Steel pipe having high formability and method for producing the same
US6632296B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 6, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S148/909
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides a steel pipe excellent in formability during hydraulic forming and the like and a method to produce the same, and more specifically: a steel pipe excellent in formability having an r-value of 1.4 or larger in the axial direction of the steel pipe, and the property that the average of the ratios of the X-ray intensity in the orientation component group of {110}<110> to {332}<110> on the plane at the center of the steel pipe wall thickness to the random X-ray intensity is 3.5 or larger, and/or the ratio of the X-ray intensity in the orientation component of {110}<110> on the plane at the center of the steel pipe wall thickness to the random X-ray intensity is 5.0 or larger; and a method to produce a steel pipe excellent in formability characterized by heating the steel pipe having the property that the ratio of the X-ray intensity in every one of the orientation components of {001}<110>, {116}<110>, {114}<110> and {112}<110> on the plane at the center of the mother pipe wall thickness to the random X-ray intensity is 3 or smaller to a temperature in the range from 650 to 1,200° C. and by applying working under a condition of a diameter reduction rat…
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