Abstract:
A piercing mandrel for piercing heated round blocks of metal for the production of seamless pipes, having a piercing mandrel nose and a piercing mandrel main body which can be connected to a mandrel bar. The outer diameter of the piercing mandrel nose is formed in a conically tapering manner in the longitudinal direction towards the piercing mandrel main body in order to increase the durability of the piercing mandrel when used for piercing round blocks of metal, in particular higher-alloyed steel materials which are difficult to work, by means of skew rolling providing a qualitative improvement of the inner surface of the pierced round block and reducing tool costs.