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Pipes & tubes of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal has produced and sold a

complete range of steel products and has served every need in
Japan and overseas for over a long period of time as a compre-
hensive steel manufacturer.
In the pipe & tube unit, we have the latest production facilities
that can cover all products, such as those involving seamless
rolling, electric resistance welding, butt welding, and arc weld-
ing, as well as a product control system based on non-destruc-
tive inspection using computers.
In addition, the comprehensive unique capabilities of Nippon
Steel & Sumitomo Metal include application technologies and
construction technologies varying from high-grade pipes for
lines, oil wells, and power generation, etc., to general pipes &
tubes such as those for piping and structures. We believe that
such technologies will serve you and your needs.
We would like to gain your interest in the pipe & tube products of
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal.

Table of Contents

Integrated Steel Manufacture  2

Pipe-making facilities and product types  4
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal product standards  6
Applications  8
Pipes & tubes for piping  8
Pipes & tubes for mechanical structures  9
Pipes & tubes for marine structures and general structures  10
Pipe piles/pipe sheet piles  12
Pipes & tubes for plants  13
Pipes & tubes for boilers/heat exchangers  14
Pipes & tubes for the chemical industry/nuclear power plant  15
Oil & Gas Casing & Tubing/Line pipe (offshore)  16
Production process  18
Seamless pipes & tubes (Mannesmann process)  18
Seamless pipe production (hot extrusion process)  20
Electric resistance-welded pipes & tubes  22
Butt-welded pipes & tubes (CW),
hot electric resistance-welded (SW) pipes & tubes  24
Arc-welded pipes & tubes  26
Secondary machining  28
Pipe & tube plant of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal  29

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 Integrated Steel Manufacture
Metal material
scrap
Vacuum induction
melting furnace

Limestone
Electro-slag Vacuum arc
Charging Oxygen re-melting re-melting Hot punch
scrap blow pipes &
tubes
Iron ore Sintering plant

Torpedo car
Electric furnace AOD VOD Ingot Forging
Converter Vacuum degassing Continuous
Charging equipment casting
Coal Coking plant Blast furnace molten iron

Seamless
stainless pipes
& tubes
Mannesmann
process-Hot
extrusion method

Soaking pit Blooming mill Billet mill Non-destructive inspection Billet

(Round CC)
UO pipe
Continuous
heating furnace Roughing mill Continuous hot-rolling mill
Heating Roughing rolling Finish rolling Controlled cooling Plate

Spiral pipes
Hot-rolled coil
Skin-pass rolling mill Pickling line

Butt-welded
Hot-rolled pipes &
pickled coil tubes

Hot electric
Cold-rolled coil resistance-
welded
Cold-rolling mill pipes & tubes

AL SHEET™
Steel sheet coil Electric
Hot-dip galvanizing line (aluminum line and zinc line) resistance-
Electrolytic cleaning line welded pipes
& tubes

ZINKOTE™,
Skin-pass rolling mill bonderized steel sheet
Electrogalvanizing line Silver alloy
Annealing furnace
Sheet steel coil
C.A.P.L.

Coil build-up Bell-shaped annealing furnace AP machine

Coil scratch removal machine Sendzimir rolling AP machine

Planishing mill (skin-pass mill) Coil grinding line Stainless steel coil

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 Pipe-making facilities and product types
Pipe-making facilities Production Available production size (outer diameter: mm) Thickness
Classification Location of mills capacity Product type
Production method No. of units (tons/year) 40 80 120 160 200 300 400 500 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 (mm)

25.4 168.3
(Hot finish) 3.0∼50.0
Mannesmann-plug mill process 1 Tokyo Works 156,000 6.0 152.4
(Cold finish) 1.0∼17.0
34.0 175.0
(Hot finish) 2.0∼25.0 Carbon steel, alloy steel, and Hot-extruded
Hikari Pipe & tube stainless pipes & tubes shape steel
Ugine-Sejournet process 1 48,000 6.0 168.3
Division
(Cold finish) 0.9∼16.0
● Pipes & tubes for oil wells ● Industrial
36.0 275 ● Line pipes machine parts
(Hot finish) 3.0∼35.0 ● Construction
● Pipes for boilers and nuclear power
Ugine-Sejournet process 1 Amagasaki Works 60,000 and civil work
6.0 219.1 ● Pipes & tubes for heat exchangers
(Cold finish) 1.0∼30.0 materials
Seamless pipes & ● Pipes & tubes for mechanical
● Pipes & tubes for
tubes 165.2 952.5 structures
15.0∼160 general structure
(Hot finish) ● Material pipes
Ehrhardt Push Bench process 1 Amagasaki Works 14,400 ● Pipes & tubes for pressure vessels
219.1 508
(Cold finish) 12.7∼40.0 ● Pipes & tubes for the chemical
industry
(Hot finish / 168.3 426.0
600,000 4.5∼50.0
Wakayama)
(Hot finish / 73.0 182.0
Mannesmann Kainan West)
350,000 4.5∼46.0
mandrel mill process 3 Wakayama Works
(Hot finish / 31.8 141.3
250,000 2.5∼40.0
Kainan East)
(Cold finish / 15.0 127.0
Kainan) 60,000 1.7∼23.5
400 1625.6
Spiral process 1 Yawata Works 102,000 4.5∼19.0
● Line pipes
400 2500
Spiral process 2 Kimitsu Works 168,000 6.0∼25.4 ● Pipes & tubes for water supply
(coated pipes & tubes)
457.2 1422 ● Pipes & tubes for general structures
Arc-welded pipes & UO process 1 Kimitsu Works 500,000 6.4∼40.0
tubes ● Sludge draining pipes
508.0 1524.0 ● Pipe piles
UO process 1 Kashima Works 500,000 6.0∼40.0
● Pipe sheet piles

OEM by related 400 6000 ● Pipes & tubes for marine structures
Press Bend process ̶ 120,000 6.5∼127
companies

Nagoya Works 21.7 65.0

High-frequency induction welding
2 (OEM by Nittetsu Steel 36,000 0.8∼6.5
process (2") ● Line pipes
Pipe Co., Ltd.)
● Pipes & tubes for oil wells
High-frequency induction welding Hikari Pipe & tube 13.8 60.5 ● Pipes & tubes for boilers and heat
1 60,000 1.4∼9.0 exchangers
process (SR) Division
● Pipes & tubes for mechanical
High-frequency induction welding 19.0 114.3 structures
1 Kimitsu Works 66,000 1.6∼10.5 ● Pipes & tubes for water supply
Electric resistance- process (4")
welded pipes & ● Pipes & tubes for general structures
tubes Nagoya Works 38.1 114.3 ● Pipe piles
High-frequency induction welding
2 (OEM by Nittetsu Steel 72,000 1.4∼10.0 ● Corrosion-resistant pipes and coated
process (4")
Pipe Co., Ltd.) pipes & tubes
● Material pipes
High frequency resistance welding 114.3 406.4
1 Nagoya Works 360,000 2.1∼19.1 ● Pipes & tubes for automobile
process (16") structures
● Pipes & tubes for cylinder tubes
High frequency resistance welding Hikari Pipe & tube 318.5 609.6
1 460,000 3.0∼22.0
process (24") Division

Butt-welded pipes & 21.2 114.3

Butt welding process 1 Kimitsu Works 290,000 2.6∼6.1 ● Galvanized pipes & tubes
tubes (CW)
● Pressure steel pipes
Hot-finish electric 21.7 114.3 ● Pipes & tubes for general structures
High-frequency induction welding
resistance-welded 1 Kashima Works 276,000 2.0∼10.0 ● Stepped pipes & tubes for civil work
process (SW)
pipe (SW)

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 Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal product standards
Classification
Product for application
of application
Pipes & tubes for piping
Piping
Polyethylene coated
pipes & tubes
Stainless pipes & tubes
for boilers and heat
exchangers
Heat
transfer
Low-alloy pipes & tubes
Pipes & tubes for boilers
Outside coated pipes &
tubes
Pipes & tubes for
construction structures
Shaped steel for
construction structures
Pipes & tubes for civic
work projects
Structure
Low-alloy pipes & tubes
Aluminum-plated pipes
Original pipes for
drawings/joints
Composite pipes
ZINKOTE steel pipes
Stainless pipes & tubes
for mechanical structures
Pipes & tubes for drilling
Oil & Gas
Pipes & tubes for oil wells
* COR-TEN is the registered trademark of United States Steel Corporation in the United States, Japan, etc. We are allowed to use the trademark.
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Applicable production Available outside
Main product name Grade Main characteristics/applications
process diameter
Favorable processing butt-welded Carbon steel pipes & tubes for piping with excellent strength in the butt welded area and the adhesion of galvanizing, as well as being most appropriate
SGP-SS Butt welding 76.3∼114.3mm
pipes & tubes (strong seams*) for processing regarding strength in pipes & tubes, such as flare joints
Electric resistance-welded carbon Electric resistance
STPY400-E 216.3∼609.6mm Electric resistance-welded carbon steel pipes & tubes used for relatively low-pressure steam, water, gas, air, etc.
steel tubes for piping welding
Arc welding, electric
HL-PL Polyethylene is coated on the outside surface of the pipe & tube by extrusion forming. This is excellent in corrosion resistance as a burial pipe or as a
Plastic coated pipes & tubes resistance welding, 15∼1,600A
Sumicoat seabed pipe for gas transfer, water transfer, cable protection, etc.
butt welding
Stress corrosion crack-resistant Ferrite stainless steel pipes with excellent stress corrosion crack resistance and grain boundary corrosion resistance; these are used for water heaters,
YUS™190 Seamless 15.9∼57.1mm
stainless pipes & tubes etc.
High-corrosion-resistant stainless YUS 170, YUS 270 Stainless pipes & tubes with excellent corrosion resistance against a chloride environment and against sulfuric acid/organic acid environments; these
Seamless 15.9∼139.8mm
pipes & tubes DP3W, HR3C are suitable for refuse incineration boilers, seawater desalination plants, etc.
Seamless, arc
Sulfuric acid-resistant pipes & This exhibits excellent sulfuric acid resistance for boilers, heat exchangers, air preheaters, and various exhaust gas pipes, etc., which may cause
S-TEN ™1, CRIA welding, electric 21.7∼4,000mm
tubes sulfuric acid dew-point corrosion due to sulfurous acid gas.
resistance welding
Superheater tubes HCM2S™, NF616 Pipes & tubes with excellent steam oxidation resistance, high-temperature strength, and weldability; these contribute to the improved efficiency of
Seamless 6∼950A
Reheater pipes, main steam pipes SUPER304H ™ thermal power generation boilers.
Polyethylene is coated on the outside surface of the pipe & tube by extrusion forming. This is effective for problematic potential corroded areas such as
Heavy-duty anti-corrosion pipe Arc welding, electric
NS-PAC Max. 1524.0mm the splash zones of pier piles. It has a better price and a longer life compared to conventional coating. It also has an advantage in eliminating electrolytic
piles resistance welding
protection.
A urethane elastomer is spray-coated on the outside surface of the pipe & tube. This is effective for problematic potential corroded areas such as
Heavy-duty anti-corrosion pipe
NS-PAC Arc welding 406.4∼2,250mm the splash zones of pier piles or embankments. It has a better price and a longer life compared to conventional coating, as well as an advantage in
sheet piles
eliminating electrolytic protection.
A special bitumen material (SL bitumen compound) is coated on the outside surface of the pipe & tube. In addition, the surface is covered with a
Negative friction prevention piles SLP-Ⅱ Arc welding 406.4∼2,250mm hard protection layer (polyethylene or urethane elastomer) to improve the transportation and storage properties of the conventional negative friction
preventive piles (SLP).
Tapered pipes & tubes for Electric resistance
NS-TPP Max. φ318.5mm Tapered pipes & tubes with excellent freedom of shape; these are used for lighting poles, sign poles, etc.
construction structures welding
NSNO-SM
Hot extrusion shaped steel for Hot extrusion shaped steel supported by a small lot with free design; this is suitable for achieving an architectural space with originality by using these
NSNO-COR-TENO Hot extrusion Max. φ215mm
construction structures pipes & tubes as a construction material with design capability.
NSNO-SUS
Butt welding, Steel pipes with a large stepped area that increases friction force with the ground and that features large supporting power; these are the most suitable
Stepped pipes & tubes SGP-MD, STK-MD 21.7∼168.3mm
seamless for the application of house foundations or tunnel reinforcements.
Seamless, arc
With the function of alloy elements, a fine and hard oxide layer is formed on the surface. This prevents the further progress of corrosion. The
Weather-resistant pipes & tubes COR-TEN ™ welding, electric 21.7∼4,000mm
maintenance of the coating is not required. This is suitable for iron towers or buildings.
resistance welding
Arc welding, electric Pipes & tubes with excellent weldability and seawater corrosion resistance by adding alloy elements; these are suitable for seawater piping, gas coolers
Seawater-resistant pipes & tubes MARILOY ™ S-400 100∼900A
resistance welding using seawater, cooling piping, and marine structures.
WEL-TEN ™ Pipes & tubes with high tensile force, excellent weldability, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and notch toughness; these are suitable for strong
Weldable high-tensile pipes & tubes Seamless 17.3∼426mm
SUMISTRONG construction members or industrial machines such as crane booms.
Electric resistance Pipes & tubes developed for automobile exhaust gas treatment; these are excellent in machine processing and heat resistance at high-temperature
Al sheet steel pipes for automobiles ̶ 25.4∼114.3mm
welding zones.
KSKM, KSHT, KSBE, Seamless, electric Pipes used for automobiles or industrial machines through the cold processing of a drawing tube or joint (elbow); various production methods and steel
Material pipes 21.7∼609.6mm
KSS, KEG, KEH resistance welding types for each application are available.
Composite pipes for automobile Electric resistance
NSD 42.7∼101.6mm A glass cloth is inserted in between the double pipes. This is used for exhaust tubes to reduce noise from the automobile exhaust system.
noise prevention welding
Electric resistance
Exhaust pipes for automobiles ̶ 21.7∼114.3mm This is suitable for low-temperature exhaust tubes in automobile exhaust gas systems.
welding
YUS™ 731 Pipes & tubes developed for automobile exhaust gas treatment; austenite type (YUS 731) with excellent heat resistance and oxidation resistance at a
Heat-resistant stainless pipes & Seamless, electric
YUS 490D, 180, 180S 27.2∼139.8mm high-temperature zone and ferrite type (YUS 490D, 180, 436S) are available. Also, stainless Al sheet steel pipes that have aluminum plating for salt
tubes for automobile exhaust gas resistance welding
YUS 410W, 436S damage protection are available (YUS 490D Al sheet, etc.).
Pipes & tubes for drilling STMR-M Seamless 17.3∼130mm Pipes & tubes with the strength and ductility of JIS and ASTM-R80 or more to meet increasing drilling depth; these are suitable for very deep drilling.
SM ™ series Seamless, electric 60.3∼406.4mm Oil well pipes for the development of oil, natural gas, and geothermal heat with excellent characteristics regarding strength, crush resistance, and low-
Tubing, casing
NT series resistance welding 114.3∼508mm temperature toughness.
 Applications Pipes & tubes for piping  Pipes & tubes for mechanical structures 

Fire-extinguishing pipe

City gas pipe: HI-PL (green)

Pipes & tubes for automobiles

Vibration-absorbing cylinder

Printing roll
Regional heating/cooling system
Various pipes in condominiums
(gas, water supply, water drain, hot water supply, etc.)

Pipes & tubes for construction machines

Seabed pipe: HI-PL (green) Flare joints of equipment pipes in buildings Pipes & tubes for construction machines (cylinders, bushings) (crane booms, lattices)

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 Pipes & tubes for marine structures and general structures 

Pipe & tube columns for high-rise buildings (NS columns)

Lighting pole (tapered pipes & tubes)

Pipe & tube columns for high-rise buildings (NS columns) Offshore platform

Pipe & tube columns for high-rise buildings

Space truss structure Truss roof Pipe & tube columns for high-rise buildings

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 Pipe piles/pipe sheet piles  Pipes & tubes for plants 

Heavy - Duty Coating pipe pile Geothermal steam pipe

Pipe sheet piles for earth-retaining structures Oil plant pipe

Pipe piles for large offshore platforms LNG pipe

Ground improvement piles for single-family homes

SLip Layer pipe pile (stepped pipes & tubes) LNG pipe Petrochemical plant pipe

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 Pipes & tubes for boilers/heat exchangers  Pipes & tubes for the chemical industry/nuclear power plant 

Inside fin pipes & tubes

Tube reactor of petrochemical plants

Appearance of thermal power generation boilers Boiler tube panel

Nuclear power plant Stick elbow

Superheater tubes and main steam pipes

Inside view of a thermal power generation boiler under construction Heat exchanger tubes for steam generators (SG) Hollow piston

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 Oil & Gas Casing & Tubing/Line pipe (offshore) 

Casing

Offshore Line Pipes for receiving crude oil Seabed oil/gas production equipment

Offshore drilling rig Tubing Running

Offshore Casing Running Installation of a pipeline

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 Production process Seamless pipes & tubes (Mannesmann process) 

■ Hot process
◎ Mandrel mill process
After heating the round steel billet, hollow pipes are made with a piercer with toe angle. Then, elongating rolling is performed
by a mandrel mill, which consists of a multi-step continuous rolling machine, to thereby produce the mother pipe. This mother
pipe is reheated and is then finished by stretch reducing mill to a specified outside diameter and thickness for the final product.

◎ Plug mill process

After heating the round steel billet, hollow pipes are made with a piercer. Then, elongating rolling is performed through a plug
mill. Pipes are reeled and finished to a specified diameter for final products. For a pipe & tube with a small diameter, original
pipes with a specified diameter are reheated and then finished to the specified outside diameter and thickness through a reduc-
ing mill for the final product.

◎ Cold-rolling process
When higher dimensional accuracy and mechanical properties are required compared to pipes produced by the hot-rolling
process, cold drawing subsequent to hot rolling is performed for the final product.

Piercer Piercer with toe angle

Mannesmann process Toe angle piercing Rolling (mandrel mill) Sizing

Hot-rolling process

Pipe material Heating Piercing Rolling (plug mill) Reeling Sizing Reheating Stretch reducing

Cooling Straightner Non-destructive inspection Identification Hot-rolled products

marking/painting
Cold-rolling process

Heat treatment
Lubrication process Cold forging Heat treatment Straightner

Cutting Non-destructive Identification Cold-rolled

inspection marking/painting products

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 Seamless pipe production (hot extrusion process) 

■ Hot extrusion process ■ Hot hollow forging process

(Ugine-Sejournet process) (Ehrhardt Push Bench process)
Hot extrusion is a process in which heated billets are Hot forging is a process for producing large-diameter thick
inserted into the cylinder, known as a “container,” and pipes that are used in severe environments, such as main
extruded with a hydraulic press. The specified outside steam pipes at power plants.
diameter and thickness can be obtained with a die and
mandrel. For pipes requiring higher dimensional accuracy
and a surface finish, they are finished through cold rolling
for the final product.
With this process, fin pipes & tubes or various shaped
steel other than steel pipes & tubes can be produced.

Hot extrusion machine Horizontal push bench machine

Hot hollow forging process

(Ehrhardt Push Bench process)

Cutting Inner/outer
Heating surface cutting

Ingot Vertical piercing press Horizontal push bench Cutting Heat treatment Non-destructive inspection

Straightner Non-destructive inspection Identification marking/painting Hot-rolled

products
Cold-rolling process

Heat treatment

Hot extrusion process (Ugine-Sejournet process) Pickling Lubrication treatment Cold forging Heat treatment Straightner

Pilger rolling
Pipe material Heating Horizontal Cutting
extrusion press

Cutting Non-destructive inspection Identification marking/painting Cold-rolled

products
Vertical expanding press

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 Electric resistance-welded pipes & tubes 

Electric resistance-welded pipes & tubes are produced by forming the coil into a cylindrical form with top/bottom and left/right
forming rolls while continuously rewinding the coil to be electric resistance welded.
For a hot-finish electric resistance-welded pipe & tube (SR pipe), a long-size electric resistance welded pipe & tube is heated
in a continuous heating furnace and drawn and finished by a stretch reducer. It is used to produce small-diameter pipes. Fur-
thermore, NSSMC produces PIC (Pipe in Coil) in which the pipe is formed into a coil as a long-size pipe, in particular.
Heat exchanger tubes by cold drawing are also produced.

Squeeze roll High-frequency induction electric resistance welding machine

(intermediate diameter pipe) (small-diameter pipe)

Intermediate diameter pipe

Bead Heat treatment for Cooling

Uncoil Coil joint Spiral looper Forming Welding removal the welded area Sizing Bending measurement

Hydraulic test Bending inspection Pipe edge UST Outside diameter Threading Coupling Drifting test Hydraulic test Product
thickness inspection roundness inspection attachment

Product
EMT Rotary UST Seam UST Chamfering Chamfered shape Flattening Weighing/measurement Marking Detection of Rust protection
inspection test irregular material

加熱
Small-diameter pipe
Hot spinning Product

Uncoil Coil joining Forming Welding Bead removal Cooling Sizing Traveling cutting Heating

Product
Flying saw
Drawing Straightner Chamfering Hydraulic test Non-destructive Galvanizing Threading Inspection
inspection
Identification
Painting

Heat treatment Straightner

Pipe in Coil

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 Butt-welded pipes & tubes (CW), hot electric resistance-welded (SW) pipes & tubes 

Butt-welded pipes & tubes (CW) are produced by heat-

ing the coil to a butt-weld temperature through a heating
furnace while continuously rewinding the coil. This heated
coil is put through the forming butt-welding roll to form the
pipe. It is finished to a specified size through a drawing roll
and sizing roll.
Hot electric resistance-welded (SW) pipes & tubes are
produced by electric resistant welding the heated coil and
finishing it to a specified size with a reducing mill.

Butt-welding mill (CW) Forming and welding machine for hot electric resistance welding Cooling floor
(SW)

Preheat

Forming and welding (SW) Pipe soaking Stretch reducer

Rotary hot saw

Uncoil Coil joint Heating Forming, butt-welding, drawing (CW) Traveling cutting Sizing

Dividing saw

Cooling Straightner Hydraulic test Non-destructive test

Galvanizing

Pre-treatment, flux treatment Drying Plating, cooling Threading Identification, painting, Product
with water binding Inspection

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 Arc-welded pipes & tubes 

■ UO process ■ Bending roll process ■ Spiral welding process

UO pipes are produced by forming the both ends of the Bending rolled pipes have two processes: A press bend Spiral welded pipes are produced by bending and forming
plate into a groove, forming the groove-shaped steel into process for finishing pipes & tubes into a cylindrical shape a coil into a spiral with a forming roll while continuously
a cylindrical shape with a U press and O press, and then with a forming press and a bending roll process to firstly rewinding the coil, and by welding the joints from the inside
arc welding the linear joints from the inside and outside make a circular shape at both edges of the steel sheet and outside.
(submerged arc welding). with a bend press, and then to make a perfect cylinder
shape by rolling. The linear joints of a formed shape are
arc welded (submerged arc welding) from the inside and
outside.

U press O press Production of large-diameter press forming welded pipes & tubes Spiral pipe production equipment

UO pipe

Plate Groove machining Edge bending press U press O press Tack welding Inside welding Outside welding Expansion

Bending pipes

Plate Groove machining Edge bending Roll bending Tack welding Inside welding Outside welding Hydrostatic test Non-destructive inspection

Spiral-welded pipes
Press forming Edge cutting Joined sheet pile machining Product
Welding for coil joining
Outside welding
Non-destructive inspection

Side trimmer
Groove machining

Inside welding Traveling cutting

Chamfering Non-destructive Hydrostatic test Inside/outside coating
inspection

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 Secondary machining  Pipe & tube plant of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
NSSMC performs various secondary machining on the
produced pipes & tubes according to the order specifica-
tions or applications. Head Office,
regional offices and branch offices

1 Head Office (Pipe & tube Division)

Pipes & tubes for piping
2 Osaka Office
● Various rust prevention
Coating with tar epox y, epox y resin etc., galvanizing,
3 Hokkaido Marketing Branch
vinyl chloride lining, plastic coating, polyethylene lining, 4 Tohoku Marketing Branch 3
polyurethane lining
5 Niigata Marketing Branch
● Threading
6 Hokuriku Marketing Branch
● Bevel machining
● Joint
7 Ibaraki Marketing Branch
machining
● Production of irregular shape pipes 8 Nagoya Marketing Branch
9 Chugoku Marketing Branch
10 Shikoku Marketing Branch
Pipe piles and pipe sheet piles External polyethylene coating
11 Kyushu Marketing Branch
● Various piles, sheet piles, and rust prevention
4

Pipes & tubes for boilers and heat exchangers

5
●U bending, aluminum plating, rifle machining, drawing

Remarks: We will introduce companies for swaging, expanding, bending, 6

cutting to length, etc.
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Steel mills and works

1 Kashima Works Hot electric resistance-welded pipes & tubes, UO pipes

2 Tokyo Works Seamless pipes & tubes (Mannesmann process)
3 Kimitsu Works Butt-welded pipes & tubes, electric resistance-welded
pipes & tubes, spiral pipes & tubes, UO pipes
4 Nagoya Works Electric resistance-welded pipes & tubes
5 Amagasaki Works Seamless pipes & tubes
(hot extrusion process, hot punch process)
6 Wakayama Works Seamless pipes & tubes (Mannesmann process)
7 Hikari Pipe & tube Division Electric resistance-welded pipes & tubes,
seamless pipes & tubes (hot extrusion process)
8 Yawata Works Spiral pipes & tubes

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