Nkk Corporation

Takayuki Odake

Tadashi Inoue

Sadanori Imada

Toshihiro Takamura

Hiroyasu Kikuchi

Yutaka Nagahama

Yoshiichi Ishizawa

The present invention relates to a high strength steel sheet consisting essentially of 0.04 to 0.1% C, 0.5% or less Si, 0.5 to 2% Mn, 0.05% or less P, 0.005% or less 0, 0.005% or less S, by weight, having 10 &mgr;m or less of average ferritic grain size, and 20 mm/mm or less of generation frequency A, which generation frequency A is defined as the total length of a banded secondary phase structure observed per 1 mm of steel sheet cross section along the rolling direction thereof. The steel sheet is manufactured by, for example, a method comprising the steps of: hot-rolling a continuously cast slab having the composition described above at temperatures of Ar transformation point or above directly or after reheating thereof; and cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet within 2 seconds down to the temperatures of from 600 to 750&deg; C. at cooling speeds of from 100 to 2,000&deg; C./sec, followed by coiling the cooled steel sheet at temperatures of from 450 to 650&deg; C. The present invention provides a high strength steel sheet having strengths of 340 MPa or more and having excellent stretch flanging performance, ductility, and shock resistance, providing a sufficient coil shape with good surface properties, even when hot dip zinc-coating is applied.

High strength steel sheet and method for manufacturing the same

A method for manufacturing a laser-welded steel pipe, comprising: (a) providing a hot-rolled steel sheet consisting essentially of 0.005 to 0.2 wt. % C, 0.1 to 0.35 wt. % Si, 0.5 to 2 wt. % Mn, 0.01 wt. % or less P, 0.003 wt. % or less S, 0.001 to 0.1 wt. % Nb, 0.001 to 0.006 wt. % Ca and the balance being Fe; (b) continuously forming an open pipe by passing the hot-rolled steel sheet through multi-stage forming rolls, the open pipe having opposed edge faces which confront each other; (c) heating the opposed edge faces of the open pipe by electric resistance heating; and (d) pressure-welding the heated opposed edge faces together by projecting a laser beam in a substantially vertical direction onto an edge joining point of the opposed edge faces and squeezing the opposed edge faces together by passing the open pipe through opposing rolls, to control an upset, the upset being a difference between a coil width (mm) of the open pipe and a circumferential length of the pipe formed after welding (mm).

Method of making a steel pipe by electric resistance heating of opposing

Growing community of inventors

Fukuyama, Japan

Takayuki Odake