The production process of seamless steel pipes mainly includes the following steps:
a. Preparation of raw materials: Select suitable steel billets, requiring smooth surface, no bubbles, no cracks, and no obvious defects.
b. Heating: Heat the steel billet to a high temperature state to make it plastic and easy to form.
c. Perforation: The heated steel billet is pierced into a tube billet through a piercing machine, which is the preliminarily formed steel pipe.
d. Rolling tube: Rolling the tube blank multiple times to reduce its diameter, increase its wall thickness, and eliminate internal stress.
e. Sizing: The steel pipe is finally shaped using a sizing machine to meet the standard requirements for diameter and wall thickness.
f. Cooling: The solidified steel pipe is cooled to increase its hardness and strength.
g. Straightening: Straightening the cooled steel pipe to eliminate its bending deformation.
h. Quality inspection: Conduct quality inspection on finished steel pipes, including dimensions, wall thickness, hardness, surface quality, and other aspects