JFE Steel Corporation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160138126 | HIGH STRENGTH HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a high strength hot rolled steel sheet having a composition comprising C: 0.040% to 0.100%, by mass %, Si: 0.50% or less, by mass %, Mn: 1.00% to 2.00%, by mass %, P: 0.03% or less, by mass %, S: 0.006% or less, by mass %, Al: 0.08% or less, by mass %, N: 0.0080% or less, by mass %, Ti: 0.14% to 0.22%, by mass %, and Fe and incidental impurities, and a method for making the same. The high strength hot rolled steel sheet includes a microstructure in which a primary phase is a ferrite phase and fine carbides containing Ti are dispersion-precipitated. | 05-19-2016 |
20160138120 | BLAST FURNACE OPERATION METHOD - A method of operating a blast furnace by blowing a pulverized coal at an amount of not less than 150 kg/t−p from tuyeres through a lance into a blast furnace, wherein when the operation is performed under a condition that lump coke charged from a furnace top has a strength defined in JIS K2151 (DI | 05-19-2016 |
20160136727 | ALLOY STEEL POWDER FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING IRON-BASED SINTERED BODY - Provided is an alloy steel powder for powder metallurgy containing an iron-based powder as a main component that is capable of achieving both high strength and high toughness in a sintered body using the same. In the alloy steel powder, the iron-based powder contains a reduced powder, and Mo content with respect to a total amount of the alloy steel powder is 0.2 mass % to 1.5 mass %, Cu powder content with respect to a total amount of the alloy steel powder is 0.5 mass % to 4.0 mass % and graphite powder content with respect to a total amount of the alloy steel powder is 0.1 mass % to 1.0 mass %. | 05-19-2016 |
20160133368 | GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND TRANSFORMER IRON CORE USING SAME - A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet subjected to magnetic domain refining by linearly introducing strains in a direction intersecting a rolling direction of the steel sheet repeatedly with intervals in the rolling direction, wherein if a repeating interval of the strains in the rolling direction is d (mm) and, when the steel sheet is placed on a flat surface, a mean value of difference between a height from the flat surface in linear strain-introduced areas of a steel sheet surface and a height from the flat surface in intermediate points between adjacent linear strain-introduced areas is h (mm), then the ratio h/d of the h to the d is 0.0025 or more and 0.015 or less. | 05-12-2016 |
20160130884 | THREADED JOINT FOR OIL COUNTRY TUBULAR GOODS (AS AMENDED) - In a joint for oil country tubular goods, a pitch change is made such that an internally-thread pitch has the same value as an externally-thread pitch from a thread end portion on a box end side to a pitch change position taken on a box center side with respect to a position away from the thread end portion by ½ of an entire length of the threaded portion, and the internally-thread pitch is changed to a value less than the externally-thread pitch at the pitch change position so that a thread gap is gradually decreased from the pitch change position to a position of the thread end portion on the box center side, and the thread gap is eventually set to a value which is 0.2 to 0.8 times as large as the thread gap before the pitch change is made. | 05-12-2016 |
20160121384 | METHOD OF PRESS FORMING AND PRESS FORMING APPARATUS - A method of press forming includes: forming a trench-shaped portion into a product shape with a die and a punch until reaching a first bottom dead center, and forms at least one of: a flange portion subject to shrink flange deformation such that a linear length of the flange portion subject to the shrink flange deformation in a longitudinal direction is shorter than a linear length of a flange portion in the product shape; and a flange portion subject to stretch flange deformation such that a linear length of the flange portion subject to the stretch flange deformation in the longitudinal direction is longer than the linear length of the flange portion in the product shape; and forming the formed flange portion into the product shape with the die and a flange forming die until reaching a second bottom dead center. | 05-05-2016 |
20160114391 | FINISH HEAT TREATMENT METHOD AND FINISH HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR IRON POWDER - In a finish heat treatment method and finish heat treatment apparatus for an iron powder, a raw iron powder is placed on a continuous moving hearth and continuously charged into the apparatus. In the pretreatment zone, the raw iron powder is subjected to a pretreatment of heating the raw iron powder in an atmosphere of hydrogen gas and/or inert gas at 450 to 1100° C. In decarburization, deoxidation, and denitrification zones, the pretreated iron powder is subsequently subjected to at least two treatments of decarburization, deoxidation, and denitrification. In the pretreatment zone, a hydrogen gas and/or an inert gas serving as a pretreatment ambient gas is introduced separately from an ambient gas used in the at least two treatments is introduced from the upstream side of the pretreatment zone and released from the downstream side so as to flow in the same direction as a moving direction of the moving hearth. | 04-28-2016 |
20160111182 | ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET PROVIDED WITH INSULATING COATING - There is provided an electrical steel sheet provided with an insulating coating which has high corrosion resistance and high adhesion. The electrical steel sheet provided with an insulating coating includes an electrical steel sheet and an insulating coating disposed on the electrical steel sheet. The insulating coating includes Zr and Fe. The content of Zr in the insulating coating is in the range of 0.05 to 1.50 g/m | 04-21-2016 |
20160084816 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING WEATHERING DEGREE OF COAL, METHOD FOR EVALUATING COKING PROPERTY OF WEATHERED COAL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WEATHERING DEGREE OF COAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COKE (AS AMENDED) - Provided are, by using an index with which the influence on the strength of coke can be evaluated, a method for evaluating a weathering degree of coal and a coking property of weathered coal within the ranges in which the weathering degree and coking property cannot be determined by using conventional methods, and a method for controlling the weathering degree of coal with which it is possible to add weathered coal to a coal blend to be used for producing coke without decreasing the strength of coke by using the index. The weathering degree of coal is evaluated by using the surface tension of semicoke which is prepared by performing a heat treatment on weathered coal as an index. The weathering degree of each brand of coal is controlled so that the interfacial tension γ | 03-24-2016 |
20160083820 | PEARLITIC RAIL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PEARLITIC RAIL - A pearlitic rail includes a composition including in % by mass: 0.70% to 0.90% of C; 0.1% to 1.5% of Si; 0.01% to 1.5% of Mn; 0.001% to 0.035% of P; 0.0005% to 0.030% of S; 0.1% to 2.0% of Cr, remainder of the composition consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities. Surface hardness of a rail top is not less than HB 430, and hardness at a depth of 25 mm from a surface of the rail top is not less than HB 410. | 03-24-2016 |
20160083819 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - There is provided a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength (TS) of 900 MPa or more and excellent elongation, stretch flangeability, and bendability in a component system in which an expensive alloy element is not intentionally added. A high-strength steel sheet includes a composition including, on a mass % basis, C: 0.15 to 0.40%, Si: 1.0 to 2.0%, Mn: 1.5 to 2.5%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.0040% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, N: 0.01% or less, and Ca: 0.0020% or less, with the balance including Fe and incidental impurities. The high-strength steel sheet has a microstructure including 40% to 70% of a ferrite phase and a bainite phase in total, 20% to 50% of a martensite phase, and 10% to 30% of a retained austenite phase in terms of an area fraction relative to the entire microstructure. | 03-24-2016 |
20160076124 | HIGH STRENGTH HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - A high strength hot rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength TS of 980 MPa or more, has a composition containing, on a percent by mass basis, C: 0.05% or more and 0.18% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 3.5% or less, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.006% or less, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.008% or less, Ti: 0.05% or more and 0.20% or less, V: more than 0.1% and 0.3% or less, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and has a microstructure including a primary phase and a secondary phase, the primary phase being a bainite phase having an area fraction of more than 85%, the secondary phase being at least one of ferrite phase, martensite phase, and retained austenite phase, the secondary phase having an area fraction of 0% or more and less than 15% in total, the bainite phase having an average lath interval of laths of 400 nm or less, and the laths having an average long axis length of 5.0 μm or less. | 03-17-2016 |
20160068937 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - A steel slab having a composition containing C: more than 0.07% and 0.2% or less, Si: 2.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% to 3.0%, Al: 0.1% or less, Ti: 0.05% to 0.3%, and V: 0.05% to 0.3% on a mass percent basis is heated to 1100° C. or more and is subjected to rough rolling and finish rolling. In the finish rolling, the total rolling reduction of two final passes is 30% or more, and the finish rolling temperature ranges from (A | 03-10-2016 |
20160060738 | STEEL STRUCTURE FOR HYDROGEN GAS, MEHTOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN STORAGE TANK, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN LINE PIPE (AS AMENDED) - Provided is a steel structure for hydrogen gas such as a hydrogen storage tank or a hydrogen line pipe which achieves a lower fatigue crack propagation rate in a high-pressure hydrogen atmosphere than steels used in the related art and has high hydrogen embrittlement resistance. The steel structure for hydrogen gas, which has high hydrogen embrittlement resistance in high-pressure hydrogen gas, has a steel microstructure including any one of 10% to 95% of bainite on an area-ratio basis, 10% to 95% of martensite on an area-ratio basis, and 10% to 95% of pearlite on an area-ratio basis, with the balance being substantially ferrite. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060737 | CASE HARDENING STEEL - A case hardening steel includes a chemical composition containing C: 0.10 mass % to 0.35 mass %, Si: 0.01 mass % to 0.13 mass %, Mn: 0.30 mass % to 0.80 mass %, P: 0.02 mass % or less, S: 0.03 mass % or less, Al: 0.01 mass % to 0.045 mass %, Cr: 0.5 mass % to 3.0 mass %, B: 0.0005 mass % to 0.0040 mass %, Nb: 0.003 mass % to 0.080 mass %, N: 0.0080 mass % or less, Ti as an impurity: 0.005 mass % or less, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and satisfying Formulae (1) and (2): | 03-03-2016 |
20160060723 | HIGH STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength TS of 980 MPa or more and is manufactured by controlling the steel sheet to have a chemical composition containing C: more than 0.1% and 0.2% or less, Si: 0.5% or more and 3.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 3.5% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.004% or less, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.008% or less, Ti: 0.05% or more and 0.15% or less, V: more than 0.10% and 0.30% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. Surface regions have a microstructure including mainly a ferrite phase, and an inner region has a microstructure including mainly a bainite phase. The proportions of the surface regions in the thickness direction of the steel sheet are 1.0% or more and 5.0% or less of the whole thickness respectively from the upper and lower surfaces of the steel sheet. | 03-03-2016 |
20160053355 | STEEL MATERIAL, HYDROGEN CONTAINER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE STEEL MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE HYDROGEN CONTAINER (AS AMENDED) - A steel material includes: a composition containing, by mass, C: 0.05% to 0.60%, Si: 0.01% to 2.0%, Mn: 0.3% to 3.0%, P: 0.001% to 0.040%, S: 0.0001% to 0.010%, N: 0.0001% to 0.0060%, Al: 0.01% to 1.5%, one or more elements selected from Ti: 0.01% to 0.20%, Nb: 0.01% to 0.20%, and V: 0.01% or more and less than 0.05%, and one or more elements selected from B: 0.0001% to 0.01%, Mo: 0.005% to 2.0%, and Cr: 0.005% to 3.0%, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; and a steel microstructure that includes 95% or more of tempered martensite on a volume fraction basis, that includes a precipitate having a diameter of 100 nm or less and including one or more elements selected from Ti, Nb, and V and one or more elements selected from carbon and nitrogen at a density of 50 particles/μm | 02-25-2016 |
20160053354 | STEEL PLATE FOR THICK-WALLED STEEL PIPE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND THICK-WALLED HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL PIPE (AS AMENDED) - A steel plate has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or more and 0.10% or less, Si: 0.05% or more and 0.50% or less, Mn: 1.00% or more and 2.00% or less, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Mo: 0.20% or less (including 0%), Nb: 0.01% or more and 0.05% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and, if desired, containing, by mass %, one or more of Al: 0.005% or more and 0.1% or less, Cu: 1.00% or less, Ni: 1.00% or less, Cr: 0.50% or less, and V: 0.05% or less, in which Pcm* (%) (=C+Si/30+(Mn+Cu+Cr)/20+Ni/60+Mo/2+V/10) is 0.20 or less. The steel plate has a volume fraction of bainite in a base material of 50% or more, and has a volume fraction of island martensite (MA) in a coarse-grain region reheated in a dual-phase temperature range of 5.0% or less. A slab having the chemical composition described above that is cast using a continuous casting method is reheated at a specified temperature, hot-rolled, and then subjected to accelerated cooling to a temperature of 550° C. or lower and 250° C. or higher. | 02-25-2016 |
20160053338 | BLAST FURNACE OPERATION METHOD - A method is provided for operating a blast furnace by blowing at least a solid reducing material and a combustible gas into the furnace through tuyeres with a lance inserted into a blowpipe, wherein a tube-bundle type lance obtained by bundling a plurality of blowing tubes is used and when only a solid reducing material or two kinds of a solid reducing material and a combustible gas or three kinds of a solid reducing material, a combustible gas and a gaseous reducing material is simultaneously blown into an inside of the blast furnace through a tube for blowing the solid reducing material, a tube for blowing the combustible gas and a tube for blowing the gaseous reducing material in the tube-bundle type lance, two or more tube-bundle type lances are inserted into the blowpipe to approximate their front ends to each other and blowing is performed so that the respective blowout streams interfere with each other in the blowpipe. | 02-25-2016 |
20160047025 | HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANNEALED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - A high-strength galvannealed steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.14% or more and 0.24% or less, Si: 0.8% or more and 1.8% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.0040% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.1% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Ca: 0.0001% or more and 0.0020% or less, and the balance including Fe and incidental impurities, and a microstructure, in which the total area ratio of a ferrite phase and a bainite phase with respect to the whole microstructure is 30% or more and 70% or less, in which the area ratio of a tempered martensite phase with respect to the whole microstructure is 20% or more and 40% or less, in which the area ratio of a retained austenite phase with respect to the whole microstructure is 1% or more and 5% or less, in which the area ratio of a martensite phase with respect to the whole microstructure is 2% or more and 20% or less, and in which the total area ratio of cementite and a pearlite phase with respect to the whole microstructure is 10% or less. | 02-18-2016 |
20160047018 | ALUMINUM-ZINC-COATED STEEL SHEET (AS AMENDED) - An Al—Zn-coated steel sheet that suppresses blistering and offers good corrosion resistance after painting is provided. The Al—Zn-coated steel sheet includes an Al—Zn coating layer on a steel sheet surface, the Al—Zn coating layer including two layers which are an interfacial alloy layer present in an interface with a base steel sheet and an upper layer disposed on the interfacial alloy layer. The upper layer contains compounds of Si and Ca or Si, Ca, and Al, and Ca/Si mass % ratio in the upper layer is 0.72 to 1.4. The interfacial alloy layer contains an Fe—Al compound and/or an Fe—Al—Si compound. In the upper layer, Si content is 0.1 to 2.0 mass % and Ca content is 0.001 to 2.0 mass %. | 02-18-2016 |
20160047011 | HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - A high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.16% or more and 0.24% or less, Si: 0.8% or more and 1.8% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.0040% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.1% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Ca: 0.0001% or more and 0.0020% or less, and the balance including Fe and incidental impurities, and a microstructure, in which the total area ratio of a ferrite phase and a bainite phase with respect to the whole microstructure is 30% or more and 70% or less, in which the area ratio of a tempered martensite phase with respect to the whole microstructure is 20% or more and 40% or less, in which the area ratio of a retained austenite phase with respect to the whole microstructure is 10% or more and 20% or less, and in which the area ratio of a martensite phase with respect to the whole microstructure is 2% or more and 20% or less. | 02-18-2016 |
20160045974 | OPEN-PIPE WELD SHIELDING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED STEEL PIPE OR TUBE - An open-pipe weld shielding arrangement for an electric resistance welded steel pipe or tube includes a shielding-gas blowing nozzle and a gas flow rate controller. The shielding-gas blowing nozzle includes a gas outlet disposed at a position 5 to 300 mm above upper ends of portions to be welded, and the gas flow rate controller controls the flow rate of the shielding gas blown from the gas outlet to 0.5 to 50 m/sec. | 02-18-2016 |
20160042850 | NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT MAGNETIC PROPERTIES (AS AMENDED) - A non-oriented electrical steel sheet having a high magnetic flux density and a low anisotropy contains C: not more than 0.01 mass %, Si: 1-4 mass %, Mn: 0.05-3 mass %, P: 0.03-0.2 mass %, S: not more than 0.01 mass %, Al: not more than 0.004 mass %, N: not more than 0.005 mass %, As: not more than 0.003 mass %, and preferably further contains one or two of Sb: 0.001-0.1 mass % and Sn: 0.001-0.1 mass % or further contains one or two of Ca: 0.001-0.005 mass % and Mg: 0.001-0.005 mass %. | 02-11-2016 |
20160040274 | THICK STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT CTOD PROPERTIES IN MULTILAYER WELDED JOINTS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THICK STEEL SHEET - Provided are a thick steel plate with which a welded joint having good CTOD property is formed by low-to-medium heat input multipass welding and a method for producing the thick steel plate. | 02-11-2016 |
20160040261 | BLAST FURNACE OPERATION METHOD AND LANCE - A method is provided for operating a blast furnace by blowing a solid reducing material, a flammable gaseous reducing material and a combustible gas into a blast furnace from tuyeres through a lance into a blast furnace, wherein a parallel type lance prepared by bundling three independent blowing tubes in parallel and integrally housing them into an outer tube is used, and either one or both of the gaseous reducing material and the combustible gas and the solid reducing material are simultaneously blown through the respective blowing tubes, while the blowing tube for the solid reducing material and the blowing tube for the gaseous reducing material are positioned above the blowing tube for the combustible gas in the blowing through the parallel type lance as well as a lance structure thereof. | 02-11-2016 |
20160024660 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET (AS AMENDED) - There is provided a method for manufacturing a galvanized steel sheet that has low sliding resistance in press forming and good degreasing property even under severe alkaline degreasing treatment conditions due to low temperature and short process line length. An oxide layer formed on the surface of a galvanized steel sheet is subjected to neutralization treatment using an alkaline aqueous solution containing 0.01 g/L or more of P ions and 0.01 g/L or more of colloid dispersed particles, wherein the alkaline aqueous solution preferably contains at least one phosphorus compound selected from phosphates, pyrophosphates, and triphosphates and at least one type of colloid dispersed particles selected from Ti, silica, Pt, Pd, Zr, Ag, Cu, Au, and Mg. | 01-28-2016 |
20160020376 | THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION DEVICE AND THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION METHOD - A thermoelectric power generation unit is installed to face a steel material, and installed depending on an output of the thermoelectric power generation unit. A thermoelectric power generation device including a thermoelectric power generation unit that converts heat energy which varies in release state into electric energy to recover the energy can thus be provided in a continuous casting line or slab continuous casting line in which a heat source flows. | 01-21-2016 |
20160020375 | THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION DEVICE AND THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATION METHOD USING THE SAME - A thermoelectric power generation device includes: a thermoelectric power generation unit; and a transporter capable of moving the thermoelectric power generation unit. A thermoelectric power generation device including a thermoelectric power generation unit that converts heat energy which varies in release state into electric energy to recover the energy can thus be provided in a steel material manufacturing line in which a heat source flows. | 01-21-2016 |
20160020006 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET - In a method for producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by comprising a series of steps of hot rolling a raw steel material comprising C: 0.002-0.10 mass %, Si: 2.0-8.0 mass %, and Mn: 0.005-1.0 mass %, subjecting the steel sheet to a hot band annealing as required, cold rolling to obtain a cold rolled sheet having a final sheet thickness, subjecting the steel sheet to primary recrystallization annealing combined with decarburization annealing, applying an annealing separator to the steel sheet surface and then subjecting to final annealing, rapid heating is performed at a rate of not less than 50° C./s in a region of 200-700° C. in the heating process of the primary recrystallization annealing, and the steel sheet is held at any temperature of 250-600° C. in the above region for 1-10 seconds, while a soaking process of the primary recrystallization annealing is controlled to a temperature range of 750-900° C., a time of 90-180 seconds and P | 01-21-2016 |
20160017466 | HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - A hot-rolled steel sheet is provided having high strength and excellent toughness and ductility includes a composition that contains, on a mass percent basis, 0.04% or more and 0.15% or less of C, 0.01% or more and 0.55% or less of Si, 1.0% or more and 3.0% or less of Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.01% or less S, 0.003% or more and 0.1% or less of Al, 0.006% or less N, 0.035% or more and 0.1% or less Nb, 0.001% or more and 0.1% or less of V, 0.001% or more and 0.1% or less Ti, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which the hot-rolled steel sheet includes a microstructure in which the proportion of precipitated Nb to the total amount of Nb is 35% or more and 80% or less, the volume fraction of tempered martensite and/or tempered bainite having a lath interval of 0.2 μm or more and 1.6 μm or less is 95% or more at a position 1.0 mm from a surface of the sheet in the thickness direction, and the volume fraction of ferrite having a lath interval of 0.2 μm or more and 1.6 μm or less at the center position of the sheet in the thickness direction is 95% or more. | 01-21-2016 |
20160017456 | THICK STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT CTOD PROPERTIES IN MULTILAYER WELDED JOINTS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THICK STEEL SHEET - There is provided a thick steel plate having good multipass weld joint CTOD characteristics for low to medium heat input and a method for manufacturing the thick steel plate. A steel plate containing, on a mass percent basis, C: 0.03% to 0.12%, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 1.0% to 2.0%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, Al: 0.005% to 0.060%, Ni: 0.5% to 2.0%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.030%, N: 0.0015% to 0.0065%, O: 0.0010% to 0.0050%, Ca: 0.0005% to 0.0060%, and optionally one or two or more of Cu and the like, wherein Ti/N, Ceq, Pcm, and ACR are in particular ranges, a base material of the plate has an effective grain size of 20 μm or less at half the thickness of the plate, and the plate contains a particular number of complex inclusions at ¼ and ½ of the thickness of the plate, the complex inclusions being composed of a sulfide containing Ca and Mn and an oxide containing Al and having an equivalent circular diameter of 0.1 μm or more. Steel having the composition described above is heated at a particular temperature, is then hot-rolled, and is cooled. | 01-21-2016 |
20160004793 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYSIS OF SHAPE OPTIMIZATION - A method for analysis of shape optimization includes: setting, as a design space, a portion to be optimized in a movable portion; generating, in the set design space, an optimization block model formed of three-dimensional elements and is to be subjected to analysis processing of optimization; connecting the generated optimization block model with a structural body model; setting a material property for the optimization block model; setting an optimization analysis condition for finding an optimum shape of the optimization block model; setting a multi-body dynamics analysis condition for performing multi-body dynamics analysis on the structural body model with which the optimization block model has been connected; and executing, based on the set optimization analysis condition and multi-body dynamics analysis condition, the multi-body dynamics analysis on the optimization block model and finding the optimum shape of the optimization block model. | 01-07-2016 |
20160002807 | PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING HIGH-STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEETS - A process of manufacturing high-strength cold rolled steel sheets containing 0.5 to 2.0 mass % silicon includes a pickling step of thermally annealing a steel sheet in a non-oxidizing atmosphere and thereafter pickling the steel sheet to dissolve away 0.5 g/m | 01-07-2016 |
20160002762 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR AND HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR (AS AMENDED) - Provided is a high-strength steel sheet that has good chemical convertibility and good corrosion resistance after electro deposition painting despite high Si and Mn contents. Also provided are a method for producing the high-strength steel sheet, a high-strength galvanized steel sheet formed by using the high-strength steel sheet, and a method for producing the high-strength galvanized steel sheet. A steel sheet containing, in terms of % by mass, C: 0.03 to 0.35%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 3.6 to 8.0%, Al: 0.001 to 1.00%, P≦0.10%, S≦0.010%, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities is annealed under condition under which a dew point of an atmosphere in a temperature zone of 550° C. or higher and A° C. or lower (A is a particular value that satisfies 600≦A≦750) inside an annealing furnace is controlled to −40° C. or lower. | 01-07-2016 |
20150371746 | IRON POWDER FOR DUST CORE AND INSULATION-COATED IRON POWDER FOR DUST CORE - Iron powder for dust cores that is appropriate for manufacturing a dust core with low iron loss is obtained by setting the oxygen content in the powder to be 0.05 mass % or more to 0.20 mass % or less, and in a cross-section of the powder, setting the area ratio of inclusions to the matrix phase to be 0.4% or less. | 12-24-2015 |
20150368768 | Electric Resistance Welded Steel Pipe - An electric resistance welded steel pipe excellent in terms of fatigue strength. The steel pipe including a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.35% or more and 0.55% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 1.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.005% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, Cr: 0.1% or more and 0.5% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities and a metallic microstructure including pearlite, ferrite, and bainite, in which the area ratio of the pearlite is 85% or more, the total of the area ratios (including 0) of the ferrite and the bainite is 15% or less, and in which a prior austenite grain size is 25 μm or more. | 12-24-2015 |
20150368741 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - There are provided a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having high burring formability and a method for manufacturing the high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet. A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having high burring formability contains, on a mass percent basis, C: 0.06% or more and 0.13% or less, Si: less than 0.5%, Mn: more than 0.5% and 1.4% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, Ti: 0.05% or more and 0.25% or less, and V: more than 0.15% and 0.4% or less such that S, N, Ti, and V satisfy Ti.+V≧0.35 (wherein Ti.═Ti—N×(48/14)−S×(48/32), and S, N, Ti, and V denote the amounts (% by mass) of the corresponding elements), the remainder being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet has a microstructure in which a ferrite phase fraction is more than 90%, a carbide containing Ti is precipitated, and 70% or more of the carbide has a grain size of less than 9 nm. | 12-24-2015 |
20150368739 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having high burring formability and a method for manufacturing the high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet. The high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having high burring formability contains, on a mass percent basis, C: 0.013% or more and less than 0.08%, Si: less than 0.5%, Mn: more than 0.8% and less than 1.2%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, and Ti: 0.03% or more and 0.15% or less such that C, S, N, and Ti satisfy 0.05≦Ti*<0.1 and C×(48/12)−0.1612-24-2015 | |
20150368738 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having high burring formability and a method for manufacturing the high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet. A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having high burring formability contains, on a mass percent basis, C: 0.03% or more and 0.1% or less, Si: less than 0.5%, Mn: more than 0.7% and less than 1.2%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, and Ti: 0.1% or more and 0.25% or less such that C, S, N, and Ti satisfy Ti*≧0.1 and C×(48/12)−0.1412-24-2015 | |
20150368732 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NITRIDING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET - Provided is a method for nitriding a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet which is very useful in obtaining excellent magnetic properties with no variation by immersing a strip in a molten salt bath after cold rolling and before secondary recrystallization annealing during a production process of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, to subject the strip to continuous nitriding to uniformly disperse inhibitor forming elements over the full length and full width of the strip. | 12-24-2015 |
20150364236 | IRON POWDER FOR DUST CORE - An iron powder for dust cores has an apparent density is 3.8 g/cm | 12-17-2015 |
20150361544 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NITRIDING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET - Provided is an apparatus for continuously nitriding a strip continuously being fed after cold rolling and before secondary recrystallization annealing in a production line of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, comprising: a nitriding zone for nitriding the strip; a cooling zone for cooling the strip; and an optional heating zone provided upstream of the nitriding zone for heating the strip, wherein, the nitriding zone is provided with glow discharge electrodes, and by plasma nitriding the strip by glow discharge with the glow discharge electrodes functioning as positive electrodes and the strip functioning as a negative electrode, inhibitor forming elements are uniformly dispersed over the full length and full width of the strip and a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with excellent magnetic properties with no variation is obtained. | 12-17-2015 |
20150361538 | HOT-DIP Al-Zn ALLOY COATED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Disclosed is a hot-dip Al—Zn alloy coated steel sheet having excellent anti-corrosion property after coating, and a method for producing the same. In the disclosure, the hot-dip Al—Zn alloy coated steel sheet has a hot-dip coating layer containing by mass %, Al: 25% to 90%, and at least one of Sn: 0.01% to 2.0%, In: 0.01% to 10%, and Bi: 0.01% to 2.0%. | 12-17-2015 |
20150361521 | CONTINUOUS ANNEALING DEVICE AND CONTINUOUS HOT-DIP GALVANISING DEVICE FOR STEEL STRIP - A steel strip continuous annealing device has a vertical annealing furnace | 12-17-2015 |
20150361520 | CONTINUOUS ANNEALING DEVICE AND CONTINUOUS HOT-DIP GALVANISING DEVICE FOR STEEL STRIP - A large continuous annealing device that anneals a steel strip by multiple passes in a vertical annealing furnace and is capable of quickly switching the atmosphere in the furnace is provided. A steel strip continuous annealing device | 12-17-2015 |
20150357101 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMI-PROCESSED NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT MAGNETIC PROPERTIES - A steel slab having a chemical composition including C: not more than 0.005 mass %, Si: not more than 4 mass %, Mn: 0.03-2 mass %, P: not more than 0.2 mass %, S: not more than 0.004 mass %, Al: not more than 2 mass %, N: not more than 0.004 mass %, Se: not more than 0.0010 mass % and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities is subjected to hot rolling, cold rolling and recrystallization annealing up to 740° C. at an average heating rate of not less than 100° C./s to produce a semi-processed non-oriented electrical steel sheet being high in the magnetic flux density and low in the iron loss after stress relief annealing. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356237 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSIS OF SHAPE OPTIMIZATION - A method for analysis of shape optimization includes: a design space setting step of setting a design space; an optimization block model generating step of generating an optimization block mode in the set design space; a connection processing step of connecting the generated optimization block model with a structural body model; a material property setting step of setting a material property for the optimization block model; a crashworthy optimum shaping condition setting step of setting a crashworthy optimum shaping condition for the optimization block model; a crashworthiness analysis condition setting step of setting a crashworthiness analysis condition for the structural body model; a three-dimensional element necessity calculation step of executing a crashworthiness analysis on the optimization block model, and calculating information related to necessity of each of three-dimensional elements of the optimization block model; and an optimum shape determining step of determining an optimum shape. | 12-10-2015 |
20150354051 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NITRIDING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET - Provided is an apparatus for nitriding a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet which is very useful in obtaining excellent magnetic properties with no variation, that enables generating glow discharge between positive electrodes and negative electrodes disposed in a nitriding zone and irradiating the generated plasma to a strip to perform appropriate nitriding. | 12-10-2015 |
20150354034 | STEEL SHEET FOR SOFT-NITRIDING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A steel sheet for soft-nitriding has a composition containing: C: 0.05% or more to 0.10% or less; Si: 0.5% or less; Mn: 0.7% or more to 1.5% or less; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.01% or less; Al: 0.01% or more to 0.06% or less; Cr: 0.5% or more to 1.5% or less; V: 0.03% or more to 0.30% or less; and N: 0.005% or less, on a mass percent basis, wherein a ratio of amount of solute V to the V content (amount of solute V/V content) is more than 0.50, and balance comprises Fe and incidental impurities, and a complex-phase microstructure containing ferrite and pearlite. | 12-10-2015 |
20150354022 | STAINLESS STEEL SEAMLESS PIPE FOR OIL WELL USE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - A steel pipe is formed by performing pipe making of a raw material having a composition containing C: 0.05% or less, Si: 0.50% or less, Mn: 0.20% to 1.80%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 14.0% to 18.0%, Ni: 5.0% to 8.0%, Mo: 1.5% to 3.5%, Cu: 0.5% to 3.5%, Al: 0.10% or less, Nb: more than 0.20% and 0.50% or less, V: 0.20% or less, N: 0.15% or less, and O: 0.010% or less, on a percent by mass basis, wherein Cr+0.65Ni+0.6Mo+0.55Cu−20C≧18.5 and Cr+Mo+0.3Si−43.3C−0.4Mn−Ni−0.3Cu−9N≦11 are satisfied and subjecting the resulting steel pipe to a quenching treatment to heat to a temperature higher than or equal to the A | 12-10-2015 |
20150337428 | HOT-DIP Al-Zn ALLOY COATED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A hot-dip Al—Zn alloy coated steel sheet having good corrosion resistance in flat parts as well as good workability and thereby has excellent corrosion resistance in worked parts. The upper layer of the hot-dip coating has a composition containing Al in an amount of 20 mass % to 95 mass %, Si in an amount of 10% or less of the Al content, at least one of Ca and Mg, the total content of Ca and Mg being 0.01 mass % to 10 mass %, and the balance including Zn and incidental impurities, and the mean Vickers hardness of the hot-dip coating is 50 Hv to 100 Hv. | 11-26-2015 |
20150337427 | HOT DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET - A hot dip galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet, a hot dip galvanizing layer, and an intermetallic compound, in which the steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or more and 0.70% or less, Si: 0.10% or less, Mn: 0.5% or more and 0.9% or less, P: 0.020% or more and 0.050% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Nb: 0.010% or more and 0.035% or less, N: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.10% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the hot dip galvanizing layer contains 0.3% or more and 0.6% or less of Al, and in which the intermetallic compound contains 0.12 gm | 11-26-2015 |
20150337415 | STEEL SHEET FOR HOT PRESS-FORMING, HOT PRESS-FORMED PART, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING HOT PRESS-FORMED PART - A steel sheet for hot press-forming includes a zinc coating layer and a Si-containing compound layer in this order on a base steel sheet, wherein the Si-containing compound layer contains a silicone resin having an organic functional group of a carbon number of 4 or more. | 11-26-2015 |
20150328708 | CIRCUMFERENTIAL WELDED JOINT OF LINE PIPE, METHOD OF FORMING CIRCUMFERENTIAL WELDED JOINT OF LINE PIPE, AND LINE PIPE - A circumferential welded joint of a line pipe is formed by butting against each other end portions of steel pipes having a yield strength according to 5L Specification of API Standards not smaller than 555 N/mm | 11-19-2015 |
20150328675 | METAL STRIP - Provided is a metal strip for a pipe with which the weight of a pipe can be reduced while maintaining the strength of a joint portion that tends to be structurally the weakest. A metal strip L is formed by rolling. The thickness of each of a head end portion | 11-19-2015 |
20150322539 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FURNACE ATMOSPHERE IN CONTINUOUS ANNEALING FURNACE (AS AMENDED) - A problem with existing technologies that, when decreasing the dew point of the inside of a continuous annealing furnace by using a refiner, a decrease in the temperature of a part of the inside of the furnace cannot be prevented without supplying additional heat, is to be solved. Provided is a method for adjusting a furnace atmosphere in a continuous annealing furnace, the method including drawing a gas, which is a part of the furnace atmosphere, into a refiner | 11-12-2015 |
20150318094 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND PRIMARY RECRYSTALLIZED STEEL SHEET FOR PRODUCTION OF GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET - A method for producing grain-oriented electrical steel sheets includes subjecting a steel slab to hot rolling to obtain a hot rolled sheet, the steel slab having a composition consisting of, by mass % or mass ppm, C: 0.08% or less, Si: 2.0% to 4.5% and Mn: 0.5% or less, S, Se, and O: less than 50 ppm each, sol.Al: less than 100 ppm, N: 80 ppm or less, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and satisfying the relation of sol.Al (ppm)−N (ppm)×(26.98/14.00)≦30 ppm; then subjecting the hot rolled sheet to annealing and rolling to obtain a cold rolled sheet; then subjecting the cold rolled sheet to nitriding treatment, under specific condition, before, during or after primary recrystallization annealing; then applying an annealing separator on the cold rolled sheet; and subjecting the cold rolled sheet to secondary recrystallization annealing. | 11-05-2015 |
20150318092 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND PRIMARY RECRYSTALLIZED STEEL SHEET FOR PRODUCTION OF GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET - A method for producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheets includes subjecting a steel slab to hot rolling to obtain a hot rolled sheet, the steel slab having a specific composition; then subjecting the hot rolled sheet to annealing and rolling to obtain a cold rolled sheet; then subjecting the cold rolled sheet to nitriding treatment with a nitrogen increase of 50 to 1000 ppm, during or after primary recrystallization annealing; then applying an annealing separator on the cold rolled sheet; and setting the staying time in a temperature range of 300 to 800° C. in the secondary recrystallization annealing to 5 to 150 hours. | 11-05-2015 |
20150315692 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET - A method for manufacturing a galvanized steel sheet includes heating a base steel sheet in a heating zone such that the surface of the base steel sheet is heated at a temperature of 600° C. or higher and 790° C. or lower while a furnace temperature T° C. in the heating zone of an annealing furnace is controlled based on the water vapor partial pressure P | 11-05-2015 |
20150315691 | FACILITY AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY MANUFACTURING HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET - A facility for continuously manufacturing a galvanized steel sheet includes a continuous annealing furnace, a snout, and a galvanization bath. The furnace is divided into a heating zone, a soaking zone, and a cooling zone. The bath is directly connected to the furnace through the snout. The facility has a dewpoint meter and a draft port and a suction port for a furnace gas that are provided in at least one of the zones, gas cyclic paths which connect the draft port and the suction port to a refiner, and a dewpoint meter and a humidification device that are provided in the snout. The gas cyclic paths are separately formed for the respective connected zones. The refiner functions so that a measured value of the dewpoint meter is equal to a target dewpoint, and the humidification device functions so that a measured value of the dewpoint meter in the snout is equal to a target dewpoint for the snout. | 11-05-2015 |
20150315684 | HIGH-STRENGTH STAINLESS STEEL SEAMLESS TUBE OR PIPE FOR OIL COUNTRY TUBULAR GOODS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength stainless steel seamless tube or pipe has excellent corrosion resistance, where excellent carbon dioxide gas corrosion resistance in high-temperature environments containing CO | 11-05-2015 |
20150314372 | IRON-BASED POWDER FOR POWDER METALLURGY - An iron-based powder for powder metallurgy effectively prevents agglomeration of a lubricant, has excellent flowability, can evenly fill thin-walled cavities, keeps the ejection force after formation low, and does not lower sintered body strength by adhering either or both of an alloy component and a cutting ability improving agent to the surface of iron powder with a binder that has a melting point of 150° C. or lower, adhering carbon black to the surface of the binder, and setting the amount of free binder to 0.02 mass % or less. | 11-05-2015 |
20150310973 | GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - The present invention provides a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with reduced iron loss over a wide range of sheet thickness by providing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with an actually measured sheet thickness t (mm) that includes a closure domain region extending linearly in a direction from 60° to 120° with respect to the rolling direction on a surface of the steel sheet, the closure domain region being formed periodically at a spacing s (mm) in the rolling direction, such that h≧74.9t+39.1 (0.26≧t), h≧897t−174.7 (t>0.26), (w×h)/(s×1000)≦−12.6t+7.9 (t>0.22), and (w×h)/(s×1000)≦−40.6t+14.1 (t≦0.22), where h (μm) is the depth and w (μm) is the width of the closure domain region. | 10-29-2015 |
20150308910 | COKE EXTRUSION FORCE ESTIMATION METHOD AND COKE OVEN REPAIRING METHOD - A coke extrusion force estimation method includes: measuring irregularities on an inner wall surface of a carbonization chamber to acquire an oven wall profile; estimating an outer shape of a coke produced in the carbonization chamber based on the oven wall profile; defining an active state for a side surface position of the coke at which a coke width is smaller than an oven width and defining a passive state for a side surface position of the coke at which a coke width is larger than an oven width based on the oven wall profile and the estimated outer shape; and calculating oven wall friction force for each side surface position of the coke using a previously set apparent Young's modulus of the coke in accordance with definition of the active state or the passive state to estimate the extrusion force based on the oven wall friction force. | 10-29-2015 |
20150302641 | SHAPE OPTIMIZATION ANALYZING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A shape optimization analyzing method according to the present invention is an analysis method for optimizing part of a structure model using plane elements or three-dimensional elements. The method includes a design-space defining step of defining a portion of the structure model that is to be optimized as a design space, an optimization-block-model generating step of generating an optimization block model in the defined design space, the optimization block model being formed of three-dimensional elements and analyzed for optimization, a coupling step of coupling the generated optimization block model with the structure model, and an analyzing step of performing analysis in accordance with input of an analytic condition to calculate an optimal shape of the optimization block model. | 10-22-2015 |
20150299833 | STAINLESS STEEL SHEET AND STAINLESS STEEL FOIL - Provided are an Fe—Cr—Al-based stainless steel sheet which has improved manufacturability by improving the toughness of a hot-rolled steel sheet and a cold-rolled steel sheet without deteriorating oxidation resistance at a high temperature and shape stability when used at a high temperature, and a stainless steel foil which is manufactured by rolling the stainless steel sheet. | 10-22-2015 |
20150299830 | STEEL SHEET FOR SOFT-NITRIDING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A steel sheet for soft-nitriding has a composition containing: C: 0.05% or more to 0.10% or less; Si: 0.5% or less; Mn: 0.7% or more to 1.5% or less; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.01% or less; Al: 0.01% or more to 0.06% or less; Cr: 0.5% or more to 1.5% or less; Nb: 0.005% or more to 0.025% or less; and N: 0.005% or less, on a mass percent basis, such that C and Nb satisfy 0.10≦Nb/C≦0.30 (where C and Nb are respective contents of the elements (by mass %)), wherein balance comprises Fe and incidental impurities, and a microstructure that is a complex-phase microstructure containing ferrite and pearlite, and the microstructure having a ratio of a microstructure other than the ferrite and the pearlite of 1% or less, and the microstructure having a ratio of polygonal ferrite in the ferrite of less than 50%. | 10-22-2015 |
20150299819 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET - Grain-oriented electrical steel sheets with good magnetic properties are industrially stably produced, by using as the material, a steel slab having a predetermined composition, wherein after cold rolling and before the start of secondary recrystallization annealing, the cold rolled sheet is subjected to nitriding treatment with nitrogen content of 50 mass ppm or more and 1000 mass ppm or less, and a total content of 0.2 mass % to 15 mass % of a sulfide and/or sulfate is contained in an annealing separator, and a staying time in the temperature range of 300° C. to 800° C. in the heating stage of secondary recrystallization annealing of 5 hours or more is secured to precipitate silicon nitride (Si | 10-22-2015 |
20150298236 | ANALYZING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING WELDING POSITION OF STRUCTURE - A welding-position optimization analyzing method according to the present invention is a welding-position optimization analyzing method for optimizing spot welding or continuous welding used to weld a plurality of components constituting a structure model formed of plane elements and/or three-dimensional elements. The method includes a to-be-analyzed-portion defining step of defining a to-be-analyzed portion including welding points or welding portions at which the plurality of components are welded; a fixed-welding defining step of defining at least one of the welding points or at least one of the welding portions in the defined to-be-analyzed portion as a fixed welding point or a fixed welding portion; a welding-prospect specifying step of specifying welding prospects in the to-be-analyzed portion, the welding prospects being regarded as prospects for the welding points or the welding portions; an analytic-condition applying step of defining an analytic condition applied to the to-be-analyzed portion; and an analysis step of calculating an optimal welding point or an optimal welding portion that satisfies the analytic condition from among the welding prospects. | 10-22-2015 |
20150292999 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING DYNAMIC PANEL STIFFNESS OF OUTER PANEL FOR AUTOMOBILE PARTS - A method of measuring panel stiffness of an automobile part outer panel by pushing an indenter onto a surface of the panel in a pushing direction intersecting the surface under a load to deform the panel and measuring deformation of the panel includes arranging grids in a lattice form to a surface of a site of the panel; arranging markers previously knowing three-dimensional position information on a periphery of the site; pushing the indenter onto the surface of the site under the load and moving the indenter in a direction perpendicular to the pushing direction, during which the grids on the surface deformed by loading of the indenter are simultaneously and repeatedly shot from plural positions by plural cameras; and calculating position information of the grids corresponding to the markers based on the image data to measure change in deformation of the panel associated with movement of the indenter. | 10-15-2015 |
20150292069 | STAINLESS STEEL-CLAD STEEL PLATE HAVING EXCEPTIONAL CORROSION RESISTANCE TO SEAWATER - A stainless cladding steel plate with excellent sea water corrosion resistance includes a cladding metal including, in mass %, C: not more than 0.030%, Si: 0.02 to 1.50%, Mn: 0.02 to 2.0%, P: not more than 0.040%, S: not more than 0.030%, Ni: 22.0 to 25.0%, Cr: 22.0 to 26.0%, Mo: 3.5 to 5.0% and N: 0.10 to 0.25%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, the cladding metal satisfying relation (1) and being such that amounts of chromium and molybdenum present as precipitates are not more than 0.3 mass % and not more than 0.2 mass %, respectively, | 10-15-2015 |
20150292054 | HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET FOR SQUARE COLUMN FOR BUILDING STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A hot rolled steel sheet for a square column for building structural members, the hot rolled steel sheet having a composition of, in terms of % by mass,
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20150275342 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a ferritic stainless steel having a corrosion resistance at a certain level or more and a temper-color removal performance at a certain level or more and a method for manufacturing the ferritic stainless steel. A ferritic stainless steel has a composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.001% to 0.030%, Si: 0.03% to 0.30%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: more than 22.0% to 28.0%, Mo: 0.2% to 3.0%, Al: 0.01% to 0.15%, Ti: more than 0.30% to 0.80%, V: 0.001% to 0.080%, and N: 0.001% to 0.050%; Mn: 0.05% to 0.30% and Ni: 0.01% to 5.00%, or Mn: 0.05% to 2.00% and Ni: 0.01% to 0.30%; Nb: 0.05% or less as an optional component; and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and the steel has a surface where TiN having a grain diameter of 1 μm or more is distributed at a density of 30 particles/mm | 10-01-2015 |
20150275339 | HIGH-CARBON STEEL TUBE HAVING SUPERIOR COLD WORKABILITY, MACHINABILITY, AND HARDENABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A raw steel tube has a composition containing, by mass, 0.25% to 0.60% carbon, 0.01% to 2.0% silicon, 0.2% to 3.0% manganese, 0.001% to 0.1% aluminum, 0.001% to 0.05% phosphorus, 0.02% or less sulfur, 0.0010% to 0.0100% nitrogen, 0.0003% to 0.0050% boron, and 0.0001% to 0.0050% calcium, the balance being iron and incidental impurities. The raw steel tube is heated to and soaked at an Ac | 10-01-2015 |
20150274218 | VEHICLE COLLISION ENERGY ABSORBING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention provides a vehicle collision energy absorbing member formed by shaping a thin steel sheet. At least one of the thin steel sheet and the vehicle collision energy absorbing member has tensile properties of a tensile strength TS of 980 MPa or more and a yield point elongation Y-El of 2% or more. | 10-01-2015 |
20150252456 | COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT SHAPE FIXABILITY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A steel material having a chemical composition contains 0.0010% to 0.0030% C, 0.05% or less Si, 0.1% to 0.5% Mn, 0.021% to 0.060% Ti, and 0.0005% to 0.0050% B on a mass basis such that B/C satisfies 0.5 or more, whereby a resulting cold-rolled steel sheet has a microstructure dominated by ferrite with an average grain size of 10 μm to 30 μm, a proportional limit of 100 MPa or less, and excellent shape fixability. | 09-10-2015 |
20150232970 | HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet is provided having a high low-temperature toughness and a low yield ratio that is suitable for a steel pipe material. The hot-rolled steel sheet has a composition that contains C: 0.03% to 0.10%, Si: 0.01% to 0.50%, Mn: 1.4% to 2.2%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.005% to 0.10%, Nb: 0.02% to 0.10%, Ti: 0.001% to 0.030%, Mo: 0.01% to 0.50%, Cr: 0.01% to 0.50%, and Ni: 0.01% to 0.50%. The composition of the hot-rolled steel sheet has an Moeq value in a range of 1.4% to 2.2%. The hot-rolled steel sheet includes an inner layer, which has a microstructure that contains a main phase and a second phase, and an outer layer, which has a microstructure that contains a tempered martensite phase or a tempered martensite phase and a tempered bainite phase. | 08-20-2015 |
20150225822 | ABRASION RESISTANT STEEL PLATE HAVING EXCELLENT LOW-TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS AND EXCELLENT CORROSIVE WEAR RESISTANCE - An abrasion resistant steel plate which possesses excellent abrasion resistance, excellent low-temperature toughness and excellent corrosive wear resistance. The abrasion resistant steel plate has the composition comprising by mass %: 0.10% to 0.20% C, 0.05% to 1.00% Si, 0.1% to 2.0% Mn, 0.020% or less P, 0.005% or less S, 0.005% to 0.100% Al, one or two kinds of components selected from a group consisting of 0.05% to 2.0% Cr and 0.05% to 1.0% Mo, and remaining Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance. Content of solute Cr in steel (Crsol) and the content of solute Mo in steel (Mosol) satisfy the formula 0.05≧(Crsol+2.5Mosol)≧2.0. Steel plate has a structure where an as-quenched martensitic phase forms a main phase and a grain size of prior austenite grains is 30 μm or less, and surface hardness of the steel plate is 360 or more at Brinel hardness HBW10/3000. | 08-13-2015 |
20150217356 | METHOD FOR REDUCING SPRINGBACK AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING SPRINGBACK OF PRESS FORMED PARTS - A method for reducing springback in a press-formed part according to the present invention includes an analytic model forming step including forming an analytic model of the part from plane elements and/or solid elements; a stressed-state setting step including setting each of the elements of the analytic model to a stressed state that causes a springback; a rigidity-contributable-portion detecting step including performing an optimization analysis for shape on the analytic model with the elements set to the stressed state in the stressed-state setting step to detect a portion of the part that highly contributes to the rigidity of the part; and a rigidity improving step including applying a rigidity improving means to the part on a basis of the portion detected in the rigidity-contributable-portion detecting step. | 08-06-2015 |
20150217349 | PLUG FOR ROLLING OF SEAMLESS STEEL PIPE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEAMLESS STEEL PIPE USING THE SAME - A plug for rolling of a seamless steel pipe, the plug having an oxide layer composed of a cobalt-base oxide on a surface of a coating layer formed by coating a surface of a base metal with cobalt or a cobalt-base alloy, a method for manufacturing the plug and a method for manufacturing a seamless steel pipe using the plug. | 08-06-2015 |
20150213928 | HIGH-STRENGTH ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - According to the present invention, a high-strength electrical steel sheet that is suitable as rotor material for a high speed motor, steadily has high strength, and also has excellent magnetic properties can be obtained by setting the chemical composition thereof to include, by mass %, C: 0.005% or less, Si: more than 3.5% and 4.5% or less, Mn: 0.01% or more and 0.10% or less, Al: 0.005% or less, Ca: 0.0010% or more and 0.0050% or less, S: 0.0030% or less, and N: 0.0030% or less, Ca/S being 0.80 or more, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and by setting the sheet thickness to 0.40 mm or less, the non-recrystallized deformed microstructure to 10% or more and 70% or less, tensile strength (TS) to 600 MPa or more, and iron loss W | 07-30-2015 |
20150211127 | HOT-PRESSED MEMBER - A hot-pressed member includes a steel sheet, a Ni-diffusion region present in a surface layer of the steel sheet, and an intermetallic compound layer and a ZnO layer which are provided in order on the Ni-diffusion region, the intermetallic compound layer corresponding to a γ phase present in a phase equilibrium diagram of a Zn—Ni alloy, wherein a spontaneous immersion potential indicated in a 0.5 M NaCl aqueous air-saturated solution at 25° C.±5° C. is −600 to −360 mV based on a standard hydrogen electrode. | 07-30-2015 |
20150211089 | RAPID HEATING APPARATUS OF CONTINUOUS ANNEALING LINE - In a continuous annealing line for steel sheets comprising a heating zone, a soaking zone and a cooling zone, two or more induction heating devices are arranged in series in a front half part of the heating zone, and a heating stop region of 1˜30 m in length or a slow heating region having a heating rate of more than 0° C./s but not more than 10° C./s is provided in a temperature zone that the temperature of the steel sheet between two or more induction heating devices is 250° C. to 600° C. Even if the steel sheet is rapidly heated at a heating rate of not less than 50° C./s with such a rapid heating apparatus of the heating zone, the temperature distribution in the steel sheet is uniformized to realize the quality improvement of steel sheet shape or magnetic properties and so on. | 07-30-2015 |
20150206996 | SOLAR CELL SUBSTRATE MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL FOIL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a solar cell substrate made of stainless steel foil which contains 7% to 40% by mass Cr and has a coefficient of linear expansion of 12.0×10 | 07-23-2015 |
20150204464 | WELDED STEEL PIPE JOINED WITH HIGH-ENERGY-DENSITY BEAM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A steel strip is formed into a cylinder so that opposite ends of the steel strip face each other, while continuously conveying the steel strip. The opposite ends are melted across the entire thickness by irradiating the opposite ends with a high-energy-density beam while applying a pressure with squeeze rolls. A seam is formed by joining the opposite ends, and excess weld metal of the seam on the outer and inner sides of the obtained welded steel pipe is removed by cutting. A repaired seam is then formed by remelting and solidifying a region on the inner side of the welded steel pipe, the region having a depth of 0.5 mm or more from the surface and a width of double or more the width of the seam, and in addition, the center line of the seam is made to coincide with the center line of the repaired seam. | 07-23-2015 |
20150203947 | HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT FORMABILITY AND SHAPE FIXABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength galvanized steel sheet with excellent formability and shape fixability and a method for manufacturing the high-strength galvanized steel sheet. | 07-23-2015 |
20150198270 | THREADED JOINT FOR PIPES - A threaded joint for pipes is provided in which a box-side lip length L, which is the axial distance between a pin-nose-end corresponding point P of the box component | 07-16-2015 |
20150196950 | PRESS FORMED PARTS WITH REDUCED SPRINGBACK AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE PARTS - A springback-reduced part formed by performing a springback reduction on a press-formed part that is formed by a press forming of a blank sheet made of a metal sheet. The springback-reduced part is formed by setting each element of an analytic model of the press-formed part to a stressed state that causes a springback, performing an optimization analysis for shape to detect a portion of the press-formed part that highly contributes to the rigidity thereof, applying a rigidity improving means on a specific portion of the press-formed part on the basis of the detected portion, and performing the press forming. | 07-16-2015 |
20150192412 | ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT METHOD AND ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An ultrasonic measurement method includes: a measuring point setting step of setting an arbitrary measuring point near a weld portion inside of steel material and assuming a virtual reflecting surface that includes the measuring point and is parallel to a weld line direction; a focused beam setting step of transmitting ultrasonic waves of a shear wave mode and focusing onto the measuring point via a coupling medium at a predetermined incident angle with respect to the virtual reflecting surface; a detecting step of detecting reflected waves of the transmitted ultrasonic waves at a boundary between a base metal portion and the weld portion; and an evaluating step of evaluating a shape of the weld portion based on the reflected waves. | 07-09-2015 |
20150184273 | GALVANNEALED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT ANTI-POWDERING PROPERTY (AS AMENDED) - Provided is a galvannealed steel sheet with excellent anti-powdering property when press forming is performed, without controlling the contents of chemical elements in steel which are effective for strengthening a steel sheet, such as Si and P, to be low in order to achieve required material properties and without increasing cost due to, for example, processes being complicated. A galvannealed steel sheet with excellent anti-powdering property has a coated layer taking in grains of a base steel sheet such that the grains constitute 2.0% or more and 15.0% or less of the coated layer in terms of cross section area ratio. | 07-02-2015 |
20150176727 | THICK, HIGH-STRENGTH, SOUR-RESISTANT LINE PIPE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A line pipe having a wall thickness of 20 mm or more and a tensile strength of 560 MPa or more and a production method therefor are provided. The base metal portion contains particular amounts of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, Nb, Ca, N, and O, one or more component selected from Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, V, and Ti as optional components, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The microstructure in the pipe thickness direction contains 90% or more bainite and 1% or less of MA in a region that extends from a position 2 mm from an inner surface to a position 2 mm from an outer surface. In a hardness distribution in the pipe thickness direction, the hardness in a region other than a center segregation area is 220 Hv10 or less and the hardness in the center segregation area is 250 Hv10 or less. The major axes of pores, inclusions, and inclusion clusters that are present in a portion that extends from, a position 1 mm from the inner surface to a 3/16 position of the tube thickness and in a portion that extends from a position 1 mm from the outer surface to a 13/16 position of the tube thickness in the tube thickness direction are 1.5 mm or less. | 06-25-2015 |
20150152982 | THICK-WALLED HIGH-STRENGTH SOUR-RESISTANT LINE PIPE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A line pipe and a production method therefor are provided. The microstructure in the pipe thickness direction contains 90% or more bainite in a region that extends from a position 2 mm from an inner surface to a position 2 mm from an outer surface. In a hardness distribution in the pipe thickness direction, the hardness in a region other than a center segregation area is 220 Hv10 or less and the hardness in the center segregation area is 250 Hv0.05 or less. The major axes of pores, inclusions, and inclusion clusters that are present in a portion that extends from a position 1 mm from the inner surface to a 3/16 position of the tube thickness and in a portion that extends from a position 1 mm from the outer surface to a 13/16 position of the tube thickness in the tube thickness direction are 1.5 mm or less. A continuous casting slab having the above-described composition is hot-rolled under particular conditions and then subjected to accelerated cooling. | 06-04-2015 |
20150152531 | HIGH STRENGTH STAINLESS STEEL SEAMLESS PIPE WITH EXCELLENT CORROSION RESISTANCE FOR OIL WELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A pipe having chemical composition contains, by mass %, C: 0.05% or less, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.15% or more and 1.0% or less, Cr: 13.5% or more and 15.4% or less, Ni: 3.5% or more and 6.0% or less, Mo: 1.5% or more and 5.0% or less, Cu: 3.5% or less, W: 2.5% or less, and N: 0.15% or less so that the relationship −5.9×(7.82+27C−0.91 Si+0.21Mn−0.9Cr+Ni−1.1Mo−0.55W+0.2Cu+11N)≧13.0 is satisfied. | 06-04-2015 |
20150152516 | PEARLITE RAIL, FLASH BUTT WELDING METHOD FOR PEARLITE RAIL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PEARLITE RAIL - A pearlite rail contains, by % by mass, 0.70 to 1.0% C, 0.1 to 1.5% Si, 0.01 to 1.5% Mn, 0.001 to 0.035% P, 0.0005 to 0.030% S, and 0.1 to 2.0% Cr by mass with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a γ+θ temperature range is 100° C. or lower. | 06-04-2015 |
20150151615 | AUTOMOBILE DOOR IMPACT BEAM - An automobile door impact beam includes a pipe-like member attached to a door of an automobile and reinforcing the door. The middle region including a middle part in the pipe longitudinal direction and having a length of ⅓ to ⅘ of the pipe total length has a flattened shape such that in the pipe axis orthogonality section, the diameter in the vehicle width direction is longer than the diameter in the vehicle height direction. | 06-04-2015 |
20150140218 | CONTINUOUS ANNEALING FURNACE FOR ANNEALING STEEL STRIP, METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY ANNEALING STEEL STRIP, CONTINUOUS HOT-DIP GALVANIZING FACILITY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL STRIP (AS AMENDED) - A continuous annealing furnace for annealing steel strips that is a vertical-type annealing furnace is configured so that part of gas inside the furnace is drawn and introduced to a refiner disposed outside the furnace including an oxygen removing apparatus and a dehumidifying apparatus, oxygen and moisture contained in the gas are removed to lower the dew point of the gas, and the gas having a lowered dew point is put back into the furnace. At least one gas inlet through which gas is drawn from the furnace into the refiner is disposed in the vicinity of the entry side of the furnace at a distance of 6 m or less in the vertical direction and 3 m or less in the furnace-length direction from the steel-strip-introduction section located at the lower part of the heating zone. | 05-21-2015 |
20150140217 | CONTINUOUS ANNEALING FURNACE FOR STEEL STRIP, CONTINUOUS ANNEALING METHOD, CONTINUOUS GALVANIZING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GALVANIZED STEEL STRIP (AS AMENDED) - Provided is a vertical annealing furnace, in which a heating zone and a soaking zone are communicated with each other in the upper part of the furnace, in which a part of the furnace other than the communicated parts is separated by a dividing wall, in which part of the furnace gas is suctioned into a refiner having a deoxidation device and a dehumidification device which is placed outside the furnace to decrease the dew point of the gas by removing oxygen and moisture from the gas and such that the resultant gas having a decreased dew point is returned into the furnace, in which a gas suction port into the refiner is located in the lower part of the connection part between the soaking zone and the cooling zone and in which one or more gas suction ports are located in the parts of the heating zone and/or the soaking zone outside of an area within 6 m in the vertical direction and 3 m in the longitudinal direction of the furnace from the steel strip entrance in the lower part of the heating zone. | 05-21-2015 |
20150139851 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL - The invention provides ferritic stainless steels having excellent scale adhesion and thermal fatigue properties. The ferritic stainless steels include, by mass %, C: not more than 0.020%, Si: not more than 1.0%, Mn: not more than 1.0%, P: not more than 0.040%, S: not more than 0.030%, Cr: 16.0% to 20.0%, N: not more than 0.020%, Nb: 0.30% to 0.80%, Ti: from 4×(C %+N %) % to 0.50% wherein C % and N % indicate the C content and the N content (mass %), respectively, Al: less than 0.20%, Ni: 0.05% to 0.40%, and Co: 0.01% to 0.30%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. | 05-21-2015 |
20150136635 | THREE-PIECE CAN AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A three-piece can includes a can body obtained by forming a steel sheet such that a roundness of the can is 0.34 mm or less. The steel sheet contains: by mass %, C: 0.020% or more and 0.100% or less; Si: 0.10% or less; Mn: 0.10% or more and 0.80% or less; P: 0.001% or more and 0.100% or less; S: 0.001% or more and 0.020% or less; Al: 0.005% or more and 0.100% or less; and N: 0.0130% or more and 0.0200% or less. The balance is Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet has a yield strength of 440 MPa or more and a total elongation of 12% or more. | 05-21-2015 |
20150114528 | METHOD OF LOWERING DEW POINT OF AMIBIENT GAS WITHIN ANNEALING FURNACE, DEVICE THEREOF, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING COLD-ROLLED ANNEALED STEEL SHEET - Part of an ambient gas in a heating zone and/or a soaking zone is sucked out and is cooled through a high-temperature gas passage of a heat exchanger by heat exchange with a gas in a low-temperature gas passage, further cooled by mixing with part of an ambient gas in a cooling zone, further cooled through a gas cooler, dehumidified to a dew point of −45° C. or less in a dryer, heated through the low-temperature gas passage of the heat exchanger by heat exchange with a gas in the high-temperature gas passage, and returned to the heating zone and/or the soaking zone. | 04-30-2015 |
20150114073 | TUBE EXPANDING METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL TUBE - Through a tube expanding processing simulation, a workpiece shape in a state where a tip of a workpiece | 04-30-2015 |
20150114070 | METHOD AND APPARATUS THAT FORMS A CLOSED CROSS-SECTIONAL STRUCTURE - A workpiece is formed into a curved shape that has curvatures in the longitudinal and width directions required for a final closed cross-sectional shape. The formed workpiece is bent in a direction that left and right side wall portions approach each other by clamping the bottom portions between a punch and pad in a plate-thickness direction. A pair of flange portions are butted against each other while the formed bottom portions of the workpiece are placed on a pad; and a die cavity having the same shape as the final closed cross-sectional shape is defined between a support surface of the pad supporting the bottom portion and pressing surfaces of a pair of pressure cams pressing the left and right side wall portions. Then, the pair of flange portions are depressed toward the cavity using depressing portions of a second punch disposed above the pair of flange portions. | 04-30-2015 |
20150111004 | GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has low iron loss properties obtained though magnetic domain refining treatment by a chemical means. The steel sheet has a linear groove extending in a direction forming an angle of 45° or less with a direction orthogonal to a rolling direction of the steel sheet, in which presence frequency of fine grains with a length in the rolling direction of 1 mm or less in a floor portion of the groove is 10% or less, including 0% indicative of the absence of fine grains, the groove is provided with a forsterite film in an amount of 0.6 g/m | 04-23-2015 |
20150106056 | SURFACE SHAPE MEASURING METHOD AND SURFACE SHAPE MEASURING DEVICE - A surface shape measuring method includes: acquiring displacement data on an object surface facing an optical displacement meter by scanning the object surface with the optical displacement meter that applies a light beam on the object surface and performs measurement; detecting an approximate range on the object surface including a groove formed on the object surface by searching the displacement data; calculating a groove start point and a groove terminating point of the groove included in the approximate range; calculating a smallest value of the displacement data in a restricted range from a center position between the groove start point and the groove terminating point to a width defined at a predetermined ratio with respect to the groove width; and calculating a difference between the smallest value of the calculated displacement data and the height of the object surface as the depth of the groove formed on the object surface. | 04-16-2015 |
20150101717 | HIGH STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT DUCTILITY, STRETCH FLANGEABILITY AND UNIFORMITY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A slab has a steel composition including 0.020% to 0.065% of C, 0.1% or less of Si, 0.40% to less than 0.80% of Mn, 0.030% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 0.08% to 0.16% of Ti, 0.005% to 0.1% of Al, 0.005% or less of N, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which Ti*(=Ti−(48/14)×N) satisfies [Ti*≧0.08] and [0.300≦C/Ti*≦0.375], is subjected to hot rolling to obtain a hot-rolled steel sheet in which the steel microstructure includes, in terms of area fraction, 95% or more of a ferrite phase; the average ferrite grain size is 10 μm or less; the average grain size of Ti carbides precipitated in steel is 10 nm or less; and Ti in the amount of 80% or more of Ti* is precipitated as Ti carbides. | 04-16-2015 |
20150101388 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CLOSED-STRUCTURE PART AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - A method manufactures a closed-structure part by forming a flat plate-shaped workpiece into a closed structure including a bottom portion curved along a longitudinal direction. The method includes a first forming step of forming a plurality of first out-of-plane deformed portions and a bent portion, the first out-of-plane deformed portions being formed in a region of the workpiece corresponding to the bottom portion and arranged along the longitudinal direction, each of the out-of-plane deformed portions having a recessed shape or a protruding shape; and a second forming step of squashing the first out-of-plane deformed portions between a pad and a punch such that the region of the workpiece corresponding to the bottom portion is curved and bending bent portions by pressing the punch into a space between dies while the region of the workpiece corresponding to the bottom portion is clamped between the pad and the punch. | 04-16-2015 |
20150090376 | HIGH CARBON HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high carbon hot rolled steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the same are provided, wherein excellent cold workability and excellent hardenability are obtained stably. The high carbon hot rolled steel sheet has a composition containing C: 0.20% to 0.48%, Si: 0.1% or less, Mn: 0.5% or less, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.01% or less, sol. Al: more than 0.10% and 1.0% or less, N: 0.005% or less, B: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, and the remainder composed of Fe and incidental impurities, on a percent by mass basis, and a microstructure composed of ferrite and cementite, wherein the average grain size of the above-described ferrite is 10 to 20 μm and the spheroidization ratio of the above-described cementite is 90% or more. | 04-02-2015 |
20150090370 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL PLATE HAVING LOW YIELD RATIO EXCELLENT IN TERMS OF STRAIN AGEING RESISTANCE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND HIGH STRENGTH WELDED STEEL PIPE MADE OF THE SAME - A steel plate has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or more and 0.08% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 1.0% or less, Mn: 1.2% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.08% or less, Nb: 0.005% or more and 0.07% or less, Ti: 0.005% or more and 0.025% or less, N: 0.010% or less, O: 0.005% or less and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, a structure being a dual-phase structure consisting of a bainite phase and island martensite, wherein the area fraction of the island martensite is 3% to 15%, the equivalent circle diameter of the island martensite is 3.0 μm or less, and the remainder of the structure is a bainite phase. | 04-02-2015 |
20150090182 | CONTINUOUS GALVANIZING LINE - A continuous galvanizing line having an annealing furnace of an all radiant tube heating type includes a moisture removal device, dew-point meters, outlets through which the atmospheric gas in the furnace is collected and inlets through which the atmospheric gas from which moisture has been removed with the moisture removal device is fed into the furnace, the dew-point meters and the outlets being placed at least at two points which respectively exist on a side wall in the vicinity of the entrance of the annealing furnace and on a side wall in the vicinity of the furnace top or the furnace bottom at a position where a steel sheet has a maximum end-point temperature, the inlets being placed at two points which respectively exist on side walls on the sides opposite to the sides of the two points for the outlets in the height direction of the furnace, making it possible to steadily control the dew-point of the atmospheric gas to be −45° C. or lower and −80° C. or higher throughout the whole area of the annealing furnace. | 04-02-2015 |
20150083266 | HIGH-STRENGTH THICK-WALLED ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED STEEL PIPE HAVING EXCELLENT LOW-TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength thick-walled electric resistance welded steel pipe has excellent low-temperature toughness and excellent HIC resistance and a yield strength of 400 MPa or more. | 03-26-2015 |
20150082855 | METHOD OF PREPARING FORMING LIMIT DIAGRAM IN PRESS FORMING, METHOD FOR PREDICTING CRACK AND METHOD OF PRODUCING PRESS PARTS - A method of preparing a forming limit diagram in press forming includes obtaining a forming limit curve by subjecting a surface of a metal plate to be press-formed to marking at a distance between reference points of 0.5-1.0 mm, bulging the metal plate with a punch having a top minimum curvature radius of 3-10 mm and measuring a maximum principal strain and minimum principal strain at a time of generating cracks on the surface of the metal plate at a top portion of the punch from a change of the marking. | 03-26-2015 |
20150082611 | RAIL RESTRAINING METHOD AND RAIL RESTRAINING DEVICE - A rail restraining method for restraining a hot-rolled rail in an upright position at a time of forced cooling of a head portion and a foot portion of the rail includes defining a predetermined position within 2 meters from each of both end faces of the rail along a longitudinal direction of the rail as a first restraining position, defining a predetermined position 3 to 10 meters from the first restraining position in a direction toward center of the rail along the longitudinal direction of the rail as a second restraining position at the time of forced cooling, and restraining displacement of the rail in a vertical direction at the first restraining position and the second restraining position by a restraining force F (kN) that satisfies following Expression (1): | 03-26-2015 |
20150076751 | METHOD OF REDUCING DEW POINT OF ATMOSPHERE GAS IN ANNEALING FURNACE, APPARATUS FOR THE SAME AND METHOD OF PRODUCING COLD-ROLLED AND ANNEALED STEEL SHEET - Part of an atmosphere gas in a heating zone and/or a soaking zone is sucked out and is cooled through a high-temperature gas passage of a heat exchanger by heat exchange with a gas in a low-temperature gas passage, then cooled through a gas cooler, then dehumidified to a dew point of −45° C. or less in a dryer, then heated through the low-temperature gas passage of the heat exchanger by heat exchange with a gas in the high-temperature gas passage, and returned to the heating zone and/or the soaking zone. Part of gas flowing from the dryer toward the low-temperature gas passage of the heat exchanger is returned to a cooling zone. These can achieve a low dew point of −45° C. or less with high energy efficiency. | 03-19-2015 |
20150076215 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CURVILINEAL CLOSED STRUCTURE PARTS WITHOUT FLANGE AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - A method and apparatus manufactures a closed structure part without flange having a curvature and welded edges along a longitudinal direction of the part and further having a varying cross-sectional shape, from two metal plates. Each of two metal plates provided with a curvature along the longitudinal direction of the plate and provided with both ends in a width direction of the plate, are press-formed such that a folding line is formed at positions corresponding to a non-welded bent edge in a cross section of the part, and stacked on each other vertically such that their bulging sides face outward. Their left ends and right ends in the width direction are mutually welded along the longitudinal direction to form welded edges. | 03-19-2015 |
20150075682 | HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH STEEL PLATE HAVING EXCELLENT WELD HEAT-AFFECTED ZONE LOW-TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention provides a high tensile strength steel plate having a chemical composition containing, in percent by mass, 0.03% to 0.12% of C, 0.01% to 0.30% of Si, 0.5% to 1.95% of Mn, 0.008% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 0.015% to 0.06% of Al, 0.011% to 0.05% of Nb, 0.005% to 0.02% of Ti, 0.001% to 0.006% of N, 0.0005% to 0.003% of Ca, optionally, one or two or more of Cr, Mo, V, Cu, and Ni, in which Ceq is 0.44 or less, Ti/N is 1.5 to 3.5, and parameter formulas composed of specific elements for controlling the sulfide morphology and the degree of center segregation in the steel are satisfied, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which the hardness of the center segregation area of the steel sheet is further specified. | 03-19-2015 |
20150068638 | LOW-YIELD RATIO HIGH-STRENGTH ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED STEEL PIPE, STEEL STRIP FOR ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED STEEL PIPES, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEM - A low-yield ratio high-strength electric resistance welded steel pipe has a yield ratio of 80% or less and a TS of 655 MPa or more. A steel material has a composition containing 0.38% to 0.45% C, 0.1% to 0.3% Si, 1.0% to 1.8% Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.03% or less S, 0.01% to 0.07% sol. Al, and 0.01% or less N on a mass basis. | 03-12-2015 |
20150064448 | HIGH STRENGTH AND HIGH FORMABILITY STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A high strength and high formability steel sheet contains, by mass % of the steel sheet: greater than 0.020% and less than 0.040% of C; not less than 0.003% and not greater than 0.100% of Si; not less than 0.10% and not greater than 0.60% of Mn; not less than 0.001% and not greater than 0.100% of P; not less than 0.001% and not greater than 0.020% of S; not less than 0.005% and not greater than 0.100% of Al; and greater than 0.0130% and not greater than 0.0170% of N, wherein a remainder is Fe and inevitable impurities, and the steel sheet has: a tensile strength in a rolling direction of not lower than 520 MPa; an Erichsen value of not less than 5.0 mm; and a resin film layer at least on a side to be an inner surface of a can. | 03-05-2015 |
20150061287 | THREADED JOINT FOR PIPES - In the threaded joint for pipes, a coating having a Vickers hardness greater than or equal to 310 is formed on a threaded portion of the box and an inner face of the box corresponding to a seal portion. The seal interference amount ratio δ/D of the seal portion in a pipe circumferential direction is greater than or equal to 0.002, where D is a seal diameter defined as an outside diameter of the pin at a seal point that is a point on the outer peripheral face of the nose of the pin at which the outer peripheral face first comes into contact with the inner peripheral face of the nose of the box and δ is an interference amount defined as an amount by which the outside diameter at the seal point is reduced by the box when the pin and the box are threadedly connected with each other. | 03-05-2015 |
20150047961 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COKE - Coke is manufactured by blending two or more kinds of coal to form a coal blend and by carbonizing the coal blend. Interfacial tension among coal kinds is used as a control index for determining the blending ratio of each coal when forming the coal blend. It is possible to increase the strength of coke without increasing the material cost of a coal blend. | 02-19-2015 |
20150047758 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MANUFACTURING HIGH STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET - A method for manufacturing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet includes a temperature distribution forming step of forming a temperature distribution in a width direction of a steel sheet such that a temperature of the steel sheet increases from an end of the steel sheet in the width direction toward a center part of the steel sheet in the width direction, and a water quenching step of performing water quenching treatment on the steel sheet by immersing, in cooling water, the steel sheet on which the temperature distribution is formed in the width direction. | 02-19-2015 |
20150047751 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength steel sheet is formed of steel having the composition containing by mass % over 0.015% and less than 0.100% C, less than 0.50% Si, over 1.0% and less than 2.0% Mn, 0.05% or less P, 0.03% or less S, 0.01% or more and 0.3% or less sol. Al, 0.005% or less N, less than 0.35% Cr, 0.0010% or more and 0.0050% or less B, less than 0.15% Mo, less than 0.030% Ti, and iron and unavoidable impurities as a balance, wherein the steel satisfies 2.1≦[Mneq]≦3.1, the microstructure of the steel includes a ferrite and a second phase, a volume fraction of the second phase is set to 2.0 to 12.0%, a total ratio of a volume fraction of martensite and a volume fraction of retained γ to the volume fraction of second phase is 60% or more, and the number of carbides which are present within ferrite particles, have an aspect ratio of 3.0 or less and have a diameter of 0.25 to 0.90 μm is set to 10000 pieces/mm | 02-19-2015 |
20150044503 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET - A method for manufacturing a high strength galvanized steel sheet and a high strength galvanized steel sheet are provided. A base steel sheet having a chemical composition comprising C: 0.03% to 0.35%, Si: 0.01% to 0.50%, Mn: 3.6% to 8.0%, Al: 0.001% to 1.000%, P≦0.10%, S≦0.010%, and the balance comprising Fe and incidental impurities, on a percent by mass basis, is subjected to annealing and galvanization treatment, wherein the maximum steel sheet temperature in an annealing furnace is 600° C. or higher and 700° C. or lower, the steel sheet transit time in a temperature region of the maximum steel sheet temperature of 600° C. or higher and 700° C. or lower is specified to be 30 seconds or more and 10 minutes or less, and the dew point in an atmosphere is specified to be −45° C. or lower. | 02-12-2015 |
20150044475 | ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET WITH INSULATION COATING, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, AND COATING MATERIAL FOR FORMING INSULATING COATING - The present invention includes an electrical steel sheet with an insulation coating having a large interlaminar insulation resistance when laminated; a coating material for forming the insulation coating that is used for the electrical steel sheet and the coating material for forming the insulation coating, which includes apart from a solvent an aqueous carboxy group-containing resin as component (A), an aluminum-containing oxide as component (B), and at least one crosslinking agent as component (C) selected from the group consisting of melamine, isocyanate and oxazoline. There are component (A); 100 parts by mass; 40 parts by mass02-12-2015 | |
20150041026 | INGOT FOR BEARING AND PRODUCTION PROCESS - A method is provided with which a bearing steel, even when obtained from an ingot, is made to have a segregation part reduced in the degree of segregation and maximum inclusion diameter. The ingot contains 0.56-0.70 mass % C, 0.15-0.50 mass %, excluding 0.50 mass %, Si, 0.60-1.50 mass % Mn, 0.50-1.10 mass % Cr, 0.05-0.5 mass % Mo, up to 0.025 mass % P, up to 0.025 mass % S, 0.005-0.500 mass % Al, up to 0.0015 mass % O, and 0.0030-0.015 mass % N, with the remainder comprising Fe and incidental impurities. The ingot has a degree of segregation of 2.8 or less and a predicted value of the maximum diameter of inclusions present in 30,000 mm | 02-12-2015 |
20150040468 | METHOD FOR PREPARING COAL MIXTURE FOR COKEMAKING, COAL MIXTURE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COKE - Provided is a method for preparing a coal mixture used for the purpose of producing coke with desired strength by taking into account the compatibility between coals for cokemaking. In the case of preparing a coal mixture, used as at least one portion of a coal blend for cokemaking, containing two or more types of coals with different surface tensions, the blending ratio of each of the coals is adjusted using the surface tension of a semicoke mixture obtained from the coal mixture as an indicator. | 02-12-2015 |
20150039242 | COAL-TO-COAL ADHESIVENESS EVALUATION METHOD - In order to evaluate the compatibility of coals used in coke production and to produce cokes with desired strength by blending coals in consideration of the compatibility, the invention provides a technique which evaluates the adhesion strength obtained when two kinds of coals are carbonized based on properties of the coals. Surface tensions of two kinds of semicokes obtained by heat treating two kinds of coals are measured. Based on the difference between the two measured values of surface tension, the quality of the adhesiveness between the two kinds of coals is evaluated. | 02-05-2015 |
20150030883 | SEAWATER-RESISTANT STAINLESS CLAD STEEL - A seawater-resistant stainless clad steel includes a cladding material made of stainless steel having a pitting index represented by Cr[mass %]+3.3Mo[mass %]+16N[mass %], of 35.0 or more and a microstructure in a surface portion thereof including, by area ratio, less than 2.0% of a σ phase, wherein dynamic friction coefficients in the rolling direction and in a direction at a right angle to the rolling direction determined in accordance with JIS K 7125 are both 0.05 or less. | 01-29-2015 |
20150027600 | SI-CONTAINING HIGH-STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND AUTOMOTIVE MEMBERS (AS AMENDED) - A Si-containing high-strength cold rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition comprising C: 0.0˜20.3 mass %, Si: 0.8˜2.0 mass %, Mn: 1.0˜5.0 mass % and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities with a ratio of Si content to Mn content (Si/Mn) exceeding 0.4, and has a tensile strength TS of not less than 780 MPa, wherein a metallic structure of the steel sheet surface contains polygonal ferrite and/or bainitic ferrite having a Si concentration of not more than 3.0 mass % and a grain size of not more than 10 μm and does not have a Si-containing oxide layer on the steel sheet surface. | 01-29-2015 |
20150027191 | METHOD OF PRODUCING STEEL PRODUCTS HAVING EXCELLENT INTERNAL QUALITY - A method of producing a steel product having an excellent internal quality including subjecting a steel raw material of a round section to rolling at 3 or more passes to form a steel product of round section, wherein the rolling is conducted with a pair of upper and lower flat rolls at first pass, a pair of upper and lower same or different caliber rolls at second or more passes until just before a last pass, and a pair of upper and lower round caliber rolls at the last pass, under a condition that an area reduction in the first pass is within a range of less than a total area reduction from the raw material to the product. | 01-29-2015 |
20150023832 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL - A ferritic stainless steel is provided having a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %, C: 0.003% or more and 0.015% or less, Si: 0.05% or more and 0.30% or less, Mn: 0.10% or more and 0.35% or less, P: 0.06% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Cr: 17.0% or more and 19.0% or less, Ni: more than 0.10% and 0.30% or less, Ti: 0.10% or more and 0.40% or less, Nb: 0.005% or more and less than 0.050%, Mo: less than 0.20%, N: 0.005% or more and 0.015% or less, Cu: 0.30% or more and 0.50% or less, Mg: less than 0.0005% and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. | 01-22-2015 |
20150023387 | STEEL PLATE QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM AND EQUIPMENT THEREOF - A steel plate quality assurance system according to a steel plate manufacturing line, and facilities thereof are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides a steel plate quality assurance system and facilities thereof, wherein the steel plate quality assurance system measures, with a steel plate manufacturing line including a finishing mill of a steel plate manufacturing line, and accelerated cooling equipment disposed on the downstream side of the finishing mill in the advancing direction of the steel plate manufacturing line, temperature of at least the whole area of the upper surface of a steel plate, or the whole area of the lower surface of a steel plate of a steel plate to perform quality assurance, and includes temperature measurement means; temperature analysis means; and mechanical property determining means; with the temperature measurement means including a thermometer disposed on at least the upstream side or downstream side of the finishing mill, or/and at least the upstream side or downstream side of the accelerated cooling equipment, and temperature collecting means configured to collect temperature measured at the thermometer; with the temperature analysis means creating a temperature MAP of the whole area of a steel plate from the temperature collected at the temperature collecting means; and with the mechanical property determining means estimating the material property of the whole area of s steel plate from the temperature MAP to perform judgment of acceptance. | 01-22-2015 |
20150021836 | RAIL HEAT TREATMENT DEVICE AND RAIL HEAT TREATMENT METHOD - A rail heat treatment device includes a cooling header, an oscillation mechanism, and a control system including: a storage unit that stores therein at least information required for a oscillation control; and a control unit that obtains a permissible range of required cooling time for a rail that satisfies a permissible range of hardness of the rail based on a correlation expression representing a correlation between the cooling time for the rail with the cooling header and the hardness of the rail after cooling, controls a stroke and a speed of relative reciprocation of the rail and the cooling header based on the permissible range of the required cooling time, and causes the oscillation mechanism to perform the relative reciprocation of the rail and the cooling header by the stroke and at the speed. | 01-22-2015 |
20150017474 | HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength galvanized steel sheet has a composition including, C: 0.02% or more and 0.30% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: 0.1% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.003% or more and 0.08% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.001% or more and 0.20% or less, Ti: 0.03% or more and 0.40% or less and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and a zinc-coated layer having a coating weight per surface of 20 g/m | 01-15-2015 |
20150017472 | GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a high-strength galvanized steel sheet including, on a mass percent basis, C: more than 0.060% and 0.13% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 0.7% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.005% or more and 0.100% or less, S: 0.010% or less, sol.Al: 0.005% or more and 0.100% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, Nb: 0.005% or more and 0.10% or less, Ti: 0.03% or more and 0.15% or less, and the balance comprising Fe and incidental impurities, satisfying the relationship of (Nb/93+Ti*/48)/(C/12)>0.08 (wherein Ti*=Ti−(48/14)N−(48/32)S). The high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a structure including ferrite and martensite. The ferrite has an average grain diameter of 15 μm or less and an area percentage of 80% or more. The martensite has an area percentage of 1% or more and 15% or less. | 01-15-2015 |
20150013853 | HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET FOR GENERATOR RIM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A hot-rolled steel sheet for a generator rim contains a structure containing a ferrite phase with an areal ratio of 95% or more in which precipitates containing Ti and V whose average grain diameter is less than 10 nm are precipitated in crystal grains of the ferrite phase. The ferrite phase has an average crystal grain diameter within the range of 2 μm or more and less than 10 μm. The hot-rolled steel sheet for a generator rim has strength with a yield strength YS in a rolling direction of 700 MPa or more and electromagnetic properties with a magnetic flux density B | 01-15-2015 |
20150013851 | CONTINUOUS ANNEALING FURNACE AND CONTINUOUS ANNEALING METHOD FOR STEEL STRIPS - The invention provides a vertical annealing furnace including a heating zone and a soaking zone without any partition wall therebetween. The furnace has furnace-to-refiner gas suction openings disposed in a lower portion of a joint between the soaking zone and a cooling zone and in the heating zone and/or the soaking zone except a region extending 6 m in a vertical direction and 3 m in a furnace length direction both from a steel strip inlet at a lower portion of the heating zone. The furnace has refiner-to-furnace gas ejection openings disposed in a region in the joint between the soaking zone and the cooling zone, the region being located above the pass line in the joint, and in a region in the heating zone located above 2 m below the center of upper hearth rolls in the vertical direction. | 01-15-2015 |
20150010771 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL FOIL - Provided is stainless steel foil that is suitably used for forming a catalyst carrier for an exhaust gas purifying facility, the catalyst carrier being installed in a vehicle that discharges exhaust gas having a temperature lower than the temperature of exhaust gas of a gasoline-powered automobile. The ferritic stainless steel foil contains, by mass %, C: 0.05% or less, Si: 2.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or less, S: 0.005% or less, P: 0.05% or less, Cr: 11.0% to 25.0%, Ni: 0.05% to 0.30%, Al: 0.01% to 1.5%, Cu: 0.01% to 2.0%, N: 0.10% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. | 01-08-2015 |
20150007908 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORIENTED ELECTROMAGNETIC STEEL SHEET - In a method of producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by hot-rolling a steel slab of a chemical composition containing C: 0.001˜0.10%, Si: 1.0˜5.0%, Mn: 0.01˜1.0%, at least one of S and Se: 0.01˜0.05% in total, sol. Al: 0.003˜0.050%, N: 0.001˜0.020% by mass, subjecting to cold rolling, a primary recrystallization annealing, application of an annealing separator mainly composed of MgO and a finish annealing, a temperature rising rate S1 between 500˜600° C. in the primary recrystallization annealing is made to not less than 100° C./s and a temperature rising rate S2 between 600˜700° C. is made to 30° C./s˜0.6×S1° C./s, while a total content W (mol %) of an element having an ionic radius of 0.6˜1.3 Å and an attracting force between the ion and oxygen of not more than 0.7 Å | 01-08-2015 |
20150007904 | ABRASION RESISTANT WELDED STEEL PIPE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - In an abrasion resistant welded steel pipe, each of a base material and a weld metal contains specific amounts of chemical composition. The base material of the abrasion resistant welded steel pipe has a Vickers hardness within the range of 150 to 250, and the weld metal has a Vickers hardness within the range of 230 to 350. A weld heat affected zone in the abrasion resistant welded steel pipe has a Vickers hardness within the range of 150 to 350. In the weld metal, the dispersion density of a sulfide having an aspect ratio of 5 or more and containing at least one selected from Fe, Mn, and Ti is 10 grains/mm | 01-08-2015 |
20140377584 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIPPED GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT FORMABILITY AND IMPACT RESISTANCE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A galvanized steel sheet has a composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.05% or more and 0.5% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: 0.5% or more and 3.5% or less, P: 0.003% or more and 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010% or more and 0.5% or less, B: 0.0002% or more and 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.05% or less, a relationship of Ti>4N being satisfied, and the balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities, and a microstructure containing 60% or more and 95% or less of tempered martensite in terms of area ratio and 5% or more and 20% or less of retained austenite in terms of area ratio, or further containing 10% or less (including 0%) of ferrite in terms of area ratio and/or 10% or less (including 0%) of martensite in terms of area ratio, the tempered martensite having an average grain diameter of 5 μm or less. | 12-25-2014 |
20140377583 | ALUMINUM OR ALUMINUM ALLOY-COATED STEEL MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An aluminum or aluminum alloy-coated steel material includes base steel; and a coating layer formed on a surface of the base steel and containing by mass % Mg: 6% to 10%, Si: 3% to 7%, Fe: 0.2% to 2%, Mn: 0.02% to 2%, and the balance as Al and incidental impurities, where-in the coating layer has pseudoternary eutectic microstructures of αAl—Mg | 12-25-2014 |
20140377573 | DIRECTIONAL ELECTROMAGNETIC STEEL SHEET WITH COATING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A directional electromagnetic steel sheet with a coating includes a directional electromagnetic steel sheet; and a coating that is formed on the surface of the directional electromagnetic steel sheet and contains elements P, Si, Cr and O as well as at least one element that is selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Ni, Co, Mn, Zn, Fe, Ca and Ba, with 5% by mass or more thereof being composed of a crystalline phase of a phosphate salt. | 12-25-2014 |
20140366994 | STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT AGING RESISTANCE PROPERTY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A steel sheet and a method for producing the same are disclosed. The steel sheet has a composition containing 0.015% to 0.05% C, less than 0.10% Si, 0.1% to 2.0% Mn, 0.20% or less P, 0.1% or less S, 0.01% to 0.10% Al, 0.005% or less N, and 0.06% to 0.5% Ti in percent by mass, C and Ti satisfying the inequality Ti*/C≧4, where Ti* (mass percent)=Ti-3.4N and Ti, C, and N represent the content (mass percent) of each element. The steel sheet has a microstructure which contains a ferrite phase as a base, in which the average grain diameter of the ferrite phase is 7 μm or more, and in which the ratio of the rolling-direction average grain diameter to thickness-wise average grain diameter of the ferrite phase is 1.1 or more. | 12-18-2014 |
20140360715 | RAIL COOLING METHOD - A rail cooling method includes: calculating, based on a relation between temperatures and an amount of warp of the rail cooled to ambient temperature after the forced cooling, the temperatures including a cooling start temperature of the head, a cooling end temperature of the head, a cooling start temperature of the foot and a cooling end temperature of the foot, a target value or a target value range for each of the temperatures so that the amount of warp of the rail at ambient temperature falls within a permissive range; and setting a cooling condition in accordance with the target value or the target value range to perform the forced cooling on the head and the foot. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360634 | HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET FOR COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET, HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET FOR GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A hot rolled steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.04% or more and 0.20% or less, Si: 0.7% or more and 2.3% or less, Mn: 0.8% or more and 2.8% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, N: 0.008% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The microstructure of the hot rolled steel sheet includes ferrite and pearlites, in which the area ratio of the ferrite is 75% or more and less than 95%, the mean grain size of the ferrite is 5 μm or more and 25 μm or less, the area ratio of pearlite is 5% or more and less than 25%, the mean grain size of pearlite is 2.0 μm or more, and the mean free path of pearlite is 5 μm or more. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360632 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT FORMABILITY - A method of manufacturing a high strength steel sheet having excellent formability suitable for the material of an automotive part has a tensile strength (TS) of 980 MPa or more and total elongation (EL) is 25% or more. A steel slab has a chemical composition containing C: 0.03% to 0.35%, Si: 0.5% to 3.0%, Mn: 3.5% to 10.0%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, and the remainder includes Fe and incidental impurities on a percent by mass basis is hot-rolled, a heat treatment is performed, in which an achieved temperature of Ac1 to Ac1+100° C. is held for 3 minutes or more, subsequently, cold rolling is performed at a rolling reduction of 20% or more and, annealing is performed, in which an achieved temperature of Ac1−30° C. to Ac1+100° C. is held for 1 minute or more. | 12-11-2014 |
20140352849 | GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET - The present invention proposes a method that can reduce the noise generated by a transformer core and the like when formed by laminations of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet in which core loss has been reduced by a magnetic domain refinement process. In this steel sheet, linear distortion extending with an orientation in which an angle formed with a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction of the steel sheet is an angle of 30° or less is periodic in the direction of rolling of the steel sheet, core loss (W | 12-04-2014 |
20140352836 | HIGH-STRENGTH SEAMLESS STEEL PIPE FOR OIL WELL USE HAVING EXCELLENT RESISTANCE TO SULFIDE STRESS CRACKING - A seamless steel pipe has a composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.15 to 0.50%, Si: 0.1 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.3 to 1.0%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, N: 0.01% or less, Cr: 0.1 to 1.7%, Mo: 0.40 to 1.1%, V: 0.01 to 0.12%, Nb: 0.01 to 0.08%, Ti: 0.03% or less, and B: 0.0005 to 0.003%, a structure composed of a tempered martensite phase as a main phase with a prior austenite grain size of 8.5 or more, and a hardness distribution in which in four portions 90° apart from each other in the circumferential direction, hardness is 295 HV10 or less in any one of an inner surface-side region at 2.54 to 3.81 mm from the inner surface of the pipe, an outer surface side-region at the same distance from the outer surface of the pipe, and a center of the thickness. | 12-04-2014 |
20140342184 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention provides a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more and also excellent bending property stably over the entire steel sheet, due to a predetermined chemical composition in combination with a specific microstructure wherein an average crystallized grain diameter of ferrite phase is 10 μm or less, a volume fraction of ferrite phase is within the range from 30% to 70%, a volume fraction of the total of martensite and retained austenite phases is 10% or less, and a ratio of interphases each having an interphase nano-hardness difference within 4 GPa is 90% or more. | 11-20-2014 |
20140342180 | SURFACE-TREATMENT SOLUTION FOR ZINC OR ZINC ALLOY COATED STEEL SHEET, AND ZINC OR ZINC ALLOY COATED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A zinc or zinc alloy coated steel sheet has a surface-treatment film formed thereon in a coating weight per one surface of 100 to 600 mg/m | 11-20-2014 |
20140338801 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet including a chemical composition containing, in percent by mass, 0.05% to 0.12% of C, 0.05% to 1.0% of Si, 0.5% to 1.8% of Mn, 0.04% or less of P, 0.0030% or less of S, 0.005% to 0.07% of Al, 0.006% or less of N, 0.05% to 0.15% of Ti, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which, in a region in the range of ⅛ to ⅜ of the sheet thickness, the content of Ti*, which is Ti existing as precipitates, is 0.3×[Ti] to 0.6×[Ti], where [Ti] is the Ti content, and the steel sheet has a microstructure in which the area fraction of the bainite phase in the entire structure is more than 95%. | 11-20-2014 |
20140338794 | METHOD OF PRODUCING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT IRON LOSS PROPERTIES - In the production of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by hot rolling a steel slab comprising C: 0.001˜0.10 mass %, Si: 1.0˜5.0 mass %, Mn: 0.01˜0.5 mass %, sol. Al: 0.003˜0.050 mass %, N: 0.0010˜0.020 mass %, one or two selected from S and Se: 0.005˜0.040 mass % in total, cold rolling, primary recrystallization annealing, and final annealing, a heating rate S1 between a temperature T1 (° C.): 500+2×(NB−NA) and a temperature T2 (° C.): 600+2×(NB−NA) in a heating process of the primary recrystallization annealing is set to not less than 80° C./sec, and an average heating rate S2 from the temperature T2 to 750° C. is set to 0.1˜0.7 times of S1, whereby a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a low iron loss over a full length of a product coil is obtained. | 11-20-2014 |
20140338792 | GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet allows for manufacture of a transformer that exhibits, when the steel sheet is applied to an iron core thereof, extremely low iron loss and extremely low noise properties, makes highly efficient use of energy, and can be used in various environments. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has a strain distribution in regions where closure domains are formed, when observed in a cross section in the rolling direction, with a maximum tensile strain in a sheet thickness direction being 0.45% or less, and with a maximum tensile strain t (%) and a maximum compressive strain c (%) in the rolling direction satisfying Expression (1): | 11-20-2014 |
20140332122 | HIGH CARBON HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - A high carbon hot rolled steel sheet having a chemical composition containing by mass %, C: 0.20% to 0.48%, Si: 0.1% or less, Mn: 0.5% or less, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% to 0.6%, Cr: 0.05% to 0.5%, B: 0.0005% to 0.0050%, Ca: 0.0010% to 0.0050%, and the remainder composed of Fe and incidental impurities, on a percent by mass basis, where the average amount of N in a surface layer portion from the surface to the position at a depth of 0.1 mm in thickness direction is 0.1% or more and the average amount of N in the central portion in thickness is 0.01% or less, and a microstructure composed of ferrite and carbides, wherein the average grain size of the ferrite is 10 to 20 and the spheroidization ratio of the carbides is 90% or more. | 11-13-2014 |
20140332119 | HIGH STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET WITH HIGH YIELD RATIO AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A high strength cold rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition including, by mass %, C: 0.06 to 0.13%, Si: 1.2 to 2.3%, Mn: 0.6 to 1.6%, P: not more than 0.10%, S: not more than 0.010%, Al: 0.01 to 0.10% and N: not more than 0.010%, the balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet includes a microstructure containing not less than 90% in terms of volume fraction of ferrite with an average grain diameter of less than 20 μm and 1.0 to 10% in terms of volume fraction of pearlite with an average grain diameter of less than 5 μm. The ferrite has an average Vickers hardness of not less than 130. The steel sheet has a yield ratio of not less than 65% and a tensile strength of not less than 590 MPa. | 11-13-2014 |
20140326705 | WELDING POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS AND WELDING POSITION DETECTING METHOD FOR LASER BEAM WELDING - A welding position detecting apparatus for laser beam welding includes: an imaging device that captures, at a predetermined time interval, images of an irradiated portion of a welding material irradiated with a welding laser beam, and a surrounding area thereof, of a welding material; an image processing device that identifies a position of the irradiated portion irradiated with the welding laser beam by performing image processing calculating, from two or more images acquired by the imaging device, a direction and an amount of parallel movement of points in the images; and a display device that displays the position of the irradiated portion irradiated with the welding laser beam, the position being identified by the image processing device. | 11-06-2014 |
20140314616 | HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET FOR HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET OR HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANNEALED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - Provided is a hot-rolled steel sheet having a composition containing 0.04 mass percent to 0.20 mass percent C, 0.7 mass percent to 2.3 mass percent Si, 0.8 mass percent to 2.8 mass percent Mn, 0.1 mass percent or less P, 0.01 mass percent or less S, 0.1 mass percent or less Al, and 0.008 mass percent or less N, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. Internal oxides containing one or more selected from the group consisting of Si, Mn, and Fe are present at grain boundaries and in grains in a base metal. The internal oxides present at the grain boundaries in the base metal are located within 5 μm from the surface of the base metal. The difference between the depths at which the internal oxides are formed in the cross direction of the steel sheet is 2 μm or less. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING APPARENT DENSITY OF METAL POWDER, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING MIXED POWDER, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING POWDER COMPACT - A method for measuring an apparent density of a metal powder includes holding a metal powder in a vessel, applying an alternating magnetic flux to the metal powder using an exciting coil disposed outside the vessel, detecting the alternating magnetic flux passed through the metal powder using a search coil disposed outside the vessel, and determining an apparent density of the metal powder from an amplitude of the detected alternating magnetic flux using a calibration curve representing a correlation between the apparent density of the metal powder and the amplitude of an alternating magnetic flux prepared in advance. The method enables to measure the apparent density of a metal powder with a high precision in an on-line and non-contact manner without stopping a process of producing a mixed powder or a process of producing a powder compact. | 10-23-2014 |
20140294661 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL - The ferritic stainless steel has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.003% or more and 0.012% or less, Si: 0.30% or more and 0.60% or less, Mn: 0.10% or more and 0.35% or less, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Cr: 17.0% or more and 19.0% or less, Ni: more than 0.10% and 0.30% or less, Ti: 0.10% or more and 0.40% or less, Nb: 0.005% or more and less than 0.050%, Mo: 0.20% or less, N: 0.005% or more and 0.015% or less, Cu: 0.3% or more and 0.5% or less, Mg: less than 0.0005%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290900 | METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR MANUFACTURING THIN METAL STRIP - A method for manufacturing a thin metal strip by pouring and rapidly solidifying molten metal onto a cooling roll rotating at a high speed to form a thin metal strip having a width of 50˜350 mm, blowing compression gas from substantially a tangential direction of the cooling roll toward the thin metal strip to separate the thin metal strip from the cooling roll, adsorbing the separated thin metal strip with a permeable belt of a suction type belt conveyor, and transporting to a take-up reel to wind in form of a coil, the thin metal strip is adsorbed by the belt under conditions that a nearest approaching distance L between the cooling roll and the suction type belt conveyor is 2·50 mm and a suction width S of a suction box arranged in the suction type belt conveyor is 1.2·2.5 times of a width W of the thin metal strip. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290810 | HIGH STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT DEEP DRAWABILITY AND MATERIAL UNIFORMITY IN COIL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength cold rolled steel sheet includes a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.010% or more and 0.060% or less, Si: more than 0.5% and 1.5% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.005% or more and 0.100% or less, S: 0.010% or less, sol.Al: 0.005% or more and 0.500% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, Nb: 0.010% or more and 0.100% or less, Ti: 0.015% or more and 0.150% or less and the balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities. The microstructure includes, in area fraction, 70% or more of a ferrite phase and 3% or more of a martensite phase. The tensile strength is 440 MPa or more and an average r value is 1.20 or more. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290807 | LOW-YIELD-RATIO HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL PLATE WITH EXCELLENT LOW-TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A low yield ratio and high-strength hot rolled steel sheet having a composition containing, on a mass percent basis, 0.03% to 0.10% C, 0.10% to 0.50% Si, 1.4% to 2.2% Mn, 0.005 % to 0.10% Al, 0.02% to 0.10% Nb, 0.001% to 0.030% Ti, 0.05% to 0.50% Mo, 0.05% to 0.50% Cr, and 0.01% to 0.50% Ni, in which Moeq preferably satisfies the range of 1.4% to 2.2%; and a microstructure including a main phase that contains bainitic ferrite having an average grain size of 10 μm or less and a secondary phase that contains massive martensite having an aspect ratio of less than 5.0 in an area ratio of 1.4% to 15%. | 10-02-2014 |
20140287914 | STAINLESS STEEL FOIL AND CATALYST CARRIER FOR EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING DEVICE USING THE FOIL - Provided are a stainless steel foil and a catalyst carrier for an exhaust gas purifying device which uses the foil. Specifically, a stainless steel foil contains, in percent by mass, 0.05% or less of C, 2.0% or less of Si, 1.0% or less of Mn, 0.003% or less of S, 0.05% or less of P, more than 15.0% and less than 25.0% of Cr, 0.30% or less of Ni, 3.0% to 10.0% of Al, 0.03% to 1.0% of Cu, 0.10% or less of N, 0.02% or less of Ti, 0.02% or less of Nb, 0.02% or less of Ta, 0.005% to 0.20% of Zr, 0.03% to 0.20% of REM excluding Ce, 0.02% or less of Ce, 2.0% to 6.0% in total of at least one of Mo and W, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. | 09-25-2014 |
20140287898 | ROLL SURFACE LAYER MATERIAL FOR HOT ROLLING WITH EXCELLENT FATIGUE RESISTANCE PRODUCED BY CENTRIFUGAL CASTING, AND COMPOSITE ROLL FOR HOT ROLLING PRODUCED THROUGH CENTRIFUGAL CASTING - There is provided a roll surface layer material including a roll surface layer with excellent fatigue resistance. The roll surface layer material has a composition including, on a mass % basis, C: 2.3% to 2.9%, Si: 0.2% to 0.8%, Mn: 0.2% to 1.0%, Cr: 5.0% to 7.5%, Mo: 4.4% to 6.5%, V: 5.3% to 7.0%, Nb: 0.6% to 1.5%, and Co: 0.1% to 4.0% so as to satisfy 14.0≦(Mo+1.7V)≦17.0 (where Mo represents a content (mass %) of Mo and V represents a content (mass %) of V) and further including Al: 0.001% to 0.03% and/or REM: 0.001% to 0.03%, wherein a carbide is contained at an area fraction of 13% to 40%. A composite roll obtained by integrally welding a shaft member to the roll surface layer member is treated as a centrifugal cast roll that includes a surface layer with excellent fatigue resistance. | 09-25-2014 |
20140255720 | ULTRATHIN ELECTROMAGNETIC STEEL SHEET - An electrical steel sheet has a component composition including, by mass %, C: 0.007% or less, Si: 4% to 10%, and Mn: 0.005% to 1.0%, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, as well as a sheet thickness within a range of 0.01 mm or more to 0.10 mm or less, and a profile roughness. Pa of 1.0 μm or less. The electrical steel sheet exhibits excellent iron loss properties whereby the magnetic property is free from deterioration, and degradation of the stacking factor can be avoided, even when the steel sheet with a thickness of 0.10 mm or less has been subjected to siliconizing treatment to increase the Si content in the steel. | 09-11-2014 |
20140251514 | GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - In a method of producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by hot rolling a steel slab comprising C: 0.001˜0.10 mass %, Si: 1.0˜5.0 mass %, Mn: 0.01˜1.0 mass %, one or two of S and Se: 0.01˜0.05 mass % in total, sol. Al: 0.003˜0.050 mass % and N: 0.001˜0.020 mass %, cold rolling, subjecting to primary recrystallization annealing, applying an annealing separator and finally subjecting to final annealing, the primary recrystallization annealing is conducted so as to control a heating rate S1 between 500 and 600° C. to not less than 100° C./s and a heating rate S2 between 600 and 700° C. to not less than 30° C./s but not more than 0.6×S1, and as a main ingredient of the annealing separator is used MgO having an expected value μ(A) of citric acid activity distribution of 3.5˜3.8, a cumulative frequency F of 25˜45% when an activity A is not less than 4.0. | 09-11-2014 |
20140246131 | HIGH-TENSILE STEEL PLATE GIVING WELDING HEAT-AFFECTED ZONE WITH EXCELLENT LOW-TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A high-tensile steel plate has a chemical composition containing, by mass, specific amounts of C, Mn, Si, P, S, Al, Ni, B, N, one or more elements selected from Cr, Mo, V, Cu, Ti, and Ca as needed, Ceq≦0.80, and a center-segregation zone hardness index HCS satisfying 5.5[C] | 09-04-2014 |
20140246124 | ANNEALING SEPARATOR FOR GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTROMAGNETIC STEEL SHEET - An annealing separator for a grain oriented electrical steel sheet does not inhibit the flowability of an atmospheric gas during the final annealing of the coil-shaped product and can prevent the occurrence of surface roughness. The annealing separator contains 0.01-0.05 mass % of Cl, 0.05-0.15 mass % of B, 0.1-2 mass % of CaO and 0.03-1.0 mass % of P | 09-04-2014 |
20140245926 | TREATMENT SOLUTION FOR INSULATION COATING FOR GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEETS - A treatment solution for an insulation coating of grain-oriented electrical steel sheets includes at least one selected from phosphates of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al and Mn; colloidal silica in a proportion of 0.5 to 10 mol in terms of SiO | 09-04-2014 |
20140241931 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL - Provided is a ferritic stainless steel excellent in terms of thermal fatigue resistance, high-temperature fatigue resistance and oxidation resistance without adding Mo or W, which is an expensive chemical element and with controlling Nb content to be as small as possible. The chemical composition contains, by mass %, C: 0.020% or less, Si: 3.0% or less, Mn: 3.0% or less, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 10% to 25%, N: 0.020% or less, Nb: 0.005% to 0.15%, Al: 0.20% to 3.0%, Ti: 5×(C %+N %) to 0.5%, Mo: 0.1% or less, W: 0.1% or less, Cu: 0.55% to 2.0%, B: 0.0002% to 0.0050%, Ni: 0.05% to 1.0%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, where C % and N % in the expression 5×(C %+N %) respectively represent the contents (mass %) of the chemical elements C and N. | 08-28-2014 |
20140230971 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT FORMABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing the high strength steel sheet having excellent formability includes hot-rolling a steel slab having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or more and 0.35% or less, Si: 0.5% or more and 3.0% or less, Mn: 3.5% or more and 10.0% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, N: 0.008% or less and the balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities, coiling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a temperature range of the Ar | 08-21-2014 |
20140220383 | HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - Provided are a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent formability and a tensile strength of 440 MPa or more and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel sheet has a microstructure containing a ferrite phase having an area fraction of 60% or more, a pearlite phase having an area fraction of 20% to 30%, and a bainite phase having an area fraction of 1% to 5%, the area fraction of a cementite phase present in a grain of the ferrite phase being 5% or less. Upon manufacture, a hot-rolled sheet or a cold-rolled sheet is heated to a temperature of 650° C. or higher at an average heating rate of 10° C./s or more, is held at a temperature of 700° C. to (Ac | 08-07-2014 |
20140220382 | HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN TERMS OF COATING ADHESIVENESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength galvanized steel sheet excellent in coating adhesiveness is made from a base material that is a high strength steel sheet containing Si, Mn, and Cr. A method includes performing an oxidation treatment on steel containing Si, Mn, and Cr in an oxidation furnace under the condition that a selected exit temperature T, reduction annealing and a galvanizing treatment, or optionally, further an alloying treatment under conditions that heating is performed at a temperature of 460° C. or higher and 600° C. or lower for an alloying treatment time of 10 seconds or more and 60 seconds or less. | 08-07-2014 |
20140216611 | HOT-PRESSED MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A hot-pressed member includes a steel sheet, a Ni-diffusion region present in a surface layer of the steel sheet, and an intermetallic compound layer and a ZnO layer which are provided in order on the Ni-diffusion region, the intermetallic compound layer corresponding to a γ phase present in a phase equilibrium diagram of a Zn—Ni alloy, wherein a spontaneous immersion potential indicated in a 0.5 M NaCl aqueous air-saturated solution at 25° C.±5° C. is −600 to −360 mV based on a standard hydrogen electrode. | 08-07-2014 |
20140216610 | HOT-PRESSED MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A hot-pressed member includes a steel sheet, a Ni-diffusion region present in a surface layer of the steel sheet, and an intermetallic compound layer and a ZnO layer which are provided in order on the Ni-diffusion region, the intermetallic compound layer corresponding to a γ phase present in a phase equilibrium diagram of a Zn—Ni alloy, wherein a spontaneous immersion potential indicated in a 0.5 M NaCl aqueous air-saturated solution at 25° C.±5° C. is −600 to −360 mV based on a standard hydrogen electrode. | 08-07-2014 |
20140216609 | HIGH STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET FOR WELDED STEEL LINE PIPE HAVING EXCELLENT SOURING RESISTANCE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME (AS AMENDED) - A steel material containing 0.01% to 0.07% C, 0.40% or less Si, 0.5% to 1.4% Mn, 0.1% or less Al, 0.01% to 0.15% Nb, 0.1% or less V, 0.03% or less Ti, and 0.008% or less N on a mass basis, Nb, V, and Ti satisfying Nb+V+Ti<0.15, Cm satisfying 0.12 or less, is heated to a heating temperature of 1,100° C. to 1,250° C., finish-rolled in such a way that the accumulative rolling reduction at a temperature of 930° C. or lower is 40% to 85% and the finished rolling temperature is 760° C. to 870° C., cooled to a cooling stop temperature of 500° C. or lower in terms of surface temperature at an average cooling rate of 30° C./s to 200° C./s in terms of thickness-wise center temperature, naturally cooled for more than 10 s after cooling is stopped, and coiled at a coiling temperature of 400° C. to 620° C. | 08-07-2014 |
20140209217 | HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANNEALED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT FORMABILITY AND FATIGUE RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent ductility, stretch flangeability, and fatigue resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same. A high-strength galvannealed steel sheet having excellent formability and fatigue resistance is characterized in that the steel sheet is composed of steel having a composition containing, by % by mass, C: 0.05% to 0.3%, Si: 0.5% to 2.5%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.003% to 0.100%, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010% to 0.1%, and the balance including iron and unavoidable impurities, and the steel sheet has a microstructure containing 50% or more of ferrite, 5% to 35% of martensite, and 2% to 15% of pearlite in terms of an area ratio, the martensite having an average gain size of 3 μm or less and an average distance of 5 μm or less between adjacent martensite grains. | 07-31-2014 |
20140209091 | SOLAR LIGHT REFLECTING PLATE AND LIGHT COLLECTING/HEAT COLLECTING DEVICE - A solar light reflecting plate used for a light condensing and heat collecting device which includes a solar light reflecting plate that reflects and condenses solar light and a heat collecting tube that receives the solar light condensed by the solar light reflecting plate and is heated by the condensed solar light, wherein the solar light reflecting plate includes at least a rolled substrate, a surface roughness of a solar light reflecting surface that is an outermost surface and that reflects solar light is 0.02 μm to 1.0 μm in terms of arithmetic mean roughness Ra, and the solar light reflecting plate is disposed so that an angle between a rolling direction of the substrate and a longitudinal direction of the heat collecting tube is 80° to 100°. | 07-31-2014 |
20140202599 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORIENTED MAGNETIC STEEL SHEET - In a method of producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by subjecting a coil for grain-oriented electrical steel sheet after cold rolling to a primary recrystallization annealing, applying an annealing separator thereon, and conducting final annealing, rapid heating is conducted at a rate of not less than 80° C./sec from 500° C. to 700° C. in the course of heating for the primary recrystallization annealing, and a temperature keeping treatment is conducted for 2 to 100 hours from 700° C. to 1000° C. in the course of heating for the final annealing, and further, the final annealing is preferably conducted by laying a thermal insulation material on an upper surface of a coil supporting stand in an annealing furnace used for the final annealing concentrically from the outer periphery of the coil supporting stand and over an area of not less than 20% of the radius of the coil supporting stand. | 07-24-2014 |
20140193668 | STAINLESS STEEL FOR FUEL CELL SEPARATOR - Stainless steel for fuel cell separators are provided which exhibit stable contact resistance characteristics and excellent practical utility. The stainless steel contains not less than 16 mass % of Cr. When the surface configuration of the stainless steel is analyzed with a scanning electron microscope at a spatial resolution of not more than 0.1 μm, the surface modulus is not less than 1.02. Preferably, the chemical composition further includes C: not more than 0.03%, Si: not more than 1.0%, Mn: not more than 1.0%, S: not more than 0.01%, P: not more than 0.05%, Al: not more than 0.20%, N: not more than 0.03%, Cr: 16 to 40%, and one or more of Ni: not more than 20%, Cu: not more than 0.6% and Mo: not more than 2.5%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. | 07-10-2014 |
20140186614 | ELECTROMAGNETIC STEEL SHEET HAVING INSULATING COATING (AS AMENDED) - An electrical steel sheet with an insulation coating excellent in punchability, coating adhesion property and coating film property after annealing, even without containing any chromium compound in the insulation coating. The insulation coating is formed by applying a surface-treatment agent to at least one side of the electrical steel sheet and drying the surface-treatment agent. The surface-treatment agent contains trialkoxysilane and/or dialkoxysilane (A) in which a substituent bound to Si is constituted only by at least one non-reactive substituent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group, and a phenyl group; and a silane coupling agent (B), at a mass ratio (A/B) of 0.05 to 1.0. | 07-03-2014 |
20140182748 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT FORMABILITY - A method of manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes hot-rolling a slab to form a steel sheet; during continuous annealing, heating the steel sheet to a temperature of 750° C. to 900° C. at an average heating rate of at least 10° C./s at a temperature of 500° C. to an A | 07-03-2014 |
20140175069 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LASER WELDED STEEL PIPE - Provided is a method of efficiently manufacturing a high-quality laser welded steel pipe at a high yield ratio while occurrence of underfill is prevented. Specifically, welding is performed using multiple laser beams each having a spot diameter of 0.3 mm or larger on an upper surface of an open pipe (a surface of a steel strip), the plurality of laser beams being arranged such that the sum of spot lengths of the plurality of laser beams, the spot lengths extending perpendicularly to a welding line, on the surface of the steel strip is 0.5 mm or larger and such that a distance between spot centers of the plurality of laser beams in a direction of the welding line falls within 5 mm. | 06-26-2014 |
20140174609 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET FOR A CAN - A method for manufacturing a high-strength steel sheet for a can, including (a) hot rolling a steel slab at a slab extraction temperature of 1200° C. or more and a finish rolling temperature of (Ar3 transformation temperature−30)° C. or more, the steel slab containing, on the basis of mass percent, more than 0.02%, but 0.10% or less of C, 0.10% or less of Si, 1.5% or less of Mn, 0.20% or less of P, 0.20% or less of S, 0.10% or less of Al, 0.0120% to 0.0250% of N, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities; (b) coiling at a temperature of 650° C. or less; (c) pickling; (d) carrying out a first cold rolling; (e) continuously annealing; and (f) carrying out a second cold rolling at a reduction ratio of 10% or more and less than 20%. | 06-26-2014 |
20140174608 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT STABILITY OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, FORMABILITY, AND COATING APPEARANCE - A method of manufacturing a high strength galvanized steel sheet has a first heating step including heating to 400° C. to 750° C. in an atmosphere containing O | 06-26-2014 |
20140172391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING EFFECT OF COUNTERMEASURE FOR REDUCING SPRINGBACK ON PRESS-FORMED PRODUCT - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for easily and clearly identifying the effect of a countermeasure for reducing springback in press-forming. According to the invention, the method for identifying the effect of a countermeasure for reducing springback includes calculating a pre-release residual stress distribution in a press-formed part under a preset press-forming condition, calculating an after-release residual stress distribution in the press-formed part released from the die on the basis of the result of calculation, calculating the difference between the residual stress distributions on the basis of these results of calculation, calculating the difference between residual stress distributions similarly obtained under a changed press-forming condition, calculating a variation in the residual stress distribution caused by changing the press-forming condition on the basis of these differences between the residual stress distributions, and displaying the variation in contour plots. | 06-19-2014 |
20140162055 | RESIN COATED METAL SHEET - A resin coated metal sheet includes a metal sheet, a first resin coating layer formed on one main surface of the metal sheet and formed of a resin material whose difference between a heat quantity of crystallization and a heat quantity of fusion after being laminated to the metal sheet is 0 J/g to 20 J/g on a unit weight basis, and a second resin coating layer formed on another main surface of the metal sheet. | 06-12-2014 |
20140159287 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BLAST FURNACE - A method of operating a blast furnace includes two or more lances that inject reducing agents from a tuyere; injecting a solid reducing agent and a flammable reducing agent from different lances; and disposing the lances so that an axial line that extends from an end of the lance that injects the solid reducing agent and is the axial line of the lance that injects the solid reducing agent and an axial line that extends from an end of the lance that injects the flammable reducing agent and is the axial line of the lance that injects the flammable reducing agent cross each other, and so that a main flow of the solid reducing agent injected and a main flow of the flammable reducing agent injected overlap. | 06-12-2014 |
20140154129 | STAINLESS STEEL FOR FUEL CELL SEPARATOR - Stainless steel for fuel cell separators contains C: ≦0.03%, Si: ≦1.0%, Mn: ≦1.0%, S: ≦0.01%, P: ≦0.05%, Al: ≦0.20%, N: ≦0.03%, Cr: 16 to 40%, and one or more of Ni: ≦20%, Cu: ≦0.6% and Mo: ≦2.5%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. According to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the surface of the stainless steel contains fluorine and provides a 3.0 or higher ratio of the total of atomic concentrations of Cr and Fe in other than the metallic forms calculated from data resulting from the separation of peaks of Cr and Fe into metallic peaks and peaks other than the metallic peaks to the total of atomic concentrations of Cr and Fe in the metallic forms calculated from data resulting from the separation of peaks of Cr and Fe into metallic peaks and peaks other than the metallic peaks. | 06-05-2014 |
20140150372 | STEEL PIPE STIFFENING BRACE MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a steel pipe stiffening brace member which has a shaft constituted of a main shaft member and an auxiliary shaft member and a stiffening steel pipe obtained by connecting side edges of four flat steels surrounding the shaft to each other. In the stiffening steel pipe, inside nook portions facing a side edge of the main shaft member are formed in stiffening members | 06-05-2014 |
20140147663 | COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET - In order to obtain a cold rolled steel sheet having excellent press formability, a cold rolled steel sheet has, on a surface thereof, an organic-inorganic composite film containing: an organic resin; and a crystalline layered material. The organic-inorganic composite film has an average film thickness of 0.10 to 2.0 μm and contains 0.5 part or more by weight of the crystalline layered material as a solid with respect to 100 parts by weight of a solid of the organic resin. The crystalline layered material preferably is, for example, a layered double hydroxide represented by [M | 05-29-2014 |
20140144782 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTING MATERIAL WITH MODIFIED SURFACE - A method to inexpensively and efficiently produce conductive materials on the surface of which a nano-level fine structure is formed includes surface modification including immersing a stable anode electrode and a workpiece as a cathode electrode, the workpiece including a conductive material with a work surface, in an electrolytic solution, then applying a voltage not less than a first voltage and less than a second voltage between the stable anode electrode and the workpiece as the cathode electrode immersed in the electrolytic solution, thereby modifying the work surface, the first voltage being a voltage corresponding to a current value that is ½ of the sum of a first maximum current value appearing first in a positive voltage region and a first minimum current value appearing first in the positive voltage region with respect to voltage-current characteristics of a surface modification treatment system, the second voltage exhibiting a complete-state plasma. | 05-29-2014 |
20140144552 | THICK HIGH-TENSILE-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT LOW-TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A high-tensile-strength hot-rolled steel sheet is provided having a composition which contains 0.02 to 0.08% C, 0.01 to 0.10% Nb, 0.001 to 0.05% Ti and Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance, wherein the steel sheet contains C, Ti and Nb in such a manner that (Ti+(Nb/2))/C<4 is satisfied, and the steel sheet has a structure where a primary phase of the structure at a position 1 mm away from a surface in a sheet thickness direction is one selected from a group consisting of a ferrite phase, tempered martensite and a mixture structure of a ferrite phase and tempered martensite, a primary phase of the structure at a sheet thickness center position is formed of a ferrite phase, and a difference ΔV between a structural fraction (volume %) of a secondary phase at the position 1 mm away from the surface in the sheet thickness direction and a structural fraction (volume %) of a secondary phase at the sheet thickness center position is 2% or less. | 05-29-2014 |
20140144071 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING THERMAL PLASTICITY OF COALS AND CAKING ADDITIVES, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COKE - A method for evaluating thermal plasticity of coals and caking additives includes packing a coal or a caking additive into a vessel to prepare a sample | 05-29-2014 |
20140141280 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET FOR WARM FORMING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a high-strength steel sheet having good warm press formability and excellent strength and ductility after warm press forming, and a method for manufacturing such. The high-strength steel sheet has a tensile strength at room temperature not less than 780 MPa, a yield stress at a heating temperature range of 400° C. to 700° C. not more than 80% of the yield stress at room temperature, total elongation at the heating temperature range not less than 1.1 times the total elongation at room temperature, yield stress and total elongation after the steel sheet is heated to the heating temperature range, subjected to a strain of not more than 20%, and cooled from the heating temperature to room temperature, not less than 70% of the yield stress and total elongation, respectively, at room temperature before the heating. | 05-22-2014 |
20140137992 | THICK-WALLED HIGH-STRENGTH SEAMLESS STEEL PIPE WITH EXCELLENT SOUR RESISTANCE FOR PIPE FOR PIPELINE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A heavy wall and high strength seamless steel pipe having high sour resistance is provided. In particular, a quenching and tempering treatment is conducted to adjust the yield strength to be higher than 450 MPa and adjust the Vickers hardness HV5 that can be measured at an outermost side or an innermost side of the pipe under a 5 kgf load (test load: 49 N) to be 250 HV5 or less. | 05-22-2014 |
20140131929 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BLAST FURNACE - A method of operating a blast furnace comprising two or more lances that inject reducing agents from a tuyere including injecting a solid reducing agent and a flammable reducing agent from different lances; and arranging a position of an end of the lance that injects the flammable reducing agent closer to a near side in a injecting direction by more than 0 to 50 mm than a position of an end of the lance that injects the solid reducing agent. | 05-15-2014 |
20140124503 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HEATING STEEL SHEET - The invention proposes a method for heating a steel sheet wherein the generation of buckling can be prevented regardless of presence or absence of rolls restraining the steel sheet by antecedently heating the widthwise central portion of the steel sheet with a solenoid type induction heating coil having a convex form projected onto the surface of the steel sheet toward an upstream side in rapidly heating the continuously traveling steel sheet, whereby an isotherm of the steel sheet in the heating is a convex form toward the upstream side, so that a large wrinkle is generated on the steel sheet, and also proposes a heating apparatus used in this method. | 05-08-2014 |
20140124481 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LASER WELDED STEEL PIPE - A method of manufacturing a laser welded steel pipe by forming a steel strip into a cylindrical open pipe and performing laser welding on edges that includes: emitting two laser beams along the edges from an upper surface side of the open pipe, the two laser beams being transmitted through different optical fibers with in-focus spot diameters exceeding 0.3 mm; emitting leading and trailing laser beams each inclined toward a direction in which welding proceeds at an incident angle with respect to a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the open pipe; setting the incident angle of the leading laser beam to be larger than the incident angle of the trailing laser beam; and setting a gap between a center point of the leading laser beam and a center point of the trailing laser beam on a back surface of the open pipe to 1 mm or larger. | 05-08-2014 |