The quality of ERW steel pipe is greatly affected by raw materials
We know the quality of the raw materials have a deep influence on the quality of the ERW steel pipe , but how? Below we will discuss how the quality of steel trips influence the quality of ERW steel pipe during the production. 1.Why the mechanical properties of the steel trips can affect the quality of ERW steel pipe? For ERW steel pipe, the commonly used steel type is carbon steel. The steel standard and grade includes API 5L GR.B -X70, ASTM A53 GR.A/B/C, ASTM A500 GR.A/B/C etc. If the strip yield point and tensile strength is too high, it will cause difficulties during the steel strip forming. Specially for producing thick wall ERW steel pipe, cracking is easy to happen during pipe welding due to the large resilient materials, large deformation stress. When the tensile strength of steel strips exceeds 635 MPa and elongation less than 10%, cracking can be happen during the welding process. When the tensile strength is less than 300MPa, the strip material in the molding p...