Finish Rolling Temperature Research Articles

Effect of Controlled Rolling on Mechanical Property and Microstructure of Nb Microalloyed H Beam

Precipitated phase of microalloyed H beam was analysed by TEM and electrolyzation. Effect of heating temperature on austenite grain size and solid solution of Nb in steel and effect of finishing rolling temperature on property of tested steel were studied. According to the results, controlled rolling process was determined to produce the hot-rolled. Property of H beam includes that yield strength is 410MPa~430MPa, and charpy impact energy at -20°C is greater than 50J. The ferrite grain size number is 11. All of the properties are up to the American Petroleum Institute standard of H beam for offshore platforms.

Influence of the finish rolling temperatures on the microstructure and texture evolution in the ferritic stainless steels

Influence of the finish rolling temperatures on the microstructure and texture evolution in the ferritic stainless steels

Studies on influence of reheating temperature and cooling rate on structure–property behaviour of lean chemistry HSLA-100 steel

Simulation studies on the influence of reheating temperature on austenite grain coarsening in lean chemistry high strength low alloy (HSLA)-100 steel were carried out to establish optimum soaking temperature before hot rolling. Experiments carried out in ‘Gleeble-3500’ dynamic thermomechanical simulator revealed that prior austenite grain sizes varied between 26 and 98 and 34 and 126 μm after soaking at 1150, 1200 and 1250°C for 1 and 5 min respectively; a soaking temperature of 1200°C was found to be optimum. Simulation experiments on the influence of cooling rate on microstructural changes and dilatometric studies indicated lowering of transformation temperature with faster cooling. Microstructural examination of dilatometric samples confirmed martensitic transformation at faster cooling rate. The martensite structure is desirable to achieve better strength and toughness. The findings of simulation studies were subsequently used for standardising thermomechanical treatments of Nb–Cu bearing lean chemistry HSLA-100 steels. One laboratory heat of Cu bearing HSLA steel containing 0·028%Nb was made. This heat was hot rolled into 12·5 mm thick plate by varying finish rolling temperature in the range of 800–1000°C. The soaking temperature was maintained at 1200°C. The rolled plates were heat treated by both conventional reheat quenching and tempering (RQT) as well as direct quenching and tempering (DQT) techniques. Evaluation of mechanical properties revealed that plates processed through DQT route were superior to those processed through RQT route. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that martensite structure and finer interlath spacing in DQT plates resulted in superior strength and impact toughness properties as compared to RQT steels.

Effect of Deformation on Continuous Cooling Phase Transformation Behaviors of 780 MPa Nb‐Ti Ultra‐High Strength Steel

AbstractFor the purpose of achieving the reasonable rolling technology of 780 MPa hot‐rolled Nb‐Ti combined ultra‐high strength steel, the effect of deformation and microalloy elements Nb and Ti on phase transformation behaviors was investigated by thermal simulation experiment. The results indicated: the deformation promoted ferritic transformation; due to the carbon content of the experimental steel was lower (<0.12% wt), the deformation indirectly impacted perlitic transformation through promoting ferritic transformation; the effect of the deformation on bainitic transformation was subject to condition whether proeutectoid ferrite precipitated before bainitic transformation. At low cooling rate of 0.5 °C/s, Nb and Ti promote transformation process γ → α, but that not good for refining the ferrite grain; at high cooling rate of 25 °C/s, Nb and Ti to a certain extent promote bainitic transformation. The recrystallization stop temperature of experimental steel was greater than 1000 °C, and phase transformation point Ar3 was 764 °C. In order to obtain the fully bainite microstructure in the practical rolling process, the cooling rate should be controlled above 15 °C/s, the start finish rolling temperature between 950–980 °C, the finishing temperature between 830–850 °C, the coiling temperature between 450–550 °C.

Copper bearing microalloyed ultrahigh strength steel on a pilot scale: Microstructure and properties

Abstract In the present study, copper bearing low carbon microalloyed ultrahigh strength steel has been produced on a pilot scale. Transformation of the aforesaid steel during continuous cooling has been evaluated. The steel sample has been thermomechanically processed followed by either air cooling or water quenching. Variation in microstructure and mechanical properties at different finish rolling temperatures has been studied. A mixture of granular bainite, bainitic ferrite and precipitation of nano-sized (Ti, Nb)C particles is the characteristic microstructural feature of air cooled steel. On the other hand, predominantly lath martensitic structure along with the similar type of microalloying precipitates of air cooled steels and Cu precipitates are obtained in case of water quenched steel. The best combination of strength (1364–1403 MPa) and ductility (11–14%) has been achieved for the selected range of finish rolling temperature of water quenched steel.

Formation of ultrafine grained ferrite during thermomechanical treatment in microalloyed steel

In the present work, the formation of ultrafine grained ferrite has been studied by applying suitable thermomechanical treatment. A high amount of deformation (∼80%) at varying strain rates (0·01–10 s−1) was applied in the temperature range of Ar3 to Ac3 followed by water quenching. This treatment resulted in a two-phase ferrite–martensite microstructure as compared to fully martensite structure after quenching without deformation. The formation of ultrafine ferrite (⩽3 μm) during deformation was favourable at a lower temperature and a slower strain rate. A maximum ∼50% ferrite formed during deformation at 780°C with a strain rate of 0·01 s−1. Experimental rolling with a high strain (∼1·3) with finish rolling temperature just above Ar3 (∼750°C) resulted in fine ferrite–pearlite of ⩽3 μm, and the properties showed a high value of strength as compared to steels rolled in a conventional way. Dual phase microstructure (ferrite and martensite) was produced after partial austenisation to 780°C followed by quenching in water, and this resulted in an excellent combination of properties (high ultimate tensile strength, low yield strength/ultimate tensile strength, high elongation and high n values).

Study on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Hot Rolled Steel Plate Strengthened Complexly by Titanium and Molybdenum

Microstructure and mechanical properties of hot rolled steel plate strengthened complexly by titanium and molybdenum at different final rolling temperature and coiling temperature were studied by optical microscope (OM) and material testing machine. The precipitation behaviors of precipitates phase were obtained using transmission electron microscope (TEM) with EDS analysis. The results showed that at final temperature 850°C, microstructure of experimental steel were fine, uniform polygonal ferrite and acicular ferrite. With the coiling temperature decreasing from 620°C to 580 °C, the grain of polygonal ferrite became finer, and the amounts of acicular ferrite became more; precipitates phase mainly maintained both coarse TiN and small square round sheet (Ti,Mo)C. On the condition of the final rolling temperature (850°C) and coiling temperature (580°C), experimental steel acquired properties as follows: yield strength 608 MPa, tensile strength 720 MPa, elongation 24%. Ti-Mo composite strengthening effect had achieved, and significantly improved the strength of ferrite steel.

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of ULCB Steels Affected by Advanced TMCP Technology

Good combination of high strength and high toughness has been considered as a critical factor of ultra-high strength steel plates. In this paper, a novel high strength steel plate of HSLA type containing Cu with 910MPa yield strength and 1163MPa tensile strength has been developed using an advanced TMCP (thermo-mechanical control processing) technology. The steel plates provide excellent combination of high strength, toughness and deformability. Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of this steel during hot-working have been investigated. It is demonstrated that, at the relatively higher finish rolling temperature and cooling rate, the microstructure consists of acicular and granular bainite structures and a small amount of low bainite /martensite whose lath width is approximately 200~300nm. For the as-rolled conditions, despite the high strength and so low yield ratio, impact energy about 154J and fully ductility fracture at -90°C can still be obtained as documented for as-hot rolled plates.

Effect of direct quenching on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the lean-chemistry HSLA-100 steel plates

Abstract The influence of direct quenching on structure-property behavior of lean chemistry HSLA-100 steels was studied. Two laboratory heats, one containing Cu and Nb (C:0.052, Mn:0.99, Cu:1.08, Nb:0.043, Cr:0.57, Ni:1.76, Mo:0.55 pct) and the other containing Cu, Nb and B (C:0.04, Mn:1.02, Cu:1.06, Nb:0.036, Cr:0.87, Ni:1.32, Mo:0.41, B:0.002 percent) were hot-rolled into 25 and 12.5 mm thick plates by varying finish-rolling temperatures. The plates were heat-treated by conventional reheat quenching and tempering (RQT), as well as by direct quenching and tempering (DQT) techniques. In general, direct-quench and tempered plates of Nb–Cu heat exhibited good strength (yield strength ∼ 900 MPa) and low-temperature impact toughness (average: 74 J at −85 °C); the Charpy V-notch impact energies were marginally lower than conventional HSLA-100 steel. In Nb–Cu–B heat, impact toughness at low-temperature was inferior owing to boron segregation at grain boundaries. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning auger microprobe (SAM) analysis confirmed existence of borocarbides at grain boundaries in this steel. In general, for both the steels, the mechanical properties of the direct-quench and tempered plates were found to be superior to reheat quench and tempered plates. A detailed transmission electron microscopy study revealed presence of fine Cu and Nb (C, N) precipitates in these steels. It was also observed that smaller martensite inter-lath spacing, finer grains and precipitates in direct-quench and tempered plates compared to the reheat quench and tempered plates resulted in their superior strength and good impact toughness.

Effects of Finish Rolling Temperature on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ferritic-Rolled P-Added High Strength Interstitial-Free Steel Sheets

The steels were rolled at 3 different finishing temperatures. The mechanical properties were tested by tensile tests. The results show that as finish rolling temperature decreases from 620 to 560 °C in ferrite region, the deep drawability of ferritic-rolled P-added high strength IF steels is improved, and r value rises from 1.14 to 1.37. Finish rolling temperature (FT) has less influence on other mechanical properties, such as yield strength, tensile strength and elongation. Microstructures of hot rolled and annealed steel sheets and precipitates of annealed steel sheets were also analyzed.

Evolution of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Thermomechanically Processed Ultrahigh-Strength Steel

In the present study, low carbon microalloyed ultrahigh-strength steel was manufactured on a pilot scale. Transformation of the aforesaid steel during continuous cooling was assessed. The steel sample was thermomechanically processed followed by air cooling and water quenching. Variation in microstructure and mechanical properties at different finish rolling temperatures (FRTs) was studied. A mixture of granular bainite and bainitic ferrite along with interlath and intralath precipitation of (Ti, Nb)CN particles is the characteristic microstructural feature of air-cooled steel. On the other hand, lath martensitic structure along with a similar type of microalloying precipitates of air-cooled steels is obtained in the case of water-quenched steel also. The best combination of strength (1440 to 1538 MPa) and ductility (11 to 16 pct) was achieved for the selected range of FRTs of water-quenched steel.

Accounting for the statistical weights of factors used when studying the liability of rolled products to brittle fracture

The interrelationships between structure, magnetic properties, and impact strength at different temperatures were studied in a 09Γ2 steel with an unchanged chemical composition after varying the heating conditions prior to rolling, as well as the final rolling temperature. These interrelations were also studied for a number of low-alloy steels of different grades (close to steel 09Γ2), which were produced in the workflow at the Nizhni Tagil Iron and Steel Works. It was shown that the coercive force and relaxation magnetization can be used to separate the effects of ferrite grain size and shape on steel properties. The constraint equations for the impact strength and magnetic properties were obtained in terms of a multiparametric model with allowance for the impact strength test temperatures. Idealized relationships between the impact strength and magnetic properties of Ст 3сп and 09Γ2 steels were obtained for the impact strength-coercive force coordinate plane with allowance for the impact strength test temperatures and statistical weight of the studied properties.

Caracterización de aceros dual-phase obtenidos por laminación en caliente

Samples were obtained from C-Mn-Si steel available in the market. Through a hot rolling and coiling process, it was possible to obtain Dual-Phase steel with microstructural and mechanical properties in the theoretical range typical of this material. The thermomechanical process consisted of a strong reduction by multiples pass of hot rolling at temperatures above A r3 , controlled-cooling the sheets during 5 s (at a rate of 20 °C/s in the equilibrium range α+γ. Temperature A r3 measured by differential scanning calorimetry was 890 °C. Quenching was then carried out in the coiling temperatures range (500-675 °C), cooling the samples in accordance to an established curve that corresponds to the actual cooling curve of a coil. The microstructural characterization of the samples obtained was carried out by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. Additionally, texture measurements were carried out by X-ray diffraction in order to study the resulting orientations due to the finishing rolling temperature and coiling temperature, determining the influence on these parameters of the different texture components. The microstructural results were complemented with the normal and planar anisotropy indexes measured in according to the ASTM E-517 standard. The intensities of the different texture components were correlated with the values of anisotropy indexes, finding that it is possible to obtain only a slightly enhancement in the normal anisotropy index through an appropriate combination of finish rolling and coiling temperatures.

Development of Direct Quenching Process for SPV490Q Steel Plate

SPV490Q steel is a low alloy high strength structural steel plate used in the manufacture of oil storage tank. To improve the comprehensive performance of SPV490Q steel plate and reduce manufacturing costs, direct quenching technology has been developed as revolutionary plate manufacturing technologies in recent years. Effect of direct quenching on microstructure and mechanical properties of high performance SPV490Q steel plate has been studied. The direct quenched (DQ) steel plates are rolled at different finish rolling temperatures, and their microstructures and mechanical properties are compared with those of reheat quenched (RQ) steel plate. The optical microstructure of the DQ steel shows deformed grains elongated parallel to the rolling direction, while complete equiaxed grains are visible in RQ steel. The transmission electron microscope (TEM) microstructure of the DQ steel shows refined lath martensite with high density of dislocations. The findings indicate that the application of the direct quenching process to low-carbon alloy steels contributes to the production of steel plates with excellent strength and toughness.

Precipitates and Lüders Elongation in Ferritic Stainless Steels Stabilized with Ti and V

The influence of finish rolling temperature on the precipitates and Lüders elongation in ultra purified ferritic stainless steels stabilized with Ti and V has been investigated, in which the hot rolled bands were produced by conventional rolling process and the finish rolling at relatively low temperatures. It was shown that finish rolling at relatively low temperatures promoted the formation of a large number of fine MC precipitates, which were denser in dispersion and finer in size than those formed in conventional rolling process by strain-induced precipitation, and consequently scavenging of interstitial atoms in solid solution, indicating that the finish rolling at relatively low temperatures can be the effective way to significantly reduced Lüders elongation for the final sheets. These results have been confirmed by the internal friction measurements.

Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Nb-Ti Microalloyed Pipeline Steel

The correlation between microstructures and mechanical properties of a Nb-Ti microalloyed pipeline steel was investigated. The results revealed that with decreasing the finish rolling temperature and the cooling stop temperature, the matrix microstructure was changed from quasi-polygonal ferrite to acicular ferrite, as a result of improvement of both strength and low temperature toughness. By means of electron backscattered diffraction observation, an effective acicular ferrite packet contained several low angle boundaries or subboundaries plates which made important contributions to improvement of strength. It was found that many fine quasi-polygonal ferrite grains with high angle boundaries as the toughening structure were introduced into the acicular ferrite matrix to refine effective grain size and improve the toughness.

Influence of Finish-Rolling Conditions on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Low-Alloy Mn-Ni-Cr-Mo Steel Grade

A physical simulation of the thermomechanical processing of the Mn-Ni-Cr-Mo low-alloy steel was performed in the laboratory rolling mill Tandem in the Institute of Modelling and Control of Forming Processes at VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava. The task was to determine the influence of the finish rolling temperature on the structural and mechanical properties of the rolled products. After different modes of rolling and slow cooling in the furnace, the final structure of the tested samples was in all cases composed of ferrite, bainite and islands of martensite. The finish rolling temperature markedly influenced a part by volume of the individual phases as well as the structure homogeneity. The results of the tensile tests at room temperature indicated that the studied steel did not show any pronounced dependence of the yield stress on the finish rolling temperature in the investigated range of values (750 – 1000 °C). On the other hand, the closely corresponding dependences of the ultimate tensile stress and elongation exhibited a considerable and very complex course, which can be explained mainly by the martensite fraction originating during the last stage of the final air cooling from temperature 600 °C.

Formation of X-120 M Line Pipe through J-C-O-E Technique

The line pipe forming operation can be divided into two parts, first is to achieve the required shape in terms of curvature and ovality after formation of the line pipe. The curvature and ovality ultimately effects the final dimensional controls at the later stage i.e. after mechanical expansion of the line pipe. The second part is to make right welding joint geometry to make the final long seam weld of line pipe. The welding joint geometry ultimately controls soundness of final seam weld at later stage i.e. during submerged arc welding of the line pipe. As far as curvature or shape of line pipe is concerned, important operation is making the required curvature along the edges of TMCP and ACC (Thermo mechanical controlled processing and accelerated cooling process) plate for line pipe (Plate Edge Crimping press) up to the 150 mm in width minimum and forming of the line pipe at J-C-O press. The selection of dies with proper hardness and curvature in both the operation plays a vital role in the formation of line pipes. The main parameters of selection dies (Tools) are size of line pipe for which dies/tools are to be made i.e. the diameter of line pipe, thickness of line pipe and most important is grade of line pipe (Strength level). The grade or strength level decides amount of spring back behavior of the steel Plate. The spring back behavior again varies from steel mill to steel mill in the same grade of HR plate. This is because the each steel mill has its own manufacturing procedures to produce the TMCP and ACC plate. The plate for line pipe is produced through TMCP (Thermo mechanical controlled processing) and accelerated cooling process. In this process the strength level is achieved by the chemical composition of the slab, thickness of the slab, reheating temperature, roughing temperature at which reduction in the thickness, finish rolling temperature and finally the accelerated cooling temperature rate.

The Optimal Design for the Production of Hot Rolled Strip with “Tight Oxide Scale” by Using Multi-objective Optimization

Recently, customers are demanding for hot rolled strip products to have tight oxide scales on the surfaces. Therefore, high finishing rolling temperature, low coiling temperature and fast finishing rolling speed have to be used to obtain tight oxide scale, which is different from conventional controlled rolling. In order to ensure the mechanical properties at the same time, a framework consisting of the Bayesian neural network and multi-objective particle swarm optimization has been established to determine the optimal hot strip rolling parameters. Due to excellent generalization ability, the Bayesian neural network was employed to develop the model for the prediction of mechanical properties of hot rolled automotive beam steels. The accuracy between the measured and predicted values was within ±30 MPa and ±4% for strength and elongation, respectively, providing a reliable model for the optimal process design. By applying multi-objective particle swarm optimization, the optimized hot rolling process was obtained for the production of hot rolled automotive beam steel with “Tight Oxide Scale”. Industrial trials have been carried out, which showed good agreement with the optimized hot strip rolling processes. It has been theoretically and practically proven that the optimal process design framework can effectively locate the optimal processing window for hot strip rolling.

Effects of Rolling and Cooling Conditions on Microstructure and Tensile and Charpy Impact Properties of Ultra-Low-Carbon High-Strength Bainitic Steels

Six ultra-low-carbon high-strength bainitic steel plates were fabricated by controlling rolling and cooling conditions, and effects of bainitic microstructure on tensile and Charpy impact properties were investigated. The microstructural evolution was more critically affected by start cooling temperature and cooling rate than by finish rolling temperature. Bainitic microstructures such as granular bainites (GBs) and bainitic ferrites (BFs) were well developed as the start cooling temperature decreased or the cooling rate increased. When the steels cooled from 973 K or 873 K (700 °C or 600 °C) were compared under the same cooling rate of 10 K/s (10 °C/s), the steels cooled from 973 K (700 °C) consisted mainly of coarse GBs, while the steels cooled from 873 K (600 °C) contained a considerable amount of BFs having high strength, thereby resulting in the higher strength but the lower ductility and upper shelf energy (USE). When the steels cooled from 673 K (400 °C) at a cooling rate of 10 K/s (10 °C/s) or 0.1 K/s (0.1 °C/s) were compared under the same start cooling temperature of 873 K (600 °C), the fast cooled specimens were composed mainly of coarse GBs or BFs, while the slowly cooled specimens were composed mainly of acicular ferrites (AFs). Since AFs had small effective grain size and contained secondary phases finely distributed at grain boundaries, the slowly cooled specimens had a good combination of strength, ductility, and USE, together with very low energy transition temperature (ETT).