Abstract:
A steel plate having a low yield ratio and high strength excellent in terms of strain ageing resistance of an API 5L X70 grade or less, a method for manufacturing the steel plate and a high strength welded steel pipe made of the steel plate are provided. A high strength steel plate having a low yield ratio, the steel plate having a chemical composition containing, by mass%, C: 0.03% or more and 0.08% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 1.0% or less, Mn: 1.2% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.08% or less, Nb: 0.005% or more and 0.07% or less, Ti: 0.005% or more and 0.025% or less, N: 0.010% or less, O: 0.005% or less and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, a metallographic structure including a bainite phase and island martensite, and further including a polygonal ferrite in surface portions within 5 mm from the upper and lower surfaces, wherein the area fraction of the island martensite is 3% or more and 15% or less, wherein the equivalent circle diameter of the island martensite is 3.0 µm or less, wherein the area fraction of the polygonal ferrite in the surface portions is 10% or more and less than 80%, and wherein the remainder of the metallographic structure consists of a bainite phase, a hardness variation in the thickness direction of ”HV30 or less in terms of Vickers hardness, a hardness variation in the width direction of ”HV30 or less in terms of Vickers hardness, a maximum hardness in the surface portions of the steel plate of HV230 or less in terms of Vickers hardness and a yield ratio of 85% or less and an elongation of 22% or more in a full-thickness tensile test using a test piece having a shape in accordance with GOST standards.
Abstract:
Provided is a submerged arc welding method for a steel plate which is preferably used in making and welding a large diameter pipe such as a UOE steel pipe or a spiral steel pipe. As specific means, in welding the steel plate from an internal surface or an external surface by a submerged arc welding, welding condition is set such that, a cross-sectional area of internal weld metal S 1 and a cross-sectional area of external weld metal S 2 satisfy the formula (1), the formula (2), and the formula (3), that is, 0.40‰¤(S1+S2)/t 2 ‰¤0.80 ...... (1), S 1 /t 2 ‰¤0.35 ...... (2), and S 2 /t 2 ‰¤0.45 ...... (3), wherein t: a plate thickness of the steel plate (mm), S 1 : a cross-sectional area of the internal weld metal (mm 2 ) excluding the cross-sectional area of a portion of the internal weld metal overlapping with the external weld metal after external welding, and S 2 : a cross-sectional area of the external weld metal (mm 2 ).
Abstract:
There is provided a method for manufacturing a laser welded steel pipe in which the status of laser welding is accurately assessed, and the assessment is used to modify welding conditions, so that laser welded steel pipes can be manufactured at a high yield rate and in a stable manner. More specifically, irradiation point(s) of laser beam(s), with which the longitudinal edges are irradiated from the side of the outer surface, are monitored from the side of the inner surface of an open pipe, and then conditions of welding with the laser beam(s) are assessed to be kept unchanged if any keyhole is found penetrating out of the inner surface of the open pipe, or modified if no keyhole is found penetrating out of the inner surface of the open pipe, so that welding can be performed with any keyhole penetrating from the outer surface to the inner surface of the open pipe captured at any irradiation point of the laser beam(s) .
Abstract:
It is an object to provide a welded steel pipe which is excellent in productivity and which has excellent welded heat-affected zone toughness without deteriorating the internal quality of welds. A welded steel pipe with excellent welded heat-affected zone toughness includes a butt weld formed by prior welding either an inner surface or an outer surface with a single layer for each of the inner and outer surfaces, wherein in the metallographic structure of a welded heat-affected zone, the martensite-austenite constituent (MA) area fraction is 4% or less, the average prior-austenite grain size is 400 µm or less, and the following items are taken into account: the average prior-austenite grain size of a welded heat-affected zone formed by prior welding, the average prior-austenite grain size of a welded heat-affected zone formed by subsequent welding, the bead width determined at a position 5 mm apart from the tip of a weld bead formed by subsequent welding, the fusion line tilt angle of a weld bead of prior welding, and the fusion line tilt angle of a weld bead of subsequent welding.
Abstract:
A welding structure (30A) includes a welding layer (60A) which is configured of a first built-up layer (33) which is formed of low-alloy steel or carbon steel having a carbon content of less than low-alloy steel and which is formed on a base metal (31), a second built-up layer (34) which is formed of a 600-type nickel-based alloy and which is formed on the first built-up layer (33) and a third built-up layer (35) which is formed of a 690-type nickel-based alloy and which is formed on the second built-up layer (34).
Abstract:
A high-temperature piping product is configured from a plurality of primary pipe members and a welding material. The primary pipe members are each made from an Ni-based forged alloy containing: Ni, Al, and at least one of Mo and W, the total content of the Mo and the W being 3-8 mass%, the Ni-based forged alloy exhibiting a γ'-phase dissolution temperature of from 920 to 970°C, and the γ' phase being precipitated in 30 volume% or more in a temperature range of from 700 to 800°C. The welding material is made from an Ni-based cast alloy having a cast structure formed by welding, the Ni-based cast alloy containing: Ni, Al, and at least one of Mo and W, the total content of the Mo and the W being 9-15 mass%, the Ni-based cast alloy exhibiting a γ'-phase dissolution temperature of from 850 to 900°C, the γ' phase being precipitated in 20 volume% or more in a temperature range of from 700 to 800°C. The welding material is buttered to the primary pipe members in portions to be welded to each other.
Abstract:
[Object] There are provided electric resistance welded oil country tubular goods having strength corresponding to API specification 5CT P110 without a heat treatment being performed on the whole steel pipe and further having excellent toughness, and a manufacturing method of an electric resistance welded oil country tubular goods. [Solution] Electric resistance welded oil country tubular goods according to the present invention have a chemical composition that contains, in mass%, C: 0.05 to 0.12%, Si: 0.03 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.80 to 2.2%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.003% or less, Al: 0.08% or less, Nb: 0.01% to 0.10%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.03%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0030%, and N: 0.008% or less, and in which Ti > 3.4 N is satisfied, its balance is composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, and, V C90 is 15 to 40.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a welded line pipe structure for transporting corrosive petroleum or natural gas. It is constituted by martensitic stainless steel pipes containing 8 - 16% Cr and at most 0.05% C. By suitably controlling the welding conditions at the time of girth welding of the steel pipes so as to ensure that the Cr concentration in grain boundary Cr-depleted portions existing immediately beneath a weld oxide scale is at least 5%, the occurrence of SCC in a high temperature CO 2 environment can be prevented.
Abstract:
A method of laying a pipeline is described in which both internal and external weld passes are performed in order to weld together the pipe sections (2a, 2b). The method includes arranging a pipe section (2b) adjacent to the end (2a) of a pipeline thereby defining a circumferential joint (8) to be welded, performing an external weld pass with, for example GMAW - MIG torch (10), on the root of the joint (8) to be welded during which weld material is deposited in the root of the joint to be welded, thereby forming a root weld (4r), and then performing an internal weld pass with, for example a GTAW - TIG torch (12), on the root weld (4r) during which the root weld (4r) is melted and re-shaped. The method has particular application in relation to pipes clad with corrosion resistant alloy (CRA) (6).