US20040050133A1 - Method of forming cold diametrally reducing roll for metal pipe and metal pipe formed by the method - Google Patents

Method of forming cold diametrally reducing roll for metal pipe and metal pipe formed by the method Download PDF

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US20040050133A1
US20040050133A1 US10/381,341 US38134103A US2004050133A1 US 20040050133 A1 US20040050133 A1 US 20040050133A1 US 38134103 A US38134103 A US 38134103A US 2004050133 A1 US2004050133 A1 US 2004050133A1
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Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
Yoshiya Tsukuda
Ryoichi Suzuki
Akihiro Ishikawa
Motoyoshi Ishikawa
Jun Ishikawa
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  • the present invention relates to a cold roll forming method for reducing the diameter of a metal pipe, and a metal pipe product having its diameter reduced by such method. More particularly, the present invention relates to a metal pipe so formed that its diameter can be reduced by the cold roll forming process.
  • One method for cold-reducing a steel pipe by using a 3-roll reducer is provided for cold-reducing a steel pipe by using a 3-roll reducer (Japanese patent application as published under No. H7 (1995)-51707). This method is specifically designed to eliminate any possible irregular wall thickness that may occur on the welded joints of the steel pipe.
  • the method includes a reducing step in which the steel pipe may be reduced by passing it through three or more reducer stands, and a sizing step in which the steel metal resulting from the reducing step may be sized by passing it through a two-roll sizing device on two or more roll stands.
  • Another method uses a die that has a particular pattern formed around the inner circumferential surface thereof, through a steel pipe may be passed and drawn so that the steel pipe can have the pattern of alternating grooves and ridges formed like a twill weave running along the length thereof (Japanese patent application as published under No. H7 (1995)-314031). More specifically, the die that has a gear-like pattern on the inner circumferential surface thereof is combined with a plug designed to reduce the wall thickness of a raw steel pipe. A finished steel pipe may thus be provided by applying a strong compressive force against the wall thickness of the steel pipe, causing the wall thickness to be deformed under the applied compressive force.
  • a further method is designed for cold roll forming an electro-resistance-welded steel pipe.
  • a final-stage roll stand that is located on the extreme downstream side includes a set of rolls having a particular roll profile, the bore formed by the set of rolls being rounded to conform to the roll profile (Japanese patent application as published under No. H6 (1996)-142718).
  • Another object of the present invention relates to a metal pipe product that has its diameter reduced by using such method.
  • the present invention solves the problems associated with the prior art methods described above, by providing a cold roll forming method that includes a pre-forming step of pre-forming a raw metal pipe into an intermediate metal pipe by passing it through a set of pre-forming rolls, followed by a diameter-reducing step of reducing the diameter of the intermediate metal pipe by passing it through a set of diameter-reducing rolls arranged in tandem with the set of pre-forming rolls.
  • the cold roll forming method solves the above problems by allowing a raw metal pipe to be passed through a set of pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into an intermediate metal pipe having any of the elliptic, elongated circular, rectangular and polygonal cross sectional shape, and then allowing the intermediate metal pipe to be passed through a set of diameter-reducing rolls located on the downstream of the set of pre-forming rolls so that it can be re-formed into a final metal pipe having the circular cross section or any other cross-sectional shape that is different from the cross-sectional shape of the intermediate metal pipe, thereby producing a final metal pipe having its outer circumferential length reduced to a smaller length than the outer circumferential length of the raw metal pipe.
  • the diameter-reducing process may be performed by passing a raw metal pipe through the set of pre-forming rolls so that it can be pre-formed into an intermediate metal pipe having a particular cross-sectional shape, and then passing the intermediate metal pipe through the set of diameter-reducing rolls arranged in tandem with the set of pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into a final metal pipe having the reduction in its diameter.
  • the pre-forming step may occur in a single pass, and the diameter-reducing step that follows the pre-forming step may also occur in a single pass.
  • the process according to one possible method may include multiple pre-forming steps that correspond to multiple sets of pre-forming rolls, and multiple diameter-reducing steps that correspond to multiple sets of diameter-reducing rolls, wherein those sets of pre-forming rolls and those sets of diameter-reducing rolls are arranged in tandem such that each set of pre-forming rolls is followed by each set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • This process allows for multiple passes of a raw metal pipe through each succeeding combination of one set of pre-forming rolls and one set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the process according to another possible method may include a single pre-forming step that corresponds to a single set of pre-forming rolls or multiple pre-forming steps that correspond to multiple sets of pre-forming rolls arranged in tandem with each other, and a single diameter-reducing step that corresponds to a single set of diameter-reducing rolls or multiple diameter-reducing steps that correspond to multiple sets of diameter-reducing rolls arranged in tandem with each other.
  • the process allows for a single pass or multiple passes of a raw metal pipe through the single or multiple sets of pre-forming rolls, and allows for a single pass or multiple passes of the resulting metal pipe through the single or multiple sets of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • any of the methods described above allows for the use of a raw metal pipe that has any of the cross-sectional shapes, such as circular, elliptic, elongated circular, rectangular, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, and other polygonal shapes.
  • a raw metal pipe that has any of the above-mentioned cross-sectional shapes may be pre-formed into any different cross-sectional shape other than the original cross-sectional shape of the raw metal pipe.
  • the raw metal pipe has the circular cross-sectional shape
  • it may be pre-formed into any of the elliptic, elongated circular, rectangular and polygonal cross-sectional shapes.
  • the raw metal pipe has any of the elliptic, elongated circular, rectangular and polygonal cross-sectional shapes, it may be pre-formed into a circular cross-sectional shape.
  • the raw metal pipe when the raw metal pipe has the square or rectangular cross-sectional shape, it may be pre-formed into a rectangular or square cross-sectional shape, respectively.
  • the raw metal pipe when the raw metal pipe has the elliptic, elongated circular, rectangular or polygonal cross-sectional shape, it may be pre-formed into an elliptic, elongated circular, rectangular or polygonal cross-sectional shape, in which case any of those cross-sectional shapes may be provided by moving and rotating the raw metal pipe in the circumferential direction.
  • the raw metal pipe having the circular cross section when the raw metal pipe having the circular cross section is pre-formed into the same cross-sectional shape, it is difficult to reduce the diameter of such pre-formed metal pipe at the diameter-reduction rate of more than 3% when it is passed through the subsequent set of diameter-reducing rolls. In such case, it is desirable that the raw metal pipe having the circular cross section should be pre-formed into any of the elliptic, elongated circular, rectangular, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal or any other polygonal cross-sectional shapes.
  • a raw metal pipe may be pre-formed into any of the cross-sectional shapes shown above, by using an appropriate number of rolls in each set of pre-forming rolls, or by providing such rolls that have the appropriate cross-sectional shape, or by combining such multiple sets of pre-forming rolls arranged in tandem.
  • the roll stand may include two such pre-forming rolls 2 a , 2 b as shown in FIG. 1 ( a ), or four such pre-forming rolls 2 a , 2 b , 2 c , 2 d as shown in FIG. 1 ( b ).
  • the roll stand may include two pre-forming rolls as shown in FIG. 1 ( a ), and when a raw metal pipe is pre-formed into any polygonal cross-sectional shape such as triangular on one roll stand, the roll stand may include two or three pre-forming rolls. Furthermore, when a raw metal pipe is pre-formed into any polygonal cross-sectional shape such as pentagonal on one roll stand, the roll stand may include four or five pre-forming rolls. In addition, when a raw metal pipe is pre-formed into any polygonal cross-sectional shape such as hexagonal on one roll stand, the roll stand may include four or six pre-forming rolls.
  • the final metal pipe having its outer circumferential length reduced to a smaller length than the outer circumferential length of the raw metal pipe has any particular cross-sectional shape such as circular, elliptic, elongated circular, rectangular and polygonal cross-sectional shapes. This may be accomplished by using an appropriate number of rolls in each set of diameter-reducing rolls, or by providing such rolls that have the appropriate cross-sectional shape, or combining such multiple sets of diameter-reducing rolls arranged in tandem.
  • the metal pipe that has been pre-formed into any particular cross-sectional shape through the set of pre-forming rolls may have its diameter reduced over its total length by passing the pre-formed metal pipe through the set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • some part of a raw metal pipe may be pre-formed into any particular cross-sectional shape through the set of pre-forming rolls, and then the diameter-reducing rolling is applied by the diameter-reducing rolls on the said pre-formed part, thereby the final metal pipe in which some part of it is reduced in its outer circumferential direction is obtained.
  • Each of the rolls in the set of diameter-reducing rolls may have a particular pattern of grooves and ridges on the circumferential surface thereof.
  • the metal pipe By passing the metal pipe pre-formed by the preceding set of pre-forming rolls through the following set of diameter-reducing rolls, the metal pipe may have a pattern of ridges and grooves formed on the surface while at the same time it may have its diameter reduced, when it is passed through the set of diameter-reducing rolls having the before described particular pattern.
  • the cold roll forming methods of the present invention allow the final metal pipe to have the pattern of ridges and grooves formed on the outer circumferential surface according to the pattern provided on the diameter-reducing rolls by causing the outer circumferential surface of the pre-formed metal pipe to engage the surface of the diameter-reducing rolls, while allowing the final metal pipe to have its diameter reduced by the diameter-reducing rolls.
  • One complete revolution of the diameter-reducing rolls corresponds to one pitch of the pattern being formed on the outer circumferential surface of the final metal pipe.
  • the metal pipe can only have the pattern formed in its longitudinal direction.
  • the method according to the present invention allows the metal pipe to have the pattern formed on the surface such that the pattern can be changed periodically for every pitch of the diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the final metal pipe having its diameter reduced may have the same pattern of alternating grooves and ridges on the surface thereof that are running in the longitudinal direction of the metal pipe, or running in straight lines parallel with the center axis through the metal pipe, when it is passed through the set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the pattern of alternating grooves and ridges on the diameter-reducing rolls may be modified to different patterns, such as the pattern of alternating grooves and ridges that appear as oblique lines inclined at an angle with regard to the center axis through the metal pipe, the pattern of alternating groove and ridges that appear as arc lines, the pattern of alternating grooves and ridges that appear as spiral lines, and any other desired patterns of alternating grooves and ridges.
  • a pattern molding die may be provided in the bore formed by the set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • This pattern molding die has a pattern of ridges and grooves that on the outer circumferential surface thereof, and can be inserted into a pre-formed metal pipe.
  • the metal pipe passes through the bore formed by the diameter-reducing rolls, it may have the same pattern of ridges and grooves formed by the pattern molding die on the inner circumferential surface of the metal pipe while at the same time it has its diameter reduced by the set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • a raw metal pipe that will be pre-formed and then have its diameter reduced according to the methods of the present invention has a given length (in the order of 0.5 m to 10 m, for example).
  • the pattern molding die may be supported by any supporting member that may be provided to extend along the traveling course of the metal pipe from the downstream side toward the upstream side, or from the upstream side toward the downstream side. In this way, the pattern molding die can be inserted into the metal pipe as the metal pipe passes through the bore formed by the diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the metal pipe may have that particular pattern formed on the inner circumferential surface thereof while at the same time it has its diameter reduced by the diameter-reducing rolls, as it passes through the diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the metal pipe may have the pattern of ridges and grooves formed on the inner circumferential surface thereof such that the ridges and grooves can appear as the straight lines parallel with the center axis through the metal pipe, when the metal pipe passes through the set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the supporting member that supports the pattern molding die may be provided so that it can be moved forward or backward in the traveling direction of the metal pipe. In this way, the pattern can be formed on any desired portion of the inner circumferential surface of the metal pipe while at the same it has its diameter reduced by the set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the pattern molding die having the particular pattern on its outer surface, coupled with the set of diameter-reducing rolls having the particular pattern on its outer surface, may provide the respective patterns on the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the metal pipe as it passes through the set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the pattern molding die may be provided in the form of a roll, plug or the like, and a particular pattern of ridges and grooves may be provided on its outer circumferential surface.
  • this cold roll forming method allows for the working of a double pipe including an inner pipe having a smaller diameter and an outer metal pipe having a larger diameter, the inner pipe being inserted into the outer metal pipe.
  • the cold roll forming method includes a pre-forming step that corresponds to a set of pre-forming rolls and a diameter-reducing step that corresponds to a set of diameter-reducing rolls, wherein the raw double pipe may be passed through the set of pre-forming rolls so that its outer metal pipe can be pre-formed into any of the elliptic, elongated circular, rectangular and polygonal cross-sectional shapes, and then the pre-formed double pipe may be passed through the set of diameter-reducing rolls so that its outer metal pipe can be re-formed into the circular cross-sectional shape or any other cross-sectional shape different from the pre-formed cross-sectional shape of the outer metal pipe while at the same time at least the diameter of the outer metal pipe is reduced by the set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the inner and outer pipes are united by causing part or all of the inner circumferential surface of the outer pipe to engage the outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe tightly.
  • a double pipe that may be cold-worked by this method may include an inner pipe having the triangular cross-sectional shape and an outer pipe having the circular cross-sectional shape.
  • the inner pipe and outer pipe may have the respective outer circumferential surface and inner circumferential surface that engage each other tightly under the applied uniform and equal pressure and with the uniform thermal property.
  • the final double pipe product thus obtained may provide the highly improved reliability.
  • the double pipe is passed through one set of pre-forming rolls, and then through one set of diameter-reducing rolls arranged in tandem with the set of pre-forming rolls. That is, a single pass occurs through the set of pre-forming rolls, and then a single pass occurs through the set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • other methods are possible, depending upon the particular type of material on which each of the inner and outer pipes is based, the particular wall thickness required for each, the particular diameter reduction rate required for each, the particular usage of the finished double pipe, and other particular requirements. Some of those other methods are described below.
  • the process according to one possible method may include multiple pre-forming steps that correspond to multiple sets of pre-forming rolls, and multiple diameter-reducing steps that correspond to multiple sets of diameter-reducing rolls, wherein each combination consisting of each set of pre-forming rolls and each following set of diameter-reducing rolls is arranged in tandem with each following combination so that the double pipe can pass through each succeeding combination.
  • This process allows for multiple passes of the double pipe through each succeeding combination of one set of pre-forming rolls and one set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the process according to another possible method may include a single pre-forming step that corresponds to a single set of pre-forming rolls or multiple pre-forming steps that correspond to multiple sets of pre-forming rolls arranged in tandem with each other, and a single diameter-reducing step that corresponds to a single set of diameter-reducing rolls or multiple diameter-reducing steps that correspond to multiple s ts of diameter-reducing rolls arranged in tandem with each other.
  • the process allows for a single pass or multiple passes of the double pipe through the single or multiple sets of pre-forming rolls, and allows for a single pass or multiple passes of the resulting double pipe through the single or multiple sets of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • any of the methods just described above allows for the use of a raw double pipe including an inner pipe and an outer pipe, each of which has any of the cross-sectional shapes, such as circular, elliptic, elongated circular, rectangular, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, and other polygonal shapes.
  • Each of the inner and outer pipes that have any of the above-mentioned cross-sectional shapes may be pre-formed into any cross-sectional shape other than circular, elliptic, elongated circular, rectangular, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, and other polygonal shapes.
  • the inner and outer pipes can be united without using any bonding media.
  • the double pipe thus obtained can provide the highly improved reliability.
  • the inner pipe may be inserted into the outer pipe at any part or all of the total length of the outer pipe.
  • the double pipe that is passed through the set of pre-forming rolls and then through the set of diameter-reducing rolls may include the inner and outer pipes that overlap each other over the total 1 ngth thereof.
  • the double pipe that is passed through the set of pre-forming rolls and then through the set of diameter-reducing rolls may include the inner and outer pipes that overlap each other at desired part of the total length of the outer pipe.
  • the inner pipe may be made of any metal.
  • the metal may be the same as, or different from, the metal usually used for the outer pipe.
  • the inner pipe may be made of any nonmetal materials.
  • the outer pipe may be made of steel, and the inner pipe may be made of aluminum, titanium, or synthetic resin.
  • this double pipe including the inner and outer pipes is obtained by passing it through the set of pre-forming rolls and then through the set of diameter-reducing rolls
  • this double pipe may be used as an inner pipe, and may be inserted into another metal pipe of a greater diameter.
  • the triple pipe thus obtained may then be passed through the set of pre-forming rolls and then through the set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • Other multiple-layer pipes such as a quartet pipe, quintet pipe and the like may be obtained in the same manner.
  • the double pipe When a double pipe is manufactured by using the appropriate cold roll forming method of the present invention described above, it may be readily appreciated that the double pipe may be finished by passing it through the set of pre-forming rolls and then through the set of diameter-reducing rolls. Thus, what is required during the preliminary stage prior to the production stage is only to clean the inner and outer pipes. In other words, the inner and outer pipes need not have any thermal treatment or special machining prior to the production stage.
  • the rolls should not be made of special roll materials, but may be made of any roll materials.
  • the rolls need not have any surface treatment.
  • the double pipe may be finished at less cost and more efficiently.
  • the pre-forming process may occur, with at least part of the inner circumferential surface of the outer metal pipe to engage the outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe.
  • the diameter-reducing process that follows the pre-forming process then occurs with the inner pipe being secured in position, it may occur without causing the inner pipe to be misaligned with the outer pipe.
  • the diameter-reducing process then occurs with part of the inner pipe being inserted into the outer pipe, only the portions of the inner-and outer pipes overlapping each other can have the increased wall thickness, and this can be performed accurately.
  • Each of the diameter-reducing rolls that are used for the above purposes may also have a particular pattern of ridges and grooves thereon. Then, the double pipe that has been pre-formed through the set of pre-forming rolls may have the particular pattern of ridges and grooves formed thereon while it may have its diameter reduced, as the double pipe is passed through the set of the diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the double pipe product that has thus been finished includes the outer metal pipe having the above pattern formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof
  • the arrangement including the sets of pre-forming rolls and the sets of diameter-reducing rolls or the raw metal pipe being worked may be moved relative to the other in the axial direction of the raw metal pipe.
  • the arrangement may includes several sets of pre-forming rolls and several sets of diameter-reducing rolls, wherein some or all of the rolls in each set of the pre-forming rolls and each set of diameter rolls may be linked so operatively that each of those rolls can be rotated. This allows the raw metal pipe to be moving, passing through each set of pre-forming rolls and then through each set diameter-reducing rolls.
  • FIG. 5 ( c ) is called the roll forming system (roll driving system).
  • the example of the arrangement shown in FIG. 5 ( c ) includes sets of pre-forming rolls 41 a , 41 b , 41 c , and sets of diameter-reducing rolls 42 a , 42 b , 42 c .
  • the sets of pre-forming rolls and the sets of diameter-reducing rolls are arranged in tandem, and one set of pre-forming rolls is followed by one set of diameter-reducing rolls, which is followed by another set of pre-forming rolls which is followed by another set of diameter-reducing rolls, and so.
  • the raw metal pipe may be moving so that it can pass through each succeeding combination of the sets of pre-forming rolls and diameter-reducing rolls for a total of three times.
  • a particular set of pre-forming rolls or diameter-reducing rolls may be driven. For example, if one set includes four rolls, two rolls in the set may be driven.
  • the set of diameter-reducing rolls 42 c includes four rolls, of which only two upper and lower rolls 2 a , 2 c are driven, with the remaining two side rolls 2 b , 2 d (not shown) being idler rolls.
  • a raw metal pipe may be passed through those sets of pre-forming rolls and diameter-reducing rolls in any of the following ways.
  • One way is to push a raw metal pipe forward into the set of pre-forming rolls, and into the set of diameter-reducing rolls by the use of any pushing device.
  • the raw metal pipe may first be pushed into a bore formed by the set of pre-forming rolls located on the upstream side, and then may be pushed into a bore formed by the set of diameter-reducing rolls located on the downstream side of the set of pre-forming rolls.
  • FIG. 5 ( a ) An example of this method is shown in FIG. 5 ( a ), which is called the extroll-forming system (which may also be called the non-driven roll pipe pushing system).
  • Examples of the pushing-device that may be-used for this purpose include a hydraulically-operated cylinder, a hydraulically-operated jack and the like.
  • FIG. 5 ( b ) is called the draw bench system (which may also be called the non-driven roll pipe drawing system).
  • Examples of the drawing device that may be used for this purpose include the combination of a chuck that is operated to catch the forward tip of the metal pipe and a hydraulically-operated jack that holds the chuck and pulls it by the traction force, or the combination of such chuck and a chain that is driven to rotate circularly for moving the chuck by the traction force.
  • a raw metal pipe may be moved by the pushing device on the upstream side so that it can be pushed through the bore formed by the set of pre-forming rolls and through the bore formed by the set of diameter-reducing rolls, while the metal pipe may be pulled by the drawing device on the downstream side so that it can be drawn out through the bore formed by the set of pre-forming rolls and through the bore formed by the set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • one set of pre-forming rolls 21 or 31 and one set of diameter-reducing rolls 22 or 32 are arranged in tandem, wherein a raw metal pipe may be passed through the set of pre-forming rolls one time, and then may be passed through the set of diameter-reducing rolls one time.
  • one set of pre-forming rolls 21 may be provided on the upstream side, and several sets of diameter-reducing rolls 22 that are arranged in tandem may be provided on the downstream side of the set of pre-forming rolls 21 .
  • several sets of pre-forming rolls 21 may be arranged in tandem, and one set of diameter-reducing rolls 22 may be provided on the downstream side of the set of pre-forming rolls.
  • several sets of pre-forming rolls 31 may be arranged in tandem, and several sets of diameter-reducing rolls 32 that are arranged in tandem may be provided on the downstream side of the corresponding sets of pre-forming rolls.
  • the arrangement may be such that it includes one set of pre-forming rolls 21 a , followed by one set of diameter-reducing rolls 42 a that is arranged in tandem with the set of pre-forming rolls. In this arrangement, one pass may occur through the set of pre-forming rolls, followed by one pass through the set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the arrangement may be such that it includes one set of pre-forming rolls 41 a , followed by one set of diameter-reducing rolls 42 a , or followed by several sets of diameter-reducing rolls 42 a , 42 b , 42 c arranged in tandem.
  • the arrangement may be such that it includes several sets of pre-forming rolls 41 a , 41 b , 41 c arranged in tandem, followed by one set of diameter-reducing roll 42 a , or followed by several sets of diameter-reducing rolls 42 a , 42 b , 42 c arranged in tandem.
  • a metal pipe that has been pre-formed by the set of preceding pre-forming rolls may be passed through the following set of diameter-reducing rolls without causing the metal pipe to be pinched out into the gap between the rolls in the set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • any of those variations may also be applied to a double pipe, wherein the double pipe that has been pre-formed by the preceding set of pre-forming rolls may be passed through the following set of diameter-reducing rolls without causing the outer pipe to be pinched out into the gap between the rolls in the set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the diameter reduction rate of more than 3% may be attained each one time that a metal pipe is passed through each succeeding combination of the set of pre-forming rolls and set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the experiments that were conducted by the inventors of the present invention show that the diameter reduction rate of at most 22% can be attained for each pass of the metal pipe through each combination of the set of pre-forming rolls and set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the diameter reduction rate may be varied in the range of between at least 3% and at most 22%, depending on the respective types of the pre-forming rolls and diameter-reducing rolls that are used.
  • the diameter reduction rate of 22% may be attained by passing the raw metal pipe through the pre-forming roll stand on which two pre-forming rolls are mounted in this case so that it can be pre-formed into an intermediate metal pipe having the triangular cross-sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate metal pipe through the diameter reduction stand on which three diameter-reducing rolls are mounted in this case so that it can have its diameter reduced by compressing the metal pipe in the direction of the compression with its triangle vertexes being directed inwardly.
  • the set of two pre-forming rolls is used for the same metal pipe as in the previous example, but the relative positions between the two rolls are changed and the set of diameter-reducing rolls is replaced by another set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the diameter reduction rate that may be attained in this example is equal to 8%.
  • the diameter reduction rate of 11.8% may be attained by passing the raw metal pipe through the pre-forming roll stand on which two pre-forming rolls are mounted in this case so that it can be pre-formed into an intermediate metal pipe having the rectangular cross-sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate metal pip through the diameter reduction stand on which four diameter-reducing rolls are mounted in this case so that it can have its diameter reduced by compressing the metal pipe in the direction of the compression with its rectangle vertexes being directed inwardly.
  • the set of two pre-forming rolls is used for the same metal pipe as in the previous example, but the relative positions between the two rolls are changed and the set of diameter-reducing rolls is replaced by another set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the diameter reduction rate that may be attained in this example is equal to 5%.
  • the diameter reduction rate of 7.2% may be attained by passing the raw metal pipe through the pre-forming roll stand on which four pre-forming rolls are mounted in this case so that it can be pre-formed into an intermediate metal pipe having the pentagonal cross-sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate metal pipe through the diameter reduction stand on which five diameter-reducing rolls are mounted in this case so that it can have its diameter reduced by compressing the metal pipe in the direction of the compression with its pentagon vertexes being directed inwardly.
  • the set of four pre-forming rolls is used for the same metal pipe as in the previous example, but the relative positions between the four rolls are changed and the set of diameter-reducing rolls is replaced by another set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the diameter reduction rate that may be attained in this example is equal to 3%.
  • the diameter reduction rate for the outer pipe that may be attained ranges between 3% and 22% for each pass through each combination.
  • FIG. 1 ( a ) illustrates one example of a set of pre-forming rolls that may be used with the present invention, as viewed from the side thereof;.
  • FIG. 1 ( b ) illustrates another example of a set of pre-forming rolls that may be used with the present invention, as viewed from the side thereof;
  • FIG. 2 ( a ) illustrates an example of a set of diameter-reducing rolls that may be used with the present invention, as viewed in cross section;
  • FIG. 2 ( b ) illustrates an example of the diameter reducing process including a set of pre-forming rolls, followed by a set of diameter-reducing rolls, as viewed from the side.
  • FIG. 3 ( a ) is a perspective view illustrating a metal pipe of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 ( b ) is a perspective view illustrating another metal pipe of the present invention, with part of the metal pipe being broken away;
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the extroll-forming system according to the embodiment of the present invention that may be employed in conjunction with the method of the present invention, as viewed from the side;
  • FIG. 5 ( a ) illustrates the extroll-forming system according to the embodiment of the present invention that may be employed in conjunction with the method of the present invention, as viewed in perspective;
  • FIG. 5 ( b ) illustrates the draw bench system according to the embodiment of the present invention that may be employed in conjunction with the method of the present invention, as viewed in perspective;
  • FIG. 5 ( c ) illustrates the roll-forming system according to the embodiment of the present invention that may be employed in conjunction with the method of the present invention.
  • a raw pipe 1 that is subject to the diameter-reducing process is made of steel, and is originally formed into a round shape having the outer diameter of 216.3 mm.
  • the round steel pipe 1 may be passed through a set of pre-forming rolls 2 a and 2 b so that it can be formed into an intermediate steel pipe la having the rectangular cross section (FIG. 1 ( a )).
  • the intermediate steel pipe 1 a may be passed through a set of diameter-reducing rolls 3 a , 3 b , 3 c and 3 d so that it can be formed into a round steel pipe 1 b having a reduced diameter (FIGS. 2 ( a ) and ( b )).
  • a hydraulically-operated cylinder 4 may be operated so that its piston rod 5 can be moved forward in the direction of an arrow 6 in FIG. 4, moving the round steel pipe 1 in that direction.
  • the size, particularly the length, of the hydraulically-operated cylinder 4 should be reduced into a particular size or length for some reasons.
  • the stroke L of the piston rod 5 that can travel to its full length might become shorter than the length of a particular round steel pipe 1 being processed.
  • the piston rod 5 should preferably be provided with an auxiliary rod that may be interposed between the round steel pipe 1 and the piston rod 5 . In this way, the stroke L of the piston rod 5 can be extended by the length of the auxiliary rod.
  • each of the rolls 3 a , 3 b , 3 c , 3 d in the set of diameter-reducing rolls has a particular pattern of alternating grooves and ridges formed around the outer circumferential surface thereof, running in the direction in which each roll rotates.
  • the output which is represented by the round steel pipe 1 b (FIG. 3 ( a ))
  • the round steel pipe 1 b may have the reduction in its diameter, while at the same time it may have the same pattern of ridges and grooves 1 c formed around the outer circumferential surface, running along the length of the round steel pipe 1 b.
  • the raw round steel pipe 1 has the outer diameter of 216.3 mm and the wall thickness of 8.2 mm.
  • the round steel pipe 1 b that is thus finished may have the reduced diameter of 190.7 mm and the pattern of sixty (60) alternating grooves and ridges 1 c formed to a depth of 0.7 mm on the outer circumferential surface, running along the length.
  • the finished steel pipe had its diameter reduced at the diameter reduction rate of 11.8%.
  • the set of pre-forming rolls 2 a , 2 b shown in FIG. 1 ( a ) may be replaced by another set of pre-forming rolls 2 a , 2 b , 2 c , 2 d shown in FIG. 1 ( b ).
  • the raw pipe is also made of steel, and has a round shape. It should be noted, however, that the raw pipe may also have any other cross sectional shape, and may also be made of any other material such as stainless steel, aluminum and the like.
  • a raw pipe 7 is also made of steel, and has a round shape. Differently from the preceding embodiment, the raw pipe 7 is a double pipe including an additional pipe 8 made of synthetic resin that is inserted into the raw steel pipe 7 .
  • the diameter reducing process includes the pre-forming step, followed by the diameter reducing step, like in the preceding embodiment, but differs in that each of the rolls 3 a , 3 b , 3 c , 3 d in the set of diameter-reducing rolls has no pattern of ridges and grooves on its circumferential surface.
  • a double pipe 10 may be obtained, including the outer steel pipe 7 and the inner synthetic resin pipe 8 as shown in FIG. 3 ( b ).
  • the raw steel pipe 7 when the raw steel pipe 7 is passed through the diameter reducing step, it may have the reduction in its diameter.
  • the outer steel pipe 7 and the inner synthetic resin pipe 8 can be united by causing the inner circumferential wall of the outer steel pipe 7 to engage the outer circumferential wall of the inner synthetic resin pipe 8 under the uniform and equal pressure.
  • a steel pipe “STKM13A” (carbon steel pipes for machine structural purposes) as specified in the relevant JIS specifications is used as a raw steel pipe.
  • the raw steel pipe has the outer diameter of 60.5 mm and the wall thickness of 2.9 mm.
  • This embodiment uses the process shown in FIG. 5 ( b ).
  • the diameter reducing process may be performed by passing the raw steel pipe through a set of two pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into an intermediate steel pipe having the elliptic cross-sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate steel pipe through a set of two diameter-reducing rolls so that it can be formed into a final steel pipe having the reduction in its diameter.
  • the final steel pipe has the outer diameter of 58.2 mm, which corresponds to the diameter reduction rate of 3.8%.
  • a steel pipe “STKM13A” (carbon steel pipes for machine structural purposes) as specified in the relevant JIS specifications is used as a raw steel pipe.
  • the raw steel pipe has the outer diameter of 63.5 mm and the wall thickness of 1.2 mm.
  • This embodiment uses the process shown in FIG. 5 ( b ).
  • the diameter reducing process may be performed by passing the raw steel pipe through a set of two pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into an intermediate steel pipe having the rectangular cross-sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate steel pipe through a set of four diameter-reducing rolls so that it can be formed into a final steel pipe having the reduction in its diameter.
  • the final steel pipe has the outer diameter of 60.0 mm, which corresponds to the diameter reduction rate of 5.5%.
  • a steel pipe “STKM13A” (carbon steel pipes for machine structural purposes) as specified in the relevant JIS specifications is used as a raw steel pipe.
  • the raw steel pipe has the outer diameter of 63.5 mm and the wall thickness of 2.3 mm.
  • This embodiment uses the process shown in FIG. 5 ( b ).
  • the diameter reducing process may be performed by passing the raw steel pipe through a set of two pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into an intermediate steel pipe having the rectangular cross-sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate steel pipe through a set of four diameter-reducing rolls so that it can be formed into a final steel pipe having the reduction in its diameter.
  • the final steel pipe has the outer diameter of 58.2 mm, which corresponds to the diameter reduction rate of 8.3%.
  • An aluminum pipe “A5052TD” as specified in the relevant JIS specifications is used as a raw aluminum pipe.
  • the raw aluminum pipe has the outer diameter of 60.0 mm and the wall thickness of 3.0 mm.
  • This embodiment uses the process shown in FIG. 5 ( b ).
  • the diameter reducing process may be performed by passing the raw aluminum pipe through a set of four pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into an intermediate aluminum pipe having the rectangular cross section, and then by passing the intermediate aluminum pipe through a set of four diameter-reducing rolls so that it can be formed into a final aluminum pipe having the reduction in its diameter.
  • the final aluminum pipe has the outer diameter of 58.2 mm, which corresponds to the diameter reduction rate of 3.0%.
  • a raw pipe is a double pipe including an outer steel pipe having the outer diameter of 63.5 mm and the wall thickness of 1.2 mm, and an inner steel pipe having the outer diameter of 60.0 mm and the wall thickness of 1.2 mm, the inner steel pipe being inserted into the outer steel pipe over the total length thereof.
  • the outer and inner steel pipes both use a steel pipe “STX400-E-G” as specified in the relevant JIS specifications.
  • This embodiment uses the process shown in FIG. 5 ( a ).
  • the diameter reducing process may be performed by passing the raw steel pipe through a set of two pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into an intermediate steel pipe having the elliptic cross-sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate steel pipe through a set of two diameter reducing rolls so that it can be formed into a final double-steel pipe having the reduction in its diameter.
  • the final double-steel pipe has the outer diameter of 60.0 mm, which corresponds to the diameter reduction rate of 5.5%.
  • the outer and inner steel pipes may be united by causing the inner circumferential wall of the outer steel pipe to engage the outer circumferential wall of the inner steel pipe tightly.
  • a raw pipe includes an outer steel pipe having the outer diameter of 63.5 mm and the wall thickness of 1.2 mm, and an inner aluminum pipe having the outer diameter of 60.0 mm and the wall thickness of 3.0 mm, the inner aluminum pipe being inserted into the outer steel pipe over the total length thereof.
  • the outer steel pipes uses a steel pipe “STK400-E-G” as specified in the relevant JIS specifications
  • the inner aluminum pipe uses an aluminum pipe “A5052TD” as specified in the relevant JIS specifications.
  • This embodiment uses the process shown in FIG. 5 ( b ).
  • the diameter reducing process may be performed by passing the raw pipe through a set of two pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into an intermediate pipe having the rectangular cross-sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate pipe through a set of four diameter reducing rolls so that it can be formed into a final double pipe having the reduction in its diameter.
  • the final double pipe has the outer diameter of 60.0 mm, which corresponds to the diameter reduction rate of 5.5%.
  • the outer steel pipe and the inner aluminum pipe may be united by causing the inner circumferential wall of the outer steel pipe to engage the outer circumferential wall of the inner aluminum pipe tightly.
  • a steel pipe “STKM13A” (carbon steel pipes for machine structural purposes) as specified in the relevant JIS specifications is used as a raw steel pipe.
  • the raw steel pipe has the outer diameter of 63.5 mm and the wall thickness of 1.2 mm.
  • the diameter reducing process may be performed by using several sets of pre-forming rolls and several sets of diameter reducing rolls. Specifically, the raw steel pipe may first be passed through a first set of two pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed so as to have the elliptic cross-sectional shape, the resulting steel pipe may then be passed through a first set of two diameter reducing rolls so that it can have the reduction in its diameter, the resulting steel pipe may then be passed through a second set of two pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed so as to have the elliptic cross section, the resulting steel pipe may then be passed through a second set of four diameter reducing rolls so that it can have the further reduction in its diameter, the resulting steel pipe may then be passed through a third set of two pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed so as to have the elliptic cross-sectional shape, and the resulting steel pipe may finally be passed through a third set of four diameter reducing rolls so that it can
  • a steel pipe “STKM13A” (carbon steel pipes for machine structural purposes) as specified in the relevant JIS specifications is used as a raw steel pipe.
  • the raw steel pipe has the outer diameter of 63.5 mm and the wall thickness of 1.6 mm.
  • This embodiment uses the process shown in FIG. 5 ( b ).
  • the diameter reducing process may be performed by passing the raw steel pipe through a set of two pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into an intermediate steel pipe having the triangular cross-sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate steel pipe through a set of three diameter reducing rolls so that it can have the reduction in its diameter.
  • the final steel pipe thus obtained has the outer diameter of 49 mm, which corresponds to the diameter reduction rate of 22%.
  • a steel pipe “STKM13A” (carbon steel pipes for machine structural purposes) as specified in the relevant JIS specifications is used as a raw steel pipe.
  • the raw steel pipe has the outer diameter of 63.5 mm and the wall thickness of 1.2 mm.
  • This embodiment uses the process shown in FIG. 5 ( b ).
  • the diameter reducing process may be performed by passing the raw steel pipe through a set of four pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into an intermediate steel pipe having the rectangular cross sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate steel pipe through a set of four diameter reducing rolls so that it can have the reduction in its diameter.
  • the final steel pipe thus obtained has the outer diameter of 56 mm, which corresponds to the diameter reduction rate of 11.8%.
  • a steel pipe “STKM13A” (carbon steel pipes for machine structural purposes) as specified in the relevant JIS specifications is used as a raw steel pipe.
  • the raw steel pipe has the outer diameter of 63.6 mm and the wall thickness of 1.2 mm.
  • This embodiment uses the process shown in FIG. 5 ( b ).
  • the diameter reducing process may be performed by passing the raw steel pipe through a set of five pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into an intermediate steel pipe having the pentagonal cross-sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate steel pipe through a set of five diameter reducing rolls so that it can have the reduction in its diameter.
  • the final steel pipe thus obtained has the outer diameter of 58.9 mm, which corresponds to the diameter reduction rate of 7.2%.
  • a steel pipe “STK400-E-G” (carbon steel pipes for general purposes) as specified in the relevant JIS specifications is used as a raw steel pipe.
  • the raw steel pipe has the outer diameter of 190.7 mm and the wall thickness of 4.5 mm.
  • This embodiment uses the process shown in FIG. 5 ( a ).
  • the diameter reducing process may be performed by passing the raw steel pipe through a set of two pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into an intermediate steel pipe having the rectangular cross-sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate steel pipe through a set of four diameter reducing rolls so that it can have the reduction in its diameter.
  • the final steel pipe thus obtained has the outer diameter of 180 mm, which corresponds to the diameter reduction rate of 5.0%.
  • a steel pipe “STK400-E-G” (carbon steel pipes for general purposes) as specified in the relevant JIS specifications is used as a raw steel pipe.
  • the raw steel pipe has the outer diameter of 216.3 mm and the wall thickness of 10.3 mm.
  • This embodiment uses the process shown in FIG. 5 ( a ).
  • the diameter reducing process may be performed by passing the raw steel pipe through a set of four pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into an intermediate steel pipe having the rectangular cross-sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate steel pipe through a set of four diameter reducing rolls so that it can have the reduction in its diameter.
  • the final steel pipe thus obtained has the outer diameter of 190.7 mm, which corresponds to the diameter reduction rate of 11,0%.
  • a steel pipe “STK400-E-G” (carbon steel pipes for general purposes) as specified in the relevant JIS specifications is used as a raw steel pipe.
  • the raw steel pipe has the outer diameter of 216.8 mm and the wall thickness of 4.5 mm.
  • This embodiment uses the process shown in FIG. 5 ( a ).
  • the diameter reducing process may be performed by passing the raw steel pipe through a set of two pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into an intermediate steel pipe having the rectangular cross-sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate steel pipe through a set of four diameter reducing rolls, each roll having a pattern of ridges and grooves running in the rotational direction thereof, so that it can have the reduction in its diameter and the pattern of grooves and ridges extending along the length thereof.
  • the final steel pipe thus obtained has the outer diameter of 190.7 mm, which corresponds to the diameter reduction rate of 11.0%, and has the pattern of sixty (60) ridges and grooves formed to a depth of 0.6 mm.
  • a steel pipe “STK400-E-G” (carbon steel pipes for general purposes) as specified in the relevant JIS specifications is used as a raw steel pipe.
  • the raw steel pipe has the outer diameter of 190.7 mm and the wall thickness of 4.5 mm.
  • This embodiment uses the process shown in FIG. 5 ( a ).
  • the diameter reducing process may be performed by passing the raw steel pipe through a set of four pre-forming rolls so that it can be formed into an intermediate steel pip having the rectangular cross-sectional shape, and then by passing the intermediate steel pipe through a set of four diameter reducing rolls, each roll having a pattern of ridges and grooves running in the rotational direction thereof, so that it can have the reduction in its diameter and the pattern of ridges and grooves extending along the length thereof.
  • the final steel pipe thus obtained has the outer diameter of 180 mm, which corresponds to the diameter reduction rate of 5.6%, and has the pattern of sixty (60) ridges and grooves formed to a depth of 0.7 mm.
  • the raw metal pipe has the circular cross-sectional shape
  • the finished metal pipe also has the circular cross-sectional shape.
  • each of the finished metal pipes obtained according to those embodiments was compared with each corresponding raw metal pipe with regard to the outer diameter dimensional precision, and the results show that the finished metal pipe has the outer diameter dimensional precision that is equivalent to or better than that of the raw metal pipe.
  • the finished metal pipe had the outer diameter dimensional precision that is within ⁇ 0.1% of that of the raw metal pipe.
  • the finished metal pipe had the outer diameter dimensional precision that is within ⁇ 1.0% of that of the raw metal pipe.
  • the finished metal pipe obtained in any of those embodiments includes some particular areas where the wall thickness is increased during the diameter-reducing process and other areas where the wall thickness remains to be the same as the original wall thickness.
  • the wall thickness in those particular areas may be increased as the diameter reduction rate is increased, when the raw metal pipe goes through the most basic arrangement including one set of pre-forming rolls, followed by one set of diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the areas where the wall thickness is increased may be determined by the shape of the pre-forming rolls as well as the shape of the diameter-reducing rolls.
  • the set of pre-forming rolls having the appropriate shape and the set of diameter-reducing rolls having the appropriate shape may be combined. This allows the final metal pipe to have the uniform wall thickness around the entire circumference thereof when it has its diameter reduced by the cold roll forming method of the present invention.
  • a raw metal pipe may be passed through the set of pre-forming rolls so that it can be pre-formed into an intermediate metal pipe having a particular cross-sectional shape, and the intermediate metal pipe may then be passed through the set of diameter-reducing rolls so that it can be re-formed into a circular or any other cross-sectional shape different from the particular shape of the pre-formed metal pipe while at the same time it may have its outer circumferential length reduced to be smaller than the original length of the raw metal pipe.
  • the present invention provides an easy and reliable means for producing the finished metal pipe having its diameter reduced, or the finished metal pipe having its diameter reduced and having a particular pattern of ridges and grooves formed on either or both of the inner and outer circumferential surfaces, or the finished double pipe including the inner and outer pipes and having its diameter reduced, without having to increase the number of roll stands used for the above purpose.
  • the cold roll forming methods according to the present invention may be used to produce metal pipes whose wall is thick or partly thick, at less cost and in an easier manner than any of the conventional cold roll forming methods.
  • those steel pipes that may be produced by the device that is provided for this purpose should have the particular outer diameter and wall thickness that have previously been determined.
  • the present invention allows a metal pipe having any desired outer diameter and wall thickness to be produced easily and at low cost, since it requires no additional device or equipment.
  • the metal pipe When a metal pipe that requires the higher strength on any particular part thereof is cold-rolled by the conventional method, the metal pipe is typically cold-rolled by increasing the wall thickness or strength not only on that particular part but also on the total length.
  • the present invention allows such metal pipe to be cold-rolled by only using a double pipe on that part requiring the higher strength to supplement the insufficient strength there. This can be achieved at less cost since there is no need of increasing the wall thickness or strength over the total length of the metal pipe, as is the case with the conventional methods.
  • one advantage of the cold roll forming method according to the present is that the part of a metal pipe that requires the higher strength may be supplemented by a double pipe in which the inner and outer pipes may be made to overlap each other on that part by simply aligning the inner pipe with the outer pipe accurately.
  • the part of a metal pipe that requires the sufficient strength may be supplemented by using a tailored blank including a pipe having the same diameter and a different wall thickness welded to the tailored blank.
  • a further advantage of the present invention is that it allows a double pipe only to be provided on that part of a metal pipe that requires the increased wall thickness, without having to use such tailored blank. Thus, this can be achieved at less cost.
  • the present invention allows a double pipe only to be provided on those portions to increase the wall thickness there. This can be achieved at less cost and in an easier manner.
  • a metal pipe such as a single pipe and a double pipe, may initially be pre-formed into an intermediate pipe having its diameter reduced, and the intermediate pipe may then be re-formed into the circular, triangular or any other cross-sectional shapes.
  • the present invention provides an easy, reliable and less costly means for producing multiple-layer steel pipe products having any of the cross-sectional shapes, as compared with the prior art methods.

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