Abstract:
Ein Verfahren zum Schweißen von Rundnähten zur Verbindung zweier Bauteile (1, 2), insbesondere von dickwandigen Bauteilen (1, 2) oder Rohren, wobei eine Wurzel in einer Engspaltfuge (3) zwischen den Bauteilen (1, 2) erzeugt wird und die Engspaltfuge (3) anschließend mittels vollmechanischem Orbitalschweißen gefüllt wird, ist im Hinblick auf eine sichere und einfach herzustellende Schweißverbindung derart weitergebildet, dass die Wurzel mittels des WIG-Verfahrens - m-141 - manuell geschweißt wird. Des Weiteren ist eine Vorrichtung zum Schweißen von Rundnähten zur Verbindung zweier Bauteile (1, 2), insbesondere von dickwandigen Bauteilen (1, 2) oder Rohren, vorzugsweise zur Durchführung des obigen Verfahrens, mit einem eine Düse aufweisenden WIG-Brenner, insbesondere manuell geführten WIG-Brenner, wobei die Düse eine zumindest abschnittsweise innerhalb der Düse angeordnete Elektrode aufweist, angegeben, wobei die Düse zumindest an ihrem freien Ende eine ovale oder rechteckige Querschnittsform aufweist.
Abstract:
A weld joint having a base material and a weld metal both of an austenitic steel, wherein the weld metal has a chemical composition, in mass %, that C: 0.04 % or less, Si: 1.0 % or less, Mn: 3 % or less, P: 0.02 % or less, S: 0.005 % or less, Cr: 15 to 25 %, Ni: 30 % or more, Mo: 10 % or less, Nb: 2.5 to 5 %, Al: 3.0 % or less, Ti: 0.5 % or less, and the balance: Fe and inevitable impurities, with the proviso that the contents of Al and Ti satisfy the following: (Ti + Al) > Nb/8, and wherein the base material has a chemical composition, in mass %, that C: 0.04 % or less, Si: 1.0 % or less, Mn: 3 to 30 %, P: 0.02 % or less, S: 0.005 % or less, Cr: 15 to 30 %, Ni: 5 to 30 %, N: 0.10 to 0.50% and further contains at least one of 10 % or less of Mo, 10 % or less of W, 0.001 to 1.0 % of V, 0.10 % or less of Al, 0.01 % or less of Ti, 0.01 % or less of Zr and 0.01 % or less of Hf, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The weld joint is a high strength austenitic steel weld joint which exhibits excellent toughness at a low temperature and excellent resistance to hydrogen embrittlement, which are required for a piping and a vessel for high pressure hydrogen, particularly also in a welded zone.
Abstract:
A welding arrangement (5, 23) for welding pipe sections (6, 7) comprises a power supplying and gas supplying unit (7, 24), a welding unit operatively connected to the power supplying and gas supplying unit and adapted at least in part to displace about the circumference of the pipe (6, 7) during the welding operation, and means whereby the power and gas are transmitted to the welding unit through a transmitting ring (8, 27) sufficient in diameter to extend around the pipe (6, 7) during the welding operation and thereby enabling the power and gas supply unit (7, 24) to remain stationary during the welding operation.
Abstract:
A method of laying a pipeline (6) underwater includes the steps of holding an end of a pipeline (6), providing a pipe section (5) for extending the pipeline (6), arranging the pipe section (5) adjacent to said end of pipeline (6) thereby defining a circumferential joint (7) to be welded, and welding the pipes (5, 6) together. A plurality of welding torches (9) move along the circumferential joint (7) and are operated simultaneously to weld the pipes together. The pipes (5, 6) are made of TMCP-AC steel (steel manufactured using a thermal mechanical control process with accelerated cooling and having a carbon content of less than 0.1% by weight). After the root weld is laid, a cooling ring (1) mounted on an internal clamp inside the pipes (5, 6) sprays cooling liquid, for example a fluid spray of atomised water (10) and air, from nozzles (2) onto an interior surface of the pipes (5, 6) in the region of the circumferential joint (7), thereby cooling the pipes (5, 6).
Abstract:
A diffusion bonding method having a step of adjusting ends of material to be bonded before bonding the material after setting the materials in the diffusion bonding apparatus, whereas a diffusion bonding apparatus having a means of finishing ends of materials to be bonded so that both ends face parallel to each other.
Abstract:
It is an object to provide an API 5L X60 to X70 grade steel material for highly deformable line pipes that exhibits superior HIC resistance in a wet hydrogen sulfide environment with a pH of 5 or more and has a low yield ratio even after coating treatment at 300°C or lower and to provide a method for manufacturing the steel material and a welded steel pipe. The steel material for highly deformable line pipes that has superior strain aging resistance and superior HIC resistance has a specific chemical composition and has a metallographic structure including ferrite, bainite, and martensite-austenite constituent. The area fraction of the martensite-austenite constituent is 0.5 to 5.0%, and the difference in hardness between the ferrite and the bainite is 60 or more in terms of Vickers hardness. Both before strain aging treatment at a temperature of 300°C or lower and after the strain aging treatment, the steel material has a uniform elongation of 9% or more and a yield ratio of 90% or less.
Abstract:
An internal heat exchanger (IHEX) for pipeline welding includes a drive system configured to move the IHEX into a position within at least one pipe section near a weld joint location with another pipe section. The IHEX further includes a cooling section including cooling structure configured to selectively cool one or more interior surface portions of the at least one pipe section, and a controller in communication with the cooling structure and configured to activate the cooling section when the IHEX is at the position within the at least one pipe section.
Abstract:
A pipeline is a pipeline having plural weld zones in which ends of plural steel pipes are joined by welding, the plural steel pipes are produced from plural charges of molten steel having one or more steel compositions; yield point elongation is not present on a stress-strain curve obtained when stress is applied in a longitudinal direction of each of the steel pipes; a thickness of each of the steel pipes t (mm) and an average pipe outside-diameter D (mm) satisfy t/D×100‰¤6; and in the plurality of the weld zones, ”YS which is a yield strength difference between one steel pipe and the other steel pipe that are welded to each other (MPa), and YR representing a yield ratio that is a ratio of the yield strength to tensile strength of a pipe having a lower yield strength out of the one steel pipe and the other steel pipe, satisfy ”YS‰¤-1.75×YR+230.