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20120135271HOT DIP AL-ZN COATED STEEL SHEET - A hot dip Al—Zn coated steel sheet exhibits excellent corrosion resistance. The Al content in a coated film is 20-95% by mass. The Ca content is 0.01-10% by mass. Alternatively, the total content of Ca and Mg is 0.01-10% by mass. Preferably, the coated film includes an upper layer and an alloy phase present at the interface to a substrate steel sheet, and Ca or Ca and Mg are contained primarily in the upper layer. Also preferably, the Ca or Ca and Mg include an intermetallic compound with at least one type selected from Zn, Al, and Si. If Ca or Ca and Mg are contained in the coated film, as described above, these elements are contained in corrosion products generated in a bonded portion and exert effects of stabilizing the corrosion products and retarding proceeding of corrosion thereafter. Then, as a result, the corrosion resistance is improved.05-31-2012
20120131982GRAIN ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET - An electrical steel sheet contains, as components, by mass %, 0.005% or less of C, 1.0% to 8.0% of Si, and 0.005% to 1.0% of Mn; one or more selected from Nb, Ta, V, and Zr such that a total content thereof is 10 to 50 ppm; and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein at least 10% of the content of Nb, Ta, V, and Zr is in the form of precipitates; the precipitates have an average diameter (equivalent circle diameter) of 0.02 to 3 μm; and secondary recrystallized grains of the steel sheet have an average grain size of 5 mm or more.05-31-2012
20120125724STEEL SHEET FOR BRAKE DISC, AND BRAKE DISC - A steel sheet for a brake disc contains, on a mass percent basis, 0.02% or more and less than 0.10% C, 0.6% or less Si, more than 0.5% and 2.0% or less Mn, 0.06% or less P, 0.01% or less S, 0.05% or less Al, 11.0% to 13.5% Cr, 0.01% to 0.30% Ni, 0.10% to 0.60% Nb, 0.03% or more and less than 0.10% N, more than 0.0010% and 0.0060% or less B, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and the steel sheet after quenching has a hardness of 32 HRC to 40 HRC on a Rockwell hardness scale C (HRC).05-24-2012
20120118442STAINLESS STEEL HAVING GOOD CONDUCTIVITY AND DUCTILITY FOR USE IN FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A stainless steel having good conductivity and ductility for use in a fuel cell separator is provided. In particular, the stainless steel has a composition of, in terms of % by mass, C: 0.01% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or less, S: 0.01% or less, P: 0.05% or less, Al: 0.20% or less, N: 0.02% or less, Cr: 20 to 40%, Mo: 4.0% or less, and at least one selected from Nb, Ti, and Zr: 0.05 to 0.60% in total, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. At least one precipitate having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 μm or more is present per 100 μm05-17-2012
20120118439HIGH-STEEL GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a low YP, good stretch flangeability, and excellent corrosion resistance and contains, on a percent by mass basis, more than 0.015% to less than 0.10% of C, 0.5% or less of Si, 1.0% to 1.9% of Mn, 0.015% to 0.050% of P, 0.03% or less of S, 0.01% to 0.5% of sol. Al, 0.005% or less of N, less than 0.40% of Cr, 0.005% or less of B, less than 0.15% of Mo, 0.4% or less of V, and less than 0.020% of Ti, in which 2.2≦[Mneq]≦3.1 and [% Mn]+3.3[% Mo]≦1.9, and [% Mn]+3.3 [% Mo])/(1.3[% Cr]+8[% P]+150B*)<3.5 are satisfied.05-17-2012
20120118438HIGH-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.05-17-2012
20120114957SURFACE-TREATMENT AGENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COATED STEEL SHEET USING THE SURFACE-TREATMENT AGENT, AND COATED STEEL SHEET - A surface-treatment agent contains a resin compound having a specific bisphenol skeleton, a cationic urethane resin emulsion, a silane coupling agent, an organic titanium chelate compound, a tetravalent vanadyl compound, and water, with predetermined proportions and having a pH of 4 to 5; a method for producing a coated steel sheet using the surface-treatment agent; and a coated steel sheet.05-10-2012
20120111146IRON-BASED MIXED POWDER FOR POWDER METALLURGY - In an iron-based powder, 0.01% to 5.0% by mass of a flaky powder having an average particle size of longitudinal size of 100 or less, a thickness of 10 μm or less, and an aspect ratio (longitudinal size-to-thickness ratio) of 5 or more with respect to the iron-based mixed powder is contained, whereby the flowability of an iron-based mixed powder is increased, the density of a green compact is increased, and ejection force is greatly reduced after compaction, thereby accomplishing an increase in product quality and a reduction in production cost.05-10-2012
20120107633HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength steel sheet includes a composition containing, in mass percent, 0.08% to 0.20% of carbon, 0.2% to 1.0% of silicon, 0.5% to 2.5% of manganese, 0.04% or less of phosphorus, 0.005% or less of sulfur, 0.05% or less of aluminum, 0.07% to 0.20% of titanium, and 0.20% to 0.80% of vanadium, the balance being iron and incidental impurities.05-03-2012
20120104717TORSION BEAM MANUFACTURING METHOD AND TORSION BEAM - A method enhances fatigue strength of ear portions which are high fatigue risk parts in a torsion beam almost without bringing about disadvantages in terms of productivity and cost. A torsion beam is formed with a portion of the tubular body into an approximately U-shape in cross section by crushing the portion of the tubular body in the radial direction and, thereafter, due to bending with a bottom line set as a belly side of bending, a bending strain of 2 to 6% in the tube longitudinal direction on a tensile side is imparted to the ear portions.05-03-2012
20120103052HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET COOLING APPARATUS - A hot rolled steel sheet cooling apparatus includes a gradual cooling header 05-03-2012
20120090737HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A method for producing a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet containing, in percent by mass, 0.01% to 0.18% of C, 0.02% to 2.0% of Si, 1.0% to 3.0% of Mn, 0.001% to 1.0% of Al, 0.005% to 0.060% of P, 0.01% or less of S, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and a galvanized coating layer on each surface of the steel sheet with a coating weight of 20 to 120 g/m04-19-2012
20120088122GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET - A galvanized steel sheet includes a surface-treatment film with 50 to 1200 mg/m04-12-2012
20120085201IRON-BASED MIXED POWDER FOR POWDER METALLURGY - In an iron-based powder, 0.01% to 5.0% by mass of oxide particles having an average size of 0.5 μm or more are contained, whereby the flowability of an iron-based mixed powder is increased and thereby the density of a green compact is increased, and ejection force is greatly reduced after compaction, thereby accomplishing an increase in product quality and a reduction in production cost.04-12-2012
20120082845ZINC-BASED METAL PLATED STEEL SHEET - A zinc-based metal plated steel sheet is excellent in tribological properties during press forming. An oxide layer containing crystalline 3Zn(OH)04-05-2012
20120076685HIGH-STRENGTH PEARLITIC STEEL RAIL HAVING EXCELLENT DELAYED FRACTURE PROPERTIES - A steel rail including a composition of, in mass percent, C of 0.6% to 1.0%, Si of 0.1% to 1.5%, Mn of 0.4% to 2.0%, P of 0.035% or less, S of 0.010% or less, Ca of 0.0010% to 0.010%, and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more, and the size of a long side of a C type inclusion is 50 μm or less in at least a cross-section in a longitudinal direction of a rail head, and the number of Ca type inclusions, each having a size of a long side of 1 μm to 50 μm, is 0.2 to 10 per observed area of 1 mm03-29-2012
20120040203HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT FORMABILITY, WELDABILITY, AND FATIGUE PROPERTIES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength galvanized steel sheet including all in mass %, C: 0.05% to <0.12%, Si: 0.35% to <0.80%, Mn: 2.0 to 3.5%, P: 0.001 to 0.040%, S: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, Al: 0.005 to 0.1%, N: 0.0001 to 0.0060%, Cr: 0.01% to 0.5%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.080%, Nb: 0.010 to 0.080%, and B: 0.0001 to 0.0030%, optionally one or more of Mo: 0.01 to 0.15%, Ca: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, REM: 0.0001 to 0.1%, and Sb: 0.0001 to 0.1%, and Fe and unavoidable impurities as the balance, has a microstructure containing a ferrite phase with a volume fraction in a range of 20 to 70% and an average grain diameter equal to or smaller than 5 μm, and has a galvanized layer on a surface thereof at a coating weight (per side) of 20 to 150 g/m02-16-2012
20120037282HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT WORKABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength galvanized steel sheet with excellent workability, having a component composition containing C: 0.04% or more, and 0.15% or less, Si: 0.7% or more, and 2.3% or less, Mn: 0.8% or more, and 2.2% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, N: 0.008% or less, and the remainder composed of iron and incidental impurities on a percent by mass basis, and a microstructure including 70% or more of ferrite phase, 2% or more, and 10% or less of bainite phase, and 0% or more, and 12% or less of pearlite phase on an area fraction basis and 1% or more, and 8% or less of retained austenite phase on a volume fraction basis, wherein an average crystal grain diameter of ferrite is 18 μm or less and an average crystal grain diameter of retained austenite is 2 μm or less.02-16-2012
20120037281HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The high strength galvanized steel sheet contains C: more than 0.015% and lower than 0.100%, Si: 0.3% or lower, Mn: lower than 1.90%, P: 0.015% or more and 0.05% or lower, S: 0.03% or lower, sol.Al: 0.01% or more and 0.5% or lower, N: 0.005% or lower, Cr: lower than 0.30%, B: 0.0003% or more and 0.005% or lower, and Ti: lower than 0.014% in terms of mass %, and satisfies 2.2≦[Mneq]≦3.1 and 0.42≦8[% P]+150B*≦0.73. The steel microstructure contains ferrite and a second phase, in which the second phase area ratio is 3 to 15%, the ratio of the area ratio of martensite and retained γ to the second phase area ratio is more than 70%, and 50% or more of the area ratio of the second phase exists in the grain boundary triple point.02-16-2012
20120031531HOT DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The invention provides a hot dip galvanized steel sheet which has: a hot dip galvanizing layer having a flat part on a surface thereof; and a film formed on the flat part. The film is composed of a compound containing Zn, Fe, and O, having an average film thickness A in a range from 10 to 100 nm determined by an element analysis of the film, and has {[Fe]/{[Zn]+[Fe]}} in the film in a range from 0.002 to 0.25, where [Zn] and [Fe] designate the content (% by atom) of Zn and Fe in the film, respectively. Since the hot dip galvanized steel sheet of the invention has excellent press-formability, bondability, and phosphatability, it is suitable for automobiles and electrical appliances.02-09-2012
20120024822COMBINATION WELDING METHOD USING COMBINATION OF GAS METAL ARC WELDING AND SUBMERGED-ARC WELDING AND COMBINATION ARC WELDING MACHINE - Provided are a combination welding method and a combination arc welding machine thereof having excellent construction efficiency and preventing a deterioration of toughness of a HAZ by maintaining the current density of each of gas metal arc welding and submerged-arc welding within an appropriate range at the time of welding a steel plate by the combination of the gas metal arc welding using multielectrodes and the submerged-arc welding using multielectrodes. The gas metal arc welding is performed using two or more electrodes, a wire for welding having a wire diameter of 1.4 mm or more is used in the first electrode of the gas metal arc welding, and a current density of the first electrode is set to 320 A/mm02-02-2012
20120020827FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL WITH EXCELLENT HEAT RESISTANCE - A ferritic stainless steel contains no expensive elements such as Mo and W, is free from the oxidation resistance loss caused by addition of Cu, and thereby has excellent levels of oxidation resistance (including water vapor oxidation resistance), thermal fatigue property, and high-temperature fatigue property. The ferritic stainless steel contains, in mass %, C at 0.015% or less, Si at 0.4 to 1.0%, Mn at 1.0% or less, P at 0.040% or less, S at 0.010% or less, Cr at 16 to 23%, Al at 0.2 to 1.0%, N at 0.015% or less, Cu at 1.0 to 2.5%, Nb at 0.3 to 0.65%, Ti at 0.5% or less, Mo at 0.1% or less, and W at 0.1% or less, the Si and the Al satisfying a relation Si (%)≧Al (%).01-26-2012
20120018062METHOD OF HOT-ROLLED THIN STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT FORMABILITY AND EXCELLENT STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS AFTER HEAT TREATMENT - A method of manufacturing a hot-rolled thin steel sheet includes: hot-rolling a steel base material having a composition containing, as mass %, C: 0.10 to 0.20%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.5 to 2.0%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.10%, N: 0.005% or less, Ti: 0.01 to 0.15%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, the balance of Fe, and unavoidable impurities at a finishing temperature of finish rolling of 820 to 880° C. to produce a hot-rolled steel sheet with a thickness of less than 6 mm; cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet to a temperature range on a surface of the hot-rolled steel sheet to 550 to 650° C. at a surface cooling rate of 15 to 50° C. per second; and coiling the hot-rolled steel sheet at the temperature range.01-26-2012
20120018060HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet, made from a steel sheet containing Si and/or Mn, having excellent exfoliation resistance during heavy machining. When a steel sheet containing 0.01% to 0.18% C, 0.02% to 2.0% Si, 1.0% to 3.0% Mn, 0.001% to 1.0% Al, 0.005% to 0.060% P, and 0.01% or less S on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, is annealed and galvanized in a continuous galvanizing line, a temperature region with a furnace temperature of A° C. to B° C. (600≦A≦780 and 800≦B≦900) is performed at an atmosphere dew-point temperature of −5° C. or higher in a heating process.01-26-2012
20120018056THICK-WALLED HIGH-STRENGTH HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT HYDROGEN INDUCED CRACKING RESISTANCE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A thick-walled high-strength hot rolled steel sheet having excellent hydrogen induced cracking resistance which is preferably used as a raw material for a high-strength welded steel pipe of X65 grade or more and a method of manufacturing the thick-walled high-strength hot rolled steel sheet are provided. The composition of the thick-walled high-strength hot rolled steel sheet contains by mass % 0.02 to 0.08% C, 0.50 to 1.85% Mn, 0.03 to 0.10% Nb, 0.001 to 0.05% Ti, 0.0005% or less B in such a manner that (Ti+Nb/2)/C<4 is satisfied or also contains one or two kinds or more of 0.010% or less Ca, 0.02% or less REM, and Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance. The steel sheet has the structure formed of a bainitic ferrite phase or a bainite phase. Surface layer hardness is 230HV or less in terms of Vickers hardness.01-26-2012
20120018055STEEL SHEET FOR CANS WITH EXCELLENT SURFACE PROPERTIES AFTER DRAWING AND IRONING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A component composition contains, by % by mass, 0.0016 to 0.01% of C, 0.05 to 0.60% of Mn, and 0.020 to 0.080% of Nb so that the C and Nb contents satisfy the expression, 0.4≦(Nb/C)×(12/93)≦2.5. In addition, the amount of Nb-based precipitates is 20 to 500 ppm by mass, the average grain diameter of the Nb-based precipitates is 10 to 100 nm, and the average crystal grain diameter of ferrite is 6 to 10 μm. Nb is added to ultra-low-carbon steel used as a base, and the amount and grain diameter of the Nb-based precipitates are controlled to optimize the pinning effect. Grain refinement of ferrite is achieved by specifying the Mn amount, thereby achieving softening and excellent resistance to surface roughness of steel.01-26-2012
20120018028HIGH STRENGTH STEEL PIPE FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE USAGE HAVING EXCELLENT BUCKLING RESISTANCE AND TOUGHNESS OF WELDED HEAT AFFECTED ZONE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An APIX100-grade high strength steel pipe includes a base material containing, in mass percentage, C: more than 0.03% and 0.08% or less, Si: 0.01% to 0.5%, Mn: 1.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.01% to 0.08%, Nb: 0.005% to 0.025%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.025%, N: 0.001% to 0.010%, O: 0.005% or less, and B: 0.0003% to 0.0020%, further contains one or more of Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, and V, satisfies 0.19≦P01-26-2012
20120017660STEEL PLATE MANUFACTURING FACILITY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A facility is provided for manufacturing a steel plate excellent in steel plate shape and mechanical property while setting low cooling-water spraying performance in a descaling step and achieving uniform cooling in a cooling step. Specifically, a hot rolling mill 01-26-2012
20120000340METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EASY OPEN END - A method of manufacturing an easy open end includes the steps of using a laminated steel sheet with resin films formed on both surfaces of the laminated steel sheet, and forming a panel structure and a score. A score die used for forming the score includes a scoring edge having a cross section in which a tip is a curve and two sides with the tip interposed therebetween are tangent to the curve. The tip is the curve having a curvature radius ranging from 0.2 to 0.4 mm, and the two sides have elevation angles θ in a range of 0.3≦tan θ≦1.0 to an end surface. The panel structure is formed by a motion that is synchronous with a motion in which the score die is pressed to a surface of the laminated steel sheet during the formation of the score.01-05-2012
20110315279HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT FORMABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent formability has a component composition containing, on the basis of mass percent, 0.05 to 0.2% C, 0.5 to 2.5% Si, 1.5 to 3.0% Mn, 0.001 to 0.05% P, 0.0001 to 0.01% S, 0.001 to 0.1% Al, and 0.0005 to 0.01% N, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities; and the steel sheet has a microstructure including a ferritic phase and a martensitic phase including a tempered-martensitic phase, the ferritic phase having an area fraction of 30% or more relative to an entirety of the microstructure, the martensitic phase having an area fraction of 30 to 50% relative to the entirety of the microstructure, and the tempered-martensitic phase having an area fraction of 70% or more relative to an entirety of the martensitic phase.12-29-2011
20110290383HIGH STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN WELDABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength cold rolled steel sheet excellent in weldability and has a TS of 440 MPa or more includes a composition including C: 0.0005 to 0.005%, Si: 0.1 to 1.0%, Mn: 1 to 2.5%, P: 0.01 to 0.2%, S: 0.015% or less, sol. Al: 0.05% or less, N: 0.007% or less, Ti: 0.01 to 0.1%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0020%, Cu: 0.05 to 0.5%, and Ni: 0.03 to 0.5% by mass with the balance Fe and incidental impurities; and a microstructure constituted by a ferrite single phase.12-01-2011
20110287186Method for making a phoshate-treated galvanized steel sheet - A method for making a phosphate-treated galvanized steel sheet, including forming a phosphate film on the surface of a galvanized layer of a galvanized steel sheet using a phosphate treatment solution containing Zn11-24-2011
20110286203DISPLAY DEVICE AND BACKLIGHT DEVICE - The present invention relates to the rigidity of a backlight chassis and is applicable to a liquid crystal display device including a backlight chassis and a light source located in the backlight chassis. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a backlight chassis (11-24-2011
20110284137THICK 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.11-24-2011
20110274922COLORED AND LAMINATED METAL PLATE FOR CONTAINER - A colored laminated metal plate for containers includes a metal plate having one or both surfaces coated with a film for lamination in which a colored adhesive layer is coated to a polyester resin film. The colored adhesive layer contains a polyester resin as a main component and further contains an etherified amino resin, an epoxy resin, a strong acid compound, and a coloring agent. The colored laminated steel sheet is excellent in deep drawability, adhesion after forming, rust resistance of a damaged portion, and so on. When the steel sheet is applied to manufacturing of a container such as a can, retort whitening of the laminate film hardly occurs, and the design properties of appearance can be maintained.11-10-2011
20110272384INDIRECT SPOT WELDING METHOD - An indirect spot welding method is provided in which, in indirect spot welding, nuggets formed in a fused state can be stably obtained. In the indirect spot welding method, the welding time is divided into two time periods t11-10-2011
20110272066MANUFACTURING METHOD OF STEEL SHEET FOR CANS - A method provides a slab by continuous casting of a steel having a component composition of, in mass %, C: 0.005% or less, Mn: 0.05 to 0.5%, Al: 0.01 to 0.10%, N: 0.0010 to 0.0070%, B: 0.15×N to 0.75×N (0.15 to 0.75 in terms of B/N), and one or both of Nb: 4×C to 20×C (4 to 20 in terms of Nb/C) and Ti: 2×C to 10×C (2 to 10 in terms of Ti/C), and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurity elements; rough rolling the slab; finish rolling the rough-rolled slab wherein 5% or more and less than 50% of the total amount of rolling reduction in the finish rolling is hot-rolled at a temperature lower than the Ar11-10-2011
20110271733METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH STRENGTH HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET - A method for manufacturing a high strength hot rolled steel sheet includes heating a slab to a temperature in the range of 1150 to 1300° C.; hot rolling the slab with a finishing rolling temperature being in the range of 800 to 1000° C.; cooling the steel sheet at a mean cooling rate of 30° C./s or higher to a cooling termination temperature in the range of 525 to 625° C.; suspending cooling for a time period in the range of 3 to 10 seconds; cooling the steel sheet in such a manner that cooling of the steel sheet is nucleate boiling; and coiling the steel sheet at a temperature in the range of 400 to 550° C.11-10-2011
20110253267HIGH STRENGTH STEEL PIPE OF API X65 GRADE OR HIGHER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A high-strength steel pipe having a strength of API X65 grade or higher consisting essentially of, by mass %, 0.02 to 0.08% of C, 0.01 to 0.5% of Si, 0.5 to 1.8% of Mn, 0.01% or less of P, 0.002% or less of S, 0.01 to 0.7% of Al, 0.005 to 0.04% of Ti, 0.05 to 0.50% Mo, at least one element selected from 0.005 to 0.05% of Nb and 0.005 to 0.10% of V, and the balance being Fe, in which the volume percentage of the ferritic phase is 90% or higher, and complex carbides containing Ti, Mo, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb and V are precipitated in the ferritic phase. The high-strength steel pipe has excellent HIC resistance and good toughness of a heat-affected zone, and can be manufactured stably at a low cost.10-20-2011
20110253263HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A galvanized steel sheet includes a zinc plating layer which is disposed on a steel sheet containing 0.01% to 0.15% C, 0.001% to 2.0% Si, 0.1% to 3.0% Mn, 0.001% to 1.0% Al, 0.005% to 0.060% P, and 0.01% or less S on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and which has a mass per unit area 20 g/m10-20-2011
20110247727METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEMBER HAVING EXCELLENT CHEMICAL CONVERSION TREATABILITY - In a method for processing a high-strength member having a high Si content of more than 0.7% by mass, a high-strength steel material containing, on the basis of mass percent, 0.05% or more C, more than 0.7% Si, and 0.8% or more Mn is subjected to processing controlled such that the sum total of absolute surface strains in a predetermined direction each applied in individual process steps of the processing is 5% or more as nominal strain to form a member having a predetermined shape. The member, even containing more than 0.7% Si, can have markedly improved chemical conversion treatability without mechanical grinding or chemical pickling treatment.10-13-2011
20110247715HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL TUBE HAVING EXCELLENT CHEMICAL CONVERSION TREATABILITY AND EXCELLENT FORMABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a high-strength steel tube having excellent chemical conversion treatability and excellent formability and a method for manufacturing the high-strength steel tube. More specifically, in processing a mother steel sheet containing, on the basis of mass percent, 0.05% or more C, more than 0.7% Si, and 0.8% or more Mn into a pipe shape, the sum total of absolute circumferential surface strains each applied in individual process steps of the processing is 5% or more as nominal strain. A welded steel tube thus manufactured using a steel sheet even containing more than 0.7% Si can have excellent chemical conversion treatability without mechanical grinding or chemical pickling treatment.10-13-2011
20110241924PROJECTION DETECTING APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DETECTING METHOD - A projection detecting apparatus according to the present invention is that for detecting a projection on a surface of a running metal object, and includes a transmission antenna for radiating electromagnetic waves; a reception antenna for receiving reflected electromagnetic waves; and a transmission and reception signal processing section for processing a transmission signal and a reception signal. The transmission antenna and the reception antenna have unidirectionality and the transmission antenna and the reception antenna are installed in such a way that the reception antenna does not catch electromagnetic waves which have been radiated by the transmission antenna and reflected on the surface of the metal object and the reception antenna catches electromagnetic waves alone which have been radiated by the transmission antenna and reflected on the projection.10-06-2011
20110240477METHOD FOR ANALYZING METAL MATERIAL - A method for analyzing a metal material includes electrolyzing a metal sample in an electrolytic solution, immersing a remaining portion of the metal sample taken out of the electrolytic solution in a dispersible solution to separate at least one substance selected from the group consisting of precipitates and inclusions attached to the remaining portion of the metal sample, filtering the dispersible solution containing the at least one separated substance through filters having straight pores and a porosity of 4% or more to obtain residues trapped on the filters and filtrates, and analyzing at least one of the residues and the filtrates.10-06-2011
20110240176HIGH-STRENGTH COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT FORMABILITY, HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet and high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a TS of 1180 MPa or more and excellent formability including stretch flangeability and bendability. The high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet contains 0.05% to 0.3% C, 0.5% to 2.5% Si, 1.5% to 3.5% Mn, 0.001% to 0.05% P, 0.0001% to 0.01% S, 0.001% to 0.1% Al, 0.0005% to 0.01% N, and 1.5% or less Cr (including 0%) on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities.10-06-2011
20110236677GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for producing a galvanized steel sheet includes contacting a steel sheet with a zinc-containing aqueous solution having a zinc ion concentration of 1 to 100 g/l, contacting the steel sheet with an aqueous solution with a pH of 6 to 14, washing the steel sheet with water, and then drying the steel sheet. An example of the zinc-containing aqueous solution is a solution containing zinc sulfate. According to the method, an oxide layer which has an average thickness of 10 nm or more and which principally contains zinc is formed on the steel sheet and the galvanized steel sheet can be stably produced at high speed in a reduced space so as to have excellent press formability.09-29-2011
20110236581TREATMENT SOLUTION FOR INSULATION COATING FOR GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEETS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET HAVING INSULATION COATING - A treatment solution for insulation coating for grain-oriented electrical steel sheets contains 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 SiO09-29-2011
20110226387GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a galvanized steel sheet, includes: galvanizing a steel sheet; bringing the surface of the steel sheet into contact with an aqueous solution containing zinc ion in the range of 5 to 100 g/l as the zinc ion concentration, having a pH of 4 to 6, and having a liquid temperature of 20 to 70° C., holding the steel sheet for 1 to 60 seconds; and then washing and drying the steel sheet. The solution containing zinc is preferably one containing zinc sulfate, for example. According to the method, a galvanized steel sheet having an oxide layer having an average thickness of 10 nm or more and mainly containing zinc formed on the surface of the steel sheet and having excellent press formability can be stably manufactured in a short time.09-22-2011
20110217569GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A galvanized steel sheet includes a basal steel sheet (BSS) containing C: 0.01-0.15%, Si: 0.001-2.0%, Mn: 0.1-3.0%, Al: 0.001-1.00, P: 0.005-0.060%, and S≦0.01% (all % by mass), balance is Fe and unavoidable impurities; zinc plating layers on both sides of the BSS with 20-120 g/m09-08-2011
20110217565BLACK-COATED STEEL SHEET, WORKED MATERIAL, AND PANEL FOR FLAT-PANEL TELEVISION - A black-coated steel sheet exhibits good bendability and a good appearance after press working is provided. Zinc based plating layers, a chromium-free chemical conversion coating disposed on the zinc based plating layer, and a colored single organic coating which is disposed on the chemical conversion coating and which contains a polyester resin having a hydroxyl value of 10 KOHmg/g or more, an imino-containing melamine resin, and 5 to 15 percent by mass of carbon black are included, wherein the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the organic coating is 40° C. or higher, the film thickness is 10 μm or less, and the hardness is 200 N/mm09-08-2011
20110198002HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT FORMABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength galvanized steel sheet has excellent mechanical properties such as a TS of 1200 MPa or more, an El of 13% or more, and a hole expansion ratio of 50% or more and a method for manufacturing the same. A high-strength galvanized steel sheet excellent in formability contains 0.05% to 0.5% C, 0.01% to 2.5% Si, 0.5% to 3.5% Mn, 0.003% to 0.100% P, 0.02% or less S, and 0.010% to 0.5% Al on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and has a microstructure which contains 0% to 10% ferrite, 0% to 10% martensite, and 60% to 95% tempered martensite on an area basis as determined by structure observation and which further contains 5% to 20% retained austenite as determined by X-ray diffractometry.08-18-2011
20110192504Method for producing a galvanized steel sheet - A method for producing a galvanized steel sheet including (a) melting a steel having a steel composition comprising 0.005 to 0.04 mass % C, 1.5 mass % or lower Si, 1.0 to 2.0 mass % Mn, 0.10 mass % or lower P, 0.03 mass % or lower S, 0.01 to 0.1 mass % Al, less than 0.008 mass % N and 0.2 to 1.0 mass % Cr, wherein Mn (mass %)+1.29 Cr (mass %) is 2.1 to 2.8, and the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities, (b) hot rolling and cold rolling the steel from step (a) to provide a steel sheet, and (c) annealing the steel sheet from step (c) at an annealing temperature of at least the Ac1 point and not more than the Ac3 point, wherein the galvanized steel sheet has a structure which includes a ferrite phase and a martensite phase with a volume fraction being at least 3.0% and less than 10%, the average particle diameter of the ferrite is larger than 6 μm and not more than 15 μm, and 90% or more of the martensite phase exists in a ferrite grain boundary.08-11-2011
20110180185TINNED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A tinned steel sheet includes an Sn-containing plating layer disposed on at least one surface of a steel sheet and in which mass per unit area of Sn is 0.05 to 20 g/m07-28-2011
20110176950METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINTERED COMPACT BY POWDER METALLURGY - A high-strength sintered compact is produced at low cost using an alloy steel powder for powder metallurgy containing no nickel or copper by compacting the alloy steel powder for powder metallurgy or a mixed powder containing the alloy steel powder at a pressure of 07-21-2011
20110174868CLOSED STRUCTURE PARTS, METHOD AND PRESS FORMING APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a closed structure part has a closed section using a blank made from a metal plate by pressing the blank using a press forming die and fixing a pair of joint ends of the blank to each other, the method including a pre-forming step of processing the blank into an interim part having a closed section corresponding to the closed structure part, a closing step of, after the pre-forming step is completed, moving the joint ends of the interim part toward each other and urging, against one of the joint ends, a concave flange processing portion formed on one of a pair of press forming surfaces of the press forming die at the edge end adjacent to the other press forming surface, and a press joining step of, after the closing step is completed, further moving the press forming die in a pressing direction, bending the one of the joint ends using a pressing force applied from the flange processing portion so that the joint end overlaps the outer surface of the other join end and a latch flange portion for latching the other joint end is formed and, simultaneously, pressing the blank using the pair of press forming surfaces and press-forming outer portions of the pair of the joint ends of the blank into predetermined shapes.07-21-2011
20110174409CLOSED STRUCTURE PARTS, METHOD AND PRESS FORMING APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The number of sub-parts of a closed structure part and the number of steps for manufacturing the closed structure part can be reduced and, therefore, the closed structure part can be efficiently manufactured. In a hemming press step, a punch is further lowered, and a pair of flange portions is inserted into a slit clearance. Hemming prongs are bent and each of the hemming prongs sandwiches the flange portion. The flange portion, which is one of the two flange portions, is joined to the other flange portion. At the same time, a pair of press forming surfaces of the punch presses a metal plate and performs press-forming on a pair of shoulder portions of a blank into a predetermined shape. The flange portion can be fixed to the other flange portion using the hemming prongs. The pair of shoulder portions of the blank can be press-formed into the predetermined shape.07-21-2011
20110168563TIN-PLATED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A tin-plated steel sheet includes a steel sheet; an Sn-containing plating layer in which the mass per unit area of Sn is 0.05 to 20 g/m07-14-2011
20110168304METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH STRENGTH STEEL PLATE - A high strength steel plate containing 0.02 to 0.08% C, by mass, and has substantially a two phase microstructure of ferrite and bainite. The ferrite contains precipitates having a particle size of 30 nm or smaller grain size. The steel plate has a yield strength of 448 MPa or higher. A method for manufacturing the high strength steel plate which comprises hot rolling, accelerated cooling and reheating. The accelerated cooling is conducted down to a temperature of 300 to 600° C. at a cooling rate of 5° C./s or higher. The reheating is conducted up to a temperature of 550 to 700° C. at a heating rate of 0.5° C./s or higher.07-14-2011
20110165384RUSTPROOF STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A rustproof steel sheet includes an organic and/or inorganic coating layer on at least one side thereof, the thickness of the coating layer in a portion where spot welding is performed being smaller than that of the coating layer in a portion where spot welding is not performed, and a method for manufacturing the rustproof steel sheet. Since the rustproof steel sheet has sufficiently low electric resistance at a weld spot and a satisfactory weld spot can be formed, the rustproof steel sheet has both spot weldability and corrosion resistance.07-07-2011
20110162762HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength steel sheet having composition includes, on a percent by mass basis, C: 0.17% to 0.73%; Si: 3.0% or less; Mn: 0.5% to 3.0%; P: 0.1% or less; S: 0.07% or less; Al: 3.0% or less; and N: 0.010% or less, satisfies Si+Al≧0.7%, and the remainder includes Fe and incidental impurities, with a microstructure that has an area percentage of a total amount of lower bainite and whole martensite 10% to 90% relative to the whole steel sheet microstructure, an amount of retained austenite is 5% to 50%, an area percentage of bainitic ferrite in upper bainite is 5% or more relative to the whole steel sheet microstructure, as-quenched martensite is 75% or less of the total amount of lower bainite and whole martensite, and an area percentage of polygonal ferrite is 10% or less relative to the whole steel sheet microstructure, an average amount of C in retained austenite is 0.70% or more, and tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.07-07-2011
20110162427COOLING EQUIPMENT AND COOLING METHOD FOR HOT ROLLED STEEL PLATE - Cooling equipment for a hot rolled steel plate which is arranged on a hot rolling line of a steel plate includes an upper header which supplies cooling water to an upper surface of the hot rolled steel plate; upper cooling water jetting nozzles suspended from the upper header for jetting rod-like water flow; and an upper dividing wall arranged between the hot rolled steel plate and the upper header, wherein a plurality of upper water-supply inlets which allow insertion of lower end portions of the upper cooling water jetting nozzles thereinto, and a plurality of upper drain outlets which drain cooling water supplied to upper surface of the hot rolled steel plate on dividing wall are formed in the upper dividing wall.07-07-2011
20110151130ROLL COATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COATED METAL STRIP - Provided is a roll coating apparatus and method for producing a coated metal strip, wherein the roll coating apparatus presses a roll against the surface of a metal strip and coats the metal strip with a coating fluid, and is capable of adequately adjusting the pressure force of the roll so that it is uniform in the width direction of the roll, while at the same time maintaining the overall rigidity of stands that support the roll.06-23-2011
20110148405MAGNETISM MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE - A magnetism measuring method includes magnetizing a magnetic material with a direct current to a rotational magnetization region, performing an alternate current excitation in a direction having a component orthogonal to a direction of the direct current magnetization, and measuring a component of an alternate current magnetic field generated by an interaction with the magnetic material in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the direct current magnetization.06-23-2011
20110146852HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength steel sheet has good ductility and stretch-flangeability and has a tensile strength (TS) of 980 MPa or more. The steel sheet contains 0.17%-0.73% C, 3.0% or less Si, 0.5%-3.0% Mn, 0.1% or less P, 0.07% or less S, 3.0% or less Al, and 0.010% or less N, in which Si+Al is 0.7% or more.06-23-2011
20110139316HIGH STRENGTH GALVANNEALED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT APPEARANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength galvanized steel sheet with excellent appearance that does not have non-uniformity of coating or coating defects or allow linear defects to occur after press forming includes a steel sheet having a ferrite single-phase structure and having a composition containing 0.0005% to 0.0040% by mass of C; 0.1% to 1.0% by mass of Si; 1.0% to 2.5% by mass of Mn; 0.01% to 0.20% by mass of P; 0.015% by mass of less of S; 0.01% to 0.10% by mass of Al; 0.0005% to 0.0070% by mass of N; 0.010% to 0.080% by mass of Ti; 0.0005% to 0.0020% by mass of B; 0.05% to 0.50% by mass of Cu; 0.03% to 0.50% by mass of Ni; and the balance of Fe and incidental impurities.06-16-2011
20110139315HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT FORMABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a TS of at least 590 MPa and excellent ductility and stretch flangeability and a method for manufacturing the high-strength galvanized steel sheet. The galvanized steel sheet contains, on the basis of mass percent, C: 0.05% to 0.3%, Si: 0.01% to 2.5%, Mn: 0.5% to 3.5%, P: 0.003% to 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, and Al: 0.010% to 1.5%. The total of Si and Al is 0.5% to 2.5%. The remainder are iron and incidental impurities, contain 20% or more of ferrite phase, 10% or less of martensite phase, and 10% to 60% of tempered martensite, on the basis of area percent, and 3% to 10% of retained austenite phase on the basis of volume fraction. The retained austenite has an average grain size of 2.0 μm or less.06-16-2011
20110132501MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL SEAMLESS TUBE FOR OIL COUNTRY TUBULAR GOODS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A martensitic stainless steel seamless tube for oil country tubular goods includes a yield strength of 95 ksi or more and low-temperature toughness in which a fracture transition temperature vTrs in a Charpy impact test is −40° C. or below, wherein the seamless tube has a composition comprising, by mass %, 0.020% or less C, 10 to 14% Cr, 3% or less Ni, 0.03 to 0.2% Nb, 0.05% or less N, and Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance, and has a structure where a precipitated Nb quantity is 0.020% or more in terms of Nb.06-09-2011
20110126944THICK-WALLED HIGH-STRENGTH HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT LOW-TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A thick-walled high-strength hot rolled steel sheet has a high tensile strength TS of 521 MPa or more and excellent low-temperature toughness. The steel material forming the sheet contains 0.02%-0.08% C, 0.01%-0.10% Nb, and 0.001%-0.05% Ti and is heated; C, Ti, and Nb satisfies (Ti+(Nb/2))/C<4.06-02-2011
20110123387FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL EXCELLENT IN HEAT RESISTANCE AND TOUGHNESS - A ferritic stainless steel excellent in thermal fatigue resistance and oxidation resistance and also having toughness equivalent to or higher than that of Type 429 does not need to add an expensive element such as Mo or W. Specifically, the ferritic stainless steel includes C: 0.015 mass % or less, Si: 0.5 mass % or less, Mn: 0.5 mass % or less, P: 0.04 mass % or less, S: 0.006 mass % or less, Cr: 16 to 20 mass %, N: 0.015 mass % or less, Nb: 0.3 to 0.55 mass %, Ti: 0.01 mass % or less, Mo: 0.1 mass % or less, W: 0.1 mass % or less, Cu: 1.0 to 2.5 mass %, Al: 0.2 to 1.2 mass %, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.05-26-2011
20110120600COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND BACKLIGHT CHASSIS - A cold-rolled steel sheet includes, on a percent by mass basis: C: 0.0010% to 0.0030%, Si: 0.05% or less, Mn: 0.1% to 0.3%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.02% to 0.10%, N: 0.005% or less, and Nb: 0.010% to 0.030% and the remainder composed of Fe and incidental impurities, wherein r values in a rolling direction and a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction are within a range of 1.0 to 1.6, and a mean value El05-26-2011
20110114128IRONING METHOD AND IRONING APPARATUS - An ironing apparatus includes an ironing die and an ironing punch, an injection port for injecting gas or liquid to the metal plate at a high pressure to remove substance adhered to the metal plate therefrom, a suction port for sucking the adhered substance removed from the metal plate, and a protrusion mount portion with a protrusion for preventing dispersion of the gas or the liquid. An ironing method for ironing the metal plate having the single surface or both surfaces coated with the organic resin film includes the steps of injecting the gas or the liquid from the injection port to the metal plate at the high pressure to remove the adhered substance from the metal plate, and sucking and collecting the adhered substance removed from the metal plate from the suction port. The adhered substance such as the hair may be removed by the aforementioned invention.05-19-2011
20110108168HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET FOR CAN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A steel sheet for a can has a yield strength of 450 MPa or more, and the occurrence of cracking at a slab corner being prevented in a continuous casting process. The steel sheet contains 0.03%-0.10% C, 0.01%-0.5% Si, 0.001%-0.100% P, 0.001%-0.020% S, 0.01%-0.10% Al, 0.005%-0.012% N, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which when Mnf=Mn [% by mass]−1.71×S [% by mass], Mnf is in the range of 0.3 to 0.6. The steel sheet has microstructures that do not contain a pearlite microstructure.05-12-2011
20110104514METHOD FOR PRODUCING TINNED STEEL SHEET AND TINNED STEEL SHEET - A method for producing a tinned steel sheet includes forming an Sn-containing plating layer on at least one surface of a steel sheet such that mass per unit area of Sn is 0.05 to 20 g/m05-05-2011
20110100965METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LASER WELDED STEEL PIPE - There is provided a method for manufacturing a laser welded steel pipe in which the status of laser welding is accurately assessed, and the assessment is used to modify welding conditions, so that laser welded steel pipes can be manufactured at a high yield rate and in a stable manner. Irradiation point(s) of laser beam(s), with which the longitudinal edges are irradiated from the side of the outer surface, are monitored from the side of the inner surface of an open pipe, and then conditions of welding with the laser beam(s) are assessed to be kept unchanged if any keyhole is found penetrating out of the inner surface of the open pipe, or modified if no keyhole is found penetrating out of the inner surface of the open pipe.05-05-2011
20110091741METHOD FOR PRODUCING TINNED STEEL SHEET, TINNED STEEL SHEET, AND CHEMICAL CONVERSION SOLUTION - A chemical conversion solution contains greater than 18 to 200 g/L or less of aluminum phosphate monobasic and has a pH of 1.5 to 2.4. A method for producing a tinned steel sheet includes forming an Sn-containing plating layer on at least one surface of a steel sheet such that the mass per unit area of Sn is 0.05 to 20 g/m04-21-2011
20110076177HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET FOR CANS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A steel sheet for cans that has a yield stress of at least 500 Mpa after coating and baking and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet for cans are provided. The steel sheet for cans contains, on the basis of mass percent, C: more than 0.02% but 0.10% or less, Si: 0.10% or less, Mn: 1.5% or less, P: 0.20% or less, S: 0.20% or less, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.0120% to 0.0250%, dissolved N being 0.0100% or more, and a remainder of Fe and incidental impurities. A high-strength material can be obtained by maintaining the absolute quantity of dissolved N at a certain value or more and performing hardening by quench aging and strain aging, for example, in a printing process, a film lamination process, or a drying and baking process performed before can manufacturing. In the manufacture, hot rolling is performed at a slab extraction temperature of 1200° C. or more and a finish rolling temperature of (Ar3 transformation temperature—30)° C. or more, and coiling is performed at 650° C. or less.03-31-2011
20110067798DI FORMING WATER-BASED COLLANT OF LAMINATED METAL SHEET AND METHOD FOR DI FORMING LAMINATED METAL SHEET - A DI forming water-based coolant of a laminated metal sheet includes at least one kind of base (a) selected from alkanolamines and alkali metal hydroxides, a fatty acid (b), and water (c), wherein the total content of the base (a) and the fatty acid (b) is 0.02 to 4% by mass and the ratio of a straight-chain fatty acid having a carbon number of 6 to 12 in the fatty acid (b) is 80 to 100% by mass.03-24-2011
20110067786TREATMENT SOLUTION FOR INSULATION COATING FOR GRAIN ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAIN ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET HAVING INSULATION COATING - A treatment solution for an insulation coating for a grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes at least one member selected from phosphates of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al, and Mn, and colloidal silica in a proportion of 0.5 to 10 mol in terms of SiO03-24-2011
20110061777FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEET HAVING SUPERIOR PUNCHING WORKABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A ferritic stainless steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the ferritic stainless steel sheet include a composition which contains 0.0030 to 0.012 mass percent of C, 0.13 mass percent or less of Si, 0.25 mass percent or less of Mn, 0.04 mass percent or less of P, 0.005 mass percent or less of S, 0.06 mass percent or less of Al, 0.0030 to 0.012 mass percent of N, 20.5 to 23.5 mass percent of Cr, 0.3 to 0.6 mass percent of Cu, 0.5 mass percent or less of Ni, 0.3 to 0.5 mass percent of Nb, 0.05 to 0.15 mass percent of Ti, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities is hot-rolled at a finishing temperature of 900° C. or more and at a coiling temperature of 400 to 550° C., softening annealing is performed on an obtained hot-rolled steel sheet, picking is further performed, and cold rolling is subsequently performed.03-17-2011
20110048589HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An ultra-high strength steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1400 MPa or higher that can achieve both high strength and good formability and an advantageous method for manufacturing the steel sheet and includes a composition including, on a mass basis C: 0.12% or more and 0.50% or less; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 1.0% or more and 5.0% or less; P: 0.1% or less; S: 0.07% or less; Al: 1.0% or less; and N: 0.008% or less, with the balance Fe and incidental impurities. The steel microstructure includes, on an area ratio basis, 80% or more of autotempered martensite, less than 5% of ferrite, 10% or less of bainite, and 5% or less of retained austenite; and the mean number of precipitated iron-based carbide grains each having a size of 5 nm or more and 0.5 μm or less and included in the autotempered martensite is 5×1003-03-2011
20110048588COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A cold-rolled steel sheet has a partially recrystallized grain structure with a degree of unrecrystallization of 25% to 90% and a Rockwell hardness HRB of 83 or more, the cold-rolled steel sheet containing 0.01% to 0.15% C, 0.03% or less Si, 0.10% to 0.70% Mn, 0.025% or less P, 0.025% or less S, 0.01% to 0.05% Al, and 0.008% or less N on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the mean diameter of ferrite is 2 to 10 μm and these components satisfy Formula (1): (C %)+0.15×(Mn %)+0.85×(P %)≧0.21, wherein (M %) represents the content (mass percent) of an element M.03-03-2011
20110041652METHOD FOR PRODUCING PIG IRON - In a method for producing pig iron using iron ore with a high content of zinc, a blast furnace raw material 02-24-2011
20110041517METHOD FOR REFORMING EXHAUST GAS GENERATED FROM METALLURGICAL FURNACE, METHOD FOR COOLING EXHAUST GAS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A reforming method of a metallurgical furnace generated exhaust gas includes reforming a high temperature exhaust gas discharged from a metallurgical furnace by adding a reducing agent to the gas, wherein addition of the reducing agent is initiated when an oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas is 1 vol % or less, and a reforming reaction is completed when a temperature of the exhaust gas is 800° C. or higher, and an apparatus thereof. The reducing agent is blown from a reducing agent blowing nozzle having a double pipe structure.02-24-2011
20110040499APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PERIODIC DEFECT AND METHOD THEREFOR - An apparatus for detecting periodic defects includes a sensor that obtains signals to evaluate properties of an area having a length longer than an expected defect period on a target sample; a small area selector that separates a plurality of small areas whose area length is shorter than that of the area so that all distance intervals adjacent to one another are equal in a periodic defect arrangement direction to determine positions of the plurality of small areas, and selecting signals corresponding to the positions of the plurality of small areas from outputs from the sensor; an evaluation index calculator that calculates a similarity evaluation index between signal patterns among a plurality of signals selected by the small area selector; a set value changer that changes the positions of the small areas and the distance interval, and repeating computational processings of the small area selector and the evaluation index calculator; and a period judgment device that judges the distance interval as a period when the evaluation index is higher than a value set beforehand.02-17-2011
20110036814SUBMERGED ARC WELDING METHOD WITH MULTIPLE ELECTRODES FOR STEEL MATERIAL - Steel is subjected to multiple-electrode submerged arc welding with three or more electrodes in which a direct-current power source is used to supply current to a first electrode, the welding by the first electrode is carried out at a current density of 250 A/mm02-17-2011
20110030854HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength steel sheet has a tensile strength of 900 MPa or higher that can achieve both high strength and good formability and a composition including, on a mass basis, C: 0.1% or more and 0.3% or less; Si: 2.0% or less; Mn: 0.5% or more and 3.0% or less; P: 0.1% or less; S: 0.07% or less; Al: 1.0% or less; and N: 0.008% or less, with the balance Fe and incidental impurities. The steel sheet microstructure includes, on an area ratio basis, 5% or more and 80% or less of ferrite, 15% or more of autotempered martensite, 10% or less of bainite, 5% or less of retained austenite, and 40% or less of as-quenched martensite; the mean hardness of the autotempered martensite is HV≦700; and the mean number of precipitated iron-based carbide grains each having a size of 5 nm or more and 0.5 μm or less and included in the autotempered martensite is 5×1002-10-2011
20110030851LOW-CARBON MARTENSITIC CHROMIUM-CONTAINING STEEL - A material for brake discs has temper softening resistance sufficient to maintain a hardness of HRC 31 or more after tempering at 700° C. for one hour. The low-carbon martensitic chromium-containing steel contains 0.02% to 0.10% of carbon and 0.02% to 0.10% of nitrogen, the total content of carbon and nitrogen being 0.08% to 0.16%; 0.5% or less of silicon; 0.1% or less of aluminum; 0.3% to 3.0% of manganese; 10.5% to 13.5% of chromium; 0.05% to 0.60% of niobium and 0.15% to 0.80% of vanadium, the total content of niobium and vanadium being 0.25% to 0.95%; 0.02% to 2.0% of nickel; and 1.5% or less of copper, and has an Fp value (=−230C+5Si−5Mn−6Cu+10Cr−12Ni+32Nb+22V+12Mo+8W+10Ta+40Al−220N) of 80.0 to 96.0, a hardness after quenching of HRC 31 to 40, and a hardness after tempering at 700° C. for one hour of HRC 31 or more.02-10-2011
20110024002METHOD OF PROCESSING METALLIC MATERIAL FOR A CONDUCTIVE MEMBER CELL AND A METHOD OF ADJUSTING SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF THE METALLIC MATERIAL - A method of processing a metallic material includes immersing ferritic stainless steel or austenitic stainless steel in an acid solution containing hydrochloric acid in an amount of two times or more relative to the concentration of nitric acid or an acid solution containing hydrofluoric acid in an amount of one and a half times or more relative to the concentration of nitric acid to adjust surface roughness of the metallic material.02-03-2011
20110023990WELDED 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.02-03-2011
20110008546PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANNEALED STEEL SHEET - A method for manufacturing a high strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes: heating a steel sheet in a CGL, the steel sheet including on a mass percent basis, as chemical components, 0.005% to 0.12% of C, 0.7% to 1.8% of Si, 0.5% to 2.8% of Mn, 0.1% or less of P, 0.07% or less of S, 1.0% or less of Al, 0.008% or less of N, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities; annealing at 700-940° C. for 15-600 seconds; cooling to 440-550° C. at 3° C./s or more; dipping the steel sheet at 440-550° C. into a hot-dip galvanizing bath at a temperature of 440 to 500° C. for 200 seconds or less to perform hot-dip galvanizing. By the method described above, a high strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having a tensile strength level of 590 MPa, which has good coating appearance and superior formability, is obtained.01-13-2011
20110008200HEAT-RESISTANCE FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL - Ferritic stainless steel is excellent in terms of both oxidation resistance and thermal fatigue resistance without adding expensive elements, such as Mo or W. The ferritic stainless steel, contains: C: 0.015 mass % or lower, Si: 1.0 mass % or lower, Mn: 1.0 mass % or lower, P: 0.04 mass % or lower, S: 0.010 mass % or lower, Cr: 16 to 23 mass % or lower, N: 0.015 mass % or lower, Nb: 0.3 to 0.65 mass %, Ti: 0.15 mass % or lower, Mo: 0.1 mass % or lower, W: 0.1 mass % or lower, Cu: 1.0 to 2.5 mass %, Al: 0.2 to 1.5 mass %, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.01-13-2011
20110000340METHOD FOR REMOVING COPPER IN STEEL SCRAPS - In producing high-quality steel with use of copper-containing steel scraps as an iron source, the copper-containing steel scraps are melted with addition of carbon to produce hot metal for steelmaking, then, copper contained in the hot metal is removed by sulfur-containing flux, and sulfur contained in the hot metal is removed. With this method, the copper in the steel scraps can be removed efficiently and without the need for large facilities. Preferably, the sulfur-containing flux used is flux having Na01-06-2011
20110000338METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CONCAVO-CONVEX SHAPE SURFACE DEFECTS - A detection method for detecting a concavo-convex shape surface defect existing on a ferromagnetic metal object including sensing a signal attributed to strain of the concavo-convex shape surface defect having a size in a range of 01-06-2011
20100330392GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN UNIFORMITY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a steel composition which contains, by % by mass, 0.01 to 0.12% of C, 0.2% or less of Si, less than 2% of Mn, 0.04% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 0.3% or less of sol. Al, 0.01% or less of N, and over 0.3% to 2% of Cr, and which satisfies 2.1≦[Mneq]≦3 and 0.24≦[% Cr]/[% Mn], the balance being composed of iron and inevitable impurities, and has a steel microstructures containing ferrite and a second phase.12-30-2010
20100326572METHOD FOR PRODUCING LOW YIELD STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN UNIFORMITY - A method produces a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet includes hot-rolling and cold-rolling steel having a composition which contains, by % by mass, over 0.01% to less than 0.08% of C, 0.2% or less of Si, 0.8% to less than 1.7% of Mn, 0.03% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 0.3% or less of sol. Al, 0.01% or less of N, and over 0.4% to 2% of Cr, and which satisfies 1.9<[Mneq]<3 and 0.34≦[% Cr]/[% Mn], the balance being composed of iron and inevitable impurities; heating at an average heating rate of less than 3° C./sec in a temperature range of 680° C. to 740° C.; annealing at an annealing temperature of over 740° C. to less than 820° C.; cooling at an average cooling rate of 2 to 30° C./sec in a temperature range of the annealing temperature to 650° C.; cooling at an average cooling rate of 10° C./sec or more in the temperature range of 650° C. to Tc° C.12-30-2010
20100326559STEEL PLATE AND STEEL PIPE FOR LINE PIPES - A steel plate for line pipes containing, in terms of % by weight, C: 0.02 to 0.06%, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.8 to 1.6%, P: 0.008% or less, S: 0.0008% or less, Al: 0.08% or less, Nb: 0.005 to 0.035%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.025%, and Ca: 0.0005 to 0.0035%, and optionally contains one or more of Cu: 0.5% or less, Ni: 1% or less, Cr: 0.5% or less, Mo: 0.5% or less and V: 0.1% or less, and has a CP value of 0.95 or less represented by CP=4.46C(%)+2.37Mn(%)/6+{1.18Cr(%)+1.95Mo(%)+1.74V(%)}/5+{1.74Cu(%)+1.7Ni(%)}/15+22.36P(%), and a Ceq value of 0.30 or more represented by Ceq=C(%)+Mn(%)/6+{Cr(%)+Mo(%)+V(%)}/5+{Cu(%)+Ni(%)}/15.12-30-2010
20100318213Apparatus for controlling flow of molten steel in mold - An apparatus for controlling a flow of a molten steel in a mold, the apparatus comprising: a casting-condition acquiring means for acquiring at least five casting conditions; a calculating means for calculating a molten steel flow velocity on a molten steel bath surface in accordance with the acquired casting conditions; a determining means for determining whether the acquired molten steel flow velocity is higher or lower than a mold-powder entrainment critical flow velocity; a control means for applying a shifting magnetic field to impart a braking force to a discharge flow from an immersion nozzle and applying a shifting magnetic field to rotate the molten steel in a horizontal direction; and a shifting magnetic field generating apparatus.12-16-2010
20100314010HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength (TS) of 540 to 780 MPa, only small variations in strength, and excellent uniformity in strength using a general-purpose Ti-containing steel sheet, which is inexpensive. The high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet includes, on a mass percent basis, 0.05%-0.12% C, 0.5% or less Si, 0.8%-1.8% Mn, 0.030% or less P, 0.01% or less S, 0.005%-0.1% Al, 0.01% or less N, 0.030%-0.080% Ti, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The microstructure have a bainitic ferrite fraction of 70% or more, and the amount of Ti present in a precipitate having a size of less than 20 nm is 50% or more of the value of Ti* calculated using formula (12-16-2010
20100314009HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN FORMABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength galvanized steel sheet having a TS of 780 MPa or more and exhibiting excellent stretch frangeability and bendability and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The component composition contains C: 0.05% to 0.15%, Si: 0.8% to 2.5%, Mn: 1.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.001% to 0.05%, S: 0.0001% to 0.01%, Al: 0.001% to 0.1%, N: 0.0005% to 0.01%, Cr: 0.1% to 1.0%, Ti: 0.0005% to 0.1%, B: 0.0003% to 0.003%, and the remainder composed of iron and incidental impurities, on a percent by mass basis. The microstructure includes 30% or more of ferrite phase and 30% or more, and 70% or less of martensite phase on an areal fraction basis, wherein regarding the above-described martensite phase, the proportion of a tempered martensite phase is 20% or more relative to the whole martensite phase and the proportion of a martensite phase having a grain diameter of 1 μm or less is 10% or less relative to the whole martensite phase.12-16-2010
20100310824LAMINATED METAL SHEET FOR TWO-PIECE CAN BODY AND TWO-PIECE LAMINATED CAN BODY - There is provided a laminated metal sheet used for making a highly processed two-piece can body which endures harsh conditions such as retort treatment, and a two-piece can body made of the laminated steel sheet. A laminated metal sheet for a two-piece can body, including a metal sheet having a polyester resin film layer on each side of the metal sheet, the polyester resin film layer to be the outside of the can body having a crystallization temperature of 60 to 100° C., and the surface of the polyester resin film layer having a center line surface roughness (Ra) of 0.2 to 1.8 μm. The polyester resin film layer to be the outside of the can body is preferably composed of 40 to 100% by mass of a resin composed mainly of butylene terephthalate and 0 to 60% by mass of a resin composed mainly of ethylene terephthalate.12-09-2010
20100297465SURFACE-TREATED STEEL SHEET, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND RESIN-COATED STEEL SHEET - It is an object to provide a surface-treated steel sheet which contains no Cr, which is excellent in wet resin adhesion, and which can be used as an alternative to a conventional tin-free steel sheet and to provide a resin-coated steel sheet produced by coating the surface-treated steel sheet with resin. A surface-treated steel sheet including an adhesive layer which is disposed on at least one surface of the steel sheet and which contains Ti and at least one selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ni, V, Cu, Mn, and Zn, the ratio of the total amount of Co, Fe, Ni, V, Cu, Mn, and Zn to the amount of Ti contained therein being 0.01 to ten on a mass basis, and a method for producing the surface-treated steel sheet.11-25-2010
20100291692METHOD FOR ANALYZING METAL SPECIMEN - A method for analyzing a metal specimen includes an electrolysis step of electrolyzing a metal specimen containing a reference element and a target element in an electrolytic solution, a sampling step of sampling a portion of the electrolytic solution, an analysis step of analyzing the sampled electrolytic solution, a concentration ratio-calculating step of calculating the concentration ratio of the target element to the reference element in the electrolytic solution on the basis of the analysis results, and a content-calculating step of calculating the content of the target element present in the form of a solid solution by multiplying the content of the reference element in the metal specimen by the obtained concentration ratio.11-18-2010
20100288463APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MOLTEN METAL COATED STEEL STRIP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOLTEN METAL COATED STEEL STRIP - An apparatus for manufacturing a molten metal coated steel strip configured to control the amount of a metal coated on surfaces of a steel strip by blowing a gas from gas wiping nozzles to the surfaces of the steel strip continuously drawn from a molten metal, includes molten-metal-reducing members arranged on both sides of the steel strip below the surface of the molten metal in the coating bath to face the steel strip, each of the molten-metal-reducing members having a length equal to or longer than the steel-strip width, and shields arranged between the molten-metal-reducing members each extending along an extension of a corresponding one of the surfaces of the steel strip.11-18-2010
20100284239METHOD FOR MIXING RAW MATERIAL POWDER FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RAW MATERIAL POWDER FOR POWDER METALLURGY - The present invention provides a method for mixing a raw material powder for powder metallurgy that allows efficient mixing at a low cost with a simple measure and easy adjustment of the apparent density by performing first agitation mixing in which a powder mixture obtained by adding, to an iron powder, one or two or more members selected from lubricant powders, free-machining agent powders, and lubricant powders for sliding surface, an alloying powder, and a binding agent is agitated while increasing the temperature to a temperature T11-11-2010
20100266441High carbo hot-rolled steel sheet - A high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet which is a hot-rolled spheroidizing annealed material, including 0.2 to 0.7% C, 2% or less Si, 2% or less Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.035 or less S, 0.08% or less Sol.Al., and 0.01% or less N, by mass, which contains carbide having a particle size of smaller than 0.5 μm in a content of 15% or less by volume to the total amount of carbide, and the difference between the maximum hardness H10-21-2010
20100255341ZINC-BASED METAL PLATED STEEL SHEET - A zinc-based metal plated steel sheet is excellent in tribological properties during press forming. An oxide layer containing crystalline 3Zn(OH)10-07-2010
20100255332IRON-BASED POWDER FOR POWDER METALLURGY - Flowability-improving particles are adhered to surfaces of iron powder through a binder to provide an iron-based powder for powder metallurgy which has excellent flowability and which is capable of uniformly filling a thin-walled cavity and compaction with high performance of ejection force.10-07-2010
20100239879IRON POWDER FOR DUST CORES - Since a surface of an iron powder is covered with an oxide film composed of a Si-based oxide in which the ratio of Si to Fe satisfies Si/Fe≧0.8 on an atomic number basis, an iron powder for dust cores is provided which can be formed into a dust core having a high resistivity and hence having a low iron loss without degrading the mechanical strength.09-23-2010
20100233484ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET HAVING INSULATION COATING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An electrical steel sheet has an insulation coating having excellent corrosion resistance and punchability even without containing chromium and is prepared by applying a coating liquid on the surface of an electrical steel sheet, followed by baking the applied coating liquid, which coating liquid contains 100 parts by weight of polysiloxane polymer prepared by copolymerizing polysiloxane with one or more resins selected from acrylic resin, styrene resin, vinyl acetate resin, polyester resin, urethane resin, polyethylene resin, polypropylene resin, polyamide resin, polycarbonate resin, phenol resin, alkyd resin, and epoxy resin, and 1 to 50 parts by weigh of one or more compounds selected from melamine, isocyanate, silane coupling agent, and oxazoline, as a cross-linking agent.09-16-2010
20100224025IRON-BASED POWDER FOR POWDER METALLURGY - Flowability-improving particles containing 50 to 100% by mass of carbon black are adhered to surfaces of iron powder through a binder to provide an iron-based powder for powder metallurgy which has excellent flowability and which is capable of uniformly filling a thin-walled cavity, compaction with high ejection force, and maintaining sufficient strength of a sintered body in subsequent sintering.09-09-2010
20100221600Cold-Rolled Steel Sheet and Method for Producing the Same - A cold-rolled steel sheet having superior non-ageing properties and low planar anisotropy can be produced at low cost without decreased productivity. This cold-rolled steel sheet contains, by mass, 0.010% to 0.040% carbon, 0.02% or less silicon, 1.0% to 2.5% manganese, 0.02% or less phosphorus, 0.015% or less sulfur, 0.004% or less nitrogen, and 0.020% to 0.070% aluminum, the balance being iron and incidental impurities. The steel sheet has a microstructure including a ferrite phase and a second phase. The volume percentage of the second phase is 0.2% to less than 10%. The steel sheet has an AI of 50 MPa or less, −0.20≦Δr≦0.20, and a thickness of 0.5 mm or less.09-02-2010
20100221549ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET HAVING INSULATION COATING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An insulation coating containing a composite resin composed of polysiloxane and a polymer containing carbon is formed on the surface of an electrical steel sheet, thus obtaining an electrical steel sheet having an insulation coating that gives corrosion resistance and punchability equivalent to or higher than those of Cr-containing insulation coating.09-02-2010
20100218857HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN FORMABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high tensile strength galvanized steel sheet with excellent formability and anti-crush properties contains, in terms of % by mass, 0.05 to 0.3% of C, 0.01 to 2.5% of Si, 0.5 to 3.5% of Mn, 0.003 to 0.100% of P, 0.02% or less of S, 0.010 to 1.5% of Al, 0.007% or less of N, in addition, 0.01 to 0.2% in total of at least one element selected from Ti, Nb, and V, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, the steel sheet having a microstructure composed of, in terms of area fraction, 20 to 87% of ferrite, 3 to 10% in total of martensite and residual austenite, and 10 to 60% of tempered martensite, and a second phase composed of the martensite, residual austenite, and tempered martensite having an average crystal grain diameter of 3 μm or less.09-02-2010
20100212590APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MOLTEN ZINC COATED STEEL SHEET - An apparatus for manufacturing a molten zinc coated steel sheet includes a molten zinc coating device, a temper rolling mill, an acid solution contacting device, and a cleaning device connected in tandem, wherein the acid solution contacting device and the cleaning device are separated from each other with a region therebetween and an absolute humidity controller is disposed in the region between the acid solution contacting device and the cleaning device.08-26-2010
20100206736METHOD FOR ANALYZING METALLIC MATERIAL - A method for analyzing a metallic material includes the steps of electrolyzing a metal sample in an electrolyte; removing the electrolyzed metal sample from the electrolyte; immersing the metal sample removed from the electrolyte into a dispersive solution that is different from the electrolyte to separate at least one selected from the group consisting of a precipitate and an inclusion deposited on the metal sample; and analyzing the at least one selected from the group consisting of a precipitate and an inclusion extracted into the dispersive solution.08-19-2010
20100206437TREATMENT SOLUTION FOR INSULATION COATING FOR GRAIN ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAIN ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET HAVING INSULATION COATING - A treatment solution for insulation coating for grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes at least one member selected from phosphates of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al, and Mn, and colloidal silica in a proportion of 0.2 to 10 mol in terms of SiO08-19-2010
20100196189HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET - A high-strength steel sheet has high stretch flangeability after working and corrosion resistance after painting. The steel sheet contains, on the basis of mass percent, C: 0.02% to 0.20%, Si: 0.3% or less, Mn: 0.5% to 2.5%, P: 0.06% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, Ti: 0.05% to 0.25%, and V: 0.05% to 0.25%, the remainder being Fe and incidental impurities. The steel sheet has a substantially ferritic single phase, the ferritic single phase containing precipitates having a size of less than 20 nm, the precipitates containing 200 to 1750 mass ppm Ti and 150 to 1750 mass ppm V, V dissolved in solid solution being 200 or more but less than 1750 mass ppm.08-05-2010
20100193087MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL SEAMLESS PIPE FOR OIL COUNTRY TUBULAR GOODS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods which simultaneously has a high strength of a 110 ksi grade of yield strength and a superior low temperature toughness and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A quenching treatment is performed on a stainless steel seamless pipe having a composition which contains on a mass percent basis, less than 0.010% of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 0.1% to 2.0% of Mn, 0.020% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, 0.10% or less of Al, 10% to 14% of Cr, 0.1% to 4.0% of Ni, 0.05% or less of N, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities in which after heating is performed to a heating temperature for quenching equivalent to or more than the Ac08-05-2010
20100192658METHOD FOR COOLING HOT STRIP - A method for cooling a hot strip with less facilities and processing costs in which the temperature variation of a strip after cooling is controlled to be small and a cooling end temperature can be precisely controlled particularly when the hot strip is cooled to the temperature range of 500° C. or less is provided. The method for cooling a hot strip, which is obtained after a hot rolling process, by bringing cooling water into contact with the hot strip, includes a first cooling step and a subsequent second cooling step. In this method, cooling is stopped at a strip temperature that is higher than a transition boiling initiation temperature in the first cooling step, and the cooling is conducted using the cooling water having a water flow rate that causes nucleate boiling in the subsequent second cooling step. Entering the temperature range of transition boiling can be completely prevented to avoid thermal instability in cooling resulting from the transition boiling, and the temperature variation of the strip after cooling is controlled to be small while the cooling end temperature can be precisely controlled.08-05-2010
20100186857INTERNAL HIGH HARDNESS TYPE PEARLITIC RAIL WITH EXCELLENT WEAR RESISTANCE, ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE RESISTANCE, AND DELAYED FRACTURE PROPERTY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - An internal high hardness type pearlitic rail has a composition containing 0.73% to 0.85% by mass C, 0.5% to 0.75% by mass Si, 0.3% to 1.0% by mass Mn, 0.035% by mass or less P, 0.0005% to 0.012% by mass S, 0.2% to 1.3% by mass Cr, 0.005% to 0.12% by mass V, 0.0015% to 0.0060% by mass N, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the value of [% Mn]/[% Cr] is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than 1.0, where [% Mn] represents the Mn content, and [% Cr] represents the Cr content, and the value of [% V]/[% N] is in the range of 8.0 to 30.0, where [% V] represents the V content, and [% N] represents the N content, and wherein the internal hardness of a rail head is defined by the Vickers hardness of a portion located from a surface layer of the rail head to a depth of at least 25 mm and is greater than or equal to 380 Hv and less than 480 Hv.07-29-2010
20100181259METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A WASTE WATER CONCENTRATION OF CLEANING SOLUTION CONTAINING PHOSPHORUS - A method of controlling the concentration of P of cleaning solution waste water starts by providing a waste water buffer tank capable of either sending the waste water to a waste water treatment plant or storing the waste water after the waste water is accepted. The concentration of P in the cleaning solution is set within a target concentration range, and matter to be treated is treated. The concentration of P in the waste water is measured in the waste water buffer tank. When the measured value of the concentration of P is less than a selected upper limit, the waste water is sent from the waste water buffer tank to the waste water treatment plant. When the measured value of the concentration of P is higher than the selected upper limit, sending the waste water to the waste water treatment plant is stopped, and the waste water is stored in the waste water buffer tank. The concentration of P is reduced to a value within the target concentration range, and the matter to be treated is treated.07-22-2010
20100175615APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING HOT-DIP METAL COATED STEEL STRIP - An apparatus for producing a hot-dip metal coated steel strip configured to control the thickness of a coating metal by blowing a gas from wiping nozzles to a steel strip continuously drawn from a coating bath, the wiping nozzles being arranged above the coating bath and facing the respective surfaces of the steel strip, and including rectifying plates arranged on the respective sides of the steel strip located above submersed support rolls and below the surface of a molten metal while not being in contact with the steel strip and the submersed support rolls, each of the rectifying plates having a roll-covering portion and a steel-strip-facing portion, each of the roll-covering portions being arranged to cover ¼ or more of the periphery of a corresponding one of the submersed support rolls near to the molten metal surface, each of the steel-strip-facing portions arranged above a corresponding one of the submersed support rolls and facing the steel strip, and the steel-strip-facing portions of the rectifying plates being connected to the respective steel-strip-side ends of the roll-covering portions.07-15-2010
20100163206Method and apparatus for detecting a crater end of a continuously cast product - A method for detecting a crater end of a continuously cast product, including installing an ultrasonic shear wave sensor for transmitting an ultrasonic shear wave to the continuously cast product and receiving the transmitted ultrasonic shear wave in a continuous casting machine, detecting based on variations of an ultrasonic signal received by the ultrasonic shear wave sensor that the crater end of the cast product is matched with the installed position of the ultrasonic shear wave sensor, calibrating a physical property value used in a calculation based on a heat condition equation such that the crater end computed based on the heat condition equation using casting conditions at that time is matched with the installed position of the ultrasonic shear wave sensor, and after the calibration, determining the crater end by the calculation based on the heat condition equation under respective casting conditions by using the calibrated physical property value.07-01-2010
20100150768METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL POWDER FOR DUST CORE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DUST CORE - A pure iron powder of a diameter of 10 to 500 μm and a purity of 99% by mass or more is heated to a temperature in the range of 600 to 1400° C., and a Si-concentrated layer is formed in regions within a depth of 5 μm from the surfaces of the powder particles by gas-phase reaction at a temperature of that range. The average Si concentration in the regions within this depth is controlled in the range of 0.05% to 2% by mass. Thus, a dust core metal powder enhancing the adhesion of insulating material to the particle without degrading compressibility is produced. The resulting dust core maintains a high saturation magnetic flux density and exhibits a low iron loss.06-17-2010
20100147424ABRASION-RESISTANT STEEL EXCELLENT IN FORMABILITY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - An abrasion resistant steel excellent in bending formability and suitable for members, e.g., power shovels, which come into contact with earth and sand, and a production method thereof are provided. Specifically, the steel contains, on a percent by mass basis, 0.05% to 0.35% of C, 0.05% to 1.0% of Si, 0.1% to 2.0% of Mn, 0.1% to 1.2% of Ti, 0.1% or less of Al, at least one element of 0.1% to 1.0% of Cu, 0.1% to 2.0% of Ni, 0.1% to 1.0% of Cr, 0.05% to 1.0% of Mo, 0.05% to 1.0% of W, and 0.0003% to 0.0030% of B, if necessary at least one element of 0.005% to 1.0% of Nb and 0.005% to 1.0% of V, and the remainder including Fe and incidental impurities, where DI* represented by the following formula is less than 60:06-17-2010
20100139819METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL PART HAVING LONG ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE LIFE - A steel part having a long rolling contact fatigue life and capable of further increasing the life of a bearing under severer using condition than usual conditions. The steel part includes steel having a composition containing 0.7% by mass to 1.1% by mass of C, 0.5% by mass to 2.0% by mass of Si, 0.4% by mass to 2.5% by mass of Mn, 1.6% by mass to 5.0% by mass of Cr, 0.1% by mass to less than 0.5% by mass of Mo, 0.010% by mass to 0.050% by mass of Al, less than 0.0015% by mass of Sb as an impurity, and the balance composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, the steel being hardened and tempered. In the steel structure of a portion from the surface to a depth of 5 mm, residual cementite has a grain diameter of 0.05 to 1.5 μm, prior austenite has a grain diameter of 30 μm or less, and the ratio by volume of the residual austenite is less than 25%.06-10-2010
20100139818FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEET HAVING SUPERIOR SULFURIC ACID CORROSION RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a ferritic stainless steel sheet which has excellent corrosion resistance against sulfuric acid in the high-temperature environment and shows less surface roughness at a bent part which is bent at 90° or more. Specifically disclosed is a ferritic stainless steel sheet which has the following chemical composition: C: 0.02 mass % or less, Si: 0.05 to 0.8 mass %, Mn: 0.5 mass % or less, P: 0.04 mass % or less, S: 0.010 mass % or less, Al: 0.10 mass % or less, Cr: 20 to 24 mass % Cu: 0.3 to 0.8 mass %, Ni: 0.5 mass % or less, Nb: 0.20 to 0.55 mass %, and N: 0.02 mass % or less, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities; and which has such a structure that the maximum particle diameter of an S-containing precipitate is 5 μm or smaller.06-10-2010
20100132850HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet that even on the premise of ordinary CGL heat cycle, has a low yield stress and excels in resistance to natural aging and baking hardenability without reliance on the use of expensive Mo; and a process for producing the same. The constituent composition thereof comprises 0.01 to less than 0.08% C, 0.2% or less Si, more than 1.0 to 1.8% Mn, 0.10% or less P, 0.03% or less S, 0.1% or less Al, 0.008% or less N and more than 0.5% Cr so that the relationship 1.95≦Mn(mass %)+1.3Cr(mass %)≦2.8 is satisfied and comprising the balance iron and unavoidable impurities. The structure thereof has a ferrite phase and a martensite phase of 2 to 15% area ratio, and the cumulative area ratio of pearlite phase and/or bainite phase is 1.0% or less. In the production of this hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, the temperature and cooling rate are controlled during the annealing/plating operation subsequent to cold rolling.06-03-2010
20100132849HIGH TENSILE-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH TENSILE-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET - A high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet includes C: at least 0.05% but less than 0.12%, Si: at least 0.01% but less than 0.35%, Mn: 2.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.001% to 0.020%, S: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, Al: 0.005% to 0.1%, N: 0.0001% to 0.0060%, Cr: more than 0.5% but not more than 2.0%, Mo: 0.01% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.010% to 0.080%, Nb: 0.010% to 0.080%, and B: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet has a microstructure that contains 20% to 70% by volume ferrite having an average grain size of 5 μm or less. The high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet has a tensile strength of at least 980 MPa, and excellent formability and weldability.06-03-2010
20100119861HIGH-STRENGTH WELDED STEEL PIPE INCLUDING WELD METAL HAVING HIGH COLD-CRACKING RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength steel pipe having a tensile strength of 800 MPa or more that includes a weld metal having high cold-cracking resistance and high low-temperature toughness is provided. The high-strength steel pipe is a high-strength welded steel pipe in which the welded steel pipe is manufactured by double one layer submerged arc welding performed on an internal surface and an external surface of a base metal, both the base metal of the welded steel pipe and a weld metal have a tensile strength of 800 MPa or more, the weld metal contains C: 0.04% to 0.09% by mass, Si: 0.32% to 0.50% by mass, Mn: 1.4% to 2.0% by mass, Cu: less than 0.5% by mass, Ni: more than 0.9% by mass but not more than 4.2% by mass, Mo: 0.4% to 1.5% by mass, Cr: less than 0.5% by mass, V: less than 0.2% by mass, and the remainder of Fe and incidental impurities, and CS values calculated from the weld metal components using the equation CS=5.1+1.4[Mo]−[Ni]−0.6[Mn]−36.3[C] are equal to zero or more at both the internal surface and the external surface.05-13-2010
20100116832STEEL SHEET FOR CAN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A steel sheet undergone precipitation strengthening and refinement in crystal grain size by containing at least one element of 0.005% to 0.05% of Nb, 0.005% to 0.05% of Ti, and 0.0005% to 0.005% of B as a chemical composition is produced through continuous annealing. A steel containing at least one element of Nb, Ti, and B is hot rolled, cooled at a cooling rate of 40° C./s or less, and coiled at 550° C. or higher to facilitate precipitation of cementite after recrystallization annealing. As a result, a steel sheet for a can having a tensile strength of 450 to 550 MPa, a total elongation of 20% or more, and a yield elongation of 5% or less is produced.05-13-2010
20100116381INTERNAL HIGH HARDNESS TYPE PEARLITIC RAIL WITH EXCELLENT WEAR RESISTANCE AND ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - An internal high hardness type pearlitic rail that has a composition containing 0.73% to 0.85% by mass C, 0.5% to 0.75% by mass Si, 0.3% to 1.0% by mass Mn, 0.035% by mass or less P, 0.0005% to 0.012% by mass S, 0.2% to 1.3% by mass Cr, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which the value of [% Mn]/[% Cr] is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than 1.0, where [% Mn] represents the Mn content, and [% Cr] represents the Cr content, and in which the internal hardness of a rail head that is defined by the Vickers hardness of a portion located from a surface layer of the rail head to a depth of at least 25 mm is greater than or equal to 380 Hv and less than 480 Hv.05-13-2010
20100112377GALVANIZED HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THEREOF - A high-strength galvanized steel sheet is provided which has a tensile strength of a level of about 590 MPa and superior formability, including a coating with good appearance. The galvanized steel sheet includes a base steel and a galvanized coating layer formed over the surface of the base steel. The galvanized steel sheet has a chemical composition containing 0.005% to 0.12% of C, 0.7% to 2.7% of Si, 0.5% to 2.8% of Mn, 0.1% or less of P, 0.07% or less of S, 1.0% or less of Al, 0.008% or less of N, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities on a mass basis, and a microstructure constituted of at least 90% of ferrite and 2% to 10% of martensite on an area basis. The ferrite has a Vickers hardness of 120 or more on average, and an inclusion is precipitated from the grain boundary with a length of 50% or less relative to the entire length of the grain boundary in the surface layer of the base steel with a depth of 3 μm from the interface between the coating layer and the base steel.05-06-2010
20100107725CALIBRATION METHOD OF ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTION AND QUALITY CONTROL METHOD AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF TUBULAR BODY - An ultrasonic flaw detection is performed to a welded portion 05-06-2010
20100104991Tubular flame burner - A tubular flame burner including a tubular combustion chamber having two ends, wherein one end is an open front-end and the other end is a rear-end to which an ignition device is mounted; and fuel-gas spraying nozzles and oxygen-containing-gas spraying nozzles, wherein respective orifices of the respective nozzles face toward an inner surface of the combustion chamber, so as to spray a fuel-gas and an oxygen-containing-gas in a neighborhood of a tangential direction of an inner circumferential wall of the combustion chamber; wherein an ignition device is disposed at a position between a point of a tube axis extending along a longitudinal direction of the combustion chamber, and a point of an axis apart away, by ½ of a radius of the combustion chamber, from the point of the tube axis along a cross-sectional direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.04-29-2010
20100104891ZINC-PLATED HIGH-TENSION STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN PRESS FORMABILITY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent formability contains as a chemical component of steel on a mass percent basis: 0.05% to 0.3% of C; more than 0.60% to 2.0% of Si; 0.50% to 3.50% of Mn; 0.003% to 0.100% of P; 0.010% or less of S; 0.010% to 0.06% of Al; 0.007% or less of N; and the balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, and in the microstructure of the steel sheet, the standard deviation of nano-hardness is 1.50 GPa or less.04-29-2010
20100101326ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTION APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTION METHOD FOR PIPE - The present invention has a structure capable of detecting the scattered-type penetrator having oxides each with the size of several μm sparsely and widely dispersed. Specifically, the structure includes a wave transmission unit 04-29-2010
20100099052Tubular flame burner and combustion control method - A tubular combustion chamber including a tubular combustion chamber whose front-end is open; and, fuel-gas spraying nozzles and oxygen-containing-gas spraying nozzles, for spraying a fuel and an oxygen-containing-gas separately and individually, or for spraying a premixed gas; wherein respective orifices of the respective nozzles face toward an inner surface of the combustion chamber, so as to spray the fuel-gas and the oxygen-containing-gas in a neighborhood of a tangential direction of an inner circumferential wall of the. combustion chamber; wherein the tubular flame burner is a multi-stage tubular burner that is unified in a body, by using a plurality of the tubular flame burners, and by connecting the front-end of the tubular flame burner with a smaller inner diameter of the combustion chamber into the rear-end of the tubular flame burner with a greater inner diameter of the combustion chamber.04-22-2010
20100096279PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING DRAWN CAN FOR AEROSOL AND DRAWN CAN FOR AEROSOL - A laminated steel sheet used as a raw material has a tensile strength TS after forming at an equivalent strain εeq of 1.6 is 800 MPa or less and satisfies 0.25≦tb/to where tb is a sheet thickness at a fracture surface after fracture and to is a sheet thickness before the fracture. In forming the laminated steel sheets, forming is conducted so as to satisfy the relationships below:04-22-2010
20100095722METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HOT-ROLLING METAL STRIP USING NEAR-INFRARED CAMERA - A hot-rolling line, a method for photographing the entire width of a hot-rolled metal strip, a method for recording the photographic result of the entire width, a method for appropriately performing quality assurance, and a method for producing a hot-rolled metal strip using them, provide proper quality assurance for delivering a product to a customer. A hot-rolling line includes a near-infrared camera arranged to photograph an entire width of a hot-rolled metal strip on an entry side of a coiler of the hot-rolling line.04-22-2010
20100086806HOT-DIP Zn-Al ALLOY COATED STEEL SHEET AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREFOR - A hot-dip Zn—Al alloy coated steel sheet exhibiting a beautiful coating appearance with metallic luster, in which no spangle or very fine spangles are formed, and having excellent blackening resistance and a method for manufacturing the hot-dip Zn—Al alloy coated steel sheet are provided. The hot-dip Zn—Al alloy coated steel sheet includes a hot-dip Zn—Al alloy coating layer containing 1.0 to 10 percent by mass of Al, 0.2 to 1.0 percent by mass of Mg, 0.005 to 0.1 percent by mass of Ni, and the balance being Zn and incidental impurities on at least one surface of a steel sheet. The manufacturing method includes the steps of dipping the steel sheet into a hot-dip Zn—Al alloy coating bath and pulling up and cooling the steel sheet, wherein the steel sheet pulled up from the coating bath is cooled to 250° C. at a cooling rate of 1° C. to 15° C./sec.04-08-2010
20100064495QUALITY CONTROL METHOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR PIPE - According to the present invention, penetrators can be adequately determined as flaws. In particular, a welded zone of a pipe is subjected to ultrasonic flaw detection at least in a pipe axial direction, and the quality of the pipe is evaluated using observed values in units of a predetermined area in a pipe thickness direction and the pipe axial direction. The length of one side of the predetermined area is an ultrasound beam width or more and a pipe thickness or less. The quality of the pipe can be evaluated while shifting the predetermined area in the pipe axial direction by using an average value of the observed values within the predetermined area. The length of one side of the predetermined area can be made an ultrasound beam width or more and a pipe thickness or less.03-18-2010
20100059484METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED STEEL PIPE - A method for manufacturing an electric resistance steel pipe having a good toughness at a welded portion is provided, the method being capable of stably manufacturing an electric resistance welded steel pipe having a desirable toughness at a welded portion although a steel strip serving as a base material has a dimensional variation. Groove shapes and are applied to edges and of an open pipe, an edge shape monitor continuously captures images of the edges and immediately before electric resistance welding, and the captured images are input to an arithmetic processing unit for image processing.03-11-2010
20100047609ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED STEEL TUBE FOR HEAT TREATMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electric resistance welded steel tube for heat treatment can be used as a highly durable material even after quenching treatment by rapid heating for hollow stabilizers or the like and a method for manufacturing such an electric resistance welded steel tube. A steel tube material, which has a composition constituted by, in mass percent, C: 0.15 to 0.40%, Si: 0.05 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.30 to 2.00%, Al: 0.01 to 0.10%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.04%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, and N: 0.0010 to 0.0100% with Ti and N satisfying (N/14)<(Ti/47.9).02-25-2010
20100044932CONTINUOUS ANNEALING EQUIPMENT - Continuous annealing equipment contains: a heating zone, a soaking zone, and a rapid cooling zone, the rapid cooling zone having gas jet cooling equipment and is provided with at least one pair of seal rolls at each of an inlet and an outlet thereof and bridle roll units each composed of two or more bridle rolls in front of and behind itself; the bridle roll unit behind the rapid cooling zone having two or more heating rolls each having an induction heater thereinside; and the heating roll having a winding angle of 100° or more per heating roll and 380° or more in total of all the heating rolls.02-25-2010
20100035079HIGH-STRENGTH COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength of 340 MPa or more, which can prevent galling, can be manufactured even if a large number of the steel sheets are continuously press-formed. This is because a surface texture thereof is con-trolled so that the surface texture includes flat areas in which a roughness profile has a deviation of ±2 μm or less from a filtered waviness curve and a dented portion having a maximum depth between 10 μm and 50 μm from the filtered waviness curve, wherein an average area of the dented portion is more than 0.01 mm02-11-2010
20100032048ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED STEEL PIPE WITH EXCELLENT WELD TOUGHNESS FOR LINE PIPE - In an electric resistance welded steel pipe with excellent weld toughness for a line pipe, the area fraction of minute defects each having a maximum length of less than 50 μm in a projection plane of an electric resistance welded seam is in the range of 0.035 to 0.000006, and the absorbed energy at −40° C. measured by a method for an impact test of metallic materials is 02-11-2010
20100024926HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH STEEL HAVING FAVORABLE DELAYED FRACTURE RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - High tensile strength steels that have both favorable delayed fracture resistance and a tensile strength of 600 MPa or higher and are suitably used in construction machinery, tanks, penstocks, and pipelines, as well as methods for manufacturing such steels are provided. The safety index of delayed fracture resistance (%) is 100×(X02-04-2010
20100024513METHOD FOR PERFORMING TEMPER ROLLING ON STEEL STRIP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH TENSILE-STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET - Temper rolling at a total elongation percentage of 0.1% or more is performed on a steel strip using a temper rolling mill in which at least one roll stand having high roughness work rolls, the center-line averaged roughness Ra of which being in the range of 3.0 to 10.0 μm, is provided, or at least one roll stand having bright rolls is further provided downstream of the above roll stand, and as a result, a predetermined elongation percentage, flatness, and center- line averaged roughness can be imparted even to a steel strip having a yield strength of 340 MPa or more at a rolling load approximately equivalent to that for a mild steel without using a large facility and complicated control. In particular, a high tensile-strength cold rolled steel sheet having an Ra of 0.5 to 3.0 μm and superior die galling resistance is obtained.02-04-2010
20100024505DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COOLING HOT STRIP - A cooling device and a cooling method for a hot strip allow uniform and stable cooling of the strip at a high cooling rate when supplying the coolant to the upper surface of the hot strip. The cooling device includes an upper header unit 02-04-2010
20100000632LAMINATE STEEL SHEET FOR TWO-PIECE CAN, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF TWO-PIECE CAN, AND TWO-PIECE LAMINATE CAN - A laminated steel sheet for a two-piece can body with a high strain level satisfying the following formulae, the polyester resin layer composing the laminated steel sheet having a center line surface roughness (Ra) of 0.2 μm to 1.8 μm:01-07-2010
20090300902COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A cold-rolled steel sheet that is suitable for battery cases and has low anisotropy is composed of, by mass %, C: ≦0.0030%, Si: ≦0.02%, Mn: 0.15 to 0.19%, P: ≦0.020%, S: ≦0.015%, N: ≦0.0040%, Al: 0.020 to 0.070%, Nb: 1.00≦Nb/C (atomic equivalent ratio)≦5.0, B: 1 ppm≦B-(11/14)N≦15 ppm (in the expression, B and N denote the contents of the respective elements), and the balance: being Fe and inevitable impurities, and has a planar anisotropy Δr of the r-value in the range of −0.10≦Δr≦0.10. In a process for producing the steel sheet, the cold rolling is performed at a rolling ratio of 70 to 87%, and then annealing is performed on a continuous annealing line at an annealing temperature of from the recrystallization temperature to 830° C.12-10-2009
20090274572High-Strength Pearlitic Steel Rail Having Excellent Delayed Fracture Properties - The invention provides a high-strength pearlitic steel rail, which is inexpensive, and has a tensile strength of 1200 MPa or more, and is excellent in delayed fracture properties. Specifically, the rail contains, in mass percent, C of 0.6 to 1.0%, Si of 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn of 0.4 to 2.0%, P of 0.035% or less, S of 0.0005 to 0.010%, and the remainder is Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more, and size of a long side of an A type inclusion is 250 mm or less in at least a cross-section in a longitudinal direction of a rail head, and the number of A type inclusions, each having a size of a long side of 1 mm to 250 mm, is less than 25 per observed area of 1 mm11-05-2009
20090239063Method of Manufacturing Hot Dip Galvannealed Steel Sheet and Hot Dip Galvannealed Steel Sheet - A method of manufacturing a hot dip galvannealed steel sheet, including the steps of: subjecting a steel sheet to hot dip galvanizing to manufacture a hot dip galvanized steel sheet; heating the hot dip galvanized steel sheet for alloying; subjecting the hot dip galvanized steel sheet to temper rolling; bringing the temper-rolled hot dip galvanized steel sheet into contact with an acid solution containing at least one ion selected from the group consisting of Zr ions, Ti ions, and Sn ions to thereby form an acid solution film on the surface of the steel sheet; after completion of the contact, a state where the acid solution film is formed on the surface of the steel sheet is held for at least 1 second; and washing with water the hot dip galvanized steel sheet after holding, to thereby form a Zn oxide layer having a thickness of 10 nm or more on the surface of the galvanized steel sheet. The hot dip galvannealed steel sheet has an oxide layer having an average thickness of 10 nm or more on the surface of the plated steel sheet.09-24-2009
20090236069Method for controlling flow of molten steel in mold and method for continuously producing a cast product - A method for controlling a flow of molten steel in a slab continuous casting machine including controlling a molten steel flow velocity on a molten steel bath surface to a predetermined flow velocity by applying a shifting magnetic field; controlling the molten steel flow velocity on the molten steel bath surface from an inclusion-adherence critical flow velocity or more to a mold-powder entrainment critical flow velocity or less by applying a shifting magnetic field; and controlling the molten steel flow velocity on the molten steel bath surface from the inclusion-adherence critical flow velocity or more to the mold-powder entrainment critical flow velocity or less by applying a shifting magnetic field.09-24-2009
20090211670Cooling apparatus for a hot rolled steel strip and methods for cooling a hot rolled steel strip - A cooling apparatus for a hot rolled steel strip including a top surface cooling means provided above a hot rolled steel strip which is transferred with transfer rollers; and a bottom surface cooling means provided below the hot rolled steel strip, each of the top surface cooling means and the bottom surface cooling means including a protective member having at least one cooling water passage hole; at least one cooling water header opposing the hot rolled steel strip separated by the protective member; and cooling water jetting nozzles protruding from the cooling water header, wherein the tips of the cooling water jetting nozzles are disposed farther from the hot rolled steel strip than the surface, opposing the hot rolled steel strip, of the protective member.08-27-2009
20090208768Local Buckling Performance Evaluating Method for Steel Pipe, Steel Pipe Designing Method, Steel Pipe Manufacturing Method, and Steel Pipe - A method for evaluating local buckling performance of a steel pipe includes obtaining a stress-strain relationship of a material having a yield plateau in the stress-strain relationship; determining the comparison of a starting strain of strain-hardening in the stress-strain relationship obtained and a critical strain of the steel pipe; and evaluating that the steel pipe has a possibility of being applied to a structure that requires plastic design when the critical strain is determined to be larger than the starting strain and evaluating that the steel pipe has no possibility of being applied to a structure that requires plastic design when the critical strain is determined to be not larger than the starting strain.08-20-2009
20090173415Steel Sheet Excellent In Fine Blanking Performance and Manufacturing Method of the Same - A steel sheet excellent in FB performance-and also excellent in fabrication performance after FB working and a manufacturing method of the same are provided. The steel sheet is a steel sheet having a composition containing from 0.1 to 0.5% of C, not more than 0.5% of Si and from 0.2 to 1.5% of Mn in terms of % by mass, with P and S being adjusted at proper ranges, and having a structure in which a ferrite has an average grain size of from 1 to 10 μm, cementite has a spheroidization ratio of 80% or more, and of the cementite, an amount S07-09-2009
20090141287Surface-distortion Measuring Device and Method - A surface-distortion measuring device and a surface-distortion measuring method can quantitatively, rapidly, and highly accurately measure and evaluate surface-distortion distribution at all of observable points on a specular or semi-specular surface of a measurement target. The device includes pattern displaying means 06-04-2009
20090126451Hot Forging Facility - A hot forging facility enabling the manufacture of a hot forged product excellent in fatigue properties and cold workability is provided. A heating furnace for heating a steel material and a hot forging apparatus for perfonning forging of the heated steel material are sequentially arranged on a transport line. A partially cooling apparatus/apparatuses for partially cooling a forged product after hot forging is provided on an exit side of the hot forging apparatus.05-21-2009
20090126439COOLING DEVICE AND COOLING METHOD FOR HOT STRIP - There are provided a cooling device and a cooling method for a hot-rolled strip in which the strip can be uniformly cooled from a leading edge to a trailing edge with coolant by properly realizing a great cooling ability and a stable cooling zone. Specifically, the following three methods are adopted. (1) Round nozzles 05-21-2009
20090104390LAMINATED STEEL SHEET FOR TWO-PIECE CAN, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TWO-PIECE CAN, AND TWO-PIECE LAMINATED CAN - The laminated steel sheet for two-piece can satisfies the relation of the height h of the final formed body, the maximum radius r thereof, the minimum radius d thereof, with the radius R of circular disk, before forming, having the same weight to that of the final formed body, as [0.1≦d/R≦0.25] and [1.5≦h/(R−r)≦4]. The laminated steel sheet has a polyester resin layer prepared by polycondensation of a dicarboxylic acid component and a diol component. The dicarboxylic component has terephthalic acid as the main ingredient, and the diol component has ethylene glycol and/or butylene glycol as the main ingredient. The quantity of copolymerizing ingredients is ranging from 8 to 16% by mole. The plane orientation factor of the resin is 0.06 or less.04-23-2009
20090104068Brake Disk Excellent in Temper Softening Resistance and Toughness - A brake disk excellent in temper softening resistance and toughness comprising, by mass, 0.1% or less of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 2.0% or less of Mn, 10.5% to 15.0% of Cr, and 0.1% or less of N, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, such that the following inequalities are satisfied: 5Cr+10Si+15Mo+30Nb−9Ni—5Mn—3Cu−225N−270C<45 (1) and 0.03≦{C+N−(13/92)Nb}≦0.09 (2) wherein Cr, Si, Mo, Nb, Ni, Mn, Cu, N, and C each represent the content of the corresponding elements on a mass percent basis, and having a martensitic structure having prior-austenite grains with an average diameter of 8 to less than 15 μm.04-23-2009
20090101248Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel Sheet and Process for Producing the Same - The present invention provides a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet produced by a method for promoting secondary recrystallization without an inhibitor, the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including 2.0% or more and 4.5% or less of Si and 0.01% or more and 0.5% or less of Mn on a mass % basis, wherein the number of oxide particles having a diameter of 1 to 3 μm among that (oxide particles) of containing Ca and/or Mg is 400 or less per unit area (1 cm04-23-2009
20090095382Method of Manufacturing High Carbon Cold-Rolled Steel Sheet - A high carbon cold-rolled steel sheet having both excellent stretch-flange formability and excellent homogeneity of hardness in the sheet thickness direction is provided by a manufacturing method having the steps of: hot-rolling a steel containing 0.2 to 0.7% C by mass at finishing temperatures of (A04-16-2009
20090095381High Strength Steel Sheet and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A high tensile steel sheet having 980 MPa or higher tensile strength with excellent elongation and stretch-flange formability, suitable for the press-forming of complex cross sectional shape such as automobile parts, is manufactured by adjusting the steel to consist essential of a ferrite single phase structure, to precipitate carbide containing Ti, Mo, and V, of smaller than 10 nm of average particle size, in dispersed state, and to have an average composition of the carbide containing Ti, Mo, and V satisfying [V/(Ti+Mo+V)≧0.3 (atomic ratio].04-16-2009
20090071578Method for manufacturing a high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet - A method for manufacturing a high carbon hot-rolled steel sheet. The method including the steps of hot-rolling, primary cooling, secondary cooling, coiling, acid-washing and annealing. The primary cooling step is to cool the hot-rolled steel sheet down to a cooling termination temperature of 450° C. to 600° C. at a cooling rate of higher than 120° C./sec. The secondary cooling step is to apply a secondary cooling to hold the primarily cooled hot-rolled steel sheet at a temperature of 450° C. to 650° C. until coiling.03-19-2009
20090056838Ferritic Stainless Steel Sheet Having Excellent Corrosion Resistance and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A ferritic stainless steel sheet having excellent corrosion resistance and a method of manufacturing the steel sheet are provided. Specifically, the ferritic stainless steel sheet of the invention contains C of 0.03% or less, Si of 1.0% or less, Mn of 0.5% or less, P of 0.04% or less, S of 0.02% or less, Al of 0.1% or less, Cr of 20.5% to 22.5%, Cu of 0.3% to 0.8%, Ni of 1.0% or less, Ti of 4×(C %+N %) to 0.35%, Nb of less than 0.01%, N of 0.03% or less, and C+N of 0.05% or less, and has the remainder including Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein 240+35×(Cr %−20.5)+280×{Ti %−4×(C %+N %)}≧280 is satisfied.03-05-2009
20090050244Hot-Rolled High Strength Steel Sheet Having Excellent Ductility, Stretch-Flangeability, and Tensile Fatigue Properties and Method for Producing the Same - The present invention provides a hot-rolled high strength steel sheet in which, without using expensive Mo, by effectively using Ti which is an inexpensive element and the amount of precipitation hardening of which is large, both ductility and stretch-flangeability are improved at a tensile strength of 780 MPa or higher, and excellent tensile fatigue properties are exhibited; and a method for producing the hot-rolled high strength steel sheet. A hot-rolled high strength steel sheet having a composition including, in percent by mass, C: 0.06% to 0.15%, Si: 1.2% or less, Mn: 0.5% to 1.6%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.05% or less, and Ti: 0.03% to 0.20%, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the steel sheet has a structure in which the volume fraction of ferrite is 50% to 90%, the balance is substantially bainite, the total volume fraction of ferrite and bainite is 95% or more, precipitates containing Ti are precipitated in the ferrite, and the precipitates have an average diameter of 20 nm or less; and 80% or more of the Ti content in the steel is precipitated.02-26-2009
20090022618Damping Alloy Steel Sheet and Method for Producing the Same - Provided are a steel-based damping alloy steel sheet having a thickness of 2.0 mm or less which has an excellent damping property of a loss factor of 0.030 or more, and excellent workability, without requiring plenty of elements such as Al, Si, and Cr; and a method for producing the same. Further provided is a damping alloy steel sheet having a thickness of 2.0 mm or less which has an element composition of C: 0.005% or less, Si: less than 1.0%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.5%, P: 0.2% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Sol. Al: less than 1.0%, and N: 0.005% or less, in terms of % by mass, and the remainder containing Fe and inevitable impurities, an average grain diameter of 50 to 300 μm, a maximum permeability of 4,000 or more, and a residual induction of 1.10 T or less.01-22-2009
20090019968Removal Method of Nitrogen in Molten Steel - Molten steel is refined in an electric furnace by using iron scrap as a main iron source, and is tapped into a separate refining vessel. Thereafter, metallic-Al containing material and CaO are added onto a bath surface of the molten steel, and an oxygen containing gas is supplied to the molten steel. Thereby, a nitrogen-removal reaction utilizing an AlN formation reaction is caused to proceed. Consequently, even in the case of molten steel having a low carbon content, a low-nitrogen steel can be refined and produced at low costs.01-22-2009
20090019907Hot-Strip Cooling Device and Cooling Method - A hot-strip cooling device and a cooling method are provided wherein uniform cooling of a hot-rolled steel strip using coolant is possible from the leading end to the trailing end of the steel strip. A cooling device (01-22-2009
20090017238Martensitic stainless steel pipe - A martensitic stainless steel pipe having a heat-affected zone with high resistance to intergranular stress corrosion cracking is provided. In particular, the martensitic stainless steel pipe contains less than 0.0100% of C; less than 0.0100% of N; 10% to 14% of Cr; and 3% to 8% of Ni on a mass basis. Alternatively, the martensitic stainless steel pipe may further contain Si, Mn, P, S, and Al within an appropriate content range. The martensitic stainless steel pipe may further contain one or more selected from the group consisting of 4% or less of Cu, 4% or less of Co, 4% or less of Mo, and 4% or less of W and one or more selected from the group consisting of 0.15% or less of Ti, 0.10% or less of Nb, 0.10% or less of V, 0.10% or less of Zr, 0.20% or less of Hf, and 0.20% or less of Ta on a mass basis. The content C01-15-2009
20090014098High-Strength Hot-Dip Galvanized Steel Sheet Excellent in Formability and Method for Producing Same - There is provided a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent formability, the steel sheet eliminating special pre-structure control and capable of being produced by using a hot-dip galvanized steel-sheet production line that is not capable of sufficiently ensuring an austempering time after annealing. A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes, on the basis of mass percent, 0.05-0.3% C, 1.4% or less (including 0%) Si, 0.08%-3% Mn, 0.003-0.1% P, 0.07% or less S, 0.1-2.5% Al, 0.1-0.5% Cr, and 0.007% or less N, Si+Al≧0.5%, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the steel sheet has a retained austenite content of 3% or more by volume fraction, and wherein the average aspect ratio of retained austenite grains is 2.5 or less.01-15-2009
20090004040Ferritic Stainless Steel Sheet for Raw Material Pipe for Bellows Pipe - A ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe is excellent in formability and high-temperature properties (high-temperature salt corrosion resistance and high-temperature fatigue properties). Specifically, the ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe contains 0.015% by mass or less of C, 1.0% by mass or less of Si, 1.0% by mass or less of Mn, 0.04% by mass or less of P, 0.010% by mass or less of S, 11% to 19% by mass of Cr, 0.015% by mass or less of N, 0.15% by mass or less of Al, 1.25% to 2.5% by mass of Mo, 0.3% to 0.7% by mass of Nb, 0.0003% to 0.003% by mass of B, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. In the ferritic stainless steel sheet for forming a raw material pipe for bellows pipe, preferably, the average crystal grain diameter D of the steel sheet is 35 μm or less, and alternatively, the surface roughness Ra of the steel sheet is 0.40 μm or less.01-01-2009
20080261063Resin-Coated Metal Sheet - The resin-coated metal sheet has: a metal sheet; a lower polyester resin layer having 0.03 or smaller plane orientation factor and 5 to 20 μm of thickness, being formed on at least one side of the metal sheet; and an upper polyester resin layer containing 0.1 to 5% by mass of olefin wax, having larger than 0.06 and not larger than 0.15 of plane orientation factor and 0.5 to 10 μm of thickness, being formed on the lower polyester resin layer. The metal sheet assures excellent taking-out performance of the contents also those of low fat and high protein foods, and provides formability and adhesion requested for the container working.10-23-2008
20080247900Component for Machine Structure, Method of Producing the Same and Material for Induction Hardening - There is provided a component for machine structure having a hardened layer through an induction hardening in at least a part thereof, and more improving fatigue strengths as compared with the conventional ones, in which the hardened layer has a hardness Hv of not less than 750 and an average grain size of prior austenite grains is not more than 7 μm over a full thickness of the hardened layer.10-09-2008
20080218768MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BEAD CUTTING SHAPE IN ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED PIPES - To precisely measure bead cutting shapes of electric resistance welded pipes without being affected by difference in luminance level between cut and uncut portions in optical cutting images, an image is obtained by overlaying an optical cutting image with the optical cutting image subjected to thinning processing. A profile of the welded pipe is approximated with a quadratic function and a region containing the bead apex coordinates is identified as the bead. Shape data of the pipe surface at the portion corresponding to the bead portion is obtained from the preset left and right boundaries of the bead portion and the apex position of the separately-calculated bead portion, and bead width, height, slope angle, and unevenness at the left and right boundaries between the bead portion and base pipe portion, are each calculated, based on the left and right bead shape approximation functions and base pipe shape approximation function.09-11-2008
20080202651Method For Manufacturing High-Density Iron-Based Compacted Body and High-Density Iron-Based Sintered Body - An iron-based compact having a high density and also an iron-based sintered body having a high strength and a high density are manufactured with a high productivity by pre-compacting an iron-based mixed powder prepared by mixing an iron-based metal powder and a graphite powder; pre-sintering the resulting pre-compacted iron-based mixed powder at a temperature higher than 1000° C. but not higher than 1300° C. to produce a sintered iron-based powder preform containing C: 0.10 to 0.50 mass %, O: 0.3 mass % or less, and N: 0.010 mass % or less and having a density of 7.2 Mg/m08-28-2008

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