Steel pipe excellent in formability and method of producing the same
US6866725B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S148/909
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention is a high strength steel pipe excellent in formability in hydroforming and similar forming methods, characterized by: containing, in mass, C of 0.0005 to 0.30%, Si of 0.001 to 2.0%, Mn of 0.01 to 3.0% and appropriate amounts of other elements if necessary, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities; and an average for the ratios of the X-ray strength in the orientation component group of {110}<110> to {111}<110> to random X-ray diffraction strength on a plane at the wall thickness center being 2.0 or more and/or a ratio of the X-ray strength in the orientation component of {110}<110> to random X-ray diffraction strength on the plane at the wall thickness center being 3.0 or more.
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