Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base metal having a predetermined chemical composition satisfying the expression [Si+0.5×Mn?4.3], and an average grain size of the base metal is more than 40 ?m and 120 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is a hot-band annealing method comprising subjecting a Si-containing hot rolled steel sheet, having an oxidized scale formed on a surface of the steel sheet by hot rolling, to hot-band annealing with a hot-band annealing equipment provided with a heating zone, a soaking zone, a cooling zone, and a rapid heating device at an upstream side of the heating zone and/or in an inlet side of the heating zone, wherein the hot rolled steel sheet is heated by not lower than 50° C. at a heating rate of not less than 15° C./s by using the rapid heating device to improve a descaling property. Also, provided is a descaling method characterized by subjecting the Si-containing hot rolled steel sheet, after the hot-band annealing, to descaling only by pickling without requiring mechanical descaling or heating the steel sheet in the pickling process.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet exhibits excellent magnetic characteristics and excellent coating film adhesion after strain relieving annealing. The grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; a coating film layer A that is a ceramic coating film which is formed on the steel sheet and has an oxide content of less than 30% by mass; and a coating film layer B that is an insulating tension coating film which is arranged on the coating film layer A and contains an oxide. The binding energy of the 1s orbital of oxygen in the coating film layer B is higher than 530 eV; and tension applied to the steel sheet by the coating film layer B per a thickness of 1.0 ?m of the coating film layer B is 4.0 MPa/?m or more.

Abstract: An oriented silicon steel product with a low iron loss for a low-noise transformer, and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The oriented silicon steel product comprises: a silicon steel substrate, a magnesium silicate bottom layer formed on a surface of the silicon steel substrate, and an insulation coating applied on the magnesium silicate bottom layer. The magnesium silicate bottom layer has a visible light normal reflectivity (R) of 40-60% for. By strictly controlling the visible light normal reflectivity of the magnesium silicate bottom layer of the silicon steel substrate and the evenness of the gloss of magnesium silicate bottom layer, lower iron loss, and reduced magnetostriction can be achieved, and thus a silicon steel product with low noise and particularly suitable for transformers can be obtained.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet of an embodiment of the present invention comprises Si: 1.0% to 7.0% and Y: 0.005% to 0.5% by wt %, and the remainder comprising Fe and other inevitable impurities, and 10 pieces or less of inclusions comprising Y and having a diameter of 30 nm to 5 ?m per area of 1 mm2.

Abstract: Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having better transformer iron loss property than conventional grain-oriented electrical steel sheets. A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprises: a steel substrate; a forsterite film on a surface of the steel substrate; and a Cr-depleted layer at a boundary between the steel substrate and the forsterite film, the Cr-depleted layer having a Cr concentration that is 0.70 times to 0.90 times a Cr concentration of the steel substrate.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has a steel sheet and an insulating coating which is formed on a surface of the steel sheet. In the insulating coating, a metal phosphate and a colloidal silica are contained, the colloidal silica is contained in an amount of 20 to 150 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the metal phosphate, one or more kinds of fine particles selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide, silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, boron nitride, sialon, and cordierite are further contained in an amount of 0.5 to 7 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the metal phosphate, an average particle size of the fine particles is 0.3 to 7.0 ?m, crystallized ratio of the metal phosphate is 2% to 40%, and chromium is not contained.

Abstract: To improve and stabilize magnetic properties, a steel sheet is soaked in a temperature range of 1000° C. or more and 1120° C. or less for 200 sec or less and then soaked in a temperature range of 650° C. or more and 1000° C. or less for 200 sec or less in annealing before final cold rolling, and the amount of Al in precipitates after the annealing before the final cold rolling is limited to 50% or more of the total amount of Al contained in the steel slab.

Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a silicon steel sheet and an insulation coating. When t is a thickness of the silicon steel sheet and when PDR is defined as (PDR=(maximum?minimum)/minimum×100) which indicates a ratio concerned with maximum and minimum of number densities of AlN precipitates in three areas which are 1/10t area, ?t area, and ½t area from a surface of the silicon steel sheet along a thickness direction, the PDR is 50% or less.

Abstract: A laser-scribed grain-oriented silicon steel resistant to stress-relief annealing and a manufacturing method therefor. Parallel linear grooves (20) are formed on one or both sides of grain-oriented silicon steel (10) by laser etching. The linear grooves (20) are perpendicular to, or at an angle to, the rolling direction of the steel plate. A maximum height of edge protrusions of the linear grooves (20) does not exceed 5 ?m, and a maximum height of spatters in etch-free regions between adjacent linear grooves (20) does not exceed 5 ?m, and the proportion of an area occupied by spatters in the vicinity of the linear grooves (20) does not exceed 5%. The steel has low manufacturing costs, and the etching effect of the finished steel is retained during a stress-relief annealing process. The steel is suitable for manufacturing of wound iron core transformers.

Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes Ti at 0.0030 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %), Nb at 0.0035 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %), V at 0.0040 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %), B at 0.0003 wt % to 0.0020 wt %, and the remaining portion including Fe and other inevitably added impurities, wherein a value of ([Ti]+0.8[Nb]+0.5[V])/(10*[B]) may be 0.17 to 7.8.

Abstract: A non-oriented electric steel sheet includes 2.5 wt % to 3.1 wt % of Si, 0.1 wt % to 1.3 wt % of Al, 0.2 wt % to 1.5 wt % of Mn, 0.008 wt % or less of C (excluding 0 wt %), 0.005 wt % or less of S (excluding 0 wt %), 0.005 wt % or less of N (excluding 0 wt %), 0.005 wt % or less of Ti (excluding 0 wt %), 0.001 wt % to 0.07 wt % of Mo, 0.001 wt % to 0.07 wt % of P, 0.001 wt % to 0.07 wt % of Sn, and 0.001 wt % to 0.07 wt % of Sb, in which a remainder includes Fe and inevitable impurities, an average crystal grain diameter is 70 ?m to 150 ?m, the non-oriented electric steel sheet satisfies Equations (1) and (2), 0.32?([Al]+[Mn])/[Si]?0.5??[Equation 1] 0.025?[Mo]+[P]+[Sn]+[Sb]?0.15??[Equation 2] (here, a bracket denotes the contents (wt %) of each element).

Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and when an average value of Mn concentrations in a range from a surface of a base iron to a position where a depth from the surface of the base iron is 2 ?m is set to [Mn2], and an Mn concentration at a position where a depth from the surface of the base iron is 10 ?m is set to [Mn10], the base iron satisfies the following expression 1. 0.1?[Mn2]/[Mn10]?0.

Abstract: In a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet which is manufactured from a thin slab without using an inhibitor forming component, excellent magnetic properties are stably achieved. In a method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, a slab heating and annealing are performed under specific conditions.

Abstract: A method of producing a strip from a CoFe alloy is provided. A slab consisting substantially of 35 wt %?Co?55 wt %, 0 wt %?V?3 wt %, 0 wt %?Ni?2 wt %, 0 wt %?Nb?0.50 wt %, 0 wt %?Zr+Ta?1.5 wt %, 0 wt %?Cr?3 wt %, 0 wt %?Si?3 wt %, 0 wt %?Al?1 wt %, 0 wt %?Mn?1 wt %, 0 wt %?B?0.25 wt %, 0 wt %?C?0.1 wt %, the remainder being Fe and up to 1 wt % of impurities, is hot rolled and then quenched from a temperature above 700° C. to less than 200° C. The hot rolled strip is cold rolled. The cold rolled strip is stationary annealed to produce an intermediate strip, and the intermediate strip is continuously annealed.

Abstract: A process for producing grain-oriented electrical steel strip by means of thin slab continuous casting and which includes continuously casting the smelt by thin slab continuous casting, subjecting the thin slabs to homogenization annealing at a maximum temperature of 1250° C. and heating to a temperature between 1350° C. and 1380° C., and continuously hot rolling the thin slabs to form a hot-rolled strip, with cooling and reeling the hot-rolled strip to form a coil and cold rolling the hot-rolled strip to a nominal thickness, with subjecting the cold-rolled strip to recrystallization, decarburization and nitridation annealing, which includes a decarburization annealing phase and a subsequent nitridation annealing phase, with an intermediate reduction annealing phase being interposed between the decarburization annealing phase and the nitridation annealing phase, whereby a cold-rolled strip is obtained, which primary recrystallized grains have a circle equivalent mean size (diameter) between 22 ?m and 25 ?m.

Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises, by weight, 1.0% to 4.0% of Si, 0.001% to 0.01% of Al, 0.002% to 0.009% of S, 0.01% to 0.3% of Mn, 0.001% to 0.004% of N, 0.004% or less (0% exclusive) of C, 0.003% or less (0% exclusive) of Ti, 0.005% to 0.07% of Cu, 0.05% to 0.2% of either or both of Sn and P, and a balance amount of Fe and impurities.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; and an amorphous oxide layer that is formed on the steel sheet, in which a glossiness of a surface is 150% or higher.

Abstract: In the production of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by hot rolling a slab containing Si: 2.0-8.0 mass % and no inhibitor-forming ingredients, cold rolling, subjecting to a decarburization annealing, applying an annealing separator composed mainly of MgO and containing a Ti compound(s) and subjecting to a finish annealing, an atmosphere in the heating process of the decarburization annealing is rendered into a dry atmosphere having a dew point of not higher than 0° C. and a Ti amount (Ti(a)) and a N amount (N(a)) contained in an iron matrix after the removal of a forsterite coating and a Ti amount (Ti(b)) and a N amount (N(b)) contained in the steel sheet having a forsterite coating are made to satisfy relationships as N(b)?0.0050 mass %, N(b)/N(a)?4, and Ti(b)/Ti(a)?4.

Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet has low iron loss even under inverter excitation and can be suitably used as the iron core of a motor. The non-oriented electrical steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and an average grain size r of 40 ?m to 120 ?m. An area ratio R of a total area of grains having a grain size of ? or less of the thickness of the steel sheet to a cross-sectional area of the steel sheet is 2% or greater, and the average grain size r (?m) and the area ratio R (%) satisfy a condition represented by Expression (1), R>?2.4×r+200 (1).

Abstract: There are provided a very thin martensitic stainless steel foil and a manufacturing method thereof, which are capable of reducing shape defects and the like. A martensitic stainless steel foil of the present invention has a thickness of at most 35 ?m, and having a steepness of at most 0.75% when the steel foil has a length of 650 mm. Preferably, a metallographic structure in a cross-section of the steel foil is a ferrite structure, in which carbides are dispersed. More preferably, the steel foil consisting of, by mass, 0.25% to 1.5% C, 10% to 18% Cr, at most 1.0% Si (exclusive of 0%), at most 1.5% Mn (exclusive of 0%), at most 3.0% Mo (inclusive of 0%), and the balance of Fe with inevitable impurities.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a steel sheet and an insulation coating, in which the insulation coating contains a first metal phosphate, which is a metal phosphate of one or two more metals selected from Al, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, and Zn; a second metal phosphate, which is a metal phosphate of one or two more metals selected from Co, Mo, V, W, and Zr; and colloidal silica, the insulation coating does not contain chromate, and an elution amount of phosphoric acid of the insulation coating as determined by boiling the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet in a boiled pure water for 10 minutes, then measuring an elution amount of phosphoric acid into the pure water, and dividing the amount of phosphoric acid by the area of the insulation coating of the boiled grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is 30 mg/m2 or less.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of an oriented electrical steel sheet according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a step of manufacturing a steel slab including one kind or more among Si at 2 to 7%, Sn at 0.03 to 0.10%, and Sb at 0.01 to 0.05% as wt %; a step of hot-rolling the steel slab to manufacture a hot rolled sheet; a step of cold-rolling the hot rolled sheet to manufacture a cold rolled sheet; a step of decarburizing and nitriding the cold rolled sheet for primary recrystallization annealing; a step of coating and drying an annealing separating agent on the primary recrystallization-annealed cold rolled sheet; and a step of secondary recrystallization-annealing the cold rolled sheet coated with the annealing separating agent.

Abstract: The non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: by weight, 2.0% to 4.0% of Si; 0.001% to 2.0% of Al; 0.0005% to 0.009% of S; 0.02% to 1.0% of Mn, 0.0005% to 0.004% of N; 0.004% or less of C (excluding 0%); 0.005% to 0.07% of Cu; 0.0001% to 0.007% of O; individually or in a total amount of 0.05% to 0.2% of Sn or P; and the remainder comprising Fe and impurities; wherein the non-oriented electrical steel sheet is composed of a surface portion to 2 ?m from the surface of the steel sheet in the thickness direction and a base portion exceeding 2 ?m from the surface of the steel sheet in the thickness direction, and wherein the number of surfides having a diameter of 10 nm to 100 nm is larger than the number of the nitrides having a diameter of 10 nm to 100 nm, in the same area of base portion.

Abstract: Iron loss is reduced by increasing magnetic flux density. Disclosed is a non-oriented electrical steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.0050% or less, Si: 1.50% or more and 4.00% or less, Al: 0.500% or less, Mn: 0.10% or more and 5.00% or less, S: 0.0200% or less, P: 0.200% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, O: 0.0200% or less, and Ca: 0.0010% or more and 0.0050% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the non-oriented electrical steel sheet has an Ar3 transformation temperature of 700° C. or higher, a grain size of 80 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less, and a Vickers hardness of 140 HV or more and 230 HV or less.

Abstract: The invention relates to a non-oriented electrical steel strip or sheet, in particular for electrical engineering applications, an electrical engineering component produced from such an electrical steel strip or sheet, a process for producing an electrical steel strip or sheet and the use of such an electrical steel strip or sheet in components for electrical engineering applications.

Abstract: Disclosed are an oriented electrical steel sheet and a manufacturing method thereof. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing an oriented electrical steel sheet, including: providing a slab including Si at 1.0 to 4.0 wt %, C at 0.1 to 0.4 wt %, and the remaining portion including Fe and other inevitably incorporated impurities; reheating the slab; producing a hot rolled steel sheet by hot rolling the slab; performing annealing of the hot rolled steel sheet; cold rolling the annealed hot rolled steel sheet; decarburizing and annealing the cold rolled steel sheet; cold rolling the decarburized and annealed steel sheet; and final annealing the cold rolled steel sheet.

Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: more than 0% and 0.0050% or less, Si: 3.0% to 4.0%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.3%, P: more than 0% and less than 0.030%, S: more than 0% and 0.0050% or less, sol. Al: more than 0% and 0.0040% or less, N: more than 0% and 0.0040% or less, O: 0.0110% to 0.0350%, Sn: 0% to 0.050%, Sb: 0% to 0.050%, Ti: more than 0% and 0.0050% or less, and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which Sn+Sb: 0.050% or less, Si?0.5×Mn: 2.0% or more, and an O content in a sheet thickness central portion excluding a surface layer portion which is a range from a front surface and a rear surface to a position of 10 ?m in a depth direction is less than 0.0100%.

Abstract: A steel containing C: not more than 0.0050%, Si: 0.1-5.0%, Mn: 0.02-3.0%, sol. Al: not more than 0.0050%, P: not more than 0.2%, S: not more than 0.0050%, N: not more than 0.0040%, T. Ca: 0.0010-0.0080%, T. O: not more than 0.0100% and having (T. Ca/T. O) of not less than 0.50 but not more than 2.0 by decarburizing to a C content of not more than 0.0050%, adding Si, decreasing Al as much as possible, and adding Ca is melted to form a slab. The slab is subjected to a hot rolling at a coiling temperature of not lower than 550° C., a cold rolling and a finish annealing, or the slab is subjected to a hot rolling, a hot band annealing at a temperature of 900-1150° C., a cold rolling and a finish annealing to thereby produce a non-oriented electrical steel sheet.

Abstract: Methods for producing non-oriented electrical steel sheets comprising steps including hot rolling a slab having a chemical composition comprising C: not more than 0.01 mass %, Si: not more than 6 mass %, Mn: 0.05-3 mass %, P: not more than 0.2 mass %, Al: not more than 2 mass %, N: not more than 0.005 mass %, S: not more than 0.01 mass %, Ga: not more than 0.0005 mass %, and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, pickling without conducting hot band annealing or after conducting hot band annealing or self-annealing, subjecting to one or more cold rollings including an intermediate annealing therebetween and a finish annealing, and forming an insulation coating, an average heating rate from 500 to 800° C. in the heating process of the finish annealing is not less than 50° C./s, whereby a non-oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent magnetic properties is obtained even if hot band annealing is omitted.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a chemical composition represented by, in mass %, Si: 1.8% to 7.0%, Cu: 0.03% to 0.60%, and the balance: Fe and impurities; and a primary coating film containing forsterite on a surface of the steel sheet, in which a Cu/Fe light-emitting intensity ratio at an interface region between the primary coating film and the surface of the steel sheet is 0.30 or less.

Abstract: In a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet manufacturing process of processing a steel slab having a predetermined composition to a final sheet thickness and then performing primary recrystallization annealing and nitriding treatment, the nitriding treatment is performed in at least two stages of temperatures including high-temperature nitriding and low-temperature nitriding, and a residence time in the high-temperature nitriding is 3 seconds or more and 600 seconds or less. In this way, nitrogen is efficiently diffused into the steel of the steel sheet before secondary recrystallization to precipitate AlN. Such a method can manufacture a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent magnetic property.

Abstract: The disclosure contains, in mass % or mass ppm: C: 0.005% or less, Si: 2.0% to 5.0%, Mn: 0.01% to 0.5%, sol.Al: 10 ppm or less, N: 15 ppm or less, S and Se: each 10 ppm or less, and three or more selected from Sn, Sb, Cr, P, Mo and B whose contents satisfy a relational expression of 0.16?[% Sn]+[% Sb]+[% Cr]+2×[% P]+[% Mo]+[% B]?0.50, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, where a number of times of repeated bending in a bend test is 10 or more.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel plate of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention has a groove formed on a surface, wherein a curvature radius RBb at a position where a depth of the groove is maximum is 0.2 ?m to 100 ?m, and a curvature radius RSb on the groove surface from the position where the depth of the groove is maximum to a quarter-way position of the depth D of the groove is 4 ?m to 130 ?m.

Abstract: Disclosed are a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and a method of manufacturing the same. The method for manufacturing a grain-orientated electrical steel sheet according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: providing an electrical steel sheet before forming primary recrystallization or after forming the primary recrystallization; and forming a groove in a surface of the electrical steel sheet by radiating laser and simultaneously spraying gas onto the electrical steel sheet, in which energy density Ed and a laser scanning speed Vs of the radiated laser satisfy the following conditions, 1.0 J/mm2?Ed?5.0 J/mm2, 0.0518 mm/?sec?Vs?0.2 mm/?sec.

Abstract: This device scans a high-energy beam in a direction traversing a feed path of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having subjected to final annealing so as to irradiate a surface of the steel sheet being passed through with the high-energy beam to thereby perform magnetic domain refinement, the device including an irradiation mechanism for scanning the high-energy beam in a direction orthogonal to the feed direction of the steel sheet, in which the irradiation mechanism has a function of having the scanning direction of the high-energy beam oriented diagonally, relative to the orthogonal direction, toward the feed direction at an angle determined based on a sheet passing speed of the steel sheet on the feed path.

Abstract: Disclosed is a non-oriented electrical steel sheet that is low in iron loss and exhibits excellent magnetic properties even when subjected to final annealing at high temperature. The non-oriented electrical steel sheet can be obtained from a steel (low-Al steel) having a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.005% or less, Si: 1.0% to 4.5%, Mn: 0.02% to 2.0%, Sol. Al: 0.001% or less, P: 0.2% or less, S+Se: 0.0010% or less, N: 0.005% or less, O: 0.005% or less, and Cu: 0.02% to 0.30%, and the balance consisting of Fe and incidental impurities.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to steel compositions, methods of manufacturing the compositions and using the compositions to produce rimfire ammunition cartridges. The steel compositions for use in the rimfire cartridges are processed through cold-rolling and annealing steps to create suitable physical properties.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet; a primary film formed on a surface of the base steel sheet; and a tension insulation coating formed on a surface of the primary film, in which a magnetic domain control is performed by irradiating the tension insulation coating with a laser from above. When a strip-like sample having a length of 300 mm in a direction parallel to a rolling direction of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and a length of 60 mm in a direction parallel to a transverse direction is extracted from the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, a range from a surface of the tension insulation coating to a depth position of 5 ?m toward the base steel sheet side from an interface between the base steel sheet and the primary film is removed by pickling at least one surface of the sample, and a warpage amount of the sample is thereafter measured, the warpage amount satisfies predetermined conditions.

Abstract: An electrical steel sheet has a composition including C: less than 0.010 mass %, Si: 1.5˜10 mass % and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein a main orientation in a texture of a steel sheet is <111>//ND and an intensity ratio relative to randomly oriented specimen of the main orientation is not less than 5 and, preferably an intensity ratio relative to randomly oriented specimen of {111}<112> orientation is not less than 10, an intensity ratio relative to randomly oriented specimen of {310}<001> orientation is not more than 3 and Si concentration has a gradient that it is high at a side of a surface layer and low at a central portion in the thickness direction and a maximum value of the Si concentration is not less than 5.5 mass % and a difference between maximum and minimum values is not less than 0.5 mass %.

Abstract: An electrical steel sheet includes: a specific chemical composition; a crystal grain diameter of 20 ?m to 300 ?m; and a texture satisfying Expression 1, Expression 2, and Expression 3 when the accumulation degree of the (001)[100] orientation is represented as ICube and the accumulation degree of the (011)[100] orientation is represented as IGoss. IGoss+ICube?10.5??Expression 1 IGoss/ICube?0.50??Expression 2 ICube?2.

Abstract: Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including a steel sheet having a steel sheet surface in which a groove, which extends in a direction intersecting a rolling direction and of which a groove depth direction matches a sheet thickness direction, is formed. When an average value of a groove depth in a sheet thickness direction at a central portion of the groove in a longitudinal groove direction is set as an average groove depth D, a straight line, which connects a first point at which a groove depth in the sheet thickness direction becomes 0.05×D and a second point at which the groove depth becomes 0.

Abstract: An unoriented silicon steel having high magnetic conductivity and low iron loss at a working magnetic density of 1.0-1.5 T and method for manufacturing same. By proper deoxidation control in a RH refining and high-temperature treatment for a short time in a normalizing step, the method can reduce the amount of inclusions in the silicon steel and improve grain shape, so as to improve the magnetic conductivity and iron loss of the unoriented silicon steel at a magnetic density of 1.0-1.5 T.

Abstract: An alloy of Fe100-a-b-c-d-x-y-zCuaNbbMcTdSixByZz and up to 1 atomic % impurities; M is one or more of Mo or Ta, T is one or more of V, Cr, Co or Ni and Z is one or more of C, P or Ge, wherein 0.0 atomic %?a<1.5 atomic %, 0.0 atomic %?b<3.0 atomic %, 0.2 atomic %?c?4.0 atomic %, 0.0 atomic %?d<5.0 atomic %, 12.0 atomic %<x<18.0 atomic %, 5.0 atomic %<y<12.0 atomic % and 0.0 atomic %?z<2.0 atomic %, and wherein 2.0 atomic %?(b+c)?4.0 atomic %, produced in the form of a strip and having a nanocrystalline structure in which at least 50% by volume of the grains have an average size of less than 100 nm, a remanence ratio Jr/Js<0.02, Jr being the remanent polarization and Js being the saturation polarization, and a coercitive field strength Hc which is less than 1% of the anisotropic field strength Ha and/or less than 10 A/m.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, includes: a laser processing process of forming a laser processed portion by irradiating a region on one end side of a steel sheet in a width direction after being subjected to a cold rolling process with a laser beam along a rolling direction of the steel sheet; and a finish annealing process of coiling the steel sheet with the laser processed portion formed thereon in a coil shape and performing a finish annealing on the coil-shaped steel sheet. In the laser processing process, a melted-resolidified portion having a depth of greater than 0% and equal to or less than 80% of a sheet thickness of the steel sheet is formed by the irradiation of the laser beam at a position corresponding to the laser processed portion.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprises melting scrap steel into molten steel; decarburizing the molten steel and adding alloys; transferring the steel to ladles and casting the steel into slabs; hot rolling the slabs into sheets; pickling the sheets; annealing the sheets; cold rolling the sheets; and performing one or more of tension leveling, a rough rolling, or a coating process on the sheets after cold rolling, without an intermediate annealing process between the cold rolling and the tension leveling, the rough rolling, or the coating process. The sheet is sent to the customer for stamping and customer annealing. The new process provides an electrical steel with the similar, same, or better magnetic properties than an electrical steel manufactured using the traditional processing with an intermediate annealing step after cold rolling.

Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet containing: in mass%, C: 0.005% or less; Si: 0.1% to 2.0%; Mn: 0.05% to 0.6%; P: 0.100% or less; and Al: 0.5% or less, in which 10 pieces/?m3 or less in number density of non-magnetic precipitate AlN having an average diameter of 10 nm to 200 nm are contained, and an average magnetic flux density B50 in a rolling direction and in a direction perpendicular to rolling is 1.75 T or more. This non-oriented electrical steel sheet can be manufactured by two methods of a method of performing hot rolling annealing at a temperature of 750° C. to an Ac1 transformation point and a method of setting a coil winding temperature to 780° C. or higher and performing self annealing.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet being a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet containing Si of 0.8 mass % to 7 mass %, Mn of 0.05 mass % to 1 mass %, B of 0.0005 mass % to 0.0080 mass %, each content of Al, C, N, S, and Se of 0.005 mass % or less, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities and having a glass coating film made of composite oxide mainly composed of forsterite on the steel sheet surface, in which when glow discharge optical emission spectrometry (GDS) to the surface of a secondary coating film formed on the surface of the glass coating film under a predetermined condition is performed, a peak, of B, in emission intensity having a peak position in emission intensity different from a peak position, of Mg, in emission intensity is obtained and the peak position, of B, in emission intensity from the steel sheet surface is deeper than the peak position, of Mg, in emission intensity.

Abstract: In a method for producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by comprising a series of steps of hot rolling a raw steel material comprising C: 0.002-0.10 mass %, Si: 2.0-8.0 mass %, and Mn: 0.005-1.0 mass %, subjecting the steel sheet to a hot band annealing as required, cold rolling to obtain a cold rolled sheet having a final sheet thickness, subjecting the steel sheet to primary recrystallization annealing combined with decarburization annealing, applying an annealing separator to the steel sheet surface and then subjecting to final annealing, rapid heating is performed at a rate of not less than 50° C./s in a region of 200-700° C. in the heating process of the primary recrystallization annealing, and the steel sheet is held at any temperature of 250-600° C. in the above region for 1-10 seconds, while a soaking process of the primary recrystallization annealing is controlled to a temperature range of 750-900° C., a time of 90-180 seconds and PH2O/PH2 in an atmosphere of 0.25-0.

Abstract: A vector-magnetic-property-controlling material according to the present embodiment is subjected to a scratching process in two directions that intersect on the surface of a steel material. An iron core according to the present embodiment is configured from an oriented magnetic steel material which has been subjected to a scratching process in two directions that intersect on the surface thereof.