ME 333 Manufacturing Processes II

Chapter 8
Pipe and Tube Manufacturing

Mechanical Engineering
University of Gaziantep

Dr. A. Tolga Bozdana

www.gantep.edu.tr/~bozdana

Introduction

Pipe & Tube Manufacturing

Manuf.
Manuf
Method

Welded

Seamless

Butt or electric welding of

Extrusion

cold forged or rolled sheet

Continuous casting
Centrifugal casting
Piercing (Mannesmann, Stiefel, Ehrhardt)
Rckner
Spinning
Swaging

Area of
Use

Low & Medium Pressure Applications High Temp. & High Pressure Applications
Pipeline constructions

Hydraulic equipment

General purpose

Boiler pipes
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Welding of Rolled Sheets

straight-welded pipe
spiral-welded
spiral welded pipe

Impact Extrusion
forward
extrusion

backward
extrusion

forward &
backward
extrusion

Tube Extrusion

Extrusion
from solid
billet

Extrusion
from hollow
billet
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Rotary Tube Piercing

h Rotary
R
tube
b piercing
i i
process is
i the
h starting
i
stage for
f
seamless pipe and tube manufacturing.
h It is about making a void at the core of a solid round bar
(max. 12) by applying compressive and tensile forces
in reverse directions, and enlarging it between two rolls.
h Rotational speeds of rolls are not equal: N1 N2
h Cross angle
g is about 6.

(1) Void initiation in

solid round bar

(2) Cavity formation by

enlarging the void

(3) Rotary tube piercing using

two rolls and mandrel

Plug-Mill Process (Mannesmann Method)

h Thi
This is
i a standard
d d process for
f making
ki large
l
quantities
i i off thin-wall
hi
ll stainless
i l
steell tube
b or
pipe of uniform size and roundness throughout its entire length:
1 Piercing:
1.
Pi i
Th billet
The
bill t is
i pierced
i
d in
i two
t
h t rotary
hot
t
piercers
i
f the
for
th greater
t reduction.
d ti
2. Plugging: The pierced billet is placed in a plug-mill to reduce diameter by rotating the tube
over a mandrel.
3. Reeling: Having some ovality, the tube is inserted between rolls of reelers that provide for
dimensional correction and burnish inside and outside diameters of the tube.
4. Sizing: Finally, after reheating, the tube reenters a reeler and sizing rollers to provide for
t dimensional
di
i
l uniformity.
if
it
greater

Plug-Mill Process (Mannesmann Method)

Tube Drawing

Tube Spinning

Other Tubing Methods

Rckner Method

Ehrhardt Method

Used for increasing the inner diameter

Pressing into a hot billet with a punch to

the
enlarge
l
th billet
bill t up to
t die
di walls
ll (the
(th inner
i
diameter of tube is punch diameter).

off thin-walled
thi
ll d tubes
t b by
b means off helical
h li l
motion of rollers (800 to 1800 mm).

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