Pi

l
ger
Acol d-roll
ingprocessusedi nt heshapingofmet altubeandpi pe.I tinvolvest woci rcular
di
es,wi thanunev enu- shapeal ongt hecircumf erenti
alaxis,bei ngbr oughti ntocont actwi th
alargepi pe.Thedi esar erol l
edbackwar dsandf orwardst oappl ypr essureal laroundt he
pi
pe,t or educeitsdiamet ert othedesiredsi ze.Ther olli
ngt ool sint hecol dpi l
gerpr ocess
compr iseapai rofringdiesandamandr el.Themandr eli
sl ocat edi nsidet het ubei naf i
xed
posit
ionandr otat
edbyt hemandr elthr
ustbl ock.Themandr elitselfi staper edint herolli
ng
di
rection.Thedi eshav emat chi
nggr oovesont heircircumfer ences.Dur i
ngt hef orwardand
backwar dst r
okes,thediesr educet hetubei nthesamewayt hatar oll
ingpi nr oll
soutpast ry.
Thegr oov es'cr
osssect i
onsdecr easealongt heci r
cumf erenceandar enear l
yci rcul
ar.Itisa
peri
odicpr ocesswi t
hsmal l
incrementofst rai
nstepwi seinev er
ycy cle.

Bypi l
ger
ingprocesswecanachi evev er
ypreci
seODandwal lthicknesses.Theroughness
valueofthefi
nishedtubeusual
lyislessthananyotherdrawnpr ocess.Withstai
nlesssteel
tubes,coldpil
geringcanachievev erygoodsur f
acef i
nish.Af t
erpi l
geri
ngofSS when
solut
ionanneal
ingheattr
eatmentisproceeditf
orm uni
for
m austenitemi cr
ostr
ucture.

HFS(
HotFi
nishedSeaml
ess)
HotFi nished Seamless(HFS)asdi f
ferentiat
ed fr
om Cold Drawn Seamless(CDS)
.We
producedHFSbypi ercert
heprocessgot hroughthemannesmanef f
ect.TheMannesmann
effectrefer
stotheformati
onofacav i
tyalongt hel
ongi
tudi
nalaxi
sinheatedbil
l
etsubj
ect
ed
toradialcompressi
oni nmetal
worki
ngoper ati
ons.

HFSpipesandt
ubesaremadebyheatingasoli
dbil
letorbloom andt
henpierci
ngittomake
aholl
owoutofit
.Thishol
lowi
ssubsequent
lypassedthroughoneormult
iplestandstogi
ve
i
tthefi
nalpi
peortubedi
mensi
ons.

Rawmateri
alBi
l
let→ Bil
letshear
ing→ Furnaceheat
ing→ Pi
erci
ng(Mannesmanneffect
)→
Motherhol
low( HotFinishSeaml ess/HFS)→ VDI→STP→ si zi
ng→ Heattreat
ment→
st
rai
ght
eni
ng→ Fi nal
tube.

Itispossibl
etomanuf actur
elargediamet
erandthi
ckpipesofv ari
ousgradesinhighvol
ume
throughtheHFSpr ocess.Withtheimprov
ementintechnology,HFSpipes&tubesnowcome
withquiteclosedimensionaltol
erance&goodsurfacefinish.AtHFSwecanachi ev
emore
orl ess requi
red microstr
ucturefordiffer
entgrades,butt he micr
ostr
uctur
e become
elongatedtowardsrol
li
ngdirecti
on.

Butthistubingi
susedwheredi
mensionalaccuracyandsur
facefi
nishareunimpor
tantor
secondar
y ,orwher
edesir
edtol
erances,fi
nish,andfi
nalmechani
calpr
opert
iesaretobe
att
ainedbymachini
ngandheatt
reat
ment .

COST-
EFFECTI
VENESS

HFSisagr
eatalt
ernat
iveofCDS.Reducedmachini
ngt
imereducesov
eral
lpartcost
.Wecan
col
l
ectHFSdirectl
yafteronl
ypierci
ngprocess,noneedtogof orwar
df orfurt
herl
ong
pr
ocess.

VERSATI
LITY

HFSisanexcel
lentt
ubefori
tspr
ocessi
ngt
echni
quesandal
l
owsf
ormanyopt
ionsduet
oit
s
avai
l
abl
esizesproduced.

MACHI
NABI
LITY

HFS i
seasilymachi
ned,wit
hami
nimalst
ockal
l
owancef
orcl
ean-
up.I
thasexcel
l
ent
machi
ningchar
act
eri
sti
cs.

WI
DERANGEOFSI
ZES

HFScanbemanufact
uredtoal
arger
angeofODandwal
lthi
cknessdi
mensi
onsduet
oit
bei
ngrol
l
edbarandpi
erced.

Sol
uti
onAnneal
i
ngHeatTr
eat
ment
Soluti
onTr eatmenti sthecommonheatt r
eat mentmethodf orstainless
steelcasti
ngs.Sol utiont r
eatmentr eferstot heheattreatmentpr ocess
thatheati
ngst ai
nlessst eelcast ingstoahi ghtemperatureandkeepi ng
constanttemper at
ure,sot hatt heexcessphasei sful
lydissolv
edi nto
thesolidsol uti
on.sol idsolut i
oncondi t
ioni smaintai
nedbyquenchi ng
themat eri
ali nwat er.Thepur poseofsol utionanneali
ngi stodi ssolve
anypr eci
pitatespr esentint hemat erial
,andt r
ansfor
mt hemat erialat
thesoluti
onanneal i
ngtemper atur ei
ntoasi nglephasestructur
e.
Aft
ersol uti
on anneali
ng the har
dness r
each to pr
operval
ue wi
th
appropr
iatemechanicalpr
opert
ies.TheSS tubepr
oducedwi
thuni
for
m
aust
enit
emi crost
ructur
e.