Nippon Steel Corporation

Maremizu Ishibashi

Koji Yamasaki

Osamu Tanaka

Katsuro Kuroki

Hotaka Honma

Tsutomu Haratani

Yoshiyuki Ushigami

Yasunari Yoshitomi

Tomoji Kumano

Hiroaki Masui

Akira Sakaida

Yoshio Nakamura

Yoichi Mishima

Shuichi Nakamura

Takeshi Kimura

Norikazu Fujii

Tsuyoshi Kawano

Yasumitsu Kondo

Kenichi Yakashiro

Tsuyoshi Hamaya

Masayoshi Minakuchi

Chihiro Sakurai

Yukio Matsuo

The present invention provides a method of production of grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprising making a slab heating temperature 1280&#xb0; C. or less, annealing hot rolled sheet by (a) a process of heating it to a predetermined temperature of 1000 to 1150&#xb0; C. to cause recrystallization, then annealing by a temperature lower than that of 850 to 1100&#xb0; C. or by (b) decarburizing in annealing the hot rolled sheet so that a difference in amounts of carbon of the steel sheet before and after annealing the hot rolled sheet becomes 0.002 to 0.02 mass % and performing the heating in the temperature elevation process of the decarburization annealing under conditions of a heating rate of 40&#xb0; C. or more, preferably 75 to 125&#xb0; C./s while the temperature of the steel sheet is in a range from 550&#xb0; C. to 720&#xb0; C. and utilizing induction heating for rapid heating in the temperature elevation process of decarburization annealing.

Method of production of grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with high magnetic flux density

Process for producing grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having

Disclosed is an annealing separator for production for grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, containing one or more compound selected from the following general formula;

Annealing separator having excellent reactivity for grain-oriented

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

This invention is directed to improve magnetic properties and to stabilize the magnetic properties of a grain oriented electrical steel sheet used as a core of electric appliances. When producing a grain oriented electrical steel sheet by heating a slab containing C, Si, acid-soluble Al, N, not more than 0.014% of S+0.405 Se and 0.05 to 0.8% of Mn and the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities at a temperature of less than 1,280.degree. C., effecting hot rolling, applying cold rolling, decarbonization annealing and final finish annealing without annealing hot rolled sheet, the production method of the present invention controls the precipitation quantity of AlN in the hot rolled sheet, controls the mean grain size of the primary crystallization grains from completion of decarbonization annealing to the start of final finish annealing, applies nitriding treatment after hot rolling but before the start of secondary recrystallization at final finish annealing, controls the hot rolling condition in accordance with the quantities of acid-soluble Al and N of the slab, and further adds Sn.

Production method of grain oriented electrical steel sheet having

A slab for an electrical steel sheet is heated at a temperature of 1280.degree. C. or below and then hot-rolled. The hot-rolled steel sheet or hot rolled and annealed steel sheet is then cold-rolled once or at least twice with intermediate annealing being performed between rollings. The cold-rolled sheet is decarburized and nitrided to form an inhibitor. The amount of nitrogen of in the steel sheet during the nitriding treatment subsequent to the decarburization annealing and the iron loss value after the withdrawal of the steel sheet from the furnace are measured to estimate the average diameter of a primary recrystallized grain, and next decarburization annealing is performed under conditions regulated in such a manner that the average diameter of the primary recrystallized grain of a product sheet falls within a proper range. The steel sheet subjected to the decarburization annealing is coated with an annealing separator composed mainly of MgO and then subjected to finish annealing.

Process for production of oriented electrical steel sheet having

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Maremizu Ishibashi