A Numerical and Experimental Investigation into Hot Stamping of Boron Alloyed Heat Treated Steels

Hot stamping of steel sheets using water or nitrogen cooling media was studied on a laboratory scale. Sheets of grade 22MnB5 boron steels in three different thicknesses were investigated and the results of experimental hot stamping tests were considered. Microstructural analysis, linear and surface hardness profiling as well as tensile tests of formed samples were carried out. After hot stamping, mostly fully martensitic microstructures, which yield ultra high strength levels, were produced. It is concluded that die cooling media, i.e., water or nitrogen, have a significant effect on material properties after hot stamping. Using liquid nitrogen as coolant in the punch instead of water increases yield strength by 50 to 65MPa. Moreover, the evolution of the temperature and force during the hot stamping process was simulated by using a coupled thermomechanical FEM program. The results of numerical simulation and experimental results are in good agreement.     

一种Si-Mn系超高强度钢板的热冲压成形试验研究

 采用弯曲件热冲压成形试验研究了板料加热温度、保温时间及移送时间等工艺参数对一种Si-Mn系超高强度钢板热成形零件的力学性能及微观组织的影响规律。结果表明,通过控制热成形工艺参数,在所设计的模具上可实现Si-Mn系超高强度钢板热成形零件的有效淬火,在合适的工艺参数下,可获得细小均匀的马氏体组织,从而获得抗拉强度1700MPa以上,伸长率10%以上的性能,达到原始板料抗拉强度的3倍左右,并明显高于传统的Mn-B系超高强度钢板。     

Improvement of Mechanical Properties of Automotive Components Using Hot Stamping With Integrated Q-P Process

Cold forming of high strength materials is accompanied by an undesirable spring-back effect and therefore the automotive industry prefers to produce components from high strength steels by hot stamping.Hot deformation and cooling in a die are applied to obtain shaped components with martensitic microstructure and high yield strength and ultimate tensile strength.This article presents new applications of this forming technology by incorporating another innovative heat treatment by the Q-P process,which improves both strength and ductility of obtained structures at the same time.Ultimate strengths over 2000 MPa with ductility above 10% can be achieved by this processing.To test microstructure development,thin sheet was hot formed and a corresponding FEM simulation was created.This processing was applied to low alloyed AHS steel with 0.42% of carbon and with an alloying strategy based on Mn,Si and Cr.Martensitic microstructure with retained austenite was obtained by this processing with a strength of around 2000 MPa and ductility of 10%.     

Development of Dual Phase and Multiphase High Strength Steels by Using a New Cooling Technology: The Howaq‐Twice Process

In order to develop low alloy dual and multiphase high strength steels, CRM and Arcelor implemented the Howaq‐twice process in a continuous annealing line. This new equipment combines a slow primary cooling with a fast secondary cooling. Various cooling strategies were investigated in regard to microstructure and mechanical properties of low alloyed steels. Depending on the cooling rate and the quenching temperature, the microstructure varied between fully martensitic, ferritic‐martensitic, and ferritic‐martensitic‐bainitic. The associated tensile strengths reached from 720 to 1100 MPa.     

Mechanical properties and microstructure of boron-alloyed steel 19 MnB 4

Microalloying elements are useful to achieve maximum improvements of the mechanical properties in boron alloyed steels supposedly because they form precipitates with nitrogen and carbon to protect boron from precipitation. On the other hand, they are most useful for austenitic grain refinement and for the generation of the required minimum austenitic grain size (MAGS). A second heat treatment (700°C 9h/air) before quenching the Jominy samples is only efficient in a certain range of austenitic grain size. No increase of hardenability is observed above a certain plateau austenitic grain size (PAGS) for each steel group. A minimum austenitic grain size (MAGS) is required to achieve maximum strength. Boron can only improve the hardenability and tensile properties, if the austenitic grain size before martensitic transformation is optimal. Titanium appears to be the most effective element to prevent boron precipitation. The hardenability, yield and impact strength of the steel group B–AI–Ti is good, especially for sample 44.     

Formability of High Strength Dual‐phase Steels

The application of ferritic‐martensitic dual‐phase (DP) steels has become an increasing trend in the automotive industry due to the possibility to achieve significant weight reduction and fuel efficiency with improved crash performance while keeping the manufacturing costs at affordable levels. In order to meet the different design requirements of individual auto‐body components, a wide variety of DP grades exhibiting different strength and ductility levels is currently industrially produced. Despite the numerous studies on the relationship between the mechanical properties and the microstructural characteristics of DP steels over the last decades, it is still a challenge to increase their formability at a constant strength level (or equivalently increasing the strength while maintaining a high ductility). One of the possibilities to increase strength is grain refinement. Ultrafine‐grained ferritic‐martensitic microstructures were produced by intercritical annealing of a cold‐rolled, pre‐processed dual‐phase steel. Ferrite mean grain sizes in the order of ~ 1.5 μm were obtained. The mechanical properties of these steels are studied, revealing the beneficial effect of grain refinement. Ultimate tensile strength above 800 MPa is achievable, while reaching remarkable high uniform and total elongations, which are only slightly affected by the martensite volume fraction. Moreover, the yield to tensile strength ratio can be adjusted between 0.4 and 0.5. Light and electron microscopy investigations, fracture profile and fracture surface analyses, hole expansion tests and additional ultramicrohardness measurements are used for the interpretation of the results and for the correlation of the mechanical properties and the formability characteristics with the microstructure of the steel.     

低碳冷轧搪瓷钢DC01EK研发及抗鳞爆性能研究

通过安钢1780 mm热连轧-1550 mm冷轧生产线研发了1.8 mm的低碳冷轧搪瓷钢DC01EK(/%:C≤0.06,Si≤0.03,Mn:0.15～0.25,P≤0.015,S:0.010～0.020,Alt:0.020～0.040,B:0.0010～0.0020)和抗鳞爆性能研究。热轧采用直接热装工艺,终轧温度890℃,卷取温度720℃,控制BN、MnS和Fe₃C第二相粒子析出,以提高抗鳞爆性能,采用810℃退火温度,提高了低碳冷轧搪瓷钢DC01EK的冲压性能。结果表明：低碳冷轧搪瓷钢DC01EK屈服强度在208～239 MPa,抗拉强度在333～348 MPa,伸长率>36%,其金相组织为铁素体和珠光体,能够满足冲压成形要求。并通过氢渗透试验,研究了硼元素及第二相粒子对低碳冷轧搪瓷钢抗鳞爆性能影响。     

Development of TiMicroalloyed 600 MPa Hot Rolled High Strength Steel

 A high strength steel with tensile strength on the order of 710MPa had been development successfully with only addition of titanium alloy element based on a low carbon steel. The results show the hot deformation accelerates ferrite and pearlite transformation and retards bainite transformation under continuous cooling condition. The microstructure of this steel is mainly composed of fine-grained ferrite and carbides distributed along the ferrite grain boundaries. The yield and tensile strengths of steels are about 620～650MPa and 720～740MPa, respectively, and the values of strain hardening exponent (n) and plastic strain ratio (r) are 0.12 and 0.80, respectively, thus providing well-matched strength with toughness. In short, the fine-grained ferrite and TiC nano-precipitates play an effective role in strengthening the steel.     

Influence of Hot Press Forming Techniques on Properties of Vehicle High Strength Steels

  Based on the combination of materials science and mechanical engineering, hot press forming process of the vehicle high strength steels was analyzed. The hot forming process included: heating alloys rapidly to austenite microstructures, stamping and cooling timely, maintaining pressure and quenching. The results showed that most of austenite microstructure was changed into uniform martensite by the hot press forming while the samples were heated at 900 ℃ and quenched. The optimal tensile strength and yield strength were up to 1530 MPa and 1000 MPa, respectively, and the shape deformation reached about 23%. And springback defect did not happen in the samples.     

中锰钢温成形技术探讨

使用Gleeble-3800热模拟试验机研究了中锰钢(温成形钢)和22MnB5钢(热成形钢)的微观组织、力学性能和高温拉伸性能.结果表明:与22MnB5钢相比,在获得1 500 MPa级的抗拉强度时,中锰钢的加热温度可从950℃降低到800℃,钢的组织明显细化并且没有发生表面脱碳,断后伸长率从7.5％提高到10％.高温拉伸试验结果表明:中锰钢比22MnB5钢具有更高的延伸率和硬化指数,可以减小成形过程中局部减薄过高导致的样件破裂.     

汽车用含铜高强度薄钢板

介绍了最新开发的汽车用含铜高强度热轧薄板和冷轧薄板。在超低碳钢中添加１％以上的铜，利用含铜相的沉淀硬化，获得了高强度和优良成形性兼备的冷轧和热轧薄板。含铜热轧薄板是一种热处理强化类型钢，经时效热处理使铜析出，产生强烈沉淀硬化，钢的抗拉强度在原基础上提高２００ＭＰａ以上。     

硼对780 MPa低碳贝氏体钢组织和力学性能的影响

试验低碳贝氏体钢（/%:0.08C,0.11~0.13Si,1.10~1.20Mn,0.008~0.009P,0.002S,0.21~0.23Ni,0.020~0.021Ti,0.003~0.004Nb,0~0.0010B,0.000 7~0.0008O,0.0031~0.0033N）由50kg真空感应炉熔炼,轧成45mm钢板,并经930℃淬火,610℃回火。研究了0.0010%硼对780 MPa低碳贝氏体钢45mm板组织和力学性能的影响。结果表明,硼可显著提高试验钢的淬透性,不含硼试验钢淬火后得到粒状贝氏体,0.0010%硼试验钢淬火后得到板条贝氏体。硼明显改善试验低碳贝氏体钢的力学性能,含0.0010%硼试验钢淬、回火后的抗拉强度834MPa和屈服强度771MPa远高于不含硼试验钢的抗拉强度702MPa和屈服强度591MPa,实际生产中应加入适量硼可使低碳贝氏体钢得到板条贝氏体。     

Development of Ti-Microalloyed 600 MPa Hot Rolled High Strength Steel

A high strength steel with yield strength on the order of 600 MPa was developed successfully with only addition of titanium alloying element based on a low-carbon steel.The results showed that the hot deformation accelerated ferrite and pearlite transformation and retarded bainite transformation under continuous cooling condition.The microstructure of this steel was mainly composed of fine grained ferrite and carbides distributing along the ferrite grain boundaries.The yield and tensile strengths of steels ...     

30SiMnCrB5热成形钢的微观组织和力学性能

为了提高热成形钢的综合性能,设计了一种C-Si-Mn-Cr-B系热成形钢,采用热膨胀仪测定并研究了30SiMnCrB5热成形钢的连续冷却转变曲线和相变规律.分析了经轧制、退火及热成形模拟后钢板的微观组织形貌和力学性能,结合等密度线极图的方法,判定了热成形模拟后钢板中马氏体变体与母相的取向关系.30SiMnCrB5热成形钢具有较好的淬透性,临界冷速为5℃·s-1,有效抑制了珠光体和贝氏体的形成,完全马氏体组织的硬度可达600 HV以上.热成形模拟后的微观组织由板条马氏体和残余奥氏体构成,残余奥氏体主要以薄膜状分布在马氏体板条间,质量分数为6%~8%,抗拉强度为1800 Mpa左右,总伸长率可达10%以上,强度和塑性的匹配较好.热成形模拟后30SiMnCrB5热成形钢板中马氏体变体与母相的取向关系更接近N-W关系,12种变体没有都出现在原始奥氏体内.      

The Development on 610MPa Grade Hot Rolled Sheet for Automobile Crossbeam in Pangang

In Pangang 1450 hot strip mill,the 610MPa grade hot rolled sheet with stable mechanical properties using for automobile crossbeam was developed by adopting Nb-V microalloying design,controlled rolling and cooling.The ranges of its yield strength,tensile strength,elongation are 510-645MPa,615-710MPa,and 22%-30%,respectively.The average yield strength tensile strength,elongation are 569MPa,652MPa,26%,respectively.The P610L steel which produced in Pangang with excellent low temperature impact toughness and forming property,can fully meet the requirements of users.     

冷却速度对 900 MPa 级冷轧马氏体钢组织性能的影响

以高氢冷却工艺连退生产线为基础,以 900 MPa 级冷轧马氏体超高强钢为研究对象,研究了连续冷却相变区转变规律和连退快速冷却工艺对钢的力学性能和显微组织的影响。结果表明,连续冷却相变区由先共析铁素体转变区、贝氏体转变区和马氏体转变区组成,随着冷却速度的增加,先共析铁素体含量逐渐下降,贝氏体和马氏体含量逐渐上升,当冷却速度大于 40 ℃/s 时,不再有先共析铁素体生成;当冷却速度大于 80 ℃/s 时,则完全进入马氏体转变区。随着连退快冷工艺中冷却速度的增加,钢的屈服强度、抗拉强度和屈强比逐渐增加,断后伸长率逐渐下降。当冷却速度为 50 ℃/s 时,钢的屈服强度、抗拉强度和断后伸长率就已经达到了 900 MPa 级冷轧马氏体超高强钢的力学性能要求。     

热成形配分工艺对超高强钢组织和力学性能的影响

用热冲压模具研究了超高强度钢30CrMnSi2Nb热冲压配分工艺,测试了两步法淬火和配分处理工艺对超高强度钢的组织演变和强塑性能的影响规律。利用光学电镜(OM)、扫描电镜(SEM)进行了微观组织观察,用X射线衍射仪(XRD)研究了残余奥氏体含量的变化规律。结果表明:热成形配分工艺可明显提高钢的塑性和强塑积;配分过程中,碳配分和均匀化在几十秒内可完成;残余奥氏体含量是决定淬火马氏体钢塑性的主要控制因素。证实了热冲压淬火和配分工艺是一种可获得超高强度兼具高塑性汽车钢板的新型热成形处理工艺。     

Enhanced Mechanical Properties of a Hot-Stamped Advanced High-Strength Steel via Tempering Treatment

The hot stamping process has an extensive range of applications due to its advantages over the traditionally used stamping techniques developed in the past. To enhance the mechanical properties of the indirectly hot-stamped parts, the quenching and partitioning (Q&P) process has been recently applied on boron-alloyed steel. In the current research, it was observed that the tempering treatment on the directly hot-stamped boron steel resulted in better mechanical properties and higher formability index compared with the reported results using the Q&P process. The nano-carbide formation and the dislocation annihilation during the tempering treatment were suggested as the evident reasons for the occurrence of the mentioned robust properties. The ease of the practical implementation of the tempering route together with the markedly enhanced mechanical properties of the tempered parts make the suggested method privileged. Additionally, the variations in the yield strength before and after tempering were quantitatively evaluated.     

500 MPa级V-N 微合金化热冲压桥壳用钢的开发

采用OM、SEM和TEM对500 MPa级V-N微合金化热冲压桥壳用钢的组织与性能进行了研究。结果表明,其屈服强度、抗拉强度分别达到了373和544 MPa,断后伸长率达到25.5%,低温冲击性能优异,在-60 ℃时的冲击功达到了145 J。其显微组织主要为铁素体和少量珠光体的混合组织,其中,铁素体基体上存在大量球形析出物,该析出物在规格上分为尺寸为30～50 nm且能谱分析显示主要为VCN的大颗粒第二相和尺寸在20 nm以下且能谱分析显示主要为VC的小颗粒第二相。热冲压后,500 MPa级V-N微合金化热冲压桥壳用钢的屈服强度和抗拉强度分别达到305和450 MPa,屈服强度和抗拉强度的下降率分别控制在18.2%和17.3%。     

Microstructure and properties of hot‐rolled high strength multiphase steels for automotive application

Effects of alloying with combinations of the elements Mo, Cr and B on the bainite transformation behaviour and microstructure of hot‐rolled high strength sheet steels microalloyed with mass contents of Ti and Nb, 0.05 or 0.15 % C and 1.5 % Mn have been studied. The relationships between microstructures formed in the steels coiled at various temperatures and their mechanical properties have been investigated. The 0.15 % C microalloyed steel alloyed with Mo,Cr and B with a complex bainitic microstructure was found to have distinctive high performance behaviour combining continuous yielding, high tensile strength and plasticity after coiling in a wide temperature region. The strain hardening of the micro‐constituents typical for the investigated steels has been analysed to have a better understanding of the mechanical properties of complex phase microstructures in low alloy ferrous alloys. It was found that bainitic ferrite with austenitemartensite islands as a second phase leads to high strength and adequate elongation. The features of the bainite formation in the Mo, Cr and B alloyed CMn steel microalloyed with Ti and Nb during slow cooling from temperatures between 650 and 550 °C was studied by dilatometry.