Sumitomo Metal Industries, Inc.

Sumitomo Metal Industries Co., Ltd.

Takao Taka

Kazuhiro Ogawa

Masami Oki

Yasuto Fukada

Yutaka Suzuki

Seiji Okada

Masanari Kimoto

Kunihiro Fukui

Munekatsu Furugen

Kiyoyuki Fukui

Masanori Yasuyama

Toshiaki Shiota

Yukihiro Yoshikawa

Hiroshi Okamoto

Kazumi Isaka

Sachio Matsuo

Hideo Kawaguchi

Hiroki Hanabata

Kazushige Arimochi

Atsushi Satoh

Jun-ichi Uchida

Kouichi Sakamoto

Hitoshi Teshigahara

Maki Itoh

Nobuyuki Yamauchi

Hitoshi Teshigawara

Clad pipe having an inner pipe and an outer pipe metallurgically bonded to each other is manufactured by a process comprising the steps of: (a) preparing an inner pipe and an outer pipe made of different metallic materials, the outer pipe having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the inner pipe; (b) forming an Ni-B layer by electroplating or electroless plating on the surface of one of the pipes facing the other pipe when the two pipes are assembled, the Ni-B layer having a thickness of 2-100 .mu.m and consisting essentially, on a weight basis, of B: 0.5%-7%, Fe: 0%-30%, P: 0%-7%, and a balance of Ni and inevitable impurities; (c) assembling the two pipes by inserting the inner pipe into the outer pipe; (d) subjecting the assembled pipes to cold working for reduction in diameter to such a degree that the outer diameter of the inner pipe is reduced by from 0.5% to 10% to form raw clad pipe in which the inner and outer pipes are in contact; and (e) subjecting the raw clad pipe to heat treatment in the temperature range of 1050.degree.-1250.degree. C. for a time sufficient to metallurgically bond the inner and outer pipes by diffusion bonding.

Process for manufacturing clad pipe

A method of hot pressure welding of hot steel stock, in which the ends of the steel stock are descaled mechanically and pressure joined under a reducing flame. Since re-oxidation after descaling is prevented and the feasible temperature for hot pressure joining is maintained by the reducing flame, the joining is accomplished firmly and strong joints are obtained.

Hot pressure welding of hot steel stock

Placing a clad plate, comprising a resistor having a specific resistance at least two times that of aluminum, between two aluminum plates or between an aluminum plate and non-aluminum plate metal plate to be welded, and supplying an electric current through the aluminum plates to be welded and the clad plate. The clad plate itself may have aluminum plates sandwiching the resistor, the thickness each of the aluminum plate of the clad plate is from 1/4 to 6 times that of the resistor. The resistor can be made of iron, steel, titanium, tantalum, nickel, zirconium, and alloys thereof.

Resistance welding of aluminum

A method of carrying out hot pressure welding of hot steel stock is disclosed, which is effective for achieving a continuous hot rolling line. The hot steel stock to be joined is subjected to butt joining or lap joining in a reducing atmosphere under pressure while under hot conditions.

A precoated steel sheet having improved corrosion resistance and formability is disclosed, which comprises a Zn- or Zn alloy-plated steel sheet having on the plated surface either a colloidal silica-containing chromate undercoat layer and a polyhydroxypolyether resin-based topcoat of 0.3 to 10 .mu.m in thickness in which resin is derived by polycondensation of a dihydric phenol component selected from a mononuclear dihydric phenol, dinuclear dihydric phenol, and a mixture of both, with an epihalohydrin or a non-colloidal material-containing chromate underlayer and an epoxy resin based topcoat containing colloidal silica of a thickness of from 0.3-1.6 .mu.m in thickness. In spite of the absence of zinc powder, the precoated steel sheet can be satisfactorily welded by resistance welding when the thickness of the topcoat layer is not greater than 2.5 .mu.m, and even with such a thin topcoat, the precoated steel sheet retains its improved corrosion resistance and formability. The precoated steel sheet can be satisfactorily finish-coated by electrodeposition. The undercoat layer is produced by a two stage reduction of Cr.sup.+6 to Cr.sup.+3 in an aqueous suspension containing chromic acid.

Precoated steel sheet having improved corrosion resistance and

A butt welding method is disclosed, which comprises abutting a pair of steel sheets and welding the abutting surfaces by opposing electrodes while preventing gaps from developing between the widthwise outer portions of said steel sheets by suppressing rotational deformation of the abutting surfaces in the widthwise outer portions thereof.

Butt welding method

Electrode for tungsten inert gas welding having a body of a circular cross-section with a frustoconical tip end having a cone angle less than 120.degree.. The electrode is formed with an axially extending cylindrical recess at the tip end to leave an annular area. The configuration of the electrode is effective to decrease the intensity of the arc force so that the welding process can be performed with a heavy current and high speed.

Electrodes for tungsten inert gas welding

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Takao Taka