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TM31 High Tensile Steel Plate

Preface

Among surface treated steel sheets used for various purposes, high tensile steel plates occupy an important position. Toyo Kohan’s “Silver Top” is a leader in the field of high tensile steel plates. For example, quite different from the image people have of ordinary galvanized steel sheets, Silver Top has a beautiful golden appearance and can be made into various crafted boxes and sheet products. With first class rolling technology, ultra thin material (SF) as thin as 25 µm—unattainable for other steel sheets—can be formed; by using it to replace copper foil, nickel silver, or phosphor bronze foil, costs can be reduced. Thanks to the advantage of being less prone to scratching and its customer friendly mechanical properties for processing, Silver Top has long been widely used for press forming small parts with excellent yield across many fields. In recent years, the sharp rise in nickel prices has also pushed up stainless steel prices. Therefore, as a substitute for stainless steel, we have carried out various treatments on steel plates of special grade strength and developed a “Silver Top” with greater strength, resilience, and ductility than ordinary cold rolled steel sheets; as a cost reducing new product, it is active in the electrical and electronic component field.

TM31

Compared with conventional cold rolled steel sheets, strength is greatly increased; and a high strength Silver Top is obtained by galvanizing a high strength steel sheet that has tensile properties. This enables proposals of new materials for the electrical and electronics markets.
 
 

◆ Possesses tensile strength (T/S) of around 400–1,100 N/mm² or more.
◆ TM31 is a high tensile steel plate; unlike SUS304 stainless steel—which is an alloy steel with more than 10% Cr and Ni—stainless steel material costs rise considerably due to the addition of many other elements. (In addition to being affected by nickel raw material prices, SUS304 is particularly affected, so its price fluctuates greatly.)
◆ Because high strength steel plates are steel, they are magnetic.
◆ With various surface treatments for TM31, it can be widely applied across products.

Manufacturing Process of High Tensile Steel Plates

 

Strengthening Mechanism of TM31 Steel Plate

 

TM31 Silver Top Coating

Excellent paint adhesion; a high grade coating made by electroplating; compatibility with Toyo Kohan’s unique 0.11 mm thin sheet; and high processability of the substrate are combined, and since its launch it has continued to receive customer support and favorable reviews.

A dense phosphate treatment layer provides excellent paintability and adhesion for various rubbers, linings, and various paints.
 

TM31 Mechanical Properties

■For Processing: strength plus expandability
■For Forming: ensures strength similar to SUS spring materials
 

Type

Temper

Tensile Strength
(N/㎟)

Elongation
(%)

Hardness Value
(HR30T)

For Processing

High Strength ST

A

420~550

20~35

61~71

B

520~650

15~35

65~75

SUS304

-

   

-

For Forming

High Strength ST

C

780~950

5~23

75~83

D

850~1100

3~20

78~85

SUS304

1/2H

≧780

≧6

-

SUS304

3/4H

≧930

≧3

-

SUS304

3/4H

≧1130

≧5

-

 

TM31 High Tensile Steel — Formability (Appearance)

 

TM31 Solder Wicking Test

 

TM32 High Tensile Steel Plate

Amid the sharp rise in various material prices and the pressure from end customers to cut costs, we promote high strength steel plates from Toyo Kohan, Japan. They are suitable for various surface treated steel sheets. Among these, high strength steel plates have the highest share and can replace copper foil, nickel silver, phosphor bronze foil, stainless steel, and other materials, enabling customer cost reduction.
Among them, TM32 C offers good solderability; because the material contains no tin, it does not produce tin whiskers; it has corrosion resistance; the base material requires no electroplating and therefore poses no environmental concern; it is high strength; and it meets requirements for electronic components such as lead free soldering, non active flux, high surface conductivity, and high coverage capability.

※ The best solution to replace high priced nickel silver and electroplated stainless steel.
As a lead free, weldable high strength steel plate, it has good weldability compatible with lead free soldering and inactive flux; and since it contains no tin, tin whiskers do not occur. It provides the high shielding required by electronic parts and has EMI suppression characteristics.

◆ This material can be soldered directly onto printed circuit boards.
◆ The best material choice to replace high priced nickel silver.
◆ The surface contact impedance is low and thus usable for grounding. (Surface impedance at a distance of 200 mm is about 0.3 Ω.)

TM32 C Material Structure Description

 

TM32 C Application Examples

 
 

A shielding cover is a tool used to shield electronic signals. It is a key component for reducing radiation from parts. Applied in many electronic products, it can effectively reduce mutual interference between modules—for example, shielding and isolating between the main control module, power module, Wi Fi module, etc.

TM32 C Comparison Table

 

Thickness: 0.2 mmt

Condition

Tensile Strength
N/㎟

Elongation %

Hardness

HV

Thermal Conductivity
(W/m.K)

Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
(10¯6/K)

Electrical Conductivity
(% IACS)

Specific Gravity

Solderability

TM32

C

790~950

15~23

192~250

57-61

11.28-11.56

16

7.85g/㎤

Good Solder Wetting

C7521

1/2H

440-570

5 Min

150-210

23

16.8

6

8.73g/㎤

Good Solder Wetting

 

Thickness: 0.2mmt

TM32

C7521

Advantages

1、Unique sacrificial corrosion protection function protects the steel plate; the surface is not prone to rust.
2、Proprietary rolling technology gives the material higher strength, resilience, and ductility.
3、Good solder wetting; since the material contains no tin, tin whiskers that cause short circuits do not occur.

1、Being an alloyed material, it has no cut edge oxidation issue.
2、Has solderability, electromagnetic shielding, and corrosion resistance.

Disadvantages

1、Possible cut edge oxidation.

1、Slightly poorer shielding effect.
2、Low elongation makes forming relatively difficult.
3、Low electrical conductivity.
4、High material cost.

 

TM32 C Solder Wicking Test

 

In the SGS test, solder wicking is taken as 95%.

Shielding Performance Comparison Chart

Overall Comparison Chart

TM33 Features of Black Organic Resin Coated Steel Plate

1. Electrical Conductivity

◆ Surface resistance: easily conductive using a commercial tester. (Measured value: about 10⁴–10⁵ Ω)
※ Compared with existing conductive products, it has extremely high stability value.
◆ Contact resistance: the resistance value of the steel plate as the base material. (When plate thickness is 0.2 to 1.2 mm, about 15 to 150 μΩ <JIS K7194>.)

 

Reference Measurement Values

Surface Resistance
(Four probe method)

≤ 0.5 mΩ

Interlayer Resistance
(JIS C 2550)

≤ 10 Ω·cm² per piece

2. Thermal Emissivity

◆ Thermal emissivity: shows ε equivalent to high heat dissipation steel TM33. (Emissivity ε = 0.65–0.70)
※ TM33: the current top grade form with high corrosion resistance and thermal emissivity and a black appearance.

3. Appearance
◆ Black appearance: has the same blackness as color coated steel sheets. (L*: 30 or less)
◆ Low reflectance: strong diffuse effect with a typical matte appearance.
4.Film performance:
Dynamic friction coefficient 0.15–0.18.

TM33 Mechanical Properties

Alloy Number

Composition %

Mechanical Properties

C

Mn

P

S

Tensile Strength

Elongation

Hardness

x100

x100

x1000

x1000

N/㎟

%

HV

TM33B

5

162

11

4

539

23

152

TM33C

18

179

10

2

848

11

215

TM33 Coating & Structure

TM33 Applications

◆ Suitable for bending, curling, deep drawing, stamping, inner edge flanging, etc., meeting the processing needs of small parts.
◆ Further improves corrosion resistance and paint adhesion.
◆ Using pre plated steel sheets allows omitting post plating, e coating, and baking processes at the client side.

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