Abstract:
It is determined whether or not the shape of a bevel formed in an edge part of a blank steel plate of a UOE steel pipe by an edge planer is normal, and when needed, the need for modifying the shape of the bevel is quickly outputted to the operator. When a UOE steel pipe 30 is manufactured by subjecting a thick plate 7 provided with bevels 8a and 8b in edge parts 7a and 7b to C-pressing, U-pressing, and O-pressing to be formed into an open pipe 13, and butting and welding the bevels 8a and 8b of the open pipe 13 together, the shape of the bevels 8a and 8b of the thick plate 7 is measured prior to the C-pressing by the bevel-shape measurement device 6, and determination is made based on the measurement result whether there is a need for modifying the shape of the bevels 8a and 8b of the thick plate 7 before the C-pressing is started.
Abstract:
An object is to prolong the life of a ring tool, and improve the productivity of a welded pipe. A ring tool unit is held in a downstream-side end portion of a mandrel to be inserted into a welded pipe currently being manufactured from the upstream side of a welding position, and is used as a cutting tool for continuously cutting a bead produced on the inner surface of the welded pipe, wherein the ring tool unit is formed by fitting a ring tool having a ring-like blade in a sleeve having a circular hole for holding the outer circumference of the ring tool.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a system for welding together segments of a pipeline. The system includes an external alignment mechanism for externally supporting and manipulating the orientation of pipe segments in order to align relative segments. The system also includes an internal welding mechanism for applying a weld to an interior face joint of the two abutted pipe segments. The internal welding mechanism including a torch for applying a weld, a laser for tracking the weld profile and guiding an articulating head of the torch, and a camera for visually inspecting the weld after the weld is applied.
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.
Abstract:
To utilize electric resistance welded steel pipes as high-grade steel pipes such as oil well pipes, the qualities of the electric resistance welded steel pipes, in particular, the components of a plasma operating gas in plasma-shielded welding were fundamentally reexamined to reduce penetrator defects. As a result, an effect achieved by adding no or a minor amount of hydrogen, said effect having been ignored by conventional findings, was newly discovered and an optimum plasma operating gas composition was successfully obtained. Provided is a method for producing a plasma-shielded electric resistance welded steel pipe, said method comprising, in shaping a steel sheet into a pipe and welding end faces thereof, applying a voltage to a plasma operating gas that is supplied between a cathode and an anode of a plasma gun to generate a plasma and then shielding the vicinity of a weld part by the plasma, characterized in that the components of the plasma operating gas comprise, in terms of vol%, 70-90% inclusive of N 2 and the balance being Ar and inevitable impurities. Also provided is a method for producing a plasma-shielded electric resistance welded steel pipe, characterized in that the plasma operating gas contains 1 vol% or less of H 2 .
Abstract:
An austenitic steel welded joint is produced by welding base metal of austenitic steel having a certain chemical composition with a gas tungsten arc welding process which uses welding material of austenitic steel having a certain chemical composition. A chemical composition of weld metal comprises: C ‰¤ 0.1%; Si ‰¤ 0.8%; Mn: 1.5 to 5.5%; Ni: 8 to 15%; Cr: 18 to 24%; Al
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, ΔYS 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 ΔYS≤-1.75×YR+230.