IP Library Granted Patent US 7,918,945
Granted Patent B2
US 7,918,945 · App. 10/771,294 · Granted Apr 5, 2011

Method for manufacturing surface treated steel material using a chemical conversion treatment liquid

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Patent No.
US 7,918,945
App. No.
10/771,294
Granted
Apr 5, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a surface treated oil well pipe comprising performing chemical conversion treatment on an oil well pipe having a steel composition containing 0.5-13% Cr using a chemical conversion treatment liquid containing zinc and phosphoric acid or manganese and phosphoric acid and further containing potassium tetraborate to form a chemical conversion film of a zinc-phosphate type or a manganese phosphate type, wherein the chemical conversion treatment is carried out in the absence of fluoride ions.

Claims (6)

1. A method of manufacturing a surface treated oil well pipe comprising performing chemical conversion treatment on an oil well pipe having a steel composition containing 0.5-13% Cr using a chemical conversion treatment liquid containing zinc and phosphoric acid or manganese and phosphoric acid and further containing potassium tetraborate to form a chemical conversion film of a zinc-phosphate type or a manganese phosphate type, wherein the chemical conversion treatment is carried out in the absence of fluoride ions and further wherein a total acid number of the chemical conversion treatment liquid is at least 30 and less than 55, a free acid number is 3.6 to 6.0, and a ratio of the total acid number to the free acid number is 6 to 11.

2. A method of manufacturing a surface treated oil well pipe as claimed in claim 1 wherein the chemical conversion treatment liquid has a molar concentration of potassium-containing ions of at least 6×10 −4 % and at most 7×10 −1 %.

3. A method of manufacturing a surface treated oil well pipe as claimed in claim 1 wherein chemical conversion treatment is carried out by immersing the surface of the oil well pipe in the chemical conversion treatment liquid at a temperature of 60-100° C. for at least five minutes.

4. A method of manufacturing a surface treated oil well pipe as claimed in claim 1 wherein the chemical conversion treatment is carried out by supplying the chemical conversion treatment to the surface of the oil well pipe at a temperature of 60-100° C. for at least five minutes.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein rinsing treatment with water and drying treatment is followed after the chemical conversion treatment.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chemical conversion film is formed on the steel surface of the oil well pipe when a product of chemical reaction between a solution and the surface of the oil well pipe adheres to the steel surface in the chemical conversion treatment.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded May 14, 2019
From: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049165/0517 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF 50% INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2014
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 033696/0881 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 10, 2014
From: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033114/0909 →