IP Library Granted Patent US 8,974,610
Granted Patent B2
US 8,974,610 · App. 13/575,051 · Granted Mar 10, 2015

High-strength welded steel pipe and method for producing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,974,610
App. No.
13/575,051
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-strength welded steel pipe is obtained by welding a seam weld portion of a steel plate that are formed in a pipe shape. In the high-strength welded steel pipe, a base metal of the steel plate includes, by mass %, C: 0.010% to 0.080%, Si: 0.01% to 0.50%, Mn: 0.50% to 2.00%, S: 0.0001% to 0.0050%, Ti: 0.003% to 0.030%, Mo: 0.05% to 1.00%, B: 0.0003% to 0.0100%, O: 0.0001% to 0.0080%, N: 0.006% to 0.0118%, P: limited to 0.050% or less, Al: limited to 0.008% or less, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, Ceq is 0.30 to 0.53, Pcm is 0.10 to 0.20, [N]−[Ti]/3.4 is less than 0.003, the average grain size of the prior γ grains in heat affected zones in the steel plate is 250 μm or less, and the prior γ grains include bainite and intragranular bainite.

Claims (50)

1. A high-strength welded steel pipe obtained by welding a seam weld portion of a steel plate into forming a pipe shape,

wherein a base metal of the steel plate includes, by mass %,

C: 0.010% to 0.080%,

Si: 0.01% to 0.50%,

Mn: 0.50% to 2.00%,

S: 0.0001% to 0.0050%,

Ti: 0.003% to 0.030%,

Mo: 0.05% to 1.00%,

B: 0.0003% to 0.0100%,

O: 0.0001% to 0.0080%,

N: 0.006% to 0.0118%,

P: limited to 0.050% or less,

Al: limited to 0.008% or less, and

a balance of iron and inevitable impurities,

wherein a Ceq that is obtained from a following equation <7> is 0.30 to 0.53, a Pcm that is obtained from a following equation <8> is 0.10 to 0.20, the [N] and the [Ti] satisfy a following equation <9>, wherein an average grain size of prior γ grains in a heat affected zone in the steel plate is 250 μm or less, and the prior γ grains include bainite and intragranular bainite,

Ceq=[C]+[Mn]/6+([Ni]+[Cu])/15+([Cr]+[Mo]+[V])/5  <7>

Pcm=[C]+[Si]/30+([Mn]+[Cu]+[Cr])/20+[Ni]/60+[Mo]/15+[V]/10+5[B]  <8>

[N]−[Ti]/3.4<0.003%  <9>

wherein [C], [Si], [Mn], [Ni], [Cu], [Cr], [Mo], [V], [B], [N], and [Ti] are defined as the amounts of C, Si, Mn, Ni, Cu, Cr, Mo, V, B, N, and Ti in mass %, respectively.

2. The high-strength welded steel pipe according to claim 1 ,

wherein the base metal further includes, by mass %, one or more selected from

Cu: 0.05% to 1.5%,

Ni: 0.05% to 5.00%,

Cr: 0.02% to 1.50%,

W: 0.01% to 0.50%,

V: 0.010% to 0.100%,

Nb: 0.001% to 0.200%,

Zr: 0.0001% to 0.0500%,

Ta: 0.0001% to 0.0500%,

Mg: 0.0001% to 0.0100%,

Ca: 0.0001% to 0.0050%,

REM: 0.0001% to 0.0050%,

Y: 0.0001% to 0.0050%,

Hf: 0.0001% to 0.0050%, and

Re: 0.0001% to 0.0050%.

3. The high-strength welded steel pipe according to claim 1 ,

wherein a plate thickness of the base metal is 20 mm to 40 mm.

4. The high-strength welded steel pipe according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a case in which a circumferential direction is a tensile direction, a tensile strength of the base metal is 500 MPa to 800 MPa.

5. A method of manufacturing a high-strength welded steel pipe, the method comprising:

forming a steel plate having the chemical composition according to claim 1 into a pipe shape; and

seam-welding a seam weld portion through an arc welding so as to form a seam-welded portion.

6. The method of manufacturing the high-strength welded steel pipe according to claim 5 ,

wherein the arc welding is a submerged arc welding.

7. The method of manufacturing the high-strength welded steel pipe according to claim 6 ,

wherein a heat input of the submerged arc welding is 3.5 kJ/mm to 10.0 kJ/mm.

8. The method of manufacturing the high-strength welded steel pipe according to claim 5 , the method further comprising,

performing a heat treatment of the seam-welded portion.

9. The method of manufacturing the high-strength welded steel pipe according to claim 8 ,

wherein a heating temperature is 300° C. to 600° C. during the heat treatment.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 13, 2013
From: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029980/0103 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2012
From: FUJISHIRO, TAISHI; HARA, TAKUYA; TERADA, YOSHIO; SAKAMOTO, SHINYA; ASAHI, HITOSHI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028631/0080 →