Nippon Steel Corporation

Nittetsu Plant Designing Corporation

Katsuro Kuroki

Osamu Tanaka

Yozo Suga

Shozaburo Nakashima

Yasunari Yoshitomi

Nobuyuki Takahashi

Kenzo Iwayama

Hiroaki Masui

Hisashi Kobayashi

Toshiya Wada

Maremizu Ishibashi

Tsutomu Haratani

Yoshiyuki Ushigami

Koji Yamasaki

Tohru Iuchi

Shigehiro Yamaguchi

Hotaka Honma

Tadashi Ichiyama

Kenichi Yakashiro

Kiyoshi Ueno

Yoshio Nakamura

Satoshi Arai

Takashi Sato

Hiroyasu Fujii

Shuichi Yamazaki

Tadashi Nakayama

Tomoji Kumano

Tsuyoshi Kawano

Takeo Nagashima

Akira Sakaida

Takaaki Yamamoto

Tetsuo Kimoto

Jiro Harase

Kiyoshi Orita

Eiji Sasaki

Kengo Yoshioka

Yoichi Mishima

Masayoshi Minakuchi

Kikuo Takashina

Masahiro Fukumoto

Mitsuo Murata

Hisao Kitsunezaki

Mikio Nakamura

Yukio Matsuo

Yosuke Kurosaki

Process for producing grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having

Grain oriented electrical steel sheet having specular surface

In the present invention, grain oriented electrical steel sheets provided by heating a slab comprising, by weight percent, 0.025 to 0.075% of C, 3.4 to 5.0% of Si, 0.015 to 0.080% of sol. Al, 0.0030 to 0.013% of N, 0.014% or less of (S+0.405 Se) and 0.05 to 0.8% of Mn, sol. Al (%)/Si (%) being 0.0080 or more, the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities at a temperature below 1280.degree. C., hot-rolling the heated slab, subjecting the hot-rolled steel sheet to cold rolling, subjecting the cold-rolled steel sheet to decarbonization annealing with regulating the average diameter of primary recrystallized grains of the steel sheet subjected to decarbonization annealing to 18 to 35 .mu.m in a period between the completion of the decarbonization annealing and the initiation of final annealing, coating the decarburized steel with an annealing separator and subjecting the coated steel sheet to final annealing, wherein the final annealing is effected in such a manner that the partial pressure of nitrogen, P .sub.N2 (%), in the annealing atmosphere is 12.5% or more in a steel sheet temperature range of from 900.degree. C. to 1150.degree. C. in the heating stage of the final annealing, and subjecting the steel sheet to nitriding to cause the steel sheet to absorb 0.0010% by weight or more of nitrogen in a period between the completion of the hot rolling and the initiation of secondary recystallization in the final annealing.

Process for production of grain oriented electrical steel sheet having

A grain oriented electrical steel sheet having no significant glass film and having a high magnetic flux density and an excellent iron loss property, comprising, in terms of by weight, 2.5 to 4.5% of Si, the steel sheet having, as oxides on its surface, a glass film comprising 0.6 g/m.sup.2 or less in total of forsterite and spinel composed of MgO, SiO.sub.2 and Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and an insulating coating having a thickness of 6 .mu.m or less, the face tension imparted on the surface of the steel sheet by the coating being in the range of from 0.5 to 2.0 kg/mm.sup.2. In the final box annealing of the steel sheet after primary recrystallization annealing, use is made of an annealing separator comprising 100 parts by weight of MgO and, added thereto, 2 to 30 parts by weight of at least one member selected from the group consisting of chlorides, carbonates, nitrates, sulfates and sulfides of Li, K, Bi, Na, Ba, Ca, Mg, Zn, Fe, Zr, Sr, Sn, Al, etc., and the heating in the final box annealing is effected in an atmosphere comprising N.sub.2 and H.sub.2 with the nitrogen content being 30% or more at a heating rate of 20.degree. C./hr or less, and a seam or spotty flaw is imparted at an angle of 45.degree. to 90.degree. to the rolling direction of the steel sheet.

Grain oriented electrical steel sheet having high magnetic flux density

The present invention discloses a process for producing a grain-oriented electrical steel strip having a high magnetic flux density. The process comprises hot-rolling a steel ingot comprising basic ingredients and, added thereto, 0.02 to 0.15% of Sn at a temperature of 1200.degree. C. or below, annealing the hot-rolled strip, cold-rolling the annealed strip with a final rolling reduction of 80% or more and subjecting the cold-rolled strip to decarburization annealing, a nitriding treatment and finish annealing, wherein the temperature, T.degree.C., of annealing of the hot-rolled strip is set so as to fall within the range 1240-2.1.times.Al.sub.R &lt;T&lt;1310-1.8.times.Al.sub.R (wherein Al.sub.R =acid soluble [Al]-27/14.times.[N]) and the strip is soaked for 180 sec or less, maintained at a temperature in the range of from 800.degree. to 950.degree. C. for 30 to 300 sec and then quenched. The grain-oriented electrical steel strip thus produced is not influenced by the variation in the [Al] and [N]. According to the present invention, a grain-oriented electrical steel strip having a very high magnetic density can be stably prepared through the establishment of a proper relationship between the Al and N ingredients and conditions for annealing of a steel strip before final cold rolling and the growth of a primary recrystallized grain to optimize the annealing conditions and the practice of a nitriding treatment after decarburization annealing.

Process for producing grain-oriented electrical steel strip having high

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a unidirectional silicon steel sheet having a high magnetic flux density which comprises heating a silicon steel slab comprising by weight 0.025 to 0.075% of carbon, 2.5 to 4.5% of silicon, 0.015% or less of sulfur, 0.010 to 0.050% of acid-soluble aluminum, 0.0010 to 0.012% of nitrogen, 0.050 to 0.45% of manganese and 0.01 to 0.10% of tin and optionally 0.0005 to 0.0080% of boron with the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities, at 1200.degree. C. or below; hot-rolling the slab; subjecting the slab to rolling once or two or more times wherein intermediate annealing is provided, thereby attaining a percentage final rolling of 80% or more; subjecting the resultant steel sheet to decarburizing annealing in a wet hydrogen atmosphere; coating the steel sheet with an annealing separator; conducting finishing annealing for secondary recrystallization and purification of the steel; and subjecting the steel sheet to a nitriding treatment between after the ignition for decarburizing annealing and before the initiation of the secondary recrystallization in the finishing annealing.

Process for preparing unidirectional silicon steel sheet having high

Disclosed is a process for the preparation of a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a high flux desnity, which comprises hot-rolling a slab comprising 1.5 to 4.8% by weight of Si, 0.012 to 0.050 by weight of acid-soluble Al, up to 0.012% by weight of at least one member selected from S and Se, 0.0010 to 0.0120% by weight of N, Mn in an amount of up to 0.45% by weight which satisfies the requirement of Mn/(S+Se).gtoreq.4.0 and 0.005 to 0.0080% by weight of B, with the balance comprising Fe and unavoidable impurities, and optionally, further comprising 0.0020 to 0.0120% by weight of Ti, performing cold rolling once or at least twice with intermediate annealing to obtain a final thickness, performing decarburization annealing in a wet hydrogen atomsphere, coating an annealing separator on the steel sheet surface, performing finish annealing for a secondary recrystallization and purification of the steel, and performing a nitriding treatment during the period of from the point of termination of final cold rolling to the point of initiation of secondary recrystallization at the finish annealing step. Furthermore, the above-mentioned slab is heated at a temperature lower than 1200.degree. C. before the hot rolling step, and even in the production of a thin product having a thickness of 0.10 to 0.23 mm, a high flux density can be realized.

The present invention provides a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a thickness of up to 0.17 mm and excellent product magnetic characteristics. The present invention is characterized in that a silicon containing acid-soluble Al, N and Sn is used as the starting material, the N and acid-soluble Al contents in the slab are adjusted to 0.0050 to 0.0100% and {(27/14).times.N (%)+0.0035} to {(27/14).times.N (%)+0.0100}%, respectively, the thickness of the hot-rolled sheet is adjusted so that the thickness reduction ratio at the one-stage cold-rolling is 85 to 92%, and the Nas AlN content in the hot-rolled steel sheet is controlled to 0.0005 to 0.0020%.

Process for producing grain-oriented thin electrical steel sheet having

The present invention relates to an improvement in the technique of heating an electrical steel slab at a low temperature. A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent magnetic characteristics and film characteristics is prepared by the process characterized in that a slab comprising, as main ingredients, up to 0.012% by weight of S, 0.010 to 0.060% by weight of acid-soluble Al, up to 0.010% by weight of N, 0.08 to 0.45% by weight of Mn, and 0.015 to 0.045% by weight is used as the starting slab, and after the decarburization annealing, the nitriding treatment is carried out at a temperature of 500.degree. to 900.degree. C. in an atmosphere having an NH.sub.3 gas concentration of at least 1000 ppm, while running the strip.

Process for preparation of grain-oriented electrical steel sheet

A process for producing a grain-oriented steel sheet having superior magnetic and surface film characteristics, which comprises the steps of: heating to a temperature of 1200.degree. C. or lower an electrical steel slab comprising 0.025 to 0.075 wt % C, 2.5 to 4.5 wt % Si, 0.012 wt % or less S, 0.010 to 0.060 wt % acid-soluble Al, 0.010 wt % or less N, 0.080 to 0.045 wt % Mn, and the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities; hot-rolling the heated slab to form a hot-rolled steel sheet; cold-rolling the hot-rolled sheet to a final product sheet thickness by single cold rolling step or by two or more steps of cold rolling with an intermediate annealing therebetween; decarburization-annealing the cold-rolled sheet under a condition such that decarburization alone is effected until primary-recrystallized grains grow to an average grain size of at least 15 .mu.m, and thereafter, concurrently effecting a decarburization and nitriding; applying an annealing separator to the decarburization-annealed sheet; and final-annealing the annealing separator-applied sheet.

Disclosed is a process for preparing a thin grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a final thickness of 0.05 to 0.25 mm from a silicon steel slab comprising 0.050 to 0.120% by weight of C, 2.8 to 4.0% by weight of Si and 0.05 to 0.25% by weight of Sn, wherein the starting silicon slab further comprises up to 0.035% by weight of S and 0.005 to 0.035% by weight of Se, with the proviso that the total amount of S and Se is in the range of 0.015 to 0.060% by weight, 0.050 to 0.090% by weight of Mn, with the proviso that the Mn content is in the range of {1.5.times.[content (% by weight) of S+content (% by weight) of Se[} to {4.5.times.[content (% by weight) of S+content (% by weight) of Se[} % by weight, 0.0050 to 0.0100% by weight of N, and {[27/14].times.content (% by weight) of N+0.0030} to {[27/14].times.content (% by weight) of N+0.0150} % by weight of acid-soluble Al.

Process for preparation of thin grain oriented electrical steel sheet

Disclosed is a process for the preparation of a grain oriented silicon steel about sheet having a high flux density, which comprises hot-rolling a slab comprising 1.5 to 4.8% by weight of Si, 0.012 to 0.050% by weight of Al, 0.0010 to 0.0120% by weight of N, 0.0020 to 0.0150% by weight of Ti, up to 0.45% by weight of Mn and up to 0.012% by weight of at least one member selected S and Se, which satisfies the requirement 0.06 to 0.6 of Ti/N (at % ratio) and Mn/(S+Se).gtoreq.4.0 (weight ratio) with the balance comprising Fe and unavoidable impurities, to cold-rolling, performing decarburization annealing, coating an annealing separator on the steel sheet surface, then performing finish annealing, and performing a nitriding treatment of the steel sheet during the period of from the point of termination of final cold rolling to the point of initiation of secondary recrystallization at the finish annealing step.

In a grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet which is produced by a process including a cold-rolling step(s), the final reduction ratio of the cold-rolling step(s) being high, a technical means for refining the secondary recrystallized grains is particularly important. One technical means is the incorporation of tin into silicon steel material. This, however, involves a problem because tin incorporated into silicon steel material deteriorates the surface coating which imparts tension to a grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet. The incorporation of copper into silicon steel material has been avoided since it causes secondary recrystallization to be unstable. The present invention is characterized by the combined incorporation of tin and copper into molten steel so as to simultaneously refine the secondary recrystallized grains and to form a good surface coating. The grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet of the present invention contains from 2.5% to less than 4.0% of silicon, from 0.03% to 0.15% of manganese, from 0.03% to 0.5% of tin, and from 0.02% to less than 0.3% of copper.

Grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet

The present invention relates to an improvement in the precipitation annealing of a hot-rolled steel sheet or strip which is carried out immediately before cold-rolling in the production of a grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet or strip. Conventionally, precipitation annealing is carried out by heating a steel strip to a temperature of from 750.degree. to 1200.degree. C. and then quenching it. The present invention proposes to control the cooling rate during primary cooling, i.e. from a holding temperature (T.sub.1 temperature) of from 1080.degree. to 1200.degree. C. down to an intermediate temperature (T.sub.2 temperature) of from 900.degree. to 980.degree. C., and to control the staying time during primary cooling so that excellent magnetic properties can be obtained regardless of the unavoidable variation in the Al and Si content. The present invention also proposes to control the rate of temperature elevation between 800.degree. C. and the holding temperature as to obtain AlN particles having an optimum size.

Process for producing a grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet

Grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet and process for producing the

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