Aluminum-based coating for flat steel products for press mold hardening components, and method for producing same
US11795535B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 27, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/273
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An aluminum-based coating of a flat steel product is applied in a hot-dipping method and comprises a mass percentage of silicon within a given range. The coating for a flat steel product, in particular for press mold hardening components, offers a shortened required minimum oven dwell time and a sufficiently large processing window when heating in an oven. This is achieved in that the surface of the coating has a degree of absorption for thermal radiation ranging between 0.35 and 0.95 prior to an annealing treatment, where the degree of absorption relates to an oven temperature ranging from 880 to 950° C. during the austenitizing annealing treatment. The invention additionally relates to an improved method for producing a flat steel product with an aluminum-based coating, to an inexpensive method for producing press-hardened components from such flat steel products, and to a press-hardened component made of such flat steel products.
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