Production Methods of Seamless Steel Pipe

According to different production methods, seamless steel pipe can be divided into pipe, cold-rolled pipe, extruded pipe, etc.

Seamless steel pipes are produced in auto-pipe mill generally. Cut the solid tube blanks, set the centering on the surface of the tube blanks, heat the tubes by heating furnace, and punch holes in punchers. Tube blanks becomes vacuum gradually by the effect of the roller and tappet, and the circumrotation and forward of the puncher. It is called capillary tube and then continues to rolling the tubes at the auto-pipe mill again.

It must adopt the cold rolling or cold drawing or both of the two methods to produce the pipes if you want to acquire the smaller size and better quality seamless steel pipes. Cold drawing is usually made in single-chain cold-drawing machine or double-chain cold-drawing machine with 0.5~100T.

The extruded method means that bring the heated tube blanks to the airtight extrusion cylinder, extruded sections will be extruded from the smaller die hole under the effect of the moving of the rohreintreibdorn and pressing stem. This method can produce the seamless steel pipes with smaller diameter.

Circular steel pipe and shaped steel pipe

The stainless steel pipe can be divided into the circular steel pipe and the shaped steel pipe by different cross-sectional areas. Under the condition of the same Circumference, the area of circle reaches the largest. So there can be more fluid delivery with a circular tube. In addition, when the ring cross-section is subject to the radial pressure to internal or external, the force is more evenly. Therefore, most of stainless steel pipes are circular. However, the circular steel pipe also has some limitations. For example, the bending strength of the rectangular steel pipe is better than that of the circular steel pipe under the conditions of plane bending. The rectangular tube is widely used in a number of sets of frames of farm machines, and steel-wood furniture. The pipes of shaped cross-section are need for different purposes.

The Category of Seamless Steel Pipe

Seamless steel pipe is divided into hot-rolled pipe and cold-drawing pipe by the manufacturing methods. The largest nominal diameter of cold-drawing pipe is 200mm, hot-rolled pipe with 600 mm. In the pipeline project, when the diameter is more than 57mm, the hot-rolled tube is the regular selection; otherwise, the cold-drawing tube. Seamless steel pipe commonly used in pipeline projects has the following three types:

General seamless steel pipe: general seamless steel pipe is usually called seamless steel pipe. It is made of ordinary carbon steel, quality carbon steel, ordinary low-alloy steel and alloy structural steel. We usually use it to produce liquid transportation pipelines or the production structure, and parts.

Seamless steel pipe for low and medium-pressure boiler: it is usually made of steel No. 10, 20. Hot-rolled steel is delivered in hot rolled state and cold-rolled steel is delivered in cold rolled state.

Seamless steel pipe for high-pressure boiler: it is mainly used for making quality carbon structural steel, alloy steel and heat-resistant stainless steel. The pipe is delivered in hot rolled state. Otherwise, it has definite requirements for microscopic structure, grain size, and decarburized layer.

Standards of Seamless Steel Pipes

There are lots of standards for using various seamless steel pipes, which are listed as follows:
Stainless Steel Seamless Pipe for Structure Support GB / T8162
Stainless Steel Seamless Pipe for Oil-drilling YB528-65
Stainless Steel Seamless Pipe for Conveying Fluid GB / T8163-99
Seamless steel pipe for ship GB5312-85
Stainless Steel Seamless Pipe Medium pressure boiler GB / T3087-99
Stainless Steel Seamless Pipe for Petroleum casing API5CT
Stainless Steel Seamless Pipe for Geological Drilling YB235-70
Stainless Steel Seamless Pipe for Automobile Semi-axis GB3088-8
Stainless Steel Seamless Pipe S for fertilizer Support GB6479-86
Stainless Steel Seamless Pipe for Hydraulic prop GB173-98
Stainless Steel Seamless Pipe for Oil Cracking GB9948-88
Pipeline Steel ASTMA53B / 106B / API 5L B
Stainless Steel Seamless Pipe for High pressure boiler DIN17175 ST45.8-Ⅲ GB5310-95 20G

The Development of Seamless Steel Pipe

At present, the world’s total steel pipes production are in more than 5,100 plant in more than 1850 companies in more than 110 countries, including more than 260 plant manufacturing oil seamless steel pipes in more than 170 companies in 44 countries. In 2000, apparent consumption of seamless pipe for the country is 4.18 million tons, of which the domestic supply is 3.821 million tons, accounting for total domestic demand for 91.4%, and the import is 359,000 tons, ccounting
for total domestic demand for 8.59%. In the same year, consumption of oil pipes is about 910,000 tons. The import is 252,000 tons. From the view of ternational and domestic markets, the capacity of seamless steel pipe (OCTG) are greater than the existing demand. Therefore, it is a long-term task and the key to the successful development for domestic steel enterprises to increase the market competitiveness.

Development of Shente

1. Our company has employed 20 more people recently to expand export market and increase sales.

2. Our company adheres to the principle that expertise will do good to the company. Our company has committed to product innovation and quality improvement all the time. Recently, the company reached a part of co-operation projects with Shanghai Chong Yue Precision metal pipe Co., Ltd.

3. With the increasing size of the company, our company has introduced a new packaging line in August and increases the company’s production projects.

4. To expand production, our company plans to purchase 6 mini mills early next month and increase 4 production lines of broaching machine.

5. As a result of recent market instability of stainless steel, our company will organize people to carry out market research in Foshan in Guangzhou to understand the market trends at the end of September.

6. By the end of last month, our company’s total sales have reached 1,000 tons. Compared with the same period last year, the growth rate becomes larger all the time.

7. Our company promotes the protection of the environment and insists on the principles of green production. The pickling equipment in the workshop will be modified at the end of September, which will effectively ensure the non-polluting emissions.

8. At the end of August, in order to enhance the overall quality of employees, the company will organize staff to travel to Hainan for a week-long Outward Bound.

9. Gaochun County Magistrate Hsieh has carried out a research in our company on July 20, and has given us their helpful comments and suggestions in the science and technology investment, and scientific and technological innovation.

10. In order to resist the following impact brought by the economic crisis, the company has studied to decide to expand its product inventory, adding 50 tons product inventory per month.

Our company stick to business philosophy that “to make our brand by strength, to get the market by quality, to win customers by good faith”. We dedicate domestic and foreign customers with quality products and services.

The Pressure of Seamless Steel Pipe

The pressure of seamless steel pipe is generally composed of pieces of standard parts, so the pressure pipe design component is the selection of its standard parts. The pressure level of pipelines is determined to the pressure level of its standard parts.

Pipeline pressure level consists of two parts:
One is nominal pressure rating which is expressed in the Nominal pressure of the standard parts. The other is wall thickness rating which is expressed in the wall thickness of the stand parts.

The pressure grade of the pipes:
The parameters of channels characteristics which are determined by the nominal pressure level and wall thickness are called the pressure grade of seamless steel pipe. To simplify the description, we often call the nominal pressure rating as pipe pressure grades.

The calculation of the pressure grades is not only the basis for pipeline design, but also the core of design. It is the basis of the arrangement of pressure pipe, and pressure pipe stress precondition for checking the design. And it is also an important factor which will affect investment in infrastructure and reliability of pipelines.

Seamless Steel Pipe

Seamless steel pipe is a long steel with hollow sections and has no joints surrounding the steel bar. It is mainly used as a pipeline to transfer the fluid, such as oil,natural gas,water and some solid materials,etc. As compared to the flexural torsional strength in the same light, it is an economic cross-section steel. The seamless steel pipes are widely used in the manufactures and mechniacal parts,such as the oil pipe, automotive transmission shaft,bicycles aircraft,as well as buliding construction. With steel pipe manufacturing, annular parts can improve the material utilization, simplify the manufacturing process, save material and machining time. For example, the roller bearing rings and the jack sets and so on have been widely made of steel pipes. Cylindrical rube can delivery more fluid since the circle has the largest areas under the same circumference. In addition, the ring cross-section bears internal or external pressure, the force more evenly, so that vast majority of tubular steel pipes are cylindrical rubes . However, the tube also has some limitations, such as in-plane bending conditions, the pipe on the better side, rectangular tube bending strength, and a number of sets of frames, steel-wood furniture on the commonly used square, rectangular tube.

Focus On Detection of Clearance

Our company has employed two high-level technical engineers on non-destructive testing and been bought in experimental testing equipments to do high-quality steel at the end of March.

Latest Tender

At present, our company is working with the bidding process of a northwestern large-scale chemical projects in Inner Mongolia .And now our company sales staff has vigorously prepared for the series of public bidding activities there.