Patents Assigned to Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
  • Publication number: 20190176198
    Abstract: A planishing roll has a surface structure, in particular for producing flat products from a metallic material, in particular from a steel material. The surface structure has a material ratio of 2% at a depth of 0.2 ?m to 9 ?m, preferably at a depth of 0.8 ?m to 5.5 ?m. The depth is measured, starting from a zero line, in the direction of an axis of rotation of the planishing roll, with the zero line running parallel to the axis of rotation of the planishing roll and. Starting from the surface of the planishing roll, the zero line is displaced in the direction of the axis of rotation of the planishing roll until the material ratio of the planishing roll is 0.1%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: FRANK BEIER, MARTIN BRETSCHNEIDER, MICHAEL MAXISCH, SVEN LUNKE, MORITZ RADSZAT, BJÖRN HILDEBRANDT, JÜRGEN SPEHR, THOMAS ROUTSCHEK, MARKUS HINKEL
  • Patent number: 10273552
    Abstract: In a process for producing a cold- or hot-rolled steel strip from an ultrahigh-strength multiphase steel having a particular composition the required multiphase microstructure is generated during continuous heat treatment. The cold- or hot-rolled steel strip is heated in the continuous heat treatment furnace to a temperature in the range from 700 to 950° C. and the heat-treated steel strip is subsequently cooled from the heat treatment temperature at a cooling rate of from 15 to 100° C./s to a first intermediate temperature of from 300 to 500° C. followed by cooling at a cooling rate of from 15 to 100° C./s to a second intermediate temperature of from 200 to 250° C.; the steel strip is subsequently cooled at a cooling rate of from 2 to 30° C./s in air to room temperature or the cooling at a cooling rate of from 15 to 100° C./s is maintained from the first intermediate temperature to room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schulz, Andreas Wedemeier, Wilfried Sprock, Volker Flaxa, Friedrich Luther, Ingwer Denks, Sven Schulz
  • Patent number: 10253399
    Abstract: An energy-storing container is made of a lightweight steel having the following chemical composition (in wt %): C 0.04-2%; Mn 14-30%; Al 1.5-12%; Si 0.3-3%; Cr 0.12-6%, and additionally one or more of the following elements: Ti, V, Nb, B, Zr, Mo, Ni, Cu, W, Co, P, N, each at up to 5% and in total at up to 10%, wherein the remainder is Fe including common steel tramp elements, wherein the concrete alloy composition is selected in order to limit the ??-martensite fraction before or after a forming process to no more than 3%, with the stipulation that the ??-martensite equivalent according to 0.1*wt % Mn+wt % C+0.05*wt % Si is between 3.4 and 10.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Braun, Manuel Otto, Zacharias Georgeou, Bianca Springub
  • Patent number: 10246758
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a component from transformable steel by hot forming, in which a plate first is cut out of a strip or sheet as the pre-material, and is then heated to forming temperature and pre-formed, having an at least partially martensitic transformation structure after forming. Instead of a press mold hardening, the at least partially martensitic transformation structure is created in the pre-material, or in the plate to be formed, by austenitization and quenching already before forming, and then the thus-conditioned plate is reheated after forming, while maintaining the at least partially martensitic transformation structure, to a temperature below the Ac1 transformation temperature, and formed at this temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Friedrich Luther, Thomas Evertz, Stefan Muetze, Michael Braun
  • Publication number: 20190084095
    Abstract: A high strength, air hardening steel includes the following contents in mass-%: C: 0.07 to ?0.16, Si: 0.12 to ?0.80, Mn: 1.00 to ?2.20, Cr: 0.50 to ?1.60, Mo: 0.10 to ?1.00, Al: 0.010 to ?0.060, N: 0.0020 to ?0.0150, Ti: 0.010 to ?0.050, V+2×Nb of 0.030 to ?0.200, B: 0.0008 to ?0.0050, P: ?0.020, S: ?0.10, remainder iron, including common steel-incidental elements, for use as weld filler in wire and/or powder form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: JOACHIM SCHÖTTLER, CHRISTIAN FRITZSCHE
  • Publication number: 20190085434
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a component by hot-forming a pre-product composed of steel, wherein the pre-product is heated to a temperature above 60° C. and below the Ac3 transformation temperature and then formed in this temperature range, wherein the component has a minimum tensile strength of 700 MPa and high elongation at break, wherein the pre-product has the following alloy composition in percent by weight: C: 0.0005 to 0.9; Mn: more than 3.0 to 12; the remainder iron including unavoidable steel-accompanying elements, with the optional addition of one or more of the following elements (in percent by weight): Al: up to 10; Si: up to 6; Cr: up to 6; Nb: up to 1.5; V; up to 1.5; Ti: up to 1.5; Mo: up to 3; Cu: up to 3; Sn: up to 0.5; W up to 5; Co: up to 8; Zr: up to 0.5; Ta: up to 0.5; Te: up to 0.5; B: up to 0.15; P: at most 0.1, in particular <0.04; S: at most 0.1, in particular <0.02; N: at most 0.1, in particular <0.05; Ca: up to 0.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: PETER PALZER, THOMAS EVERTZ, MANUEL OTTO, KAI KÖHLER
  • Patent number: 10214790
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing components from an austenitic lightweight steel which is metastable in its initial state, by forming of a sheet, a circuit board or a pipe in one or more steps, exhibiting a temperature-dependent TRIP and/or TWIP effect during forming. To obtain a component with, in particular, high toughness, the forming is carried out at a temperature above room temperature, at 40 to 160° C., which avoids the TRIP/TWIP effect, and to achieve in particular high component strength, the forming is carried out at a temperature below room temperature, at ?65 to 0° C., which enhances the TRIP/TWIP effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Evertz, Manuel Otto, Bianca Springub, Zacharias Georgeou
  • Publication number: 20190040513
    Abstract: in an aluminium-based coating for steel sheets or steel strips, the coating includes an aluminium-based coat applied in a hot-dip coating method, a covering layer containing aluminium oxide and/or hydroxide being arranged on the coat. The covering layer is produced by plasma oxidation and/or hot water treatment at temperatures of at least 90° C., advantageously at least 95° C., and/or steam treatment at temperatures of at least 90° C., advantageously at least 95° C. Alternatively, the covering layer containing aluminium oxide and/or hydroxide can be produced by anodic oxidation, the coat being produced in a molten bath with a Si content of between 8 and 12 wt. %, and an Fe content of between 1 and 4 wt. %, the remainder being aluminium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicants: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: THOMAS KOLL, MARC DEBEAUX, FRIEDRICH LUTHER, HAUCKE-FREDERIK HARTMANN, JAN-FREDERIK LASS, MATTHIAS GRAUL
  • Publication number: 20180347018
    Abstract: A high-strength air-hardenable multiphase steel having minimal tensile strengths in a non air hardened state of 750 MPa and excellent processing properties, said steel comprising the following elements in % by weight: C?0.075 to ?0.115; Si?0.200 to ?0.300; Mn?1.700 to ?2.300; Cr?0.280 to ?0.4800; Al?0.020 to ?0.060; N?0.0020 to ?0.0120; S?0.0050; Nb?0.005 to ?0.050; Ti?0.005 to ?0.050; B?0.0005 to ?0.0060; Ca?0.0005 to ?0.0060; Cu?0.050; Ni?0.050; remainder iron, including usual steel accompanying smelting related impurities, wherein for a widest possible process window during continuous annealing of hot rolled or cold rolled strips made from the steel a sum content of M+Si+Cr in the steel is a function of a thickness of the steel strips according to the following relationship: for strip thicknesses of up to 1.00 mm the sum content of M+Si+Cr is ?2.350 and ?2.500%, for strip thicknesses of over 1.00 to 2.00 mm the sum of Mn+Si+Cr is ?2.500 and ?2.950%, and for strip thicknesses of over 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schulz, Joachim Schöttler, Sascha Kluge, Christian Meyer, Peter Matthies, Andreas Wedemeier
  • Publication number: 20180326703
    Abstract: In a metal-plastic composite, in which the metallic component is connected by a material joint to a thermoplastic applied thereto, a material bond between the metallic component and the plastic is realized by applying on the metallic component on a surface area that comes into contact with the thermoplastic a corrosion-protective coating made of phosphatization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: ANDREAS WEDEMEIER, BENJAMIN POLLER
  • Publication number: 20180313471
    Abstract: A composite pipe includes a carrier pipe and at least one protective pipe. The carrier pipe is produced from a non-corrosion resistant steel, which has at least a partially austenitic structure, with the following chemical composition (in wt. %): C: 0.005 to 1.4; Mn: 5 to 35; the remainder being iron including unavoidable elements accompanying steel, with the optional alloying of the following elements (in wt. %): Ni: 0 to 6; Cr: 0 to 9; Al: 0 to 15; Si: 0 to 8; Mo: 0 to 3; Cu: 0 to 4; V: 0 to 2; Nb: 0 to 2; Ti: 0 to 2; Sb: 0 to 0.5; B: 0 to 0.5; Co: 0 to 5; W: 0 to 3; Zr: 0 to 4; Ca: 0 to 0.1; P: to 0.6; S: 0 to 0.2; N: 0.002 to 0.3. In a method for producing a composite pipe of this type, the carrier pipe and the at least one protective pipe are mechanically or metallurgically connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: MARC DEBEAUX, PETER PALZER, KAI KÖHLER, ZACHARIAS GEORGEOU
  • Publication number: 20180298476
    Abstract: A high-strength multi-phase steel having minimum tensile strengths of 750 M:Pa and preferably having a dual-phase microstructure for a cold- or hot-rolled steel strip, in particular for lightweight vehicle construction is disclosed. The high-strength multi-phase steel has improved forming properties and a ratio of yield point to tensile strength of at most 73%. The high-strength multi-phase steel includes in mass %: C?0.075 to ?0.105; Si?0.600 to ?0.800; Mn?1.000 to ?0.700; Cr?0.100 to ?0.480; Al?0.010 to ?0.060; N 0.0020?0.0120; S?0.0030; Nb?0.005 to ?0.050; Ti?0.0050 to ?0.050; B?0.0005 to ?0.0040; Mo?0.200; Cu?0.040%; Ni?0.040 % the remainder iron, including typical elements accompanying steel that are not mentioned above, which represent contamination resulting from smelting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: THOMAS SCHULZ, MARION CALCAGNOTTO, SASCHA KLUGE, SEBASTIAN WESTHÄUSER, TOBIAS KLINKBERG, THORSEN MICHAELIS
  • Patent number: 10086426
    Abstract: In a method for producing a hot strip of steel with material properties that are adjustable over the strip cross-section, a steel melt is fed onto a revolving casting belt of a horizontal strip casting facility and solidifies to form a pre-strip having a thickness between 6 and 20 mm, and the pre-strip is subjected to a hot rolling process after complete solidification. A gas jet or plasma jet composed of metallic and/or non-metallic elements that affect the material properties of the hot strip influences the steel melt that is still liquid and/or just about to start to solidify. The concentration of the elements introduced into the melt by the gas jet or plasma jet and diffusing into the melt is adjusted across the strip thickness and strip width by changing the influencing kinetic energy of the gas jet or plasma jet, the partial gas pressure and/or the applied temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Spitzer, Volker Flaxa, Joachim Kroos, Hellfried Eichholz, Markus Schäperkötter, Rune Schmidt-Jürgensen
  • Publication number: 20180237892
    Abstract: A non-scaling heat-treatable steel with particular suitability for producing hardened or die-hardened components is disclosed, characterized by the following chemical composition in % by weight: C 0.04-0.50; Mn 0.5-6.0; Al 0.5-3.0; Si 0.05-3.0; Cr 0.05-3.0; Ni less than 3.0; Cu less than 3.0; Ti 0.0104-?0.050; B 0.0015-?40.0040; P less than 0.10; S less than 0.05; N less than 0.020; remainder iron and unavoidable impurities. Further disclosed is a method for producing a non-scaling hardened component from the steel and a method for producing a hot strip from a steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Schöttler, Friedrich Luther, Stefan Mütze
  • Publication number: 20180230579
    Abstract: A formable lightweight steel having improved mechanical properties and a high resistance to delayed hydrogen-induced cracking formation and hydrogen embrittlement includes the following elements (in wt. %): C 0.02 to ?1.0; Mn 3 to 30; Si?4; P max. 0.1; S max. 0.1; N max. 0.03; Sb 0.003 to 0.8, particularly advantageously to 0.5, as well as at least one or more of the following carbide-forming elements in the specified proportions (in wt. %): Al?15; Cr>0.1 to 8; Mo 0.05 to 2; Ti 0.01 to 2; V 0.005 to 1; Nb 0.005 to 1; W 0.005 to 1; Zr 0.001 to 0.3; with the remainder being iron including the usual steel-accompanying elements, with the optional addition of the following elements, in wt. %: max. 5 Ni, max. 10 Co, max. 0.005 Ca, max. 0.01 B and 0.05 to 2 Cu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventor: PETER PALZER
  • Publication number: 20180223399
    Abstract: A high-strength, manganese-containing steel, in particular for producing a flexibly rolled flat steel product in the form of a hot or cold strip, includes the following chemical composition (in wt. %): C: 0.005 to 0.6; Mn: 4 to 10; Al: 0.005 to 4; Si: 0.005 to 2; P: 0.001 to 0.2; S: up to 0.05; N: 0.001 to 0.3; with the remainder being iron including unavoidable steel-associated elements, with optional alloying of one or more of the following elements (in wt. %): Sn: 0 to 0.5; Ni: 0 to 2; Cu: 0.005 to 3; Cr: 0.1 to 4; V: 0.005 to 0.9; Nb: 0.005 to 0.9; Ti: 0.005 to 0.9; Mo: 0.01 to 3; W: 0.1 to 3; Co: 0.1 to 3; B: 0.0001 to 0.05; Zr: 0.005 to 0.5; Ca: 0.0002 to 0.1 which has a good combination of strength, expansion and deformation properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: PETER PALZER, THOMAS EVERTZ
  • Publication number: 20180223403
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-alloy steel, in particular for producing pipes shaped by means of internal high pressure, having high cold formability, TRIP and/or TWIP properties, a partially or completely austenitic microstructure having at least 5% residual austenite, and having the following chemical composition (in wt %): Cr: 7 to 20; Mn: 2 to 9; Ni: up to 9; C: 0.005 to 0.4; N: 0.002 to 0.3; the remainder being iron including unavoidable, steel-accompanying elements, with optional addition of the following elements (in wt %): Al: 0 to 3; Si: 0 to 2; Mo: 0.01 to 3; Cu: 0.005 to 4; V: 0 to 2; Nb: 0 to 2; Ti: 0 to 2; Sb: 0 to 0.5; B: 0 to 0.5; Co: 0 to 5; W: 0 to 3; Zr: 0 to 2; Ca: 0 to 0.1; P: 0 to 0.6; S: 0 to 0.2. The invention further relates to a method for producing pipes from this steel, said pipes being shaped by means of internal high pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: THOMAS Evertz, ALEXANDER REDENIUS, MANUEL OTTO, PETER PALZER
  • Publication number: 20180216207
    Abstract: The invention relates to a formable lightweight steel having improved mechanical properties and a high resistance to delayed hydrogen-induced cracking formation and hydrogen embrittlement comprising the following elements (in wt. %): C 0.02 to ?1.0; Mn 3 to 30; Si?4; P max. 0.1; S max. 0.1; N max. 0.03; Sb 0.003 to 0.8, particularly advantageously to 0.5, as well as at least one or more of the following carbide-forming elements in the specified proportions (in wt. %): Al?15; Cr>0.1 to 8; Mo 0.05 to 2; Ti 0.01 to 2; V 0.005 to 1; Nb 0.005 to 1; W 0.005 to 1; Zr 0.001 to 0.3; with the remainder consisting of iron including the usual steel-accompanying elements, with the optional addition of the following elements, in wt. %: max. 5 Ni, max. 10 Co, max. 0.005 Ca, max. 0.01 B and 0.05 to 2 Cu. The invention also relates to a method for producing the said lightweight steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: Peter PALZER, ZACHARIAS GEORGEOU
  • Patent number: 10036085
    Abstract: A non-scaling heat-treatable steel with particular suitability for producing hardened or die-hardened components is disclosed, characterized by the following chemical composition in % by weight: C 0.04-0.50; Mn 0.5-6.0; Al 0.5-3.0; Si 0.05-3.0; Cr 0.05-3.0; Ni less than 3.0; Cu less than 3.0; Ti 0.010-?0.050; B 0.0015-?0.0040; P less than 0.10; S less than 0.05; N less than 0.020; remainder iron and unavoidable impurities. Further disclosed is a method for producing a non-scaling hardened component from the steel and a method for producing a hot strip from a steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Schöttler, Friedrich Luther, Stefan Mütze
  • Publication number: 20180209011
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a hot-rolled strip composed of a bainitic multi-phase steel and having a Zn—Mg—Al coating, comprising the following steps: melting a steel melt containing (in weight percent): C: 0.04-0.11, Si: <=0.7, Mn: 1.4-2.2, Mo: 0.05-0.5, Al: 0.015-0.1, P: up to 0.02, S: up to 0.01, B: up to 0.006, and at least one element from the group Nb, V, Ti in accordance with the following condition: 0.02<=Nb+V+Ti<=0.20, the remainder being iron including unavoidable steel-accompanying elements resulting from the melting process, casting the steel melt into a preliminary material, in particular a slab or a block or a thin slab, hot rolling the preliminary material into a hot-rolled strip having a final rolling temperature in the range of 800 to 950° C., cooling the hot-rolled strip to a winding temperature less than 650° C., winding the hot-rolled strip at a winding temperature less than 650° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: INGWER DENKS, CHRISTIAN PELZ, MAIK HABERMANN, MICHAEL BRAUN, STEFAN MECKE, ANSGAR GEFFERT, NILS KÖPPER