JP5194728B2 - ERW pipe manufacturing method with excellent weld properties - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an electric resistance welded tube such as an oil well line pipe that requires toughness of a welded portion, or an electric resistance welded tube that requires a welded portion strength such as an oil well casing pipe.

  Usually, pipes are roughly classified into welded pipes and seamless pipes. Welded pipes are manufactured by rolling a plate by roll forming or the like and welding by welding the end, as in the case of ERW steel pipes, and seamless pipes are made by drilling a lump of material at high temperature and using a mandrel mill, etc. Rolled and manufactured. In the case of a welded pipe, it is generally said that the properties of the welded part are inferior to that of the base metal, and in the application of the pipe, guarantees of toughness and strength of the welded part have always been discussed for each application.

  For example, in line pipes that transport crude oil, natural gas, etc., low temperature toughness is important because pipes are often laid in cold regions, and casing pipes are required to protect mining pipes in oil wells for crude oil mining. The strength of the tube is regarded as important.

  Usually, hot-rolled sheets (band materials, plate materials) that are the base material of pipes are subjected to component design, heat treatment, etc. in consideration of the base material characteristics after pipe manufacture, and the characteristics such as toughness and strength of the base material are Secured.

  However, since the characteristics of the welded part are greatly influenced by the electric resistance welding method more than the component design and heat treatment of the base metal, the development of the welding technique has been important.

  The reason for the failure of ERW welding is that the oxide generated on the end face of the welded plate material called penetrator remains without being discharged from the end face together with the molten steel during ERW welding, and the toughness decreases due to this residual penetrator and the strength. There were many cases where there was a shortage.

  Therefore, conventionally, in order to remove the penetrator, which is the main cause of poor ERW welding, from the welded portion, a technique for actively discharging molten steel from the plate width end face of the welded portion has been intensively studied. For example, Patent Literature 1 describes an example in which the shape of the plate width end surface is examined. In other words, the end face of the plate is generally rectangular due to slits and end grinding, but this end face is processed into a tapered shape before ERW welding, and the processed end shape ensures good discharge of molten steel during ERW welding. Patent document 1 etc. aim at making it.

  The outline of Patent Document 1 is as follows.

  That is, the basic ERW pipe production line is as shown in FIG. 1. This ERW pipe production line is a roll forming machine in which the belt material 10 is discharged from the uncoiler 1 and flattened by the leveler 2. 4, the strip 10 is gradually rounded so that the width end portion is at the top, the left and right width end portions of the round strip 20 are brought into contact with each other, and the induction heating unit 5 and the squeeze roll (electro-sealed welded portion) After the electric bead welding by the electric seam welding machine consisting of 6 and forming the pipe 30, the weld bead part of the pipe 30 is cut by the bead part cutting machine 7, and the outer diameter of the cut pipe 30 is adjusted by the sizer 8. The tube cutting machine 9 cuts it to a predetermined length. The roll forming machine 4 includes a predetermined number of fin-pass forming stand groups 3 that constrain the end of the plate rounded to the last stage to have a shape close to a perfect circle. Here, the first stand 3a and the second stand It consists of a stand 3b.

In the technique described in Patent Document 1, as shown in a cross-sectional view in FIG. 3A and a partial detailed view in FIG. 3B, a band formed into a tubular shape in the first fin-pass forming stand 3a. A part of the width end portion (plate end portion) of the material 20 is brought into contact with the fins of the fin pass hole roll to give a taper shape to the plate end portion on the inner surface side of the tube as shown in FIG. In addition, as shown in the cross-sectional view in FIG. 3D and the partial detail view in FIG. 3E, in the fin pass molding second stand 3b, in addition to the width end portion (plate end portion) of the band member 20 By bringing this part into contact with the fin, as shown in FIG. 3 (f), an X-shaped groove is formed by imparting a taper shape to the plate end portion on the outer surface side of the tube. In addition, the angle of the fin in the fin pass shaping | molding 1st stand 3a and the 2nd stand 3b is a normal 1 step | paragraph angle.
JP 57-31485 A

  Conventionally, in order to improve the toughness and strength of the electric seam welded portion, as in Patent Document 1, a taper shape is given to the band plate width end surface before the electric seam welding, but these methods are sufficient. There were many cases where it was difficult to obtain the effect.

  In particular, as in Patent Document 1, when an X-shaped groove is applied to the width end surface of the band plate, when the electro-sewing welding is performed with the squeeze roll sandwiched, the left and right band material width end portions are easily displaced up and down, It was not a tube but a big problem.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the above situations, and when manufacturing an electric-welded pipe, by giving a taper shape appropriately to the width | variety edge part of the material (strip | belt material) before electric-sealing welding. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing an electric resistance welded tube that can maintain good welding quality and has excellent welded portion characteristics.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following features.

[1] In a method for manufacturing an ERW pipe which roll-forms a band material and butt-bonds the left and right width ends on the upper side to form an electric resistance welded pipe, the taper shape is formed at the width end part of the band material by roll forming fin-pass molding. When applying, a fin pass forming stand having fins having two or more angles is used, and the pass line of the fin pass forming stand that gives a tapered shape is positioned immediately before the fin pass forming stand that gives the tapered shape. The pass line of the fin pass forming stand that does not give a tapered shape is equal to the pass line of the stand that is located immediately before the fin pass forming stand that is not given the tapered shape. An excellent method for manufacturing ERW pipes.

  [2] The electric resistance welded tube excellent in welded portion characteristics according to [1], wherein a taper shape is imparted to the upper surface side width end portion and / or the lower surface side width end portion of the band member by fin pass molding. Production method.

  [3] The taper shape to be applied to the width end of the strip is such that the angle of the taper with respect to the plate thickness direction is 25 ° to 50 °, and the length of the taper in the plate thickness direction is 20% to 45% of the plate thickness. The method for producing an electric resistance welded tube excellent in welded portion characteristics according to the above [1] or [2].

  The present invention can obtain an electric resistance welded tube having remarkably good toughness and weld strength.

  As described above, conventionally, in order to improve the toughness and strength of the ERW weld, a taper shape is given to the end face of the strip width before ERW welding. However, these methods alone can provide a sufficient effect. There are many cases in which it is difficult to bend, and in particular, when an X-shaped groove is applied to the width end surface of the belt plate as in Patent Document 1, when the electro-sewing welding is performed with a squeeze roll, the left and right band material width end portions Was easily displaced up and down, and it was not a desired tube, which was a big problem.

  Therefore, the present inventors have adopted a method of imparting a taper shape to the corner portion of the strip width end portion while forming a surface substantially perpendicular to the central portion of the thickness of the strip width end portion. In other words, by forming a surface that is almost perpendicular to the center of the plate thickness, when sandwiched between squeeze rolls, it is possible to abut the left and right strip width ends stably, and stable ERW welding. Depending on what is possible.

  Next, in order to obtain a desired taper shape, the present inventors examined utilizing fin pass molding. According to the study by the present inventors, even when the entire circumferential direction of the material is not filled in the fin pass hole-type roll, when the material is charged into the fin pass hole type roll, the material width end is strongly pressed against the fin. As a result, it was grasped that the material width end part completely filled the fin part. That is, when the material is charged into the fin pass hole type roll, the material width end portion in contact with the fin and the material width center portion (the bottom portion of the tube) located on the opposite side of 180 ° are in a state of beam deflection. As a result, the reaction force of the material that attempts to bend the cross section into an arc shape is greatly affected, and even if the material does not fill the fin pass hole roll, a large compressive force is exerted on the material width end in the circumferential direction. As a result, it was grasped that the material width end portion was strongly pressed by the fin and the shape of the fin was transferred as it was to the material width end portion.

  Therefore, the present inventors pay attention to the fact that the material width end portion is strongly pressed by the fins in the fin pass hole type roll as described above, and this phenomenon is positively applied to the taper shape to the material width end portion. I decided to use it. That is, in the fin pass hole type roll, if a fin having two or more levels of taper is provided, a desired taper shape can be sufficiently provided to the material width end portion.

  By the way, in the fin pass molding, when a tapered shape is given to the width end of either the inner side or the outer side of the tubular strip (tubular strip), it is assumed that the fin has a two-step angle. That's fine. Further, in the fin pass molding, in the case where a tapered shape is simultaneously applied to the inner side and the outer side of the strip (tubular strip) formed into a tubular shape, the fin may have a three-stage angle.

  However, if the angle of either the two-stage or three-stage fin is larger than the vertical direction of the fin pass hole roll, the band width end is scraped off by the fin, and the surplus material called “beard” is This may occur, and may cause scratches when forming the fin path, and may cause sparks in ERW welding.

  In addition, when fin path molding with two or more stands is possible, one of the end portions of the strip width (for example, the inner surface side of the tubular strip) such that the fins of one stand have a taper with two stages of angles. A taper shape is given to the other end of the strip width (for example, the outer surface side of the tubular strip) so that the fin of another stand has a two-step taper of an angle different from the above. Good. In addition, when a taper shape is given to one of the strip width ends by fin pass molding, the portion is significantly hardened by strong pressure, so a taper shape is given to the other of the strip width ends by another stand. However, the taper shape provided by the front stand is relatively difficult to be crushed. Therefore, a desired taper shape can be imparted to both the inner surface side and the outer surface side of the band material width end portion after the fin pass molding.

  In addition, in order to give a taper shape to the band width end portion more stably in the fin pass forming stand, the pass line of the stand that gives the taper shape is the same as the pass line of the stand located immediately before the stand. Equivalent or less.

  For example, in the case of the ERW pipe manufacturing line in FIG. 1, when a tapered shape is given to the inner surface side and / or the outer surface side of the width end portion of the band member 20 by the fin pass molding second stand 3b, the second stand 3b The pass line is equal to or less than the pass line of the fin pass molding first stand 3a located immediately before.

  Further, in the case of the ERW pipe manufacturing line of FIG. 1, in the case where a tapered shape is given to the inner surface side and / or the outer surface side of the width end portion of the band member 20 in the fin-pass molding first stand 3a, The pass line is equal to or less than the pass line of the roll forming stand 4s located immediately before.

  That is, in order to give a taper shape to one or both of the inner surface side and the outer surface side (the upper surface side and the lower surface side of the width end portion of the band material 10) of the band material 20 by fin path molding, a fin path hole roll However, when the pass line of the stand that gives the taper shape is higher than the pass line of the immediately preceding stand, the band material width end is the horizontal roll of the stand. It becomes easy to contact the fin first. Since the fin is moved to the inner surface side by rotation on the fin pass hole type roll entry side, when the strip plate width end portion comes into contact with the fin, an upset force is also applied in the circumferential direction, and the strip width end portion Collapsed to the inner surface side and did not fill the taper portion of the fin, and the taper shape was not given to the band width end.

  On the other hand, if the pass line of the stand to which the taper shape is given is equal to or less than the pass line of the immediately preceding stand, the band material width end is first before the horizontal roll of the stand. It becomes easy to contact, and the upset force acts strongly in the circumferential direction, and the band width end portion easily moves in the circumferential direction on the horizontal roll surface and easily fills the fin portion.

  Then, as a result of optimization of the taper shape immediately before the ERW welding after the fin pass molding, the angle from the perpendicular (angle with respect to the thickness direction of the taper) is set to 25 ° to 50 °, and the taper start position to the end position is set. It was understood that the length of the perpendicular (the length of the taper in the thickness direction) should be 20% to 45% of the thickness.

  That is, if the angle from the perpendicular (taper angle) is less than 25 °, the molten steel discharge from the central portion of the plate thickness becomes insufficient, the penetrator remains and becomes defective, and the toughness and strength after ERW welding decrease. If the angle from the perpendicular (taper angle) exceeds 50 °, the taper shape remains as a flaw in the tube of the product even after the electric resistance welding. Furthermore, if the length of the perpendicular line from the taper start position to the end position (taper height) is less than 20% of the plate thickness, the molten steel discharge at the center of the plate thickness becomes insufficient and the penetrator tends to remain. If it exceeds 45% of the plate thickness, when the ERW welding is sandwiched between squeeze rolls, the width ends of the left and right strips are easily displaced up and down, and the ERW welding cannot be performed normally. There are many cases where this is not possible, and even when electro-welding is possible, the taper shape remains as a flaw in the tube of the product after that.

  One embodiment of the present invention as described above will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  The electric sewing tube manufacturing line used in one embodiment of the present invention is the same as that shown in FIG. That is, in this electric sewing tube manufacturing line, the strip material 10 is discharged from the uncoiler 1 and straightened by the leveler 2, and the strip material 10 is gradually rounded by the roll forming machine 4 so that the width end portion is at the top. Then, the left and right width end portions of the strip 20 which has been rounded into a tubular shape are brought into contact with each other, and subjected to electric resistance welding with an electric resistance welding machine including an induction heating portion 5 and a squeeze roll (electricity welding portion) 6. The basic configuration is such that the weld bead part of the pipe 30 is cut by the bead part cutting machine 7, the outer diameter of the cut pipe 30 is adjusted by the sizer 8, and then cut to a predetermined length by the pipe cutting machine 9. Have.

  In this embodiment, the roll forming machine 4 includes a fin-pass forming stand group 3 including a plurality of stands (here, the first stand 3a and the second stand 3b) at the last stage, and the second stand 3b FIG. 2 (a) shows a cross-sectional view, and FIG. 2 (b) shows a partial detailed view thereof. As shown in FIG. γ, a third-stage taper inclination angle α, and a third-stage inclined portion vertical length β) are provided, and the fin shape is transferred to the width end portion of the band member 20 to obtain a figure. 2 (c), the left and right width ends on the outer surface side of the band member 20 are provided with a tapered shape having a taper angle of α and a taper height of β, and both left and right widths on the inner surface side of the band member 20. A tapered shape with a taper angle of γ and a taper height of ψ is added to the end. The

  In addition, in this embodiment, the pass line of the second stand 3b that gives the taper shape to the width end portion of the band member 20 is equal to or less than the pass line of the first stand 3a located immediately before. ing.

  In the above, one of the band material width end portions (for example, the inner surface side of the tubular band material) is given a taper shape in the first stand 3a, and the other one of the band material width end portions (for example, tubular) in the second stand 3b. When a taper shape is given to the outer surface side of the band material, a pass line of the roll forming stand 4s located immediately before the pass line of the first stand 3a that gives the taper shape to one of the width ends of the band material 20 is provided. The pass line of the second stand 3b that gives the taper shape to the other of the width end portions of the band member 20 is made equal to or less than the pass line of the first stand located immediately before. To do.

  Hereinafter, a description will be given based on examples.

  Here, an electric resistance welded tube of φ600 was manufactured using a strip (steel strip) having a plate width of 1920 mm × 19.1 tmm.

  And the test piece was cut out from the weld part of the manufactured ERW pipe, the Charpy test was done, and the performance was evaluated. Each Charpy test piece is taken from 10 points with different pipe longitudinal directions, the specimen length direction is parallel to the pipe circumferential direction, the notch length center is taken as the weld thickness center position, and 2 mmV of JIS5 An impact test at −46 ° C. was performed as a notch impact test piece, and the absorbed energy and the brittle fracture surface ratio were measured. In addition, the absorbed energy was 125 J or more and the brittle fracture surface ratio was 35% or less as the allowable performance range.

Reference Example 1 As Reference Example 1, the above-described electric resistance welded tube was manufactured based on the above-described embodiment. At that time, the pass lines from the first stand to the third stand of the fin pass molding stand group consisting of three stands are made the same, and in the second stand, a taper shape is given to the left and right width end portions on the inner surface side of the band material, In the third stand, a taper shape was given to the left and right width end portions on the outer surface side of the strip. Target taper shape after fin pass molding (taper shape just before ERW welding)
Is a substantially linear taper shape with a taper angle of 30 ° and a taper height of 5 mm (26% of the plate thickness) on both the inner surface side and the outer surface side of the strip.

  (Invention Example 2) As Invention Example 2, the above-described electric resistance welded tube was manufactured based on the above-described embodiment. At that time, the pass line of the first stand of the fin pass forming stand group consisting of two stands is lowered by 20 mm as compared with the pass line of the roll forming stand located immediately before, and the inner side of the band material in the first stand. And the taper shape was given to the right-and-left width end part on the outer surface side. In the second stand, the taper shape was somewhat crushed, but the target taper shape after the fin pass molding (taper shape just before ERW welding) is the taper angle on both the inner surface side and the outer surface side of the band material. Is a substantially linear taper shape with a taper height of 7.2 mm (38% of the plate thickness).

  (Comparative Example 1) As Comparative Example 1, the pass line of the second stand of the fin-pass molding stand group consisting of 3 stands is made 5 mm higher than the pass line of the first stand, and the pass line of the third stand is set to the second stand. 10 mm higher than the pass line, and in the second stand, the inner side width end of the strip is brought into contact with the fin to almost half of the plate thickness direction so that the taper angle is about 20 °. With the aim of providing a linear taper shape, fin pass molding was performed in the third stand with the aim of providing a taper shape up to approximately ½ in the plate thickness direction at the outer surface side width end of the strip.

  (Comparative Example 2) As a comparative example 2, in a fin-pass molding stand group consisting of two stands, the pass line of the first stand is made 5 mm higher than the immediately preceding stand (final stand of the cage roll molding machine), and the second stand The pass line was made 10 mm higher than the pass line of the first stand to perform fin pass molding. In addition, the taper shape was not provided to the width | variety end surface of the strip | belt material, but it was made to become a substantially rectangular shape.

About these reference examples 1, this invention example 2, and comparative examples 1 and 2, as a result of actually measuring the shape of the band width end immediately before the electric resistance welding, the Charpy impact value at the welded portion of the electric resistance welding pipe The results of measuring the brittle fracture surface ratio are shown in Table 1.

From Table 1, the ERW pipe according to Reference Example 1 and Invention Example 2 has high impact strength at the welded portion, low brittle fracture surface ratio, good toughness, and high product reliability. On the other hand, the electric resistance welded pipes manufactured in Comparative Examples 1 and 2 had low impact strength at the welded portion, high brittle fracture surface ratio, reduced toughness, and poor product reliability. When comparing the band width end shape immediately before ERW welding after the fin pass molding, in the case of the present invention examples 1 and 2, the desired taper shape was given to the inner surface side and outer surface side of the band material In Comparative Examples 1 and 2, it can be seen that the taper shape is insufficient, and smoothing is performed in the plate thickness direction by fin pass molding.

  Thereby, it was confirmed that the electric resistance welded tube with a favorable welded part characteristic can be manufactured by the present invention.

The figure which shows the ERW pipe manufacturing line in one Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows provision of the taper shape to the strip | belt-material width | variety edge part in one Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows a prior art (patent document 1).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Uncoiler 2 Leveler 3 Fin pass forming stand group 3a 1st stand of a fin pass forming stand 3b 2nd stand of a fin pass forming stand 4 Roll forming machine 4s Roll forming stand just before a fin pass forming stand 5 Induction heating apparatus (contact chip)
6 squeeze roll
7 Bead cutting machine 8 Sizer 9 Pipe cutting machine 10 Band 20 Band 30 formed into a tube

Claims (3)

In a method of manufacturing an ERW pipe that roll-forms a band and butt welds the left and right width ends on the upper side to form a pipe that is electro-welded, when a taper shape is applied to the band-width end by roll forming fin path molding to, with use of the fin pass forming stand having a fin with an angle of more than two stages, the pass line of the fin pass forming stand to impart a tapered shape, the stand is located immediately before the fin pass forming stand to impart the tapered passline The pass line of the fin pass forming stand not provided with the taper shape is equivalent to the pass line of the stand located immediately before the fin pass forming stand not provided with the taper shape. A method for manufacturing a sewing tube.   The method for producing an electric resistance welded tube excellent in welded portion characteristics according to claim 1, wherein a taper shape is imparted to the upper surface side width end portion and / or the lower surface side width end portion of the band member by fin pass molding. The taper shape to be applied to the width end of the strip is characterized in that the angle of the taper with respect to the plate thickness direction is 25 ° to 50 °, and the length of the taper in the plate thickness direction is 20% to 45% of the plate thickness. The method for producing an electric resistance welded tube excellent in welded portion characteristics according to claim 1 or 2.

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