EP3135392B1 - Caliber-containing centrifugally cast roll for hot rolling - Google Patents

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EP3135392B1
EP3135392B1 EP15810994.2A EP15810994A EP3135392B1 EP 3135392 B1 EP3135392 B1 EP 3135392B1 EP 15810994 A EP15810994 A EP 15810994A EP 3135392 B1 EP3135392 B1 EP 3135392B1
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  • the present invention relates to a centrifugal cast roll for a hot rolling mill, in particular, to a roll having a caliber shape (caliber roll) with which slip is less likely to occur, or preferably to a rolling roll for a seamless steel pipe.
  • a centrifugal cast roll for a hot rolling mill in particular, to a roll having a caliber shape (caliber roll) with which slip is less likely to occur, or preferably to a rolling roll for a seamless steel pipe.
  • a roll for a hot rolling mill significantly contributes to the progress of a rolling technique for a hot-rolled steel sheet as a result of the development of a high-performance high-speed steel roll that is developed in particular for rolling for a hot-rolled steel sheet and that is excellent in terms of wear resistance and fatigue resistance.
  • Patent Literature 1 describes an outer layer material for a rolling roll.
  • the outer layer material described in Patent Literature 1 has a chemical composition containing, by mass%, C: 1.5% to 3.5%, Si: 1.5% or less, Mn: 1.2% or less, Ni: 5.5% or less, Cr: 5.5% to 12.0%, Mo: 2.0% to 8.0%, V: 3.0% to 10.0%, and Nb: 0.5% to 7.0%, in which V, Nb, and C satisfy a particular relationship, and in which the condition that Nb/V is 0.2 to 0.8 is satisfied.
  • Patent Literature 1 states, with this, it is possible to obtain an outer layer material for a rolling roll in which segregation or the like does not occur even if a centrifugal casting method is applied and which is excellent in terms of wear resistance and crack resistance.
  • Patent Literature 2 describes an outer layer material for a rolling roll.
  • the outer layer material described in Patent Literature 2 has a chemical composition containing, by mass%, C: 1.5% to 3.5%, Si: 1.5% or less, Mn: 1.2% or less, Cr: 5.5% to 12.0%, Mo: 2.0% to 8.0%, V: 3.0% to 10.0%, and Nb: 0.5% to 7.0%, in which Nb, V, and C satisfy a particular relationship, and in which the condition that Nb/V is 0.2 to 0.8 is satisfied.
  • Patent Literature 2 states, with this, it is possible to obtain an outer layer material for a rolling roll in which segregation or the like does not occur even if a centrifugal casting method is applied and which is excellent in terms of wear resistance and crack resistance, which significantly contributes to an increase in productivity of hot rolling.
  • Patent Literature 3 describes an outer layer material for a hot rolling roll.
  • the outer layer material described in Patent Literature 3 has a chemical composition containing, by wt.%, C: 2.5% to 4.0%, Si: 1.5% or less, Mn: 1.2% or less, Cr: 6.0% to 20.0%, Mo: 2.0% to 12.0%, V: 3.0% to 10.0%, and Nb: 0.6% to 5.0%, in which C, V, Nb, and Cr are controlled so as to satisfy a particular relational expression.
  • Patent Literature 3 states, with this, it is possible to obtain a roll for a hot rolling mill which is significantly excellent in terms of wear resistance, which is excellent in terms of surface deterioration resistance and roll banding resistance due to the low friction coefficient, and with which there is a significant decrease in the probability of failure when rolling is performed.
  • Patent Literature 4 describes a roll for a hot rolling mill.
  • the roll for a hot rolling mill described in Patent Literature 4 has an outer layer having a chemical composition containing, by mass%, C: 2.4% to 2.9%, Si: 1% or less, Mn: 1% or less, Cr: 12% to 18%, Mo: 3% to 9%, V: 3% to 8%, and Nb: 0.5% to 4%, in which Mo/Cr is 0.27 or more and less than 0.7, and in which (C + 0.2Cr) is 6.2 or less.
  • slip refers to a phenomenon in which the circumferential speed of a rolling roll and the traveling speed of the material to be rolled are different from each other across the entire contact surface of the material to be rolled and the rolling roll, then the difference in speed between the rolling roll and the material becomes to be large. There is a risk of a surface defect such as a flaw occurring in the material to be rolled or of a rolling mill operation being stopped in some cases depending on the degree of slip.
  • Patent Literature 5 describes a caliber roll for a rolling mill.
  • the caliber roll for a rolling mill described in Patent Literature 5 has a caliber part composed of a high-speed steel layer, in which compressive residual stress is provided to the caliber surface by performing quench hardening only on the caliber surface along the outline of the caliber so that the hardness of the caliber surface is Hs 65 or more and is higher than that of the innermost part by 10 or more in terms of Hs.
  • the high-speed steel layer of the caliber part has a chemical composition containing, by wt.%, C: 0.5% to 2.6%, Si: 0.1% to 2.5%, Mn: 0.1% to 2.0%, Cr: 2% to 15%, Mo: 10% or less, W: 20% or less, and V and/or Nb: 15% or less, and, optionally, further containing Co: 10% or less and Ni: 2% or less.
  • Patent Literature 5 states that, with this, it is possible to decrease specific roll consumption due to an increase in crack resistance.
  • Patent Literature 6 describes a mandrel mill rolling method.
  • the technique described in Patent Literature 6 is a mandrel mill rolling method including using a cast iron roll, a cast steel roll, or a forged roll whose surface Shore hardness is Hs 60 or higher as a caliber roll and performing rolling without using a lubricant and with a rolling reduction of 50% or less at the caliber bottom of the caliber roll in the rolling stand to which the caliber roll is fitted.
  • Patent Literature 6 states that, with this, it is possible to prevent slip or sticking as much as possible when rolling is performed.
  • Patent Literature 7 relates to a composite roll for hot rolling made by centrifugal casting wherein the external layer or sleeve has a composition containing 1.2-2.2% C, 6-12% Cr, 3-6% Mo, 3-8% V, 0.5-3% Nb and 0.3-3% Co, simultaneously satisfying 0.27 ⁇ Mo(%)/Cr(%) ⁇ 0.8 and 0.1 ⁇ C-0.236V-0.129Nb ⁇ 0.40, and the content of Ni as impurities is controlled to ⁇ 0.3%.
  • Patent Literature 8 relates to a centrifugally cast outer layer material for a roll, the material having a composition containing 2.2-2.6% C, 0.2-0.7% Si, 0.2-0.7% Mn, 5.0-8.0% Cr, 4.4-6.0% Mo, 5.3-7.0% V, 0.6-1.3% Nb so as to satisfy 10.0 ⁇ (Mo+V) ⁇ 12.5 and 0.6 ⁇ (C-0.24V-0.13Nb) ⁇ 1.3 and further containing 0.1-4% Co and 0.01-0.06% B and the balance Fe with inevitable impurities.
  • An objective of the present invention is, by advantageously solving the problems with the conventional techniques described above, to provide a centrifugal cast caliber roll for a hot rolling mill (also referred to as caliber roll for a hot rolling mill, in the present description) having excellent wear resistance, excellent fatigue resistance, and excellent slip resistance.
  • the present inventors in order to achieve the object described above, first diligently conducted investigations regarding the reasons why slip occurs in a high-speed steel caliber roll, and, as a result, presumed that the slip of a high-speed steel caliber roll is caused by the caliber shape and hardness of the roll.
  • molten metal having a chemical composition containing, by mass%, 2.5% of C, 0.5% of Si, 0.4% of Mn, 0.016% of P, 0.009% of S, 6.1% of Cr, 5.3% of Mo, 5.9% of V, 0.8% of Nb, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities by using an induction furnace
  • a single-layer sleeve roll having a cylindrical shape having an outer diameter of 575 mm ⁇ , an inner diameter of 255 mm ⁇ , and a barrel length of 2.0 m
  • a centrifugal casting method with a centrifugal force of 195 G.
  • the obtained sleeve roll was subjected to softening annealing and then cut into plural pieces (having a length of about 350 mm).
  • a desired caliber to these sleeve rolls by performing crude processing including machining, by heating the processed sleeve rolls to a temperature of 950°C to 1100°C to perform quenching, and by performing a tempering treatment including heating the quenched sleeve rolls to a temperature of 430°C to 600°C plural times, sleeve rolls each having a different hardness of Hs 63 to Hs 82 were obtained.
  • test rolls having a length of 305 mm
  • caliber shape having a caliber bottom diameter of 81 mm
  • Fig. 2 test rolls (having a length of 305 mm) having the caliber shape (having a caliber bottom diameter of 81 mm) illustrated in Fig. 2 were obtained.
  • test rolling was performed on 1000 pipes or more for each of the sleeve rolls in a rolling cycle in which 13%-Cr-steel pipe was mainly rolled in order to investigate whether slip occurred or not and the amount of consumption of the test rolls.
  • the amount of consumption of the rolls was evaluated on the basis of the amount of consumption of standard rolls obtained under a standard condition in which the test rolling described above was performed on a sleeve roll having a chemical composition containing, by mass%, 2.2% of C, 0.3% of Si, 0.3% of Mn, 6.0% of Cr, 2.5% of Mo, 5.0% of V, 1.5% of Nb, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, a Shore hardness of Hs 72, and the same caliber shape as that of the test rolls described above.
  • roll life ratio By calculating ⁇ amount of consumption of standard roll (mm) ⁇ / ⁇ amount of consumption of test roll (mm) ⁇ from the obtained results, the calculated result was defined as "roll life ratio”.
  • a roll life ratio larger than 1 indicates a longer life than that of the standard roll, and, in the present invention, a case where the roll life ratio is 1.1 or more is judged as a case of good roll life.
  • the amount of consumption is also referred to as "amount of decrease in weight due to wear”.
  • Fig. 1 indicates, even in the case of a high-speed steel roll, slip did not occur in the case of a test roll having a Shore hardness of Hs 76 or lower. On the other hand, in the case of a test roll having a Shore hardness of higher than Hs 76, slip occurred and rolling operation was not completed normally. From such results, it is clarified that it is possible to prevent slip from occurring even in the case of a high-speed steel caliber roll by providing a specified chemical composition to the roll so as to control the shore hardness of Hs 76 or lower.
  • the present inventors in order to further improve roll properties, in particular, in order to improve fatigue resistance, conducted investigations regarding the influence of alloy chemical elements on fatigue resistance when hot rolling is performed.
  • the molten metal were cast into ring roll materials (having an outer diameter of 250 mm ⁇ and a width of 60 mm) by using a centrifugal casting method.
  • the casting temperature was 1470°C to 1540°C
  • the centrifugal force was 160 G in multiples of gravity.
  • Hs 67 to Hs 76 After casting had been performed, hardness was controlled to be Hs 67 to Hs 76 by performing a quenching treatment and a tempering treatment.
  • fatigue resistance was evaluated on the basis of a standard condition, where the standard condition refers to a case of a centrifugal cast high-speed steel roll outer layer material having a chemical composition containing, by mass%, 2% of C, 0.3% of Si, 0.3% of Mn, 6% of Cr, 2.5% of Mo, 5% of V, 1.5% of Nb, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities and a hardness of Hs 72.
  • a fatigue test piece having the shape illustrated in Fig. 5(a) having an outer diameter of 60 mm ⁇ and a width of 10 mm
  • machining notches having the shape and dimensions illustrated in Fig. 5(b) having a depth t of 1.3 mm and a length L in the circumferential direction of 1.0 mm
  • a hot rolling contact fatigue test was performed on the test piece.
  • the edges of the rolling contact surface of the fatigue test piece had chamfered corners having a width of 1.0 mm.
  • the chamfered corners have the same width as that described above.
  • a hot rolling contact fatigue test was, as illustrated in Fig. 4 , performed by using a slip-rolling-type method between two discs, which were the test piece and counter material. That is, while the test piece (fatigue test piece) was cooled with water and rotated at a rotational speed of 700 rpm, the counter piece (composed of S45C and having an outer diameter of 190 mm ⁇ , a width of 10 mm, and chamfered corners) was heated at a temperature of 830°C, pressed onto the rotating test piece with a contact load of 980 N, and rotated with a slip ratio of 10%. The test piece was rotated until the two notches machined in the fatigue test piece broke, and the respective rotation numbers until the notches broke were counted.
  • the average of the two rotation numbers was defined as a breaking rotation number of the test piece.
  • the breaking rotation number of the fatigue test piece taken from the material of the standard condition described above as a standard value, and by calculating the ratio of the breaking rotation number of each of the ring roll materials to the standard value, that is, (breaking rotation number of ring roll material)/(breaking rotation number of fatigue test piece of standard condition), the calculated ratio was defined as a fatigue resistance index.
  • a case where the fatigue resistance index was 1.1 or more was judged as a case of "excellent fatigue resistance".
  • the present inventors have confirmed that, by performing the hot rolling contact fatigue test using the notched fatigue test piece described above, it is possible to accurately simulate the generation and propagation of a fatigue crack in a roll for a hot rolling mill, and it is possible to easily evaluate the fatigue resistance of a roll for a hot rolling mill.
  • the present invention it is possible to provide a caliber roll for a hot rolling mill capable of preventing slip, which has significantly improved wear resistance and fatigue resistance, or preferably which is used for manufacturing a seamless steel pipe.
  • a caliber roll for a hot rolling mill capable of preventing slip, which has significantly improved wear resistance and fatigue resistance, or preferably which is used for manufacturing a seamless steel pipe.
  • the present invention has a significant effect on the industry.
  • the caliber roll for a hot rolling mill since it is possible not only to inhibit wear and fatigue but also to prevent slip even in a harsh hot rolling environment in which a high rolling load is applied, there is a large effect of improving the productivity of steel materials (such as a steel pipe), significantly improving the quality of products, and further improving roll life.
  • examples of an application in a harsh hot rolling environment in which a high rolling load is applied include hot rolling for manufacturing seamless steel pipes such as oil tubular goods and linepipes.
  • C increases hardness as a result of forming a solid solution in the matrix and carbides and influences the wear resistance and fatigue resistance of a roll as a result of forming hard carbides.
  • the C content is less than 1.8%, there is deterioration in wear resistance is appeared due to a decrease in the amount of hard carbides.
  • the C content is more than 3.0%, there is deterioration in fatigue resistance and wear resistance due to embrittlement caused by coarsening of carbides. Therefore, the C content is limited to be 1.8% or more and 3.0% or less.
  • Si 0.2% or more and 1.0% or less
  • Si is a chemical element which functions as a deoxidizing agent and which is effective for improving the castability of molten iron and steel, and it is necessary that the Si content be 0.2% or more in order to obtain such effects.
  • the Si content is more than 1.0%, since the effects become saturated, it is not possible to expect an increase in the effects corresponding to an increase in the Si content, and it is difficult to control to achieve the desired hardness due to an increase in the amount of retained austenite. Therefore, the Si content is limited to be 0.2% or more and 1.0% or less.
  • Mn 0.2% or more and 1.5% or less
  • Mn is a chemical element which is effective for negating the negative effect of S by fixing S in the form of MnS and which is effective for improving hardenability by forming a solid solution in the matrix.
  • the Mn content be 0.2% or more in order to obtain such effects, the effects become saturated in the case where the Mn content is more than 1.0%, and it is not possible to expect an increase in the effects corresponding to the cost for increasing the Mn content in the case where the Mn content is more than 1.5%. Therefore, the Mn content is limited to be 0.2% or more and 1.5% or less, or preferably 0.2% or more and 1.0% or less.
  • Cr is a chemical element which is effective for improving wear resistance by combining with C to form mainly eutectic carbides and which is effective for stabilizing rolling by decreasing the frictional force between a material to be rolled and the roll when rolling is performed.
  • the Cr content it is necessary that the Cr content be 5% or more.
  • the Cr content is limited to be 5% or more and 9% or less.
  • Mo has an important function of improving the fatigue resistance and wear resistance of a roll through solid solution strengthening as a result of forming a solid solution in the matrix and carbides. In order to obtain such an effect, it is necessary that the Mo content be 4.0% or more. On the other hand, in the case where the Mo content is more than 7.0%, there is deterioration in fatigue resistance due to the formation of hard and brittle free carbides mainly containing Mo. Therefore, the Mo content is limited to be 4.0% or more and 7.0% or less, or preferably 4.3% or more and 6.8% or less.
  • V 4.0% or more and 7.0% or less
  • Nb 0.5% or more and 2.0% or less
  • Nb is a chemical element which improves the wear resistance and fatigue resistance of a roll by strengthening MC-type carbides as a result of forming a solid solution in the MC-type carbides.
  • Nb is a chemical element which is effective for improving the fatigue resistance of a roll by inhibiting eutectic carbides from fracturing as a result of promoting the division of eutectic carbides.
  • Nb has a function of inhibiting the segregation of MC-type carbides when centrifugal casting is performed. Such effects become marked in the case where the Nb content is 0.5% or more.
  • the expression (0.24V + 0.13Nb) indicates the amount of C which is expended in the formation of MC-type carbides.
  • C - 0.24V - 0.13Nb is also referred to as "effective carbon content" and indicates the amount of C (mass%) which forms a solid solution in the matrix or eutectic carbides. Therefore, this effective C content influences the wear resistance and fatigue resistance of a roll and frictional force between a material to be rolled and a roll as a result of influencing the hardness of the matrix and the amount of eutectic carbides. In particular, in order to achieve excellent fatigue resistance, it is necessary that the effective C content (mass%) be limited to 0.6 or more and 1.4 or less.
  • the effective C content (mass%) is out of the range of 0.6 or more and 1.4 or less, as Fig. 3 indicates, there is a decrease in the fatigue resistance of a roll. It is more preferable that the effective C content (mass%) be 0.7% or more and 1.3% or less. With this, it is possible to further decrease scatter in fatigue resistance.
  • the remainder other than the constituent chemical elements described above is Fe and inevitable impurities.
  • Examples of the inevitable impurities include P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.05% or less, N: 0.06% or less, and B: 0.02% or less. Since P deteriorates the properties of iron and steel as a result of being segregated at grain boundaries, it is preferable that the P content be as small as possible in the present invention. It is acceptable that the P content be 0.05% or less in the present invention. In addition, since S deteriorates the properties of iron and steel as a result of existing in the form of sulfide-based inclusions, it is preferable that the S content be as small as possible in the present invention. It is acceptable that the S content be 0.05% or less in the present invention.
  • N is usually mixed into iron and steel in an amount of about 0.06% or less. Within such a range of N content, there is no influence on the effect of the present invention.
  • B is an impurity chemical element which is mixed into iron and steel from scrap, which is a raw material to be melted, casting flux, and so forth. It is preferable that the B content be as small as possible in the present invention. It is acceptable that the B content be 0.02% or less in the present invention, because there is no negative influence on the effect of the present invention.
  • the centrifugal cast caliber roll for a hot rolling mill has the chemical composition described above, a caliber surface hardness of Hs 67 or higher and Hs 76 or lower in terms of Shore hardness.
  • the hardness is generally controlled to be about Hs 79 or more.
  • it is difficult to stably perform rolling due to slip occurring when rolling is performed in the case where the hardness is higher than Hs 76.
  • the caliber surface hardness is limited to be Hs 67 or higher and Hs 76 or lower in terms of Shore hardness.
  • molten metal having the chemical composition described above be prepared, poured into a mold, and then cast.
  • any of ordinary melting methods such as one in which a high-frequency induction furnace is used may be applied.
  • casting is performed by using a centrifugal casting method, which is inexpensive and operated at low energy costs.
  • a mold rotary mold
  • a refractory having a thickness of 0.5 mm to 6 mm composed mainly of zircon and the like.
  • the centrifugal cast caliber roll for a hot rolling mill may be a sleeve-type roll having a single layer
  • the roll may be composed of plural layers.
  • the roll be an integrated roll which is composed of an integrated combination of an outer layer and an inner layer and which is manufactured by pouring molten metal having the chemical composition of the inner layer during the solidification of the outer layer or after the solidification of the outer layer.
  • spalling tends to occur in a cast product (roll) in the case where the molten metal is cast into a caliber shape mold, it is not necessary that the mold have a caliber shape.
  • a cylindrical shape be formed with no caliber shape being formed in a casting process and that a caliber shape be formed by performing forging and/or, for example, machining after the casting process.
  • an inner layer be composed of, for example, spheroidal graphite cast iron, vermicular graphite cast iron (VC cast iron), hypereutectoid steel, adamite steel, or spheroidal graphite steel, which is excellent in terms of casting capability and mechanical properties.
  • embrittlement of the inner layer may occur due to alloy chemical elements (carbide-forming chemical elements) such as Cr and V contained in the outer layer material mixing into the inner layer, which requires attention.
  • the roll provided with a caliber is subsequently subjected to a quenching treatment and a tempering treatment in order to obtain a caliber roll having a caliber surface hardness within the range described above.
  • a quenching treatment be performed by charging the roll into a heat treatment furnace, by heating the roll to a temperature of 950°C to 1100°C, and by then cooling the roll with air.
  • a tempering treatment be performed by heating the roll to a temperature of 430°C to 600°C and by then cooling the roll.
  • Molten metals having the chemical compositions given in Table 1 were prepared by using a high-frequency induction furnace, and then, ring roll materials (having an outer diameter of 250 mm ⁇ , an inner diameter of 130 mm ⁇ , and a length of 60 mm) were obtained by casting using a centrifugal casting method.
  • the casting temperature was 1470°C to 1540°C
  • the centrifugal force was 160 G in multiples of gravity. After casting had been performed, by performing a quenching treatment and a tempering treatment, the hardness was controlled.
  • the hardness was determined at five positions in the vicinity of the surface of the ring roll material by using a Shore hardness meter, and the average of the five determined values was defined as the average hardness of the corresponding roll material.
  • a fatigue test piece and a wear test piece were taken from the obtained ring roll material.
  • the fatigue test piece had the shape illustrated in Fig. 5(a) (having an outer diameter of 60 mm ⁇ , an inner diameter of 25 mm ⁇ , and a width of 10 mm), and notches having the dimensions and the shape illustrated in Fig. 5(b) (having a depth t of 1.3 mm and a length L in the circumferential direction of 1.0 mm) were formed at two positions in the outer circumferential surface of the fatigue test piece by using a wire electric discharge machining method with a wire having a diameter of 0.2 mm ⁇ .
  • the edges of the rolling contact surface of the fatigue test piece had chamfered corners.
  • a hot rolling contact fatigue test was performed on the fatigue test piece described above in order to evaluate fatigue resistance.
  • a hot rolling contact fatigue test was, as illustrated in Fig. 4 , performed by using a slip-rolling-type method between two discs, which were the test piece and a counter material. That is, while the test piece (fatigue test piece) was cooled with water and rotated at a rotational speed of 700 rpm, the counter piece (composed of S45C and having an outer diameter of 190 mm ⁇ , a width of 10 mm, and chamfered corners) was heated at a temperature of 830°C by using a high-frequency induction heating coil, pressed onto the rotating test piece with a contact load of 980 N, and rotated with a slip ratio of 10%.
  • the average of the two rotation numbers was defined as a breaking rotation number.
  • the breaking rotation number of test material No. 21, that is, the comparative example (standard) given in Table 2 as a standard value
  • the ratio of the breaking rotation number of each of the ring roll materials to the standard value that is, (breaking rotation number of ring roll material)/(breaking rotation number of test material No. 21, that is, comparative example (standard)
  • the calculated ratio was defined as a fatigue resistance index and used as an index of fatigue resistance.
  • a case where the fatigue resistance index was 1.1 or more was judged as a case of "excellent fatigue resistance".
  • the wear test piece had an outer diameter of 60 mm ⁇ , an inner diameter of 25 mm ⁇ , and a width of 10 mm. In addition, the edges of the rolling contact surface of the wear test piece had chamfered corners. A wear test was performed on the wear test piece described above in order to evaluate wear resistance.
  • a wear test was, as illustrated in Fig. 4 , performed by using a slip-rolling-type method between two discs, which were the test piece and a counter material. That is, while the test piece (wear test piece) was cooled with water and rotated at a rotational speed of 700 rpm, the counter piece (composed of S45C and having an outer diameter of 190 mm ⁇ , a width of 15 mm, and chamfered corners) was heated at a temperature of 830°C, pressed onto the rotating test piece with a contact load of 980 N, and rotated with a slip ratio of 10% until the cumulative rotation number was 200000. After the wear test had been performed, the amount of decrease in weight due to wear of the wear test piece was determined.
  • the calculated ratio was defined as a wear resistance index and used to evaluate wear resistance.
  • a case where the wear resistance index was 1.1 or more was judged as a case of "excellent wear resistance”.
  • Molten metal having the same chemical composition as that of test molten metal N (having an effective C content (C - 0.24V - 0.13Nb) of 0.98) given in Table 1 was cast into a single-layer sleeve roll having a circular cylindrical shape (having an outer diameter of 575 mm ⁇ , an inner diameter of 255 mm ⁇ , and a length of 2.0 m) by using a centrifugal casting method (with a centrifugal force of 195 G).
  • the obtained sleeve roll was subjected to soft annealing and cut into plural pieces (having a length of about 350 mm).
  • test rolls having a length of 305 mm
  • the caliber shape having a caliber bottom diameter of 81 mm
  • Fig. 2 By fitting these test rolls to a mandrel mill stand (stand #2) in a seamless steel pipe manufacturing line (172 passes), test rolling was performed on 1000 pipes or more for each of the sleeve rolls in a rolling cycle in which a 13%-Cr-steel pipe was mainly rolled in order to investigate whether or not slip occurred.
  • a caliber roll having the chemical composition and hardness within the ranges according to the present invention is a roll with which slip does not occur when hot rolling is performed, which is excellent in terms of wear resistance and fatigue resistance, and which is effectively used for rolling a seamless steel pipe.

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