Development and Industrial Applying on Rolling Mill 5000 of the Model of Austenite Grain Size Evolution in Nb-Microalloyed Steels

Abstract:

In this research evolution of austenite grain size in Nb-microalloyed steels X65÷X120 grades during slab reheating and roughing rolling was studied. A mathematical model has been development to obtain the target temperature and soaking time in furnace, which ensure a uniform austenite structure and maximum possible dissolution of the carbonitride particles prior to roughing rolling. The Hot Rolling Recrystallization Model (HRRM) has also development to predict the austenite microstructure evolution during roughing rolling. The model is based on empirical equations and organized following a tree-structure. A validation of the model has been carried out in the laboratory by multipass compression tests. The models jointly have been used to create new strategies of processing technology of rolled plates on rolling mill 5000 for the South Stream pipeline. The industrial application has confirmed a great benefit of the models in point of cold resistance of rolled plates.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 879)
• Pages: 312-317
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.879.312
• Online since: November 2016
• Authors: A.V. Chastukhin*, D.A. Ringinen, S.V. Golovin, L.I. Efron
• Keywords: Austenite, Grain Size, Heating, Microalloyed Steel, Modeling, Niobium, Recrystallization, THERMOMECHANICAL PROCESSING

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