EP2390016A4 - Process for production of seamless metal pipe by cold rolling - Google Patents

Process for production of seamless metal pipe by cold rolling

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Publication number: EP2390016A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: production; cold rolling; metal pipe; seamless metal; seamless
Prior art date: 2008-12-24
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP09834667.9A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2390016A1 (en

EP2390016B1 (en

Inventor

Chihiro Hayashi

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Nippon Steel Corp

Original Assignee

Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2008-12-24

Filing date

2009-11-25

Publication date

2013-10-16

2009-11-25 Application filed by Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp filed Critical Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp

2011-11-30 Publication of EP2390016A1 publication Critical patent/EP2390016A1/en

2013-10-16 Publication of EP2390016A4 publication Critical patent/EP2390016A4/en

2015-01-07 Application granted granted Critical

2015-01-07 Publication of EP2390016B1 publication Critical patent/EP2390016B1/en

Status Not-in-force legal-status Critical Current

2029-11-25 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B21/00—Pilgrim-step tube-rolling, i.e. pilger mills
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B17/00—Tube-rolling by rollers of which the axes are arranged essentially perpendicular to the axis of the work, e.g. "axial" tube-rolling
- B21B17/14—Tube-rolling by rollers of which the axes are arranged essentially perpendicular to the axis of the work, e.g. "axial" tube-rolling without mandrel, e.g. stretch-reducing mills
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B19/00—Tube-rolling by rollers arranged outside the work and having their axes not perpendicular to the axis of the work
- B21B19/02—Tube-rolling by rollers arranged outside the work and having their axes not perpendicular to the axis of the work the axes of the rollers being arranged essentially diagonally to the axis of the work, e.g. "cross" tube-rolling ; Diescher mills, Stiefel disc piercers or Stiefel rotary piercers
- B21B19/06—Rolling hollow basic material, e.g. Assel mills
- B21B19/10—Finishing, e.g. smoothing, sizing, reeling
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B21/00—Pilgrim-step tube-rolling, i.e. pilger mills
- B21B21/005—Pilgrim-step tube-rolling, i.e. pilger mills with reciprocating stand, e.g. driving the stand
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B21/00—Pilgrim-step tube-rolling, i.e. pilger mills
- B21B21/02—Rollers therefor
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B2261/00—Product parameters
- B21B2261/02—Transverse dimensions
- B21B2261/04—Thickness, gauge
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B2261/00—Product parameters
- B21B2261/02—Transverse dimensions
- B21B2261/08—Diameter
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B2265/00—Forming parameters
- B21B2265/14—Reduction rate
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B23/00—Tube-rolling not restricted to methods provided for in only one of groups B21B17/00, B21B19/00, B21B21/00, e.g. combined processes planetary tube rolling, auxiliary arrangements, e.g. lubricating, special tube blanks, continuous casting combined with tube rolling
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B3/00—Rolling materials of special alloys so far as the composition of the alloy requires or permits special rolling methods or sequences ; Rolling of aluminium, copper, zinc or other non-ferrous metals
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B3/00—Rolling materials of special alloys so far as the composition of the alloy requires or permits special rolling methods or sequences ; Rolling of aluminium, copper, zinc or other non-ferrous metals
- B21B3/02—Rolling special iron alloys, e.g. stainless steel

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Control Of Metal Rolling (AREA)
Metal Rolling (AREA)
Reduction Rolling/Reduction Stand/Operation Of Reduction Machine (AREA)

EP09834667.9A 2008-12-24 2009-11-25 Process for production of seamless metal pipe by cold rolling Not-in-force EP2390016B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
JP2008327763		2008-12-24
PCT/JP2009/069823 WO2010073863A1 (en)	2008-12-24	2009-11-25	Process for production of seamless metal pipe by cold rolling

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2390016A1 EP2390016A1 (en)	2011-11-30
EP2390016A4 true EP2390016A4 (en)	2013-10-16
EP2390016B1 EP2390016B1 (en)	2015-01-07

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP09834667.9A Not-in-force EP2390016B1 (en)	2008-12-24	2009-11-25	Process for production of seamless metal pipe by cold rolling

Country Status (8)

Country	Link
US (1)	US20110271731A1 (en)
EP (1)	EP2390016B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP4893858B2 (en)
KR (1)	KR101311598B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN102245320B (en)
CA (1)	CA2743165C (en)
ES (1)	ES2533620T3 (en)
WO (1)	WO2010073863A1 (en)

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- 2009-11-25 WO PCT/JP2009/069823 patent/WO2010073863A1/en active Application Filing
- 2009-11-25 ES ES09834667.9T patent/ES2533620T3/en active Active
- 2009-11-25 CA CA2743165A patent/CA2743165C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2009-11-25 JP JP2010543983A patent/JP4893858B2/en active Active
- 2009-11-25 CN CN200980149550.7A patent/CN102245320B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2009-11-25 KR KR1020117012333A patent/KR101311598B1/en active IP Right Grant
2011
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ES2533620T3 (en)	2015-04-13
EP2390016A1 (en)	2011-11-30
CA2743165A1 (en)	2010-07-01
KR20110071026A (en)	2011-06-27
KR101311598B1 (en)	2013-09-26
CA2743165C (en)	2013-07-16
JP4893858B2 (en)	2012-03-07
CN102245320B (en)	2015-09-02
EP2390016B1 (en)	2015-01-07
WO2010073863A1 (en)	2010-07-01
JPWO2010073863A1 (en)	2012-06-14
CN102245320A (en)	2011-11-16
US20110271731A1 (en)	2011-11-10

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