Centre De Recherches Metallurgiques Asbl

Xavier Cornet

Jean-Claude Herman

The invention concerns a method for making a multiphase hot-rolled steel strip comprising an ultra-fast cooling operations, which consists in carrying out said ultra-fast cooling operation after controlled slow cooling of the strip on a conventional slow cooling table of the rolling mill. The controlled cooling constitutes a first slow cooling, at the output of the finishing mill, from an end-of-roll temperature to an intermediate temperature of about 750&deg; C. to 500&deg; C.; said first cooling determines the fraction of the first phase (ferrite) in the steel. The ultra-fast cooling (>150&deg; C./s), which solidifies the resulting structure, lowers the temperature of the strip down to a coiling temperature, ranging between about 600&deg; C. and room temperature, at which a second slow cooling is performed which results if the formation of the second phase (bainite or martensite).

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Ressaix, Belgium

Xavier Cornet