Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for accentuating the orientation of the grains of a continuous steel sheet (1), in particular for producing electrical sheet steel, said method involving, during the movement of the steel sheet (1) in the longitudinal direction of same, a longitudinal stretching of the steel sheet (1) in a stretch region (1d) in which the steel sheet (1) moves at a temperature of between approximately 750° C. and approximately 900° C. The invention also concerns a device for implementing said method in which the stretching is carried out by two tensioning blocks (41, 42) comprising traction rollers arranged to move and guide the steel sheet (1). The invention further concerns a facility for producing electrical sheet steel comprising a line comprising a rolling mill and on which said method and said device are implemented downstream from the rolling mill.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a rolled ferritic stainless steel material excellent in corrosion resistance and toughness, in particular suitable as a material for a flange and a method for producing the same and flange part. The rolled ferritic stainless steel material contains, by mass %, C: 0.001 to 0.08%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P: 0.01 to 0.05%, S: 0.0002 to 0.01%, Cr: 10.0 to 25.0%, and N: 0.001 to 0.05%, has a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, has a thickness of 5 mm or more, and has an area ratio of crystal grains with a direction within 15° from the rolling direction of 20% or more in a cross-section parallel to the rolling direction at any location between the left and right ends of the steel sheet.
Abstract:
A process for the production of grain non-oriented electric Fe—Si steel strips, with excellent electric and/or magnetic characteristics to be used preferably for construction of electrical machines is disclosed.
Abstract:
A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is subjected to magnetic domain refining treatment by irradiating a steel sheet surface with an electron beam having a beam diameter d of 0.40 mm or less, wherein a modulated irradiation line region is formed with repeating units connected to each other in the line region direction, a periodic distance of the repeating units in the modulated irradiation line region is ⅔×d mm to 2.5×d mm, a repeating interval of the modulated irradiation line region in the rolling direction is 4.0 mm to 12.5 mm, and intensity of the electron beam is not lower than an intensity with which long and narrow divided magnetic domains extending in the modulated irradiation line region direction are formed at least on an irradiated side, and not higher than an intensity with which coating damage does not occur and a plastic strain region is not formed on the irradiated side.
Abstract:
When contents of Ti, V, Zr, Nb, and C (mass %) are represented as [Ti], [V], [Zr], [Nb], and [C] respectively, a value of a parameter Q represented by “Q=([Ti]/48+[V]/51+[Zr]/91+[Nb]/93)/([C]/12)” is not less than 0.9 nor more than 1.1. A matrix of a metal structure is a ferrite phase, and the metal structure does not include a non-recrystallized structure. An average grain size of ferrite grains constituting the ferrite phase is not less than 10 μm nor more than 200 μm. A precipitate containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, and Nb exists with a density of 10 μm−3 or more in the ferrite grain. An average grain size of the precipitate is not less than 0.002 μm nor more than 0.2 μm.
Abstract:
A hot rolled silicon steel producing method comprises: silicon steel slab heating process, rough rolling process and finish rolling process. The heating process comprises a pre-heating stage, a heating stage and a soaking stage. The pre-heating stage satisfies the following formula (1). In the formula, VTp is a temperature increasing rate, in the pre-heating stage, whose unit is ° C./min; t is a total heating time of the slab in the heating furnace, and t=180-240 min; and Tc is an initial temperature when the slab is put into the furnace, whose unit is ° C. By using the foregoing formula, the heating process and the rough rolling process are changed, an occurrence rate of edge defects during the production of the hot rolled silicon steel can be reduced, and the hot rolled silicon steel with good surface quality can be produced. V Tp > 220 min t × 100 ° C . T C + 200 ° C . × 25 ° C . / min ( 1 )
Abstract:
A martensitic Cr-containing steel having excellent corrosion resistance, SSC resistance, and IGHIC resistance is provided. A martensitic Cr-containing steel according to the present invention includes: a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %, Si: 0.05 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 1.0%, Cr: 8 to 12%, V: 0.01 to 1.0%, sol. Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein an effective Cr amount defined by “Cr−16.6×C” is not less than 8%, and an Mo equivalent defined by “Mo+0.5×W” is 0.03 to 2%; a micro-structure wherein a grain size number of prior-austenite crystal grain is not less than 8.0; and a yield strength of less than 379 to 551 MPa, wherein a grain-boundary segregation ratio of Mo and W is not less than 1.5.
Abstract:
In a method for producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by including a series of steps of hot rolling a raw steel material containing C: 0.002-0.10 mass %, Si: 2.0-8.0 mass % and Mn: 0.005-1.0 mass % to obtain a hot rolled sheet, subjecting the hot rolled steel sheet after or without hot band annealing to one stage cold rolling or two or more stage cold rollings including an intermediate annealing therebetween to obtain a cold rolled sheet having a final sheet thickness, subjecting the cold rolled sheet to decarburization annealing combined with primary recrystallization annealing, applying an annealing separator to the steel sheet surface, and then subjecting to a final annealing.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes a rolling a slab for a grain oriented electrical steel sheet to obtain a steel sheet having final sheet thickness; subjecting the steel sheet to decarburizing annealing; coating a surface of the steel sheet with annealing separator mainly composed of MgO; subjecting the steel sheet thus coated to final annealing; providing a tension coating to the steel sheet; and subjecting the steel sheet to magnetic domain refinement by laser irradiation after either the final annealing or provision of the tension coating, wherein (1) the coating weight of the anneal separator is at least 10.0 g/m2; (2) coiling tension at which the steel sheet is coiled after being coated with the annealing separator is 30 N/mm2 to 150 N/mm2; and (3) the average cooling rate in cooling process of the final annealing down to 700° C. is 50° C./hour or less.
Abstract:
There is provided a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet stably having excellent magnetic characteristics and coating adhesion even when a rapid heating is conducted in a primary recrystallization annealing (decarburization annealing). Concretely, it is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet provided on its sheet surface with a tension-applying type insulation coating constituted with a coating layer A formed on a steel sheet side and mainly composed of an oxide and a coating layer B formed on a surface side and mainly composed of glass, characterized in that a ratio R (σB/σA) of a tension σB of the coating layer B on the surface side applied to the steel sheet to a tension σA of the coating layer on the steel sheet side A applied to the steel sheet is within a range of 1.20-4.0.