Classifications

• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
  • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
  • C21D8/00—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment
  • C21D8/10—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of tubular bodies
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
  • B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
  • B21C37/00—Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape
  • B21C37/06—Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape of tubes or metal hoses; Combined procedures for making tubes, e.g. for making multi-wall tubes
  • B21C37/08—Making tubes with welded or soldered seams
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
  • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
  • B21B17/00—Tube-rolling by rollers of which the axes are arranged essentially perpendicular to the axis of the work, e.g. "axial" tube-rolling
  • B21B17/02—Tube-rolling by rollers of which the axes are arranged essentially perpendicular to the axis of the work, e.g. "axial" tube-rolling with mandrel, i.e. the mandrel rod contacts the rolled tube over the rod length
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
  • B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
  • B21C37/00—Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape
  • B21C37/06—Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape of tubes or metal hoses; Combined procedures for making tubes, e.g. for making multi-wall tubes
  • B21C37/30—Finishing tubes, e.g. sizing, burnishing
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
  • B23K13/00—Welding by high-frequency current heating
  • B23K13/01—Welding by high-frequency current heating by induction heating
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  • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
  • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
  • C21D1/00—General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
  • C21D1/06—Surface hardening
  • C21D1/09—Surface hardening by direct application of electrical or wave energy; by particle radiation
  • C21D1/10—Surface hardening by direct application of electrical or wave energy; by particle radiation by electric induction
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  • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
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  • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
  • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
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  • C21D9/50—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor for welded joints
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Definitions

• the present invention relates to low carbon welded tubes and process of manufacture thereof.
• the invention relates to cold rolled low carbon welded tubes, system and process of manufacturing of the same.
• Tubes are used in diverse applications involving automobile, boilers, textiles, construction, scaffolding, energy sector, hydraulic cylinders, gas springs etc., that are either manufactured from carbon steel or alloying elements. Tubes with carbon percentage of 0.01 to 0.45, are conventionally known as low carbon steel tubes. Seamless tubes are manufactured by the extruding the stock whereas welded tubes are manufactured from formed strip that is welded at the seam. Welded tubes are used in applications requiring stringent dimensional tolerances, surface finish and mechanical properties such as yield strength and tensile strength.
• the welded tube manufacturing processes generally comprise steps that include
• the hollow used is of cross section / diameter -that is 40% to 50 % more than that of the final drawn tube thereby requiring multiple passes through the draw bench to achieve desired dimensions and mechanical properties.
• Such a process also requires repeated tube straightening and surface treatment resulting in lower dimensional stability and tolerances .
• Seamless tubes are preferably used in critical application in preference to welded tubes which are susceptible to cracking, weld opening and failure under pressure.
• United States Patent Application 20050076975 discloses a low carbon alloy steel tube and a method of manufacturing the same, in which the steel tube consists essentially of, by weight: about 0.06% to about 0.18% carbon; about 0.5% to about 1.5% manganese; about 0.1% to about 0.5% silicon; up to about 0.015% sulfur; up to about 0.025% phosphorous; up to about 0.50% nickel; about 0.1% to about 1.0% chromium; about 0.1% to about 1.0% molybdenum; about 0.01% to about 0.10% vanadium; about 0.01% to about 0.10% titanium; about 0.05% to about 0.35% copper; about 0.010% to about 0.050% aluminum; up to about 0.05% niobium; up to about 0.15% residual elements; and the balance iron and incidental impurities.
• the steel has a tensile strength of at least about 145 ksi and exhibits ductile behavior at temperatures as low; as -60° C
• Japanese Patent JP3077576 discloses the welded tube manufactured by forming a strip steel containing ⁇ 0.05% C and 10 to 14% Cr, by weight, into a pipe shape, subjecting both butted edge parts whose temperature is between the room temperature and 1000 0 C, to laser beam welding by the following conditions (1) and (2), and are heated in between 850 and 1000 0 C, cooling them to ⁇ 300°C at ⁇ 20°C/s, heating them to 600 to 700 0 C, then cooling them to the room temperature at ⁇ 20°C/s.
• Japanese Patent JP09164425 discloses the welded tube manufactured by forming a strip stej
• Japanese Patent JP11254030 discloses a stainless steel strip incorporating, by weight, 12.0- 15.0% Cr, 1.0-5.0% Ni, ⁇ 0.030% C+N is worked into a tubular shape, and both butted edge parts are wejded with laser beams, next heated at 730-900 0 C for 2-60 sec, next cooled down to ⁇ 150°C, next heated at 580-770 0 C for 1-30 sec and next cooled down to an ordinary temperature.
• Japanese Patent JP11343519 discloses a hot rolled ⁇ teej plate, which has a composition, by weight, consisting of ⁇ 0.05% C, ⁇ 1.0% Si, ⁇ 5.0% Mn 1 ⁇ 0.04% P, ⁇ 0.01% S, 10.0-15.0% Cr, 0.1- 3.0% Mo, ⁇ 0.1% Al, ⁇ 0.10% Ti, Ni satisfying the formula: 3.0-0.5*Mn ⁇ Ni ⁇ 8.0-0.5*Mn and the balance Fe with inevitable impurities, is annealed.
• the hot rolled stelf plate softened is formed into a tubular shape and butted parts are welded to obtain a tube.
• the welded tube is held at 850-1250°C for about ⁇ 10 min and then is subjected to a post heat treatment.
• the post heat treatment satisfies conditions shown in the formula: 2000*Mo+T2 (20+logt2) ⁇ T1 (20+logt1) wherein T1 and t1 are a temp, and a time of annealing, T2, t2 are a temp, and a time of post heat treatment.
• Japanese Patent JP2000126896 discloses the method for manufacturing the low carbon martensitic stainless steel welded tube by which a low carbon martensitic stainless steel strip is continuously formed into a tubular shape with plural roll-forming stands, and both edge parts to be butted of the formed tubular steel is heated and subjected to laser beam
• the gap G in the height direction of both edges is measured and butt llldjng is executed while adjusting the amount of lift with the lifting-roll device 7 based on the measured results.
• EP0217751 discloses a process is described for manufacturing steel tubes and steel pipes by electric welding of strips so formed to get a complete hollow bar, wherein the steel strip is preheated before forming.
• the pre-heating temperature is preferably near to the welding temperature and possibly, at the exit from a furnace which may be electric, e.g. of the induction type, a gas furnace or an oil furnace, etc. and before the forming unit there can be provided means capable of accomplishing an edge conditioner step.
• Japanese Patent JP10128413 discloses three mandrels 2 are respectively arranged in the insides of three tube stocks 1 which are arranged in parallel, three pairs of grooved rolls 5 are coaxially connected, each pair of grooved rolls is arranged on the peripheral surface of each tube stock so that the inside face of the groove 6 of the roll is brought into contact with the outer peripheral surface of each tube stock and three tubes are simultaneously rolled.
• the mandrel 2 has a rolling part 3 whose diameter is gradually decreased in the rolling direction and the distance between the groove bottom and the center axis 7 of the roll of the grooved roll 5 is continuously changed in accordance with the change of the diameter of the rolling part.
• the groove shape and dimensions of the three sets of the grooved rolls 5 and mandrels 2 are set so that the distributions of their working ratios are mutually substantially same and, by the one set of combination, the rolled tube having the diameter dimension different from that of the rolled tubes which are rolled with the other sets of combinations is obtained.
• Japanese Patent JP58144455 discloses a roll material for PiJgeJ rolling comprising 1.5W2.5% C, 0.2W 1.2% Si, 0.2W1.2% Mn, 0.5W2.0% Cr, 4W8% V and the remainder Fe and inevitable impure elements, capable of obtaining necessary hardness in the surface layer part thereof by proper heat treatment, rich in internal toughness, excellent in anti-wear property and having good grindability and long life is obtained.
• C permits to precipitate a large amount of carbide of V to impart anti-wear property to the roll material and strengthen the matrix of steel.
• V is contained in a degree generating no macro-segregation of V
• Cr is contained in a degree capable of affording proper tempering property.
• Japanese Patent JP2005060796 discloses the ⁇ e]H ⁇ 3 steel tube having the composition composed by mass% of 0.02-0.2% C, ⁇ 1% Si, 1.5-4% Mn, ⁇ 0.1% P, ⁇ 0.01% S, ⁇ 0.1% Al,
• Japanese Patent JP3485980 discloses a clad steel fubi is manufactured by achieving the cladding by welding of the corrosion resistant or heat resistant Ni-Cr-Mo alloy with a steel Hj ⁇ J made of carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, heat resistant steel or the like as the stock tube.
• the cold working or warm working of rolling, drawing, etc., of the clad steel juBj is achieved, and the heat treatment is further achieved at the recrystallization temperature or at a higher temperature. Heating is made for the prescribed period of time at the temperature of ⁇ 1100°C as the heat treatment of the solid solution of the Ni-Cr-Mo alloy at the outer circumferential part of the clad steel full to realize the recrystallization.
• the heat treatment is achieved according to the material at the inner circumferential part of the clad steel fyib ⁇ to realize the recrystallization. Rolling and drawing is achieved not in the hot condition, but in the cold or warm condition because the high temperature strength of the base metal is different from that of the layer, cladded by welding, and the uniform working is not achieved in the hot condition and flaws are generated.
• Japanese Patent JP2001303196 discloses a hot rolled or cold rolled hoop stock, which has a composition consisting of 0.01- ⁇ 0.05% C, ⁇ 1.0% Si, ⁇ 3.0% Mn, ⁇ 0.15% P, ⁇ 0.015% S, ⁇ 0.04% Al, 0.005-0.02% (and >0.003% in a state of solid solution) of N and the balance Fe with inevitable impurities and containing, if necessary, at least one kind selected from 0.005-0.040% Nb, 0.005-0.50% Ti, 0.005-0.020% B, 0.02-1.5% Cu, 0.02-1.0% Ni, 0.02-1.0% Cr, 0.02-1.0% Mo, 0.0020-0.02% Ca and 0.0020-0.02% REM, is formed into cylindrical shape and the resultant seam is subjected to electric resistance welding, followed by sizing at 0.3-10% drawing rate of outer peripheral length.
• Japanese Patent JP2001303195 discloses a hot rolled or cold rolled hoop stock, which has a composition consisting of 0.01- ⁇ 0.05% C, ⁇ 1.0% Si, ⁇ 1.0% Mn, ⁇ 0.15% P, ⁇ 0.015% S, 0.01-
• Ni, 0.02-1.0% Cr, 0.02-1.0% Mo, 0.0020-0.02% Ca and 0.0020-0.02% REM is formed into cylindrical shape and the resultant seam is subjected to electric resistance welding, followed by sizing at 0.3-10% drawing rate of outer peripheral length.
• Japanese Patent JP2001303192 discloses a hot rolled or cold rolled hoop stock, having a composition which consists of, by mass, 0.001 - ⁇ 0.01% C, ⁇ 1.0% Si, ⁇ 2.0% Mn, ⁇ 0.15% P, ⁇ 0.015% S, 0.01-0.10% Al, 0.01-0.10% Nb, 0.001-0.010% B, either or both of ⁇ 0.10% Ti and ⁇ 0.10% Zr, and the balance Fe with inevitable impurities and contains, if necessary, either or both of 0.002-0.5% Mo and 0.02-1.0% Cr and in which C, Nb, Ti and Zr are contained in amounts within the range satisfying (12/48)(Ti(%)/C(%))+(12/93)(Nb(%)/C(%))+(12/91)(Zr(%)/C(%))>1.0, is formed into cylindrical shape and the resultant seam is subjected to electric resistance w ⁇ dnig, followed by sizing at 0.3-10% drawing rate of outer peripheral length.
• Japanese Patent JP2618563 discloses a slab of a material steel which has a composition consisting of, by weight, 0.10-0.20% C, 0.15-0.50% Si, 1.3-2.5% Mn, 0.005-0.020% P, 0.0005- 0.0060% S, 0.01-0.08% Al, 0.02-0.2% Ti, 0.0010-0.0030% B, 0.002-0.005% N, 0.3-0.7% Cr, 0.3-1.0% Mo, and the balance Fe with inevitable impurities and further containing, if necessary, 0.01-0.10% Nb is hot-rolled.
• the finishing temp is regulated to a value between 950 0 C and the Ar transformation point, and coiling is 3 done at 450-700 0 C.
• the resulting hot rolled coil is formed into a tllfej by means of resistance welding and then subjected, if necessary, to normalizing, annealing, and cold drawing.
• the resistance welded steel IMM having a dimensional accuracy of ⁇ 0.15mm outside diameter and ⁇ 0.05mm thickness and also having (100 to 130)kgf/mm2 tensile strength can be obtained
• Japanese Patent JP08103867 discloses a clad steel tube is manufactured by achieving the cladding by welding of the corrosion resistant or heat resistant Ni-Cr-Mo alloy with a steel tu
• the cold working or warm working of rolling, drawing, etc., of the clad l ⁇ eej tube is achieved, and the heat treatment is further achieved at the recrystallization temperature or at a higher temperature. Heating is made for the prescribed period of time at the temperature of ⁇ 1100°C as the heat treatment of the solid solution of the Ni-Cr-Mo alloy at the outer circumferential part of the clad steel tube to realize the recrystallization.
• the heat treatment is achieved according to the material at the inner circumferential part of the clad sHH tube to realize the recrystallization. Rolling and drawing is achieved not in the hot condition, but in the cold or warm condition because the high temperature strength of the base metal is different from that of the layer cladded by welding, and the uniform working is not achieved in the hot condition and flaws are generated
• Japanese Patent JP06010046 discloses a slab of a material s$ee ⁇ which has a composition consisting of, by weight, 0.10-0.20% C, 0.15-0.50% Si, 1.3-2.5% Mn, 0.005-0.020% P, 0.0005-
• the resistance wfelSgc! sjeej tube having a dimensional accuracy of ⁇ 0.15mm outside diameter and ⁇ 0.05mm thickness and also having (100 to 130)kgf/mm2 tensile strength can be obtained
• Japanese Patent JP05287371 discloses in a resistance ffi ⁇ steel tuBe having a componental compsn. obtd. by incorporating., by weight, 0.15 to 0.40% C, 0.05 to 0.50% Si, 2.0 to 3.0% Mn, 0.005 to 0.020% P, 0.0005 to 0.0060% S, 0.01 to 0.08% Al, 0.01 to 0.20%, Ti 1 0.001 to 0.003% B, 0.002 to 0.0050% N, 0.1 to 1.0% Mo and 0.1 to 0.3% V with one or more kinds of 0.1 to 0.7% Cr and 0.01 to 0.20% Nb, and the balance Fe with inevitable impurities, after the tube making, normalizing is executed as heat treatment.
• Japanese Patent JP04365815 discloses a steel having a composition consisting of, by weight, ⁇ 0.01% C, ⁇ 0.05% Si, ⁇ 0.30% Mn, ⁇ 0.025% P, ⁇ 0.015% S, ⁇ 0.080% sol.AI, 0.002-0.10% Ti and/or Nb, and the balance Fe with inevitable impurities is hot-rolled to the prescribed plate thickness at >(Ar3+40°C) hot strip finishing temp, and at ⁇ 500°C coiling temp.
• the resulting hot rolled steel plate is cooled, formed into tubular state, and subjected to electric resistance welding.
• the resulting steel ty& ! is heat-treated at 700-900°C and finished by means of cold reduction.
• Japanese Patent JP01108346 discloses the steel for electric welded ⁇ t ⁇
• the electric welded 1111 tube in which the amount of AIN precipitation in an electroseamed zone is equal to that in a base metal part can be obtained, and further, by subjecting the as-weld electric welded steel tube to cold drawing, a cold-drawn steel tube having high cold formability can be obtained
• Japanese Patent JP3030602 discloses at the time of producing a resistance welded steel tube by using a hot-tolled coil sheet 1 with ribs, the gap of break down rojjs 3a of a forming line are made > (stock thickness + rib height + 2mm) and ⁇ 4mm, and the reduction amount at a coil edge part at the time of resistance welding with fin pass roll 4 is made > 0.1 ⁇ (stock thickness + rib height) and ⁇ 0.5 * (stock thickness + rib height). Further, the reduction amount at sizing rolls 7 is made >0.3%, ⁇ 1.2% of the length of circumference of the outermost face of ⁇ teei tube 1 before reduction and then the resistance welded steel tube 10 is produced. Therefore, when forming, crushing of ribs and welding of mutual ribs are suppressed, the productivity is improved, the production cost is decreased, and further, the spectacle as the still tube! is improved.
• Japanese Patent JP2006136927 discloses a cold pilger rolling process, in the preventing method of the end crack by heating an end part of the tube stock before rolling, the end crack of a rolled stock is prevented by heating the end part of the tube stock before the pilger rolling.
• the end part of the tub ⁇ e stock is heated by discharging the jtubte stock before the pijger rolling from a tube stock table with a kicker, placing it on a free roller after the kicker is lowered in a fixed state to a kicker stopper, advancing it by the dead weight and bringing the end part of the tube* stock into close contact with a heating nozzle.
• European Patent EP 0217751 discloses process for manufacturing of electrically welded steel tubes and pipes from pre-heated steel strip wherein the strip is preheated before forming preferably near welding temperature.
• the main object of the invention is to provide an energy efficient process for the manufacture of low carbon welded tubes.
• Yet another object of the invention is to obviate multiple passes adapted during the conventional tube manufacturing processes.
• Yet another object of the invention is to achieve dimensional tolerances, surface finish and mechanical properties such as yield strength and tensile strength of low carbon welded tubes.
• Yet another object of the invention is to reduce cycle time for production of the welded tubes.
• Another object of the invention is to provide heat treatment process for the welded tube.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a system for cold rolling process.
• Yet another object of the invention is to provide dies and mandrel for the cold rolling process.
• Yet another object of the invention is to provide tube feeding mechanisms for cold rolling process.
• the process for manufacture of the cold rolled welded tubes comprises steps of: S strip cutting as per the desired final tube size;
• FIG 2 Process flow chart of the process of present invention (Sheet 1 )
• FIG 3 Microstructure representation of drawn tube (Sheet 2)
• FIG. 3 Microstructure representation of cold rolled tube (Sheet 3)
• Cold rolling refers to the process wherein hollow is displaced forward in the direction of rolling under cam shaped profiled rolls rotatably mounted in an oscillated roll stand wherein the hollow is moved forward stepwise under the rolls, wherein the profiles of the rolls are shaped so that on rotation they bite into the hollow to forge it down onto the mandrel that is disposed inside the hollow, simultaneously the said hollow with the mandrel is rotated about its longitudinal axis as the hollow advances between the said rolls wherein the mandrel is then moved back to drag the hollow against the rolls and the process is repeated for next segment of the hollow.
• the process for manufacture of the cold rolled welded tubes comprises steps of: S strip cutting as per the desired final tube size;
• the heat treating step is carried out using induction furnace wherein the said hollow is passed through the said furnace at 2 - 10 meter per minute.
• the low carbon cold material is selected from steel comprising 0.04 to 0.45 % C, 0.41 to 1.7 % Mn, 0.01 to 0.25% Si, 0.004 to 0.011 % S, 0.007 to 0.019% P, 0.025 to 0.05 % Al and optional 0.01 to 0.03 % Nb.
• welding of the rolled strip at the seams is carried out by means of high frequency induction welder that comprises of induction coil and impeder wherein induction coil induces the electrical current in the metal due to magnetic field generated by the induction coil resulting in generation of heat at the edges of strips resulting in fusion of both the edges with each other.
• the welded tubes are induction annealed uniformly over the length of the tube such that the difference of hardness of the welded area / heat affected zone and parent material is substantially reduced resulting in substantial reduction in stresses.
• the cold rolled tubes produced by the said process typically exhibit finer grain size at the weld - and uniformity in the cold rolled microstructure.
• the cold rolled tube of the present invention typically exhibit :
• microstructure developments i.e. grain size and misorientation
• Maximum through thickness variation in the grain orientation is less than or equal to 14%.
• Maximum through thickness variation in the grain average miorientation (GAM) is less than or equal to 8%.
• KAM Karnel average misorientation
• Maximum through thickness variation in the grain size is less than or equal to 14%.
• the tube manufactured using the process of present invention exhibit the above mentioned microstructural properties of the cold rolled tube of the present invention results in enhancement of the mechanical properties of the tube. This is attributed to finer grain sizes in the cold rolled tubes of the present invention that leads to more yield strength. Substantially lower through the thickness variation in the microstructure of the cold rolled tube of the present invention results in enhanced fracture / fatigue properties.
• pass to pass distance is substantially reduced resulting in reduction of spring back portion.
• the heat treatment is carried out by induction means that comprises of AC power supply, induction coil wherein hollow is disposed in the said coil wherein the power supply sends alternating current through the coil resulting in generation of magnetic field that induces eddy currents in the hollow that results in heating the hollow uniformly;
• mandrel is provided with internal passages for lubricant that open at the mandrel and internal tube diameter interface to facilitate lubrication at the said surface.
• mandrel is provided with tapered profile.
• the system provides for forming the strip and further welding the same so as to substantially reduce the springing back tendency of the partially formed strip.
• the hollow is surface treated to facilitate lubrication between its inner surface and the mandrel during the process of cold rolling.
• a system is provided to control tube feed increment and rotational angle in tandem according to the size of the tube.
• driving system is provided to couple and coordinate process of rotation of the rolls and tube feeding.
• the present invention provides a synergistic combination of induction and /or resistance heat treatment of the hollow and the cold rolling process to obviate multiple passes that are essential in processes involving draw bench processes resulting in remarkable reduction in energy consumption, and at the same time enhancing quality of the resulting tubes with improved dimensional stability, closeness of tolerance, reduced thickness variation, concentricity and substantial reduction in material wastage.
• notching process is carried out to provide holding and gripping end of the hollow while pulling the same in a drawing process
• Tubes were heat treated to the temperature of 95O 0 C after seam welding process •
• the velocity of the tube in the induction heating process was 6 meter per minute
• the energy consumption was normalised with respect to the weight of the tubes processed to get the specific energy consumption. It is clear that the cold rolling process of the present invention consumes 0.22 kWh/kg for final tube manufactured as compared to 1.26 kWh/kg for the conventional cold draw process, .demonstrating that the process of the present invention consumes 82.1% less energy as compared to that in the conventional drawing process.
• Microstructure Analysis was carried out for the tubes manufactured using conventional cold drawing process and cold rolling process of the present invention.

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