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HF-ERW
Pipes
& Tubes

HF-ERW
2-6-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo 100-8071 Japan P102en_03_202004f
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Characteristics

1 Superior Material
NIPPON STEEL production system begins with advanced
metallurgy and clean BOF steelmaking practices. After
continuous casting, at hot-rolling process, hot-rolled strip of
optimum quality for pipe making is produced.

2 High Dimensional Accuracy

High uniform wall thickness and smooth finish free from
nonmetallic inclusions and surface defects provide Linepipe
with a superior level of quality and excellent dimensional
accuracy as well as high performance properties.

3 Variety of Products
1 High strength linepipe
2 High toughness linepipe
3 Anti–Sour linepipe
4 OCTG pipe

4 High Reliability of Weld

The unique welding condition control and monitoring system
ensures quality of the weld along its entire length.

5 Excellent Quality
From steelmaking to pipe manufacture, quality is strictly
controlled through every production step to ensure pipe
products. Testing and inspection include body lamination UST,
Notice: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the
highly sensitive UST for weld seam, hydrostatic testing and
information contained within this publication, the use of the information is numerous mechanical tests.
at the reader’s risk and no warranty is implied or expressed by NIPPON
STEEL CORPORATION with respect to the use of the information
contained herein. The information in this publication is subject to change
or modification without notice. Please contact the NIPPON STEEL
CORPORATION office for the latest information.
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24-inch Mill Manufacturing Process

Slab
Hot Strip Mill Uncoiling, Leveling, Shearing Edge Coil Edge
Milling UST
Basic Degassing
Oxygen
Furnace Continuous Casting
Blast Furnace

Forming HF-Welder Outside and Inside Seam Heat Treatment Sizing Pipe Body Cutting
Weld Bead Removing UST

Facing Flattening Hydrostatic Test Seam UST Final Inspection Marking Products
Test

Drift Test
and
Inspection Products
Threading Coupling Power Tightening

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16-inch Mill Manufacturing Process

Blast Furnace

Basic Hot Strip Mill Slitting Uncoiling Shearing and Accumulator Edge Coil Edge X-Ray
Oxygen Continuous Leveling Welding Milling UST Gauge
Furnace Casting
Degassing

Forming HF-Welder Outside and Inside Seam Cooling Sizing Straightening Cutting
Weld Bead Removing Heat Treatment

Hydrostatic Test Straightness Pipe End UST and Outside Diameter and Pipe Body UST Seam UST Facing
Inspection Wall Thickness Inspection Roundness Inspection

Products

Flattening Inspection Weighing Marking UV Coating

Test Length Measuring

Hydrostatic
Test and Products
Drift Test
Threading Coupling Screw-on
and Power Tightening

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Principal Processes HF–ERW Weld Heat Input Control

1 Welding Phenomena
Varying combinations of welding heat input, welding speed,
Steelmaking HF–Welder pipe wall thickness, etc. produce different weld results.
Degassing and desulphurizing during steelmaking High Frequency Welder
process supply clean steel with low non-metallic Heat input is controlled by NIPPON STEEL’s advanced
inclusions. technology.

Hot Rolling
Advanced hot rolling supplies hot coils with fine grain
structure and high dimensional accuracy.

Classification of Welding Phenomena

2 Weld Heat Input Control

Welding conditions are monitored and controlled within
the optimum range by using our unique weld heat input
system to minimize oxides included in the weld seam.

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Reliable NDT System Size Range of ERW Pipe

1 Coil Edge UST NIPPON STEEL’s ERW pipe mills produce pipe with
outside diameters from 4-1/2 inches (114.3 mm) to 24
Length
NIPPON STEEL’s ERW mills can produce pipes with
After coil edge preparation, both edges of the coil are inches (609.6 mm). The equipment to produce such length up to 60 feet (18.3 m). These long pipes reduce
inspected for laminar imperfection with coil edge UST. pipes reflects NIPPON STEEL’s intent to meet the great the number of weld joints and inspections necessary at
(If required) demand for larger and heavier steel pipe. the site, thus leading to faster construction and lower
costs.
Wall Thickness
Probe Arrangement
To produce pipe with wall thickness up to 0.866 inches
(22 mm) NIPPON STEEL has installed large scale
B A forming & welding equipment.
Water Nozzle

Skelp
（in）
（mm）
22

0.8 20

18
0.7
16

2 Full Body UST 3 Weld Seam UST

0.6

Wall thickness
14 Kyushu Works
0.5 Hikari
Full body is inspected by a rotary UST unit along full Each pipe is inspected for weld seam imperfection with 12
length of welded pipe. (If required) advanced automated UST for entire wall thickness. 0.4 10
Nagoya Works
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Probe Arrangement (example) 0.3
Probe Arrangement
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1 0.2
2 1 4
C 3 Weld Seam 2
3 0.1
n 2
n
D B 0
B C D A B 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 （in）
114.3 168.3 219.1 273.1 323.9 355.6 406.4 457.2 508 558.8 609.6 （mm）
A
Outside diameter

Seam UST

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FACILITIES AND LOCATIONS MEMO

UO Pipe Mill
ERW Pipe Mill
Seamless Pipe Mill
Research Center

Amagasaki Head office

(Research Center)

Amagasaki
(Seamless Pipe Mill)

Hasaki
Hikari

Kimitsu
Futtsu
Nagoya

Wakayama

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MEMO

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