Method for improving the formability of steel blanks
US12270086B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 30, 2019 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P10/25
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method to improve the formability of steel blanks, for steels containing at least 5% martensite, and possibly some ferrite, bainite and residual austenite and having an ultimate tensile strength of at least 500 MPa and possibly having a metallic coating layer on at least one side, wherein the steel blank is heat-treated on at least part of its peripheral thickness using at least one heat source, which heats the steel in a heat-treated zone to a temperature between 400° C. and 1500° C. without melting the steel in any points of the heat-treated zone.
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