Nippon Steel Pipe & Tube Nippon Steel Pipe & Tube
Nippon Steel Pipe & Tube Nippon Steel Pipe & Tube
Nippon Steel Pipe & Tube Nippon Steel Pipe & Tube
Head Office Nippon Steel Corporation 6-1, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8071, Japan Phone: 81-3-6867-4111 Fax: 81-3-6867-5607
Introduction
Nippon Steel, one of the worlds largest steelmakers was formed in 1970 through the merger of Japans two leading and longest-established steel makers. The company supplies a complete range of steel products worldwide, and one of its most important products is pipe. Nippon Steel has the total equipment capability necessary to serve your every need and purpose. We produce nearly 1.5 million tons of pipe annually, and in doing so employ stringent quality control systems so that every Nippon Steel pipe gives you added assurance of quality. Our ongoing research efforts constitute a further assurance of future improvements and innovations to meet new and increasingly severe quality demands. Today, Nippon Steel pipe is serving on big jobs of all kinds throughout the world. Here are our pipe manufacturing methods and the main applications for pipe products:
Line Pipe
Piping
Pipe Pile
Mechanical Tube
Hot Extrusion
Medium-diameter HF-ERW Small-diameter HF-ERW Continuous Butt Weld UO Process Longitudinal Weld
Spiral Weld Bending Roll Process / Press Bending Process Longitudinal Weld
Notice: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained within this publication, the use of the information is at the readers risk and no warranty is implied or expressed by Nippon Steel Corporation with respect to the use of information contained herein. The information in this publication is subject to change or modification without notice. Please contact the Nippon Steel office for the latest information.
Manufacture of high-quality pipe begins with the best materials, and that is why Nippon Steel manufactures the materials that the companys pipe products are made from. The companys extensive experience in all phases of steel production....degassing, desulfurizing, rolling, etc....ensures that the finest billets, blooms, plates and sheets available are produced to Nippon Steels own rigorous quality standards and for the appropriate international standard to suit the intended application.
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throughout the entire sequence of operations involved, from ironmaking and steelmaking to the pipe-making materials and finished products. Also, Nippon Steels research and development activities have the benefit of constant feedback from these individual operations. All the foregoing ensure that each pipe produced at Nippon Steel meets the customers requirements to the letter.
Torpedo car Blast furnace Coal Coking plant Basic oxygen Charging furnace molten iron Vacuum degassing equipment Continuous casting
Blooming mill
Billet mill
Billet grinder
Reheating furnace
Rolling mill
Round billet
Hot extrusion
Roughing mill
Hot rolling mill Reheating furnace Roughing mill Finishing mill Accelerated cooling Plate
UO pipe mill Largediameter Pipe Bending roll mill and Press bending mill Hot coil
(SAW Pipe)
Temper mill
Pickling line Spiral pipe mill Pickleol hot coil Continuous butt weld pipe mill CW Pipe
Electrogalvanizing line
Temper mill
Annealing furnace
Sendzimir mill
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Size Ranges
Seamless Pipe
16 20 56 200
inch
6
6.625
10
12
14
0.2 6
0.4 10
0.6 14 18
0.8 22
1.0 26
0.1 2 4
0.2 6
0.3 8
0.4 10
0.5 12 14
0.6 16
0.7 18
0.8 20
mm 2
Hot finish Mannesmann-Plug Mill Stretch Reducer Cold finish Seamless Tokyo
Cold finished
0.236 6.000
1 4 2
inch Outside diameter
CW
1.660
6.890
6.625
12
ERW
16
2 HF-ERW
0.850
2.559
Induction
Nagoya
Hot finished
6
4 HF-ERW
0.750
4.500
Induction
Kimitsu
7
20
Induction
1.492
4.500
8 24
Induction
2.382
SAW Pipe
Wall thickness
0.8 1.0 22 26 1.2 30
inch mm
Wall thickness
inch
0.2 2 6
0.4 10
0.6 14 18
4.500
16
0.5 10 20
1.0 30
1.5 40
2.0 50
2.5 60 70
3.0 80
3.5
4.0
16 HF-ERW
Thermatool
Nagoya
mm
90 100
Cold finished
8.625 24
24 HF-ERW
Thermatool
Hikari
CW
Kimitsu
0.840
4.500
18
56
Spiral Seam Pipe Straight Seam Pipe (Bending roll process / Press bending process)
Hot finished
16
64
Yawata
16
100
Spiral Weld Bending Roll Process / Press Bending Process Longitudinal Weld
6 160 7
Kimitsu
Related company
16
200
8 Notes: For sizes not listed in these figures, please contact Nippon Steel.
180 200
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Available Grades
Nippon Steel continues its development and improvement efforts so as to be able to manufacture pipe to any designated standard to fulfill your specific requirements. Some representative standards and specifications are tabulated below along with the corresponding manufacturing processes employed at Nippon Steel to ensure compliance; the company manufactures pipe to other international standards, too. Also available are Nippon Steel standard for special use such as Weldable High Tensile Strength Pipe, All-weather High Tensile Strength Pipe, Anti-abrasion High Tensile Strength Pipe and Sea Water Resistant Pipe. When you require quality and reliability, Nippon Steel has the pipe products you need.
BS (British Standards) 1387 3059 3600 3601 3602 3603 Steel Tubes and Tubulars
Standard
Seamless Pipe MM
Welded Pipe UO SP BR
HE ERW CW
Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes Dimensions and Masses per Unit (Length) of Welded and Seamless Steel Pipes and Tubes for Pressure Purposes; Metric Units Steel Pipes and Tubes for Pressure Purposes; Carbon Steel with Specified Room Temperature Properties Steel Pipes and Tubes for Pressure Purposes; Carbon Steel: High Duties Steel Pipes and Tubes for Pressure Purposes; Carbon and Alloy Steel: Low Temperature Duties
DIN (Deutsche Normen) Standard API (American Petroleum Institute) 5L 5CT 5D 2B Line Pipe Casing and Tubing Drill Pipe Fabricated Structural Steel Pipe Seamless Pipe MM Welded Pipe UO SP BR 1626 1629 2440 2441 17172 17175 17177 17440 65 3183 Welded Steel Pipes in Unalloyed and Low Alloy Steels for Supply Purposes Seamless Tubes in Unalloyed Steels Steel Tubes Medium-Weight Suitable for Threading Steel Tubes Heavy-Weight Suitable for Threading Steel Pipes for Pipelines for the Transport of Combustible Fluids and Gases Seamless Steel Tubes for Elevated Temperature Electrically Resistance or Induction Welded Steel Tubes for Elevated Temperature Stainless Steels Steel tubes suitable for screwing in accordance with International Standard ISO 7 Steel pipe for pipelines for petroleum and natural gas HE ERW CW
AS (Australian Standard) 1836 Welded Steel Tubes for Pressure Purposes ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) A53 Black and Hot-Dipped Zinc-coated (galvanized) Welded Seamless Steel Pipe A106 Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service A135 Electric Resistance Welded Steel Pipe A178 Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel and Carbon-Manganese Steel Boiler Tubes A213 Seamless Ferritic and Austenitic Alloy-Steels Boiler Superheater and HeatExchanger Tubes
JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) G 3441 Alloy Steel Tubes for Machine Purpose G 3442 Galvanized Steel Pipe for Water Service G 3443 Coating Steel Pipe for Water Service G 3445 Carbon Steel Tubes for Machine Structural Purpose G 3446 Stainless Steel Tubes for Machine and Structural Purpose G 3451 Deformed Pipe for Coating Steel Pipe for Water Service G 3452 Carbon Steel Pipes for Ordinary Piping G 3454 Carbon Steel Pipes for Pressure Service G 3455 Carbon Steel Pipes for High Pressure Service G 3457 Electric Arc-Welded Carbon Steel Pipe G 3458 Alloy Steel Pipes G 3459 Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes G 3460 Steel Pipes for Low-Temperature Service G 3461 Carbon Steel Boiler and Heat-Exchanger Tubes G 3462 AIloy Steel Boiler and Heat-Exchanger Tubes G 3463 Stainless Steel Boiler and Heat-Exchanger Tubes G 3464 Steel Heat-Exchanger Tubes for Low Temperature Service G 3472 Electric Resistance Welded Carbon Steel Tubes for Automobile Structural Purposes G 3473 Carbon Steel Tubes for Cylinder Barrels LR (Lloyds Register of Shipping) Pressure Pipes Boiler and Superheater Tubes DNV (Det Norske Veritas) OS-F101 Submarine Pipeline Systems
Notes: MM: Mannesmann Method Seamless HE: Hot Extrusion ERW: Electric Resistance Weld CW: Continuous Butt Weld UO: UO Process Longitudial Weld SP: Spiral Weld BR: Bending Roll Process / Press Bending Process Longitudial Weld
A214 Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel Heat-Exchanger and Condenser Tubes A250 Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon-Molybdenum Alloy Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes
A252 Welded and Seamless Steel Pipe Piles A268 Seamless and Welded Ferritic and Martensitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service
A269 Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service A312 Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes A333 Seamless and Welded Steel Pipe for Low-Temperature Service A334 Seamless and Welded Carbon and Alloy-Steel Tubes for Low-Temperature Service A335 Seamless Ferritic Alloy-Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service A376 Seamless Austenitic Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Central-Station Service A423 Seamless and Electric-Welded Low-Alloy Steel Tubes A513 Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon and Alloy Steel Mechanical Tubing AWWA (American Water Works Association) C200 Steel Water Pipe C203 Standard for Coal-Tar Enamel Protective Coating for Steel Water Pipe GOST (USSR Specifications) 10704 Electric-Welded Steel Tubes 10705 Specification for Delivery of Electric-Welded Steel Tubes of 8~530 mm in diameter
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Applications
Line Pipe
Casing string make up Submarine pipeline laying Pipeline under construction in Alaska
Drilling rig
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Production platform
Roof trusses
SLP is available for reclaimed lands and areas with thick alluvial deposits
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Piping in building
12
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Manufacturing Processes
We use billets that have undergone tapping, casting, blooming, and rolling in our Kimitsu Works to produce seamless steel pipes and tubes by the Mannesmann plug mill method. Tokyo Works produces high-quality hot seamless steel pipes and tubes, using piercing mills, rolling mills, reeling mills, sizing mills, and stretch reducers on billets heated to high temperatures. We also produce high-grade cold products through cold processes using cold drawing equipment and a wide range of heat treatment furnaces in order to satisfy the continuously rising expectations of customers.
Piercing
Rolling
Reeling
Sizing
Reheating
Stretch reducing
Piercing mill
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Uncoiling
Forming
Ultrasonic tester
Hydrostatic tester
Forming rolls
Seam normalizer
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CW Process
Nippon Steels continuous butt weld (CW) pipe mill is located at Kimitsu Works. The CW process is suited to efficient and large-volume production of general piping pipe of good quality. Available sizes range from 0.840 inch to 4.5 inches.
Reheating
Heating furnace
Hydrostatic tester
CW pipe mill
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UO Process
Nippon Steel makes UO double SAW straight seam pipe at the Kimitsu Works; outside diameters range from 18 to 56 inches and wall thicknesses from 0.25 inch to 1.57 inches. In UO pipe production, a plate is press-formed into a U-shape and then an O-shape, after which the seam is automatically submerged-arc welded on both the inside and the outside, followed by mechanical expanding and, finally, hydrostatic testing, NDT and other essential inspections. The quality of Nippon Steel line pipe has been proven in severe service environments around the world such as, for example, in Alaska, Siberia and other frigid regions, and in the North Sea, Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea where line pipe must function in deep waters under punishing conditions. In other words, Nippon Steel has supplied line pipe for projects where the quality of these products is the key to the success of the job. The high-efficiency UO pipe mill at Kimitsu is capable of producing annually about 1,000 miles of pipe, mainly line pipe but also including pipe piling and water conduit line pipe. The mill has auxiliary facilities for coating and lining pipe with plastic, bitumen and other materials to meet specific customer requirements.
Edge miller
Crimping press
U-ing press
O-ing press
U-ing press
O-ing press
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Cutting off
Outside welder
Ultrasonic tester
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Kind of pipe
Internal coating (1) Coal-tar epoxy lining (2) Epoxy lining (3) Polyethylene lining (4) Vinyl chloride lining External coating (1) Polyethylene coating (2) Coal-tar epoxy coating Line pipe (oil, gas) Internal coating Coating (1) Two-component epoxy lining (2) Phenolic epoxy lining External coating (1) Polyethylene coating 21.7~1,524 216.3~1,524 168.3~1,524 406.4~1,800 168.3~2,250 168.3~4,064 21.7~1,800 21.7~508 168.3~2,800 406.4~2,800 ~914.4 3,600~12,000 5,500~6,300 ~100,000 ~100,000 5,000~34,500 5,000~18,300 11,000~18,600 (2) Polypropylene coating External coating (1) Polyethylene coating (NS-PAC) (2) Urethane elastomer coating (NS-PAC) (3) Special bitumen compound (4) Coal-tar epoxy, zinc rich paint plus, etc. Others Galvanized pipe (internal/external) Aluminized pipe (internal/external) Pipe piling Fabrication Steel pipe sheet piles Conductor pipe vetco joint, etc. 89.1~1,420 34~508 9,000~12,800 5,000~12,200 21.7~1,524 89.1~2,250 5,000~18,300 5,000~18,600 89.1 or more 89.1 or more 21.7~114.3 21.7~355.6 4,000~12,200 4,000~12,200 5,500 5,500
MACRO structure of muIti-pass welding (WT: 90 mm) offshore structural pipes (see upper photo) are fabricated with sophiscated welding technique.
3-roll bender
Press bending
3-roll bender
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Polyethylene-coated pipe
(1) Longitudinal extrusion process
Holiday inspection
Polyethylene coating
Adhesive coating
Polyethylene coating
Pre-heating
Blasting
Fabrication yard
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NS-PAC
With a view to developing corrosion resistant, maintenance-free and economical steel pipe pile and steel pipe sheet piles which will not require electrode replacement or repainting, Nippon Steel Corporation carried out extensive tests, and were aimed at technically assessing the performance of steel pipe pile under service conditions. These tests provided the basis for the development of Nippon Steelss NS-PAC polyethylene-coated anticorrosion steel pipe pile which since its marketing in April 1983 has earned an outstanding reputation among users. Now, carrying this technology a step further into the area of more complexly shaped products, the Company has developed a new line of urethane elastomer coated steel pipe sheet piles. These new products are the latest addition to the NS-PAC series.
Muroran Works
Kamaishi Works
Tokyo Works
Head Office : Pipe mill
Nagoya Works
Hirohata Works Sakai Works
Kimitsu Works
Kimitsu Works NS-PAC urethane elastomer coated steel pipe sheet piles
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Basic research
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Legal Notice: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this publication, the use of the information is at the readers risk and no warranty is implied or expressed by Nippon Steel Corporation with respect to the use of information contained herein.
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