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US20120315181A1 US13/510,236 US201013510236A US2012315181A1 US 20120315181 A1 US20120315181 A1 US 20120315181A1 US 201013510236 A US201013510236 A US 201013510236A US 2012315181 A1 US2012315181 A1 US 2012315181A1
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    • C21DMODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
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    • C21DMODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
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  • This invention is a stainless steel for general applications in plastic-forming molds, particularly, but not limited, to hot chambers molds. Its main feature is the combination of properties related to the mold fabrication, such as machinability, weldability and low cost (associated with low nickel (Ni) content) and for being easy to process, in terms of control of an undesirable microstructural phase called delta-ferrite. Due to these mold- and steel-making advantages, this invention allows a considerable reduction of the mold cost.
  • the tools and molds are usually operated to form other materials, either thermoplastic polymer materials (commonly known as plastic materials) or metallic materials. Depending on the properties of the material used to make the tools, these are used in processes at room or high temperatures, around 700° C.
  • the steel of this invention is especially applied to molds or mold devices, which are exposed to room temperature or temperatures below 500° C. and must be corrosion-resistant.
  • a typical example of such applications is the hot chambers used in plastic-forming molds, which do not exceed 300° C. For such cases, the combined temperature/water-cooling effect may lead to corrosion, which explains the need for stainless steels. And, due to the high content of machined material, the machinability property should be optimized.
  • the need for a stainless steel with high machinability, low-nickel and carbon content and increased processing capacity is evident.
  • the forming temperatures of the material should be significantly higher than those of state-of-the-art steels.
  • the steel of this invention will fulfill all those needs.
  • the alloys of this invention have a composition of alloying elements, which, in percentage by mass, consist of:
  • C carbon is the main responsible for the response to the heat treatment, and also for the hardness of martensite produced by quenching. Due to the intense heating and quick cooling, the welding process can be considered similar to quenching. Thus, the carbon content controls the final hardness created in the welded zone of the steel of this invention. Therefore, to achieve the required hardness, the carbon content should be at least 0.01%, preferably above 0.03%. However, the carbon content should be below 0.2%, preferably below 0.1%, such that hardness in the welded zones is below 40 HRC to prevent cracking and facilitate the machining process.
  • Mn is not a costlier element, but is a powerful austenitizer, it should be employed at high levels in the steel of this invention. Therefore, its content should be above 2.0%, preferably above 22%, typically 2.5%. However, when employed in excess, manganese increases the content of retained austenite, as well as the coefficient of material hardening, decreasing the machinability, besides increasing hydrogen solubility and promoting flake formation; thus, the manganese content should not exceed 4.0%, preferably below 3.0%.
  • Molybdenum and Tungsten when combined, the total content should be below 1.0% because they increase the cost of the alloy and the ferrite content. Preferably, the sum should be below 0.5%, typically below 0.2%.
  • Copper it is an austenitizer and also promotes precipitation hardening required for the response to heat treatment. However, if employed in excess, copper may have a negative effect on the cost and is a major scrap contaminant. Thus, the copper content should lie between 0.01% and 1.5%, preferably between 0.1% and 0.8%, and typically, 0.55%.
  • Vanadium plays an important role in secondary hardening that, despite not being intense in the steel of this invention, is essential for reaching the post-tempering hardness required at high temperature.
  • vanadium is also a ferritizer and has a negative impact on the cost of the alloy, its content should be controlled.
  • the vanadium content should lie between 0.01% and 1.0%, preferably between 0.05% and 0.50%, typically around 0.1%.
  • sulfur in the steel of this invention, sulfur forms manganese sulfide (MnS) inclusions that become elongated through the hot forming process.
  • MnS manganese sulfide
  • the sulfur content must be higher than 0.01%, preferably above 0.05%, typically above 0.09%.
  • the MnS inclusions have a negative effect on the mechanical properties, especially toughness and corrosion resistance.
  • the sulfur content should be limited to 0.20%, preferably below 0.15%.
  • the Al content should not be excessively high to hinder machinability. It should be below 0.5%, typically below 0.1%, preferably below 0.05%.
  • Si silicon is used as a deoxidizer, an important agent in situations of low Al content, which is the case of the steel of this invention.
  • this element is a ferritizer and if used in excess, favors the formation of delta-ferrite.
  • the silicon content should remain between 0.1% and 1.0%, preferably between 0.2% and 0.7%, typically 0.40%.
  • FIG. 1 shows the increase of the amount of delta-ferrite for state-of-the-art alloy 1 and alloys PI 1 and PI 2 of this invention. Representative microstructures have also been added.
  • FIG. 2 shows the tempering curves obtained for the three alloys, alloy 1, PI 1 and PI 2—the alloys' hardness is low after quenching, changing from 30 to 34 HCR after tempering.
  • FIG. 3 shows a comparison of the microstructure of alloys PI 1 and PI 2 for two contents of sulfur—note that the increase of the number of inclusions is directly proportional to the increase of the sulfur content.
  • the “Thermo-calc” software was used to simulate the effect of N and Mn on the increase of the delta-ferrite formation temperature to allow defining the composition of the steel of this invention.
  • Simulations 1 to 4 show the strong effect of nitrogen, at a composition equivalent to that of U.S. Pat. No. 6,358,334.
  • extremely high N content above 0.06%, already anticipate the formation of gas during the solidification stage, which generates voids in the billets, making their use unfeasible.
  • the Mn effect associated with a higher and safe N content can be analyzed.
  • alloy 1 The alloys of the present invention will be called PI 1 and PI 2.
  • the chemical compositions of the billets are shown in table 4.
  • the principal variables in terms of matrix stability concerning ferrite formation are the Mn and N contents; however the S content of the alloys also varied, and the respective effects will be discussed further on.
  • the S content of alloys PI 1 and PI 2 is not the same, and this can be positive or negative for the application, and thus, the S content should be specified depending on the application.
  • This issue was investigated for the billets shown in Table 4, but after hot formation for 70 ⁇ 70 mm square section size (4 ⁇ reduction by area). The low values are due to the low degree of reduction applied to the trial billets.
  • the higher S content of alloy PI 2 results in improved machinability but lower toughness and corrosion resistance.
  • the results of such changes can be seen in Table 5 and, in microstructural terms, the different distribution of the S content of alloys PI 1 and PI 2 can be observed in FIG. 3 .
  • the higher amount of sulfides (dark gray in FIG. 3 ) and their persistence explain the lower values obtained for corrosion resistance and toughness, respectively.
  • the preponderant factor is the higher sulfide content of alloy PI 2.
  • the two aforementioned examples show that the steel of the present invention, especially PI 3, is capable of meeting the weldability, machinability, corrosion resistance and toughness requirements without creating processing problems, for allowing higher hot forming temperatures.

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