HOT-STAMP-MOLDED ARTICLE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF STEEL SHEET FOR HOT STAMPING, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF HOT-STAMP-MOLDED ARTICLE

• Main Authors: KAWASAKI KAORU, SEKITO YOSHIHITO, SANO KOHICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 22.01.2013
• Subjects: ALLOYS; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUSMETALS OR ALLOYS; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE BY DECARBURISATION, TEMPERING OR OTHERTREATMENTS; METALLURGY; METALLURGY OF IRON; MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

A hot-stamped steel according to the present invention includes, by mass%, C: 0.20% to 0.3 5%, Si: 0.1% to 0.5%, the total of at least one selected from Mn and Cr: 1% to 3%, Al: 0.005% to 0.06%, Ti: 0.002% to 0.1 %, Nb: 0.002% to 0.1 1 %, O: 0.003% to 0.007%, and a balance of iron and inevitable impurities, wherein P is limited to 0.015% or less, S is limited to 0.01% or less, N is limited to 0.004% or less, the dimensional ratio of the lengths of prior austenite grains in a rolling direction to the lengths of the prior austenite grains in the sheet thickness direction is 1.3 to 2.5, the average grain size of the prior austenite grains is 6 µm or less, the microstructure includes 98% or more of martensite, and the tensile strength is 1470 MPa or more.