Study on Continuous Annealing Process for Ultrathin Cold-Rolled SPCC Steel
The continuous annealing process was simulated on the heat treatment system for thin steel sheet (CCT-AY-II). As the recrystallization was known, the annealing temperature and holding time were taken into account to study the influence on microstructure and mechanical properties of 0.08mm ultrathin cold-rolled SPCC steel. Combined with transmission electron microscope (TEM), the precipitation behavior was analyzed. The optical micrographs show that the microstructure of the samples are more similar to batch-annealing steel rather than general specification SPCC steel through continuous annealing. With 5°C/s heating rate and annealed at 860°C for 80s, the sample performs best: the yield strength is 161MPa, the elongation is 29% and the r-value is 1.51. AlN and MnS precipitations are observed in the inner grain and at grain boundary. The annealed textures mostly composed of {111} texture. The highest intensity is centered around the {111}<110> orientation.