The Effect of Ni Interlayer on the Hot-Rolled and Quenched Stainless Steel Clad Plate

The vacuum hot-rolled SUS314/Q235 stainless steel clad plate has many drawbacks including serious interface alloy element diffusion, stainless steel cladding’s sensitization, and carbon steel substrate’s low strength. In this study, the comprehensive properties were systematically adjusted by changing the thickness of the Ni interlayer (0, 100, 200 μm) and the quenching temperature (1000~1150 °C). The results showed that the Ni interlayer can obviously hinder the diffusion of carbon element, so as to achieve the purpose of eliminating the decarburized layer and reducing the carbon content of the carburized layer. Meanwhile, the perfect metallurgical bonding between the substrate and cladding can be obtained, effectively improving the stainless steel clad plate’s tensile shear strength and comprehensive mechanical properties, and significantly reduce the brittleness of the carburized layer. As the quenching temperature increases, the grains coarsening of carbon steel and stainless steel became more and more serious, and the sensitization phenomenon and the thickness of the carburized layer are gradually decreased. The stainless steel clad plate (Ni layer thickness of 100 μm) quenched at 1050 °C had the best comprehensive mechanical properties. Herein, the interface shear strength, tensile strength and the fracture elongation reached 360.5 MPa, 867 MPa and 16.10%, respectively, achieving strengthening and toughening aim. This is attributed to the disappearance of the sensitization phenomenon, the grain refinement and the lower interface residual stress.

Research on Production Technology of Asymmetrically Hot Rolled Stainless Steel Clad Plate

The hot rolled single sided stainless steel clad plate of 316L stainless steel and Q345C steel was carried out in a hot rolling line by the technology of “electron beam vacuum welding and hot rolling”. High quality single sided stainless steel clad plates were produced by asymmetrical compound billet and asymmetrically rolling. The productions of stainless steel clad plate have reached the requirements of GB / T 8165-2008. The interface shear strength is greater than 320 MPa. The yield strength is greater than370 MPa. The tensile strength is greater than 520 MPa. The elongation is greater than 30%, A good metallurgical bonding between stainless steel and carbon steel was achieved. The bonding rate reached 100%. The composite interface is straight and perfect. The pilot production in the study has laid down the certain basis for the production of the single-side dissimilar-material composite board.