Method for Producing a Hot-Formed and Hardened Steel Component Coated with a Metallic Anti-Corrosion Coating from a Sheet Steel Product

摘要

A method for producing a steel component with a metallic anti-corrosion coating from a sheet steel product comprising at least 0.4% by weight Mn is disclosed. The sheet steel product is annealed in a continuous furnace under an annealing atmosphere containing up to 25% by volume H₂, 0.1% to 10% by volume NH₃, H₂O, N₂, and process-related impurities as the remainder, at a dew point between −50° C. and −5° C. at a temperature of 400 to 1100° C. for 5 to 600 s. The annealed sheet steel product has a 5 to 200 μm thick nitration layer with a particle size finer than the particle size of the inner core layer. Once coated with a metallic protective layer, a blank is separated from the annealed sheet steel product, heated to an austenitising temperature of 780 to 950° C., hot-formed, and cooled so that a hardened structure forms.