IP Library Granted Patent US 7,877,159
Granted Patent B2
US 7,877,159 · App. 12/224,303 · Granted Jan 25, 2011

Method and apparatus for managing production history information of pipe or tube and method for producing pipe or tube therewith

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Patent No.
US 7,877,159
App. No.
12/224,303
Granted
Jan 25, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The production history information management apparatus 100 comprises: machining an identifier for identifying a pipe or tube in a region of the pipe or tube on which thread cutting is to be performed before an initial production process is performed among production processes which are management targets of the production history information; reading the identifier machined on the pipe or tube before each of the production processes is performed or while each of the production processes is performed; management for storing the production history information of the pipe or tube obtained in each of the production processes and the identifier read from the pipe or tube while the production history information and the identifier are associated with each other; and thread cutting for removing the identifier machined on the pipe or tube in the process of performing the thread cutting on the end portions of the pipe or tube among the production processes which are management targets of the production history information.

Claims (11)

1. A method for managing production history information of a pipe or tube in a process for producing the pipe or tube to which thread cutting is performed on end portions thereof, the method comprising the steps of:

machining an identifier for identifying the pipe or tube in a region of the pipe or tube on which the thread cutting is to be performed by machining means before an initial production process is performed among production processes which are management targets of the production history information;

reading the identifier machined on the pipe or tube with reading means before each of the production processes is performed or while each of the production processes is performed;

storing the production history information of the pipe or tube obtained in each of the production processes and the identifier read from the pipe or tube while the production history information and the identifier are associated with each other; and

removing the identifier machined on the pipe or tube in the process of performing the thread cutting on the end portions of the pipe or tube among the production processes which are management targets of the production history information.

2. An apparatus for managing production history information in a process for producing a pipe or tube to which thread cutting is performed on end portions thereof, the apparatus comprising:

machining means for machining an identifier for identifying the pipe or tube in a region of the pipe or tube on which the thread cutting is to be performed before an initial production process is performed among production processes which are management targets of the production history information;

reading means for reading the identifier machined on the pipe or tube before each of the production processes is performed or while each of the production processes is performed;

management means for storing the production history information of the pipe or tube obtained in each of the production processes and the identifier read with the reading means from the pipe or tube while the production history information and the identifier are associated with each other; and

thread cutting means for removing the identifier machined on the pipe or tube in the process of performing the thread cutting on the end portions of the pipe or tube among the production processes which are management targets of the production history information.

3. A method for producing a pipe or tube, comprising a production process in which production history information is managed by the method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
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 ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2009
From: TANIDA, MUTSUMI
To: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 022771/0414 →