Nippon Steel Corporation

Tsutomu Haratani

Katsuro Kuroki

Hiroaki Masui

Maremizu Ishibashi

Osamu Tanaka

Yasunari Yoshitomi

Fumio Matsumoto

Hotaka Honma

Yoshio Nakamura

Yoshiyuki Ushigami

Koji Yamasaki

Tadashi Nakayama

Tomoji Kumano

Tsuyoshi Kawano

Hiromi Matsumoto

Kunihide Takashima

Akira Sakaida

Toshio Kikuma

Satohiro Hayami

Yoichi Mishima

Tsuyoshi Hamaya

Chihiro Sakurai

Yukio Matsuo

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

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

In a process for the production of a grain-oriented electromagnetic steel strip, a slab is heated, hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and subjected to a decarburization annealing and secondary recrystallization annealing steps. Grain coarsening is likely to occur during the high temperature heating and remain in the final product as streaks. The secondary recrystallization is, therefore, incomplete due to the streaks. In order to remove this disadvantage, the work piece is subjected to at least two rolling passes, wherein the high circumferential speed roll of one pair of the rolls and the low circumferential speed roll of another pair of the rolls are arranged on the same side of the work piece.

Process for producing grain-oriented electromagnetic steel strip

In a process for the production of a grain-oriented silicon steel strip, a slab is heated, hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and subjected to a decarburization annealing and secondary recrystallization annealing steps. Grain coarsening is likely to occur during the high temperature heating and remain in the final product as streaks. The secondary recrystallization is, therefore, incomplete due to the streaks. In the hot rolling, an asymmetric flow, is applied to the steel, so as to eliminate the streaks and, hence, to obtain excellent magnetic properties.

Process for producing grain-oriented silicon steel strip

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Kitakyushu, Japan

Tsutomu Haratani