Abstract: Steel strapping and a method of manufacturing steel strapping are disclosed. The steel strapping has the following composition in wt % and a microstructure including a matrix of recovery-annealed cold worked ferrite containing martensite and carbides dispersed through the matrix. C: up to 0.2 Mn: up to 2.0 Si: 0.2-0.4 Ti: 0.025-0.045 V: 0.05-0.07 Cr: up to 0.25 Ni: up to 0.30 Mo: up to 0.10 N: up to 0.005 Cu: up to 0.20 Al: up to 0.08 Nb: up to 0.005 P: up to 0.035 S: up to 0.020 Balance  iron and incidental impurities.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a strip made of an Fe—Ni alloy of the “&ggr;′ and/or &ggr;″ structural hardening” type, the thermal expansion coefficient between 20° C. and 150° C. of which is less than 7×10−6/K, in which a hot strip is manufactured either by hot rolling a semi-finished product or by direct casting of a thin strip which is optionally lightly hot-rolled, and the hot strip is subjected to a softening annealing operation consisting of a soak between 950° C. and 1200° C. followed by rapid cooling and optionally a pickling operation, in order to obtain a softened strip; a cold-worked strip is manufactured by cold rolling the said softened strip, with a reduction ratio of greater than 5%; and the cold-worked strip is subjected to a recrystallization annealing operation in an inert or reducing atmosphere, carried out either on the run with a residence time between 900° C. and 1200° C.

Abstract: A compound structure steel sheet excellent in burring workability made of a steel containing, by mass, 0.01 to 0.3% of C, 0.01 to 2% of Si, 0.05 to 3% of Mn, 0.1% or less of P, 0.01% or less of S, and 0.005 to 1% or Al, and having the microstructure being a compound structure having ferrite as the main phase and martensite or retained austenite mainly as the second phase, the quotient of the volume percentage of the second phase divided by the average grain size of the second phase being 3 or more and 12 or less, and the quotient of the average hardness of the second phase divided by the average hardness of the ferrite being 1.5 or more and 7 or less; or a compound structure steel sheet excellent in burring workability made of a steel containing, by mass, 0.01 to 0.3% of C, 0.01 to 2% of Si, 0.05 to 3% of Mn, 0.1% or less of P, 0.01% or less of S, and 0.

Abstract: A spring centraliser device for supporting a tubular member spaced from the wall of a bore is made from a single piece of boron steel material. The spring centraliser device has first and second collars spaced apart along a longitudinal axis. Spring bow portions extend between the collars. As the device is made from a single piece of material, the material extends seamlessly from each collar portion through the bow portions so that there are no joins or points of weakness.

Abstract: A method for producing a rolling bearing component, in which, before ustenizing, the steel is subjected to cold deformation and quenching is such that the bainitic structure is obtained; and a rolling bearing component produced by the method, such as a rolling bearing ring from 1C to 1,5Cr type series steel, in which at least the surface of the rolling bearing component has a bainitic structure and the service life of the bainitic structure is considerably increased over a component not subjected to cold rolling.

Abstract: Steel for the manufacture of a component for bearings, the chemical composition of which comprises, by weight: 0.6%≦C≦1.5%; 0.4%≦Mn≦1.5%; 0.75%≦Si≦2.5%, 0.2%≦Cr≦2%; 0%≦Ni≦0.5%; 0%≦Mo≦0.2%; 0%≦Al≦0.05%; S≦0.04%; the balance being iron and impurities resulting from smelting and the composition furthermore satisfying the relationships: Mn≦0.75+0.55×Si and Mn≦2.5−0.8×Si. Process for the manufacture of a bearing component.

Abstract: The object of the invention is an aluminum-killed low-carbon steel sheet comprising by weight between 0.022 and 0.035% of carbon, between 0.15 and 0.25% of manganese, between 0.040 and 0.070% of aluminum, between 0.004 and 0.006% of nitrogen, the remainder being iron and the inevitable trace impurities. The steel contains carbon in free state, a grain count per mm2 greater than 20000 and, in the aged condition, has a percentage elongation A% satisfying the relationship: (670−Rm)/14≦A%≦(720−Rm)/17 where Rm is the maximum rupture strength.

Abstract: The invention relates to drawn pieces made of steel plate, particularly for motor vehicles bodies, and to a process for manufacturing such drawn pieces. In order to be able to manufacture drawn pieces with a high piece strength but of a low weight and with a low susceptibility to denting in a simple manner, according to the invention, a spring steel plate which is already hardened in the initial state, particularly bainitized—for example, CK60 or C63 or 67SiCr5—is used during the drawing of the vehicle body parts. The yield point of the heat-treated plate bar material is approximately in the range of from 800 to 1,800 N/mm2; the tensile strength is above that. Because of these strength values, plate bars of a plate thickness of approximately 0.3 mm to 0.6 mm can be used, whereby approximately 20 to 60% of the previous piece weight can be saved. The drawn piece according to the invention is therefore a definite lightweight part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a cold rolled steel sheet and a hot-dip zinc-coated steel sheet having excellent surface properties, an excellent resistance to natural aging and an excellent dent resistance of panel and, thus, adapted to the manufacture of steel sheet for outer panels of vehicles. The method comprises the steps of preparing steel consisting of 0.005 to 0.012% by weight of C, 0.01 to 0.4% by weight of Si, 0.15 to 1.0% by weight of Mn, 0.01 to 0.08% by weight of P, at most 0.02% by weight of S, 0.01 to 0.1% by weight of sol. Al, at most 0.004% by weight of N, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of 0.01 to 0.2% by weight of Nb and 0.04 to 0.1% by weight of Ti, and satisfying the condition 1.2≦(12/93) (Nb%/C%)+(12/48) (Ti*%/C%)≦2.5, applying a hot rolling and a cold rolling to the steel, soaking the cold rolled steel sheet at T(° C.) meeting a formula Ac3≧T(° C.

Abstract: A method for producing a cold-rolled steel sheet or strip with good formability, especially stretch formability, for making pressings with a high buckling resistance from a steel comprising (in % by mass): 0.01 to 0.08% C, 0.10 to 0.80% Mn, maximum 0.15% Si, 0.015 to 0.08% Al, a maximum 0.005% N, 0.01 to 0.04% Ti and/or Nb, whose contents exceeding the quantity necessary for stoichiometric binding of the nitrogen, ranges from 0.003 to 0.015% Ti or 0.0015 to 0.008% Nb, and a maximum 0.15% in total of one or several elements from the group copper, vanadium, nickel, the remainder being iron, including unavoidable impurities, including a maximum 0.08% P and a maximum 0.02% S, comprises preheating the cast slab to a temperature exceeding 1050.degree. C., hot-rolling at a final temperature ranging from over the Ar.sub.3 temperature to 950.degree. C., coiling the hot-rolled strip at a temperature ranging from 550 to 750.degree. C.

Abstract: A bake hardenable cold-rolled steel sheet and a method for producing the steel sheet are provided, wherein the steel sheet includes carbon in a range of about 0.003-0.1 wt. %, with the amount of carbon in solution being about 3-30 ppm, and the steel is substantially free of Ti, Nb, and V, which are otherwise commonly employed in producing low-carbon bake hardenable cold-rolled steel. The method includes a two stage batch or box anneal, a first stage of which is an intercritical batch anneal at a temperature between the A.sub.1 and A.sub.3 temperatures, and a second, subcritical batch anneal at a temperature below the A.sub.1 temperature and above 900.degree. F., with a slow controlled cooling from the intercritical temperature to the subcritical temperature, and from the subcritical temperature to ambient temperature.

Abstract: A medium/high carbon low alloy steel which can be cold formed by cold or warm forging and heat treated. The material consists essentially of:______________________________________ Element Weight Percent ______________________________________ Carbon (C) about 0.45-0.65 Manganese (Mn) about 0.35-0.45 Chromium (Cr) about 0.70-0.80 Nickel (Ni) about 0.35-0.50 Molybdenum (Mo) about 0.15-0.30 Titanium (Ti) about 0.01-0.02 Aluminum (Al) about 0.01-0.02 Silicon (Si) about 0.008-0.15 Boron (B) about 0.001-0.003 Iron (Fe) Balance Vanadium (V) Less than about 0.10 Oxygen (O) about 0.002-0.005 Nitrogen (N) about 0.001-0.008 Copper (Cu) Less than about 0.35 Zirconium (Zr) Less than about 0.01 Antimony (Sb) Less than about 0.01 Tin (Sn) Less than about 0.01 Sulfur (S) about 0.001-0.010 Phosphorus (P) about 0.001-0.

Abstract: The cold rolled steel sheet or galvanized steel sheet comprises by weight C: 0.0001 to 0.0026%, Si: not more than 1.2%, Mn: 0.03 to 3.0%, P: 0.015 to 0.15%, S: 0.0010 to 0.020%, Al: 0.005 to 0.1%, N: 0.0005 to 0.0080% and B: 0.0003 to 0.0030% with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities. A process for producing the above steel sheet is also provided which comprises the steps of: performing hot roll finishing of a slab having the above chemical composition at the Ar.sub.3 transformation point or above; preferably, then cooling the hot rolled strip, within 1.5 sec after the completion of the hot rolling, to 750.degree. C. at a rate of not less than 50.degree. C./sec; coiling the strip in the temperature range of from room temperature to 750.degree. C.; cold rolling the coiled strip a reduction ratio of not less than 70%; subjecting the cold rolled strip to continuous annealing at 600.degree. to 900.degree. C.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an alloy sheet for a shadow mask is provided which includes: (i) annealing a hot-rolled sheet containing Fe and Ni at a temperature of 910.degree. to 990.degree. C.; (ii) cold-rolling the annealed hot-rolled sheet from step (i) to produce a cold-rolled sheet; (iii) crystallization annealing of the cold-rolled sheet from step (ii); (iv) cold-rolling the annealed cold rolled sheet from step (iii); (v) finish recrystallization annealing step of the cold-rolled sheet of step (iv); (vi) finish cold-rolling of the sheet from step (v) at a cold-rolling reduction ratio R (%) satisfying the following equations: 16.ltoreq.R.ltoreq.75 and 6.38 D-133.9.ltoreq.R.ltoreq.6.38 D-51.0 wherein D is the average austenite grain size in .mu.m; (vii) softening annealing the sheet from step (vi) at a temperature of 720.degree. to 790.degree. C. for 2 to 40 minutes before press-forming and at conditions of temperature T in .degree.C. and time t in minutes which satisfy the following equation :T.gtoreq.-53.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ultra-high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having desirable delayed fracture resistance, which comprises: preparing a material consisting essentially of 0.1 to 0.25 wt. % carbon, up to 1 wt. % silicon, 1 to 2.5 wt. % manganese, up to 0.020 wt. % phosphorus, up to 0.005 wt. % sulfur, 0.01 to 0.05 wt. % soluble aluminum, 0.0010 to 0.0050 wt. % nitrogen, optionally at least one of Nb, Ti or V, optionally at least one of Cu, Ni, B, Cr or Mo, the balance being iron and incidental impurities; subjecting the material to a hot rolling, a pickling and a cold rolling to prepare a cold-rolled steel sheet; and subjecting the cold-rolled steel sheet to a continuous heat treatment which comprises: subjecting the cold-rolled steel sheet to a soaking treatment at a temperature of Ac.sub.3 to 900.degree. C. for 30 seconds to 15 minutes, quenching the cold-rolled steel sheet at a quenching rate of at least 400.degree. C./second from a temperature of at least a lower limit temperature (T.sub.

Abstract: After a predeoxidation treatment of a molten steel comprising as basic ingredients, in terms of % by weight, 0.04 to 0.20% of C, 0.05 to 0.50% of Si, 0.4 to 2.0% of Mn, 0.3 to 0.7% of Mo, 0.003 to 0.015% of N, 0.04 to 0.20% of V and less than 0.005% of Al to regulate [O %] to 0.003 to 0.015% by weight, titanium is added thereto so as to satisfy a requirement represented by the formula: -0.006.ltoreq.[Ti %]-2[O %].ltoreq.0.008 to crystallize a titanium-based oxide in an amount of 20 particles/mm.sup.2 or more, and MnS, TiN and V(C, N) are deposited on the titanium-based oxide to disperse the titanium-based oxide as a composite precipitate in the steel to provide a cast slab, and a high-strength high-toughness shape steel having an excellent fire resistance is provided by a combination of water cooling between rolling passes at the time of rolling with accelerated cooling after the completion of the rolling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high strength cold rolled steel sheet having excellent non-aging property at room temperature and excellent drawability, said steel sheet having a dual-phase structure composed of a high-temperature transformed ferrite phase and a low-temperature transformed ferrite phase having high dislocation density.The invention also relates a high strength cold rolled steel sheet having excellent non-aging property at room temperature and bake hardenability, as well as excellent drawability. This steel sheet is produced by preparing a hot-rolled steel sheet, cold rolling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a rolling reduction not smaller than 60%, annealing the cold rolled steel sheet at a temperature which is not lower than the .gamma. transformation start temperature but below the A.sub.c3 transformation temperature, and cooling the annealed steel sheet at a rate not smaller than 5.degree. C./sec but not greater than 100.degree. C./sec.