment on the hot formed steel.
The direct hot forming comprises the steps of preserving heat of hot forming steel for 4-8min at 900-960 ℃ in air or nitrogen protective atmosphere, and then rapidly transferring the hot forming steel into a mould for hot forming to obtain an automobile part;
The indirect hot forming comprises the steps of carrying out cold stamping preforming on hot forming steel by 10-20%, preserving heat for 4-6min at 850-930 ℃, then rapidly transferring into a die, carrying out pressure maintaining quenching, and completing 80-90% deformation to obtain a part for a train door, wherein the temperature before entering the die is 810-890 ℃, the pressure maintaining pressure is 100-600MPa, and the pressure maintaining time is 10-40s. The prepared parts for the train have good molding quality, no warpage, deformation and cracking, the yield strength is more than 1000MPa, and the tensile strength is more than 1500MPa.
The present invention will be described in detail by examples. In the following examples of the present invention,
The content of each element is measured according to GB/T1467-2008 general rule of metallurgical product chemical analysis method standard;
Porosity was measured from a microstructure photograph of the oxide layer using ImageJ software;
the mechanical properties are measured according to the first part of the tensile test of GB/T228.1-2010 metal material: room temperature test method;
the reliability of the metallographic structure is detected according to GB/T13298-1991 metal microstructure inspection method;
paint film adhesion was measured according to the standard procedure for qualitative adhesion test of ASTM B571 Metal coating;
The raw materials used in the examples and comparative examples are all commercially available.
Example 1
Sequentially carrying out heat treatment, hot rolling and coiling on the continuous casting blank to obtain hot forming steel;
wherein the continuous casting billet comprises 0.25wt% of C, 1.7wt% of Si, 0.3wt% of Al, 1.2wt% of Cr, 0.006wt% of RE, 0.003wt% of S+P, 1.2wt% of Mn, 0.001wt% of B, 0.02wt% of Ti, the balance Fe and other unavoidable impurities, the heat treatment conditions comprise a temperature of 1290 ℃ for 1.8 hours, the first full-high-pressure water descaling, the rough rolling process comprises a rolling start temperature of 1180 ℃ and a rolling finish temperature of 1040 ℃, the intermediate billet is rolled to 18mm after 5 passes of rough rolling, the second full-high-pressure water descaling is carried out, the finish rolling condition comprises a rolling start temperature of 940 ℃, a rolling finish temperature of 870 ℃, the rolling finish rolling to a target thickness of 4mm and a coiling temperature of 640 ℃ to obtain the hot formed steel A1.
Fig. 1 is an SEM image of a dense composite oxide layer of the hot-formed steel prepared in example 1 of the present invention, and it can be seen from the figure that 1 is a Fe 2(SixCryREz)O4 layer and 2 is a Fe 3O4 layer.
Fig. 2 is a matrix structure diagram of the hot-formed steel prepared in example 1 of the present invention, from which it can be seen that 1 (dark gray area) is pearlite and 2 (white area) is ferrite.
FIG. 3 is a drawing showing the microstructure of a hot-formed steel part in example 1 of the present invention, from which it can be seen that the matrix is almost entirely lath-like martensite.
Fig. 4 is an SEM image of the dense composite oxide layer of the automobile part prepared in example 1 of the present invention, and it can be seen from the figure that the structure of the dense composite oxide layer on the surface of the part is not significantly changed and the thickness is only slightly increased after the part is thermoformed.
Fig. 5 is an XRD pattern of the dense composite oxide layer for automobile prepared in example 1 of the present invention, and it can be seen from the figure that the dense composite oxide layer is composed of two phases of Fe 3O4 and Fe 2(SixCryREz)O4.
Examples 2 to 5
A hot-formed steel was produced in the same manner as in example 1 except that the kinds and amounts of the respective elements in the continuously cast slab were different from those in example 1, as shown in Table 1, and the conditions for heat treatment, the course of rough rolling, the conditions for finish rolling and the temperature of coiling were different from those in example 1, as shown in Table 1. Hot-formed steels A2 to A5 were produced, respectively.
Comparative examples 1 to 7
A hot-formed steel was produced in the same manner as in example 1 except that the kinds and amounts of the respective elements in the continuously cast slab were different from those in example 1, as shown in Table 1, and the conditions for heat treatment, the course of rough rolling, the conditions for finish rolling and the temperature of coiling were different from those in example 1, as shown in Table 1. Hot-formed steels D1 to D7 were produced, respectively.
Fig. 6 is an SEM image of the composite oxide layer of the hot-formed steel prepared in comparative example 7 of the present invention, and it can be seen from the image that the surface oxide layer not only has loose Fe 2O3 but also does not form continuous dense Fe 2(SixCryREz)O4, reducing the oxidation resistance of the hot-formed steel.
Fig. 7 is an XRD pattern of the composite oxide layer of the automobile part prepared in comparative example 7 of the present invention, and it can be seen from the figure that 1 (light gray area) is pearlite, 2 (white area) ferrite, and 3 (dark gray area) is carbide.
Fig. 8 is an SEM image of a dense composite oxide layer of an automotive part prepared in comparative example 7 of the present invention, from which it can be seen that three phases of Fe 2O3、Fe3O4 and Fe 2(SixCryREz)O4 exist in the composite oxide layer of the hot-formed steel.
Fig. 9 is a diagram showing a matrix structure of an automobile part prepared in comparative example 7 according to the present invention, and it can be seen from the diagram that the matrix is composed of martensite, ferrite and bainite, and the completion of quenching is not achieved, thereby degrading the mechanical properties of the part.
TABLE 1 variety and amount of elements per weight% in continuous casting billets of examples and comparative examples
Table 1 (follow) preparation process parameters of each example and comparative example
Test example 1
The hot-formed steels produced in examples and comparative examples were tested and the results are shown in Table 2.
TABLE 2
Table 2 (subsequent)
Numbering device |
Yield strength/MPa |
Tensile strength/MPa |
Elongation/% |
A1 |
550 |
760 |
22 |
A2 |
540 |
750 |
20 |
A3 |
520 |
800 |
18 |
A4 |
560 |
730 |
21 |
A5 |
600 |
780 |
24 |
D1 |
550 |
789 |
13 |
D2 |
562 |
852 |
12 |
D3 |
668 |
875 |
11 |
D4 |
1056 |
1354 |
10 |
D5 |
1120 |
1450 |
9.8 |
D6 |
895 |
1350 |
9.9 |
D7 |
520 |
781 |
15.2 |
As can be seen from Table 2, the hot-formed steel prepared according to the present invention has a structure in which the content of ferric oxide in the layer formed on the surface of the hot-formed steel is 2wt% or less, the structure of the matrix is ferrite and pearlite, the volume content of ferrite is 56-68%, the volume content of pearlite is 32-44%, and the porosity of the dense composite oxide layer is 0.2-0.8%, so that the hot-formed steel has a suitable yield strength, tensile strength and elongation, and is convenient for cutting and blanking, and the pickling, shot blasting and annealing treatments can be omitted after the coiling treatment in the preparation method. The hot-formed steels produced in comparative examples 1 to 7 had a surface-formed iron sesquioxide content of 2wt% or more, a ferrite content of 42 to 82% by volume, a pearlite content of 15 to 51% by volume, and a matrix structure, other than ferrite and pearlite, also produced other structures such as martensite and bainite structures shown in fig. 93, and a dense composite oxide layer had a porosity of 2.4 to 6.7%, resulting in excessively high yield strength and tensile strength, excessively low elongation, and unfavorable for shearing and blanking.
Test example 2
The hot-formed steels produced in examples and comparative examples were used to prepare automobile parts.
The specific method for preparing the automobile part is as follows:
and (3) under the protection of nitrogen, preserving the temperature of the hot forming steel at 930 ℃ for 6min, and then rapidly transferring the hot forming steel into a die for hot forming to obtain the automobile part.
The results are shown in Table 3.
TABLE 3 Table 3
As is clear from Table 3, the automotive parts prepared by the present application, after heat treatment, contain martensite in an amount of 95% or more by volume and contain or do not contain a small amount of ferrite, bainite or retained austenite in the matrix of the automotive parts, so that they have excellent mechanical properties, yield strength, tensile strength, elongation, surface hardness, oxidation resistance (no oxide layer drop) and paint film adhesion.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Within the scope of the technical idea of the invention, a number of simple variants of the technical solution of the invention are possible, including combinations of the individual technical features in any other suitable way, which simple variants and combinations should likewise be regarded as being disclosed by the invention, all falling within the scope of protection of the invention.