Kawasaki Steel Corporation

Jfe Steel Corporation

Noritsugu Itakura

Mitsuhiro Okatsu

Keniti Amano

Fumimaru Kawabata

Hiroki Ota

Mitsuo Kimura

Yukio Miyata

Tomoya Koseki

Tohru Hayashi

Kenji Oi

Takaaki Toyooka

Tatsuro Katsumura

Katsumi Masamura

Kazutoshi Ishikawa

Seiichiro Nambu

Through a tube expanding processing simulation, a workpiece shape in a state where a tip of a workpiecehas advanced by 1.0 m or more after passing through a shoulder portionof a toolis evaluated. A hollow piece shape and a tool shape such that the external diameter is within &#xb1;1% of the target, the thickness is within &#xb1;7.5% of the target, and the internal gap between the hollow piece and the tool is 1.0 mm or less are obtained by repeated calculation, and thereby actual tube expanding manufacturing conditions are determined.

Tube expanding method for manufacturing metal tube

A martensitic stainless steel pipe having a heat-affected zone with high resistance to intergranular stress corrosion cracking is provided. In particular, the martensitic stainless steel pipe contains less than 0.0100% of C; less than 0.0100% of N; 10% to 14% of Cr; and 3% to 8% of Ni on a mass basis. Alternatively, the martensitic stainless steel pipe may further contain Si, Mn, P, S, and Al within an appropriate content range. The martensitic stainless steel pipe may further contain one or more selected from the group consisting of 4% or less of Cu, 4% or less of Co, 4% or less of Mo, and 4% or less of W and one or more selected from the group consisting of 0.15% or less of Ti, 0.10% or less of Nb, 0.10% or less of V, 0.10% or less of Zr, 0.20% or less of Hf, and 0.20% or less of Ta on a mass basis. The content Cdefined by the following equation is equal to less than 0.0050%: C=C&#x2212;&#x2153;&#xd7;C, wherein C=12.0 {Ti/47.9+&#xbd;(Nb/92.9+Zr/91.2)+&#x2153;(V/50.9+Hf/178.5+Ta/180.9)&#x2212;N/14.0} or C=0 when C&#x3c;0.

Martensitic stainless steel pipe

A high-strength, high-toughness seamless steel pipe used for a line pipe contains 0.03 to 0.06% of C, 0.05 to 0.15% of Si, 1.6 to 2.0% of Mn, 0.010 to 0.10% of Al, 0.3 to 0.7% of Ni, 0.10 to 0.40% of Mo, 0.01 to 0.06% of V, 0.003 to 0.03% of Nb, 0.003 to 0.020% of Ti, and 0.0010 to 0.0100% of N, the relationships Mo&plus;5V&gE;0.4% and 2Nb&minus;V&lE;0% being satisfied, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. Consequently, it is possible to provide the high-strength, high-toughness seamless steel pipe used for a line pipe in which grade X80 strength and toughness are stably ensured, and the target strength can be easily attained regardless of the size.

High strength, high toughness, seamless steel pipe for line pipe

A high-strength and high-toughness steel product having at least about 0.001% and less than about 0.030% by weight C, not more than about 0.60% by weight Si, from about 0.8 to 3.0% by weight Mn, from about 0.005 to 0.20% by weight Nb, from about 0.0003 to 0.0050% by weight B, and not more than about 0.005% by weight Al, wherein at least 90% of the product has a bainite structure. A method of making this steel product is subject to less stringent production controls because of the nature of the composition.

High-strength high-toughness steel products

A high-strength and high-toughness steel product having at least about 0.001% and less than about 0.030% by weight C, not more than about 0.60% by weight Si, from about 0.8% to 3.0% by weight Mn, from about 0.005 to 0.20% by weight Nb, from about 0.0003 to 0.0050% by weight B, and not more than about 0.005% by weight AL wherein at least 90% of the product has a bainite structure. A method of making this steel product is subject to less stringent production controls because of the nature of the composition.

Method of producing a bainite steel product

This invention provides bainite steel materials having a less scattering of properties in a thickness direction or between steel materials by using a chemical composition of C: not less than 0.001 wt % but less than 0.030 wt %, Si: not more than 0.60 wt %, Mn: 1.00-3.00 wt %, Nb: 0.005-0.20 wt %, B: 0.0003-0.0050 wt % and Al: not more than 0.100 wt % and rendering not less than 90% of the material into a bainite texture in steel materials such as thick steel plates, steel sheets, section steels, rod steels and the like.

Bainitic steel materials having a less scattering of properties and

Method of producing bainitic steel materials having a less scattering of

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Tokyo, Japan

Noritsugu Itakura