论文信息 - Solutions for Hydrogen-Induced Delayed Fracture in Hot Stamping

Solutions for Hydrogen-Induced Delayed Fracture in Hot Stamping

One of the main targets in automotive industry is to reduce the weight of vehicle as well as increase the safety. To accomplish this goal, press-hardening steel and hot stamping parts have been used in car body. However, the possibility of hydrogen-induced delayed fracture (HDF) of hot stamping parts exits, which will decrease the car’s passive safety. A solution has been presented to reduce the sensitivity of HDF and improve hydrogen-induced delayed fracture resistance (HDFR) by Niobium micro-alloying technology. Traditional press-hardening steel 22MnB5 and new steel 22MnBNb2, 22MnBNb5 and 22MnBNb7 were studied, and it is shown that the appropriate addition of Nb is beneficial to the improvement of the delayed fracture resistance of the hot stamping steel, which indicates that Niobium micro-alloying technology is an effective solution to the HDF in hot stamping steels.

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