Title of Invention

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDING PIPES

Abstract A method of efficiently manufacturing electric resistance welding pipes having excellent characterization of welded seams is provided, by which each lateral edge of a rounded strip immediately before electric resistance welding is securely shaped with desired tapering flexibly in response to change in strip thickness, so that welding quality may be kept to be excellent. A method of manufacturing electric resistance welding pipes, in which a strip 20 is subjected to forming, then edges thereof are confronted, and then the edges are subjected to electric resistance welding to form a pipe 30, includes a process that an edge and an edge opposed thereto at one of an upper-surface side and a lower-surface side of the strip are shaped with tapering before the forming by means of cutting or shaving 3, or finpass forming 4.
Full Text Description
Method of Manufacturing Electric Resistance Welding Pipes
Having Excellent Characterization of Welded Seams
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a method of
manufacturing pipes required to have toughness of weld such
as line pipes for oil wells, or pipes required to have strength
of weld such as casings for oil wells.
Background Art
Generally, pipes are roughly classified into welding
pipes and seamless pipes. An electric resistance welding pipe
as one of the welding pipes is manufactured by rounding a sheet
by roll forming or the like, and then confronting each edge
and welding. In the welding pipes, toughness and strength of
weld are generally bad compared with those of a mother strip.
In use of the pipes, it is an inevitable problem to ensure
certain toughness and strength of weld for each application.
For example, since a line pipe for transporting crude
oil or natural gas is often laid in a cold latitude, low
temperature toughness is essentially concerned. Moreover,
strength is importantly concerned with a casing for protecting
a mining pipe in an oil well for mining crude oil.

Typically, a hot-rolled sheet (strip) to be a mother
strip of an electric resistance welding pipe is subjected to
composition design or heat treatment in consideration of
properties of the mother strip after being formed into a pipe
so that properties of the mother strip such as toughness and
strength are secured.
However, since characterization of welded seams is
severely affected by a method of the electric resistance
welding rather than by the composition design or heat treatment
of the mother strip, welding technique needs to be essentially
improved.
In many cases, the following phenomenon may by a cause
of problems for electric resistance welding, that is, oxides
called penetrators are generated on a strip edge, and the
penetrators are not discharged from the edge along with
discharge of melting steel during electric resistance welding
and remained thereon, and the remained penetrators cause
reduction in toughness, leading to insufficient strength.
Thus, to remove the penetrators which are causes of
conventional electric resistance welding failure from weld,
earnest investigation has been made so far on an active
discharging technique of melting steel from a strip edge in
the weld. For example, patent documents 1 to 4 describe
examples of investigation on a shape of each strip edge.
Moreover, patent document 5 describes that lateral edges

of a strip are chamfered in various shapes in order to
facilitate adjustment of confronting pressure on edges at both
sides of a strip in welding of an electric resistance welding
pipe, and to improve welding reliability.
Patent document 1: JP-A-57-031485
Patent document 2: JP-A-63-317212
Patent document 3: JP-A-2001-170779
Patent document 4: JP-A-2003-164909
Patent document 5: JP-A-2001-259733
Disclosure of the Invention
In any of the patent documents 1 to 4, it is intended
that each strip edge is shaped with tapering so as to discharge
the penetrators along with discharge of melting steel. The
reason for shaping the tapering is considered to be due to a
fact that the strip edge can be easily shaped with the tapering.
However, when the strip edge is shaped with straight or planar
tapering having a uniform slope, defects such as oxides may
have not been adequately discharged along with discharge of
melting steel.
Moreover, the patent document 5 discloses various
chamfer shapes for facilitating adjustment of confronting
pressure. However, no description is found therein on a point
of discharge of penetrators along with discharge of melting
steel, and a point of improvement in characterization of welded

seams (particularly low temperature toughness) through such
discharge of penetrators. Therefore, a particular shape that
is effective for improving the characterization of welded seams
(particularly low temperature toughness) is completely
unknown among the various chamfer shapes disclosed therein.
In an actual manufacturing process of electric
resistance welding pipes, strips having various kinds of
thickness are subjected to roll forming to be into pipes. When
means for shaping the tapering on each strip edge is solely
used, for example, a cutting bite or a shaving roll needs to
be adjusted in position to be installed at an accurate interval
similar to strip thickness, which has been a cause of
significant reduction in production efficiency.
Thus, an object of the invention is to provide a method
of efficiently manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes having excellent characterization of welded seams, which
may adequately accelerate discharge of defects such as oxides
along with discharge of melting steel, in addition, may not
cause reduction in production efficiency.
The invention for achieving the object is described as
follows.
1. A method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
characterized in that during a process that a strip is subjected
to forming, then edges thereof are confronted, and then the

edges are subjected to electric resistance welding to form a
pipe, edges at one of an upper-surface side and a lower-surface
side of the strip, or both of upper and lower surfaces of the
strip are shaped with tapering before electric resistance
welding.
2. A method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
characterized in that edges at one of an upper-surface side
and a lower-surface side of a strip are shaped with tapering
by cutting or shaving.
3. A method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
characterized in that edges at one of an upper-surface side
and a lower-surface side of a strip are shaped with tapering
by a hole-shape roll.
4. A method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
characterized in that edges at one of an upper-surface side
and a lower-surface side of a strip are shaped with tapering
by finpass forming.
5. A method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
characterized in that edges at one of an upper-surface side
and a lower-surface side of a strip are shaped with tapering
by cutting or shaving, or by a hole-shape roll, and edges at

the other surface side of the strip are shaped with tapering
by finpass forming.
6. The method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
according to the previous sections 1 to 5, characterized in
that edges at one side in a thickness direction of the strip
are round-shaped.
7. The method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
according to the previous sections 2 to 3 or the previous
sections 5 to 6, characterized in that the cutting or shaving,
or the rolling using the hole-shape roll is performed before
roll forming.
8. The method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
according to the previous section 2 or the previous sections
5 to 6, characterized in that a tool having cutting blades
disposed in a roll shape, or a roll-shape grinding stone is
used, in which each cutting blade or a stone grinding surface
includes a portion being approximately parallel to a strip edge,
and a portion being inclined to the strip edge from a middle
point.
9. The method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
according to the previous section 2 or the previous sections

5 to' 6, characterized in that a strip edge is subjected to
cutting or grinding while a tool having cutting blades disposed
in a roll shape, or a roll-shape grinding stone is contacted
parallel to the strip edge, and a strip edge is subjected to
cutting or grinding while a tool having different cutting
blades disposed in a roll shape, or a roll-shape grinding stone
is obliquely contacted to the strip edge, so that the strip
edges are shaped with tapering.
10. The method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
according to the previous section 1 or 2 or the previous
sections 4 to 9, characterized in that the tapering immediately
after cutting or grinding the strip, or the tapering
immediately after rolling the strip using the hole-shape roll
is made such that an angle from a perpendicular is in a range
of 25° to 50°, and length of a perpendicular from a starting
position to an end position of the tapering is 50% to 90% of
strip thickness.
11. The method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
according to the previous sections 1 to 10, characterized in
that tapering of the strip immediately before electric
resistance welding is made such that an angle from a
perpendicular is in a range of 25° to 50°, and length of a
perpendicular from a starting position to an end position of

the tapering is 20% to 45% of strip thickness.
Brief Description of the Drawings
Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram of manufacturing
equipment of electric resistance welding pipes for carrying
out the invention;
Fig. 2 is a diagram along an arrowed line A-A in Fig.
1;
Figs. 3A and 3B are partial detail diagrams of Fig. 2
respectively;
Fig. 4A and 4B are diagrams along an arrowed line B-B
in Fig. 1 respectively;
Fig. 5 is a diagram along an arrowed line A-A in Fig.
1;
Figs. 6A and 6B are partial detail diagrams of Fig. 5
respectively;
Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an
embodiment of performing round shaping of a corner at an
upper-surface side of a strip by stone grinding;
Figs. 8A and 8B are diagrams showing a situation of
shaping the tapering on an edge at the upper-surface side of
the strip by a hole-shape roll respectively;
Fig. 9 is a diagram showing a situation of shaping the
tapering on an edge at the upper-surface side of the strip by
a hole-shape roll;

Fig. 10 is a diagram showing the tapering shaped on the
edge at the upper-surface side of the strip before roll forming;
and
Fig. 11 is a diagram showing a prior hole-shape roll.
Numbers in figures refer to the following respectively.
1 uncoiler
2 leveler
3 means for shaping the tapering
31 cutting roll or shaving roll
31a cutting roll
31b shaving roll
31c cutting roll
31d shaving roll
32 hole-shape roll
4 finpass forming stand
4a finpass forming end stand
5 roll forming machine
6 induction heater
7 squeeze roll (electric resistance welding section)
8 bead cutting bite
9 sizer
10 pipe cutter
20 strip
30 pipe

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
In the invention, forming of a strip refers to operation
of gradually rounding a strip in a lateral direction so as to
make a section profile of the strip to be a circular shape,
and a process of the forming includes an initial stage of roll
forming in which portions near edges at both lateral sides of
the strip are bent, and a finpass rolling stage in which the
strip is finely finished into a circular section profile.
In the invention, means for shaping the tapering on edges
at one of an upper-surface side and a lower-surface side of
a strip is in a type different from a type of means for shaping
the tapering on edges at the other of the upper-surface side
and the lower-surface side, which is opposite to the previous
one surface side, that is, the edges are shaped with the
tapering by a plurality of means. Thus, the edges at one
surface side are shaped with the tapering, then the edges at
the other surface side are shaped with the tapering. According
to this, even if strip thickness is varied, a vertical position
of an apparatus for shaping the tapering is simply adjusted,
and thereby the edges at both of the upper-surface side and
the lower-surface side of the strip can be shaped with the
tapering without reduction of production efficiency.
Thus, since the strip is approximately flat in a roll
forming entrance side, the tapering is preferably shaped by
cutting or shaving. Such shaping means of the tapering

requires a relatively large installation space because its
apparatus size is relatively large, therefore the means is
hardly installed during or after roll forming since a space
between two lateral edges of the strip, which are being or have
been rounded, is reduced. Moreover, since the apparatus for
cutting or shaving is hard to vertically constrain the edge
of the strip only by the apparatus itself, high positioning
accuracy is required for installation of the apparatus in
conjunction with installation of an apparatus for accurately
keeping a position through which the strip passes. Therefore,
a station of each apparatus needs to be increased in stiffness,
leading to requirement of a further large installation space.
Thus, the cutting or shaving means is preferably installed
before roll forming.
Here, when the edges at both of the upper-surface side
and the lower-surface side of the strip are cut or shaved, since
a finpass roll is filled with the strip in finpass rolling
during roll forming, the edges of the strip are strongly
pressurized, so that the previously shaped tapering is
sometimes crushed and thereby a desired shape may not be
obtained. Therefore, it is preferable that the edges are
previously shaped with a larger tapering than a desired
tapering in consideration of crushing of the edges of the strip
in the finpass rolling. However, when the edges at both of
the upper-surface side and the lower-surface side of the strip

are shaped with the tapering, large tapering is hardly obtained
due to a limit of strip thickness, edges at only one of the
upper-surface side and the lower-surface side of the strip are
preferably cut or shaved.
Next, the edges at the other surface side, which are still
not shaped with the tapering, are shaped with the tapering by
using finpass rolling. Since the edges at only one of the
upper-surface side and the lower-surface side of the strip are
shaped with the tapering from the above reason, the edges at
the other surface side are preferably shaped with the tapering
during or after roll forming in order to shape the tapering
on both of the upper-surface side and the lower-surface side.
Thus, the inventors noticed a phenomenon that the edges of the
strip were easily crushed in the finpass rolling, and conceived
use of the phenomenon. That is, when a fin of a finpass rolling
roll is shaped with tapering in two stages, and a tapering angle
of the fin and a contact position thereof to a strip edge are
optimized depending on the amount of squeeze (upset) in finpass
rolling, the edges at the other surface side which have not
still shaped with the tapering can be also shaped with the
tapering. Since such tapering work is performed by the finpass
rolling itself, even if two edges, a space between which was
reduced by rounding a strip in a lateral direction by roll
forming, are extremely close to each other, the tapering work
can be adequately carried out.

In this way, even if strips are different in thickness,
the rounded, two lateral edges of the strip immediately before
welding are shaped with tapering as desired depending on strip
thickness.
The tapering is preferably shaped on the lateral edges
at the upper-surface side of the strip to prevent the relatively
large apparatus from interfering with a table for conveying
the strip at a roll forming entrance side.
The tapering is preferably shaped on the two lateral
edges of the strip 20 such that a slope angle a from the lateral
edge of the strip 20 to the upper or lower surface of the strip
20 is 25° to 50° immediately before electric resistance welding,
and a distance β between the tapering start position on the
lateral edge of the strip 20 and the upper or lower surface
is 20% to 40% of strip thickness.
That is, when the slope angle a is less than 25°, melting
steel is inadequately discharged from the central portion in
thickness of the strip, and penetrators are defectively
remained, resulting in reduction in toughness or strength after
electric resistance welding, and when the slope angle a is more
than 50°, the tapering is problematically remained as a flaw
on a product pipe still after electric resistance welding.
Moreover, when the distance β is less than 20% of thickness,
melting steel is inadequately discharged from the central
portion in strip thickness, so that the penetrators tend to

be remained, and when the distance β is more than 40% of
thickness, the tapering is problematically remained as a flaw
on a product pipe still after electric resistance welding.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the invention are described.
A manufacturing line of electric resistance welding
pipes used in the invention is shown in Fig. 1. The
manufacturing line of electric resistance welding pipes has
a basic configuration where a strip 20 is uncoiled from an
uncoiler 1; then the strip is reformed to be flat by a leveler
2; then the strip 20 is gradually rounded by a roll forming
machine 5; then two lateral edges of the rounded strip 20 are
subjected to electric resistance welding using an electric
resistance welder including an induction heating section 6 and
a squeeze roll (electric resistance welding section) 7 so as
to be formed into a pipe 30; then a weld bead portion of the
pipe 30 is cut by a bead cutter 8; then the pipe 30 after cutting
is adjusted in outer diameter by a sizer 9; and then the pipe
is cut out into a predetermined length by a pipe cutter 10.
The roll forming machine 5 has a predetermined number (herein,
two) of finpass forming stands 4 in a last stage.
In the embodiment, in addition to the basic configuration,
the manufacturing line has cutting or shaving means 31 for
shaping the tapering on two lateral edges at an upper-surface
side of the strip 20 between the leveler 2 and the roll forming
machine 5 . As shown in Fig. 2 showing a diagram along an arrowed

line A-A in Fig. 1, and in Figs. 3A and 3B showing partial detail
diagram of Fig. 2 respectively, the cutting or shaving means
31 rotates by a motor 3e a cutting tool 31a including cutting
blades disposed in a roll shape (Fig. 3A), or a shaving stone
31b in a roll shape (Fig. 3B) , and the cutting or shaving surface
thereof is parallel to a roll axis. The cutting or shaving
means 31 are disposed in pair in a lateral direction of the
strip 20, and each roll axis is inclined by a predetermined
angle y from a vertical direction, thereby two lateral edges
at the upper-surface side of the strip 20 are shaped with
predetermined tapering (a slope angle from the lateral edge
to the upper surface is γ, and a distance in a strip thickness
direction from the upper surface to a tapering start position
on the lateral edge is 5) . Hereinafter, the cutting tool 31a
including the cutting blades disposed in the roll shape is
called cutting roll 31a, and the shaving stone 31b in the roll
shape is called shaving roll 31b.
Furthermore, in the embodiment, as shown in Fig. 4A
showing a diagram along an arrowed line B-B in Fig. 1 and in
Fig. 4B showing a partial detail diagram of Fig. 4A, an end
stand 4a of the finpass forming stand 4 has a fin shape including
two-stage tapering (a second-stage tapering angle is a, and
second-stage slope vertical-length is β) , and such a shape is
printed to each lateral edge of the strip 20, thereby two
lateral edges at a lower-surface side of the strip 20 (an

outer-surface side of a pipe 30) are shaped with predetermined
tapering (a slope angle from the lateral edge to the lower
surface is a, and a distance in a strip thickness direction
from a tapering start position on the lateral edge to the lower
surface is β).
In the manufacturing line of electric resistance welding
pipes configured in the above, in the case that strips 20 having
different kinds of thickness are successively threaded, when
the predetermined tapering is shaped on two lateral edges at
the upper-surface side and the lower-surface side of each strip
.20, the two lateral edges at the upper-surface side of the strip
20 are cut or shaved while the cutting roll 31a or the shaving
roll 31b is inclined by the predetermined angle γ, and a position
in a height direction of the roll 31a or 31b is finely adjusted,
thereby the two lateral edges at the upper-surface side of the
strip 20 are shaped with the predetermined tapering. In
addition, the fin shape is printed to the two lateral edges
at the lower-surface side of the strip 20 by the end stand 4a
in finpass forming, thereby the two lateral edges at the
lower-surface side of the strip 20 are shaped with the
predetermined tapering. Thus, since the hole-shape rolling
roll needs not be changed depending on strip thickness, or a
relative position of the cutting bite or the like needs not
be set with taking a long time unlike in the prior art, the
two lateral edges of the strip 20 can be shaped with the

predetermined tapering depending on strip thickness without
reducing production efficiency.
As hereinbefore, in the embodiment, the two lateral edges
of the strip 20 before electric resistance welding can be shaped
with the appropriate tapering in response to change in
thickness of the strip 20. Therefore, welding quality can be
kept to be excellent, and reduction in production efficiency
can be suppressed, and consequently an electric resistance
welding pipe having excellent characterization of welded seams
can be efficiently manufactured.
In the embodiment, separately from the cutting or shaving
means 31 for shaping the tapering on two lateral edges at the
upper-surface side of the strip 20, cutting or shaving means
for cutting or shaving two lateral edges may be provided
approximately parallel to the lateral edges of the strip 20
at an upstream side of the means 31 as needed, so that the lateral
edges of the strip 20 can be previously smoothened.
A manufacturing line of electric resistance welding
pipes used in another embodiment of the invention is
approximately similar to the manufacturing line of electric
resistance welding pipes used in the first embodiment, but
different in that the cutting or shaving means 31 for shaping
the tapering on the two lateral edges at the upper-surface side
of the strip 20 is arranged between the leveler 2 and the roll
forming machine 5.

Fig. 5 shows a diagram of the cutting or shaving means
31 along an arrowed line A-A in Fig. 1. Figs. 6A and 6B show
partial detail diagrams of the cutting or shaving means 31
respectively. A cutting tool 31c (Fig. 6A) is a cutting tool
in which cutting blades are disposed in a roll shape. A cutting
surface of the cutting tool 31c has a shape where a portion
approximately parallel to a roll axis is connected to a portion
being outward inclined to the roll axis. A shaving stone 31d
(Fig. 6B) has a roll shape. A shaving surface of the shaving
stone 31d has a shape where a portion approximately parallel
to a roll axis is connected to a portion being outward inclined
to the roll axis. Hereinafter, the cutting tool 31c is called
a cutting roll 31c with tapering, and the shaving stone 31d
is called shaving roll 31d with tapering.
By using the cutting roll 31c or the shaving roll 31d
having such a shape, for strips having different kinds of
thickness, lateral edges at an upper-surface side of each strip
can be easily shaped with tapering being fixed in angle and
position by one cutting roll 31c or shaving roll 31d.
To shape the tapering on lateral edges at a lower-surface
side of the strip 10, as in the first embodiment, as shown in
Fig. 4A showing the diagram along the arrowed line B-B in Fig.
1 and in Fig. 4B showing the partial detail diagram of Fig.
4A, the end stand 4a of the finpass forming stand 4 has the
fin shape including two-stage tapering (the second-stage

tapering angle is a, and the second-stage slope vertical-length
is β) , and such a shape is printed to the lateral edges of the
strip 20, thereby the two lateral edges at the lower-surface
side of the strip 20 (an outer surface side of the pipe 30)
are shaped with predetermined tapering.
Consequently, again in the embodiment, the two lateral
edges of the strip 20 can be shaped with appropriate tapering
in response to change in thickness of the strip 20 before
electric resistance welding. Therefore, welding quality can
be kept to be excellent, and reduction in production efficiency
can be suppressed, and consequently an electric resistance
welding pipe having excellent characterization of welded seams
can be efficiently manufactured.
In the first and second embodiments, tapering is shaped
such that edges at the upper-surface side of the strip and edges
at the lower-surface side thereof are in symmetry with respect
to a center plane in strip thickness. However, this is not
restrictive, and tapering may be shaped such that edges at the
upper-surface side of the strip and edges at the lower-surface
side thereof are in asymmetry with respect to the central plane
in strip thickness.
In the case of a manufacturing line in which a forming
direction of a strip is vertically opposite to that in the
manufacturing line shown in Fig. 1 (i.e., in which the upper
surface of the strip is an outer surface), the lateral edges

at the lower-surface side of the strip can be shaped with the
tapering by cutting or shaving before forming, and the lateral
edges at the upper-surface side of the strip can be shaped with
the tapering by finpass forming.
As described before, the following phenomenon has been
often as a cause of problems for electric resistance welding,
that is, oxides called penetrators are generated on a strip
edge, and the penetrators are not discharged from the edge along
with discharge of melting steel during electric resistance
welding and remained thereon, and the remained penetrators
cause reduction in toughness, leading to insufficient
strength.
Thus, in any of the prior arts, it was intended that the
strip edge was shaped with the tapering so as to discharge the
penetrators along with discharge of melting steel. The reason
for such shaping of the tapering is considered to be a fact
that the strip edge is easily shaped. However, when the strip
edge was shaped with straight or planar tapering, defects such
as oxides were not adequately discharged along with discharge
of melting steel in some cases.
To clarify a cause of this phenomenon, the inventors made
earnest investigation on it, as a result, the following was
known. That is, melting steel generated at start of welding
is small in amount on the strip edge being shaped with the
tapering because of small contact area, then area is increased

in a portion welded by upset (pressure-welding) in electric
resistance welding, and the amount of melting steel is
accordingly increased. However, it was found that in the prior
tapering being shaped uniformly in a strip thickness direction,
since a discharge angle (discharge amount) of melting steel
was constant in the strip thickness direction, even if melting
steel was adequately discharged from a portion near an end in
strip thickness, it was sometimes inadequately discharged from
a portion near the center in strip thickness, causing a
phenomenon that melting steel that had been previously melted
filled a strip surface and was solidified thereon to be into
a lid, which sometimes blocked discharge of melting steel to
be subsequently discharged from a welding surface.
Thus, the inventors made earnest investigation on a
method of excellently discharging melting steel continuously
with passing of welding time. As a result, they understood
that melting steel was small in amount during welding the
portion near the center in strip thickness, and the melting
steel was increased in amount during welding the portion near
the end in strip thickness, therefore a particular edge shape
was necessary for continuously discharging approximately
constant amount of melting steel.
The inventors investigated various shapes based on the
result, as a result, they found that a strip edge was subjected
to round shaping, thereby continuous discharge of melting steel

was able to be excellently performed. That is, when the strip
edge is subjected to round shaping, since the contact area is
abruptly increased during welding the portion near the center
in strip thickness, the discharge amount of melting steel is
increased during that, and since the contact area is gradually
increased during welding the portion near the end in strip
thickness, the discharge amount of melting steel is decreased
during that. Such operation enables stable discharge of
melting steel, and eliminates the phenomenon that melting steel
that has been previously discharged from a welding surface is
solidified to be into a lid, blocking discharge of melting steel
to be subsequently discharged.
Thus, molting steel is adequately discharged from the
strip edge so that penetrators can be sufficiently removed,
as a result, characterization such as toughness or strength
of welded seams can be held to be excellent.
When the round shaping of the strip edge is performed
to edges at both sides in a strip thickness direction (corners
at both of the upper-surface side and the lower-surface side) ,
a large effect is given.
When the round shaping is performed by a hole-shape roll,
since the strip edge is subjected to insufficient plastic
working, a desired shape is hardly obtained. However, the
desired shape can be directly obtained by performing the round
shaping by cutting or stone grinding. Moreover, in finpass

forming, the strip is rounded so as to make its section profile
to be a circular shape, therefore the strip edge is strongly
pressurized by a fin. Thus, the fin is previously shaped with
a desired round shape, thereby a shape of the strip edge can
be adequately close to the desired round shape.
Thus, since the strip is approximately flat at a roll
forming entrance side, the edges are preferably subjected to
round shaping by cutting or stone grinding. Such means for
performing round shaping requires a certain installation space
because its apparatus size is relatively large, therefore the
means is hardly installed during or after roll forming since
a space between edges of the strip is reduced. Moreover, since
the apparatus for cutting or shaving is hard to vertically
constrain the strip only by the apparatus itself, high
positioning accuracy is required for installation of the
apparatus in conjunction with installation of an apparatus for
accurately keeping a position through which the strip passes.
Therefore, a station of the apparatus needs to be
increased in stiffness, leading to requirement of a further
large installation space. Here, when both of the upper and
lower edges (corners at both of the upper-surface side and the
lower-surface side) of the strip are cut or shaved, since a
finpass rolling roll is filled with the strip in finpass rolling
(which means finpass forming, hereinafter same as this) during
roll forming, the edges of the strip are strongly pressurized,

so that the previously shaped, round shape is sometimes crushed
and thereby a desired shape may not be obtained. Therefore,
it is preferable that a large round shape is previously shaped
in consideration of crushing of each strip edge in the finpass
rolling. However, when both of the upper and lower edges
(corners at both of the upper-surface side and the
lower-surface side) of the strip are shaped with a round shape,
a large round shape is hardly obtained because of a limit of
strip thickness, edges at only one side (corners at only one
of the upper-surface side and the lower-surface side) are
preferably subjected to cutting or stone grinding.
Next, the other edges (corners at the other surface side) ,
which are not shaped with the round shape, are shaped with the
round shape by using finpass rolling. Since edges at only one
side are shaped with the round shape from the above reason,
edges at an opposite side may be preferably shaped with the
round shape during or after roll forming in order to shape the
round shape on both edges.
Thus, the inventors noticed a phenomenon that the edges
of the strip were easily crushed in the finpass rolling, and
conceived use of the phenomenon. That is, when a fin of a
finpass rolling roll is shaped with a round shape, and an angle
of the fin and a contact position thereof to a strip edge are
optimized depending on the amount of squeezing (the amount of
upset) in finpass rolling, edges at a side opposite to a side

of the edges of the strip, which were shaped with the round
shape before the roll forming, can be also shaped with the round
shape. Since such round shaping is performed by the finpass
rolling itself, even if a strip is laterally rounded by roll
forming, thereby a distance between the lateral, two edges is
reduced, or the edges are close to each other, the round shaping
can be adequately carried out.
In this way, the upper and lower, two edges of the strip
(corners at both of the upper-surface side and the
lower-surface side of the strip) can be shaped with the round
shape immediately before electric resistance welding.
The round shaping by cutting or shaving is preferably
performed to the corners at the upper-surface side of the strip
to prevent the relatively large apparatus from interfering with
a table at a roll forming entrance side. Moreover, since a
lower-surface side of the strip becomes an outer surface side
(outer diameter side) of a pipe after roll forming, corners
at the lower-surface side is preferably shaped with a round
shape during finpass rolling using a fin being changed in shape.
The inventors attempted to optimize the round shape
immediately before electric resistance welding by using the
cutting or grinding, or finpass rolling, as a result, they
understood that radius R in round shaping was preferably 20
to 50% of strip thickness. That is, when the radius R
immediately before electric resistance welding is less than

20% of strip thickness, melting steel is somewhat inadequately
discharged from the central portion in strip thickness, so that
the penetrators are somewhat remained, leading to slight
reduction in toughness or strength after electric resistance
welding.
When the radius R is more than 50% of strip thickness,
a distance in a strip width direction of a round-shaped portion
becomes excessively small or excessively large. In the case
of the excessively small distance, melting steel is
inadequately discharged from the central portion in strip
thickness, so that the penetrators are remained, leading to
reduction in toughness or strength after electric resistance
welding. On the other hand, in the case of the excessively
large distance, upset is difficult, and consequently a
phenomenon that thickness of a pipe becomes inadequate (a
phenomenon that pipe thickness becomes below strip thickness)
easily occurs near a boundary between weld and a mother strip.
In still another embodiment of the invention, a
manufacturing line of electric resistance welding pipes has,
in addition to the basic configuration of Fig. 1, a hole-shape
roll 32 for shaping the tapering on edges of the strip 20 between
the leveler 2 and the roll forming machine 5.
As shown in Figs. 8A and 8B, the hole-shape roll 32
includes a surface parallel to a strip edge being approximately
vertical and a surface inclined to the approximately vertical

strip edge, the surfaces being connected to each other, and
is movable in a vertical direction. A rotation method of the
roll 32 may be designed, as an example shown in Fig. 8A, such
that a surface parallel to the approximately vertical strip
edge is made as a rotational body, and a rotation axis parallel
to the approximately vertical strip edge is provided, or the
method may be designed, as an example shown in Fig. 8B, such
that a surface parallel to the surface inclined to the
approximately vertical strip edge is made as a rotational body,
and a rotation axis parallel to the surface inclined to the
approximately vertical strip edge is provided.
By rolling the strip 20 by such a hole-shape roll 32,
as shown in Figs. 8A and 8B, edges at the upper-surface side
of the strip 20 (inner-surface side of the pipe 30) can be shaped
with tapering in which an angle of the tapering from a surface
of the strip edge toward a vertical direction (angle of the
tapering toward a strip thickness direction) is y, and length
of a perpendicular from a starting position to an end position
of the tapering at one side (length of the tapering in the strip
thickness direction) is δ.
Furthermore, as shown in Fig. 4A showing a diagram along
an arrowed line B-B in Fig. 1 and in Fig. 4B showing a partial
detail diagram of Fig. 4A, in the embodiment, the end stand
4a of the finpass forming stand 4 has a fin shape including
predetermined two-stage tapering (a second-stage tapering

angle is a, and second-stage slope vertical-length is (3) . Such
a fin shape is printed to each lateral edge of the strip 20,
thereby two lateral edges at a lower-surface side of the strip
20 (outer surface side of the pipe 30) can be shaped with the
predetermined tapering.
Thus, when tapering is shaped on edges at an
upper-surface side and a lower-surface side of strips having
different kinds of thickness, the edges at the upper-surface
side of the strip 20 (inner-surface side of the pipe 30) are
rolled at predetermined positions in a strip thickness
direction using the hole-shape roll 32 with a vertical position
thereof being finely adjusted. On the other hand, the edges
at the lower-surface side of the strip 20 (outer-surface side
of the pipe 30) are printed with tapering at predetermined
positions in a strip thickness direction by finpass forming.
Thus, the edges of both of the upper and lower surfaces of the
strip can be shaped with the predetermined tapering depending
on strip thickness without reducing production efficiency.
In this way, the surface parallel to the strip edge and
the surface inclined to the strip edge are provided, and the
vertically movable hole-shape roll 32 is combined with the
finpass end stand 4a having the fin shape including two-stage
tapering so that both of the edges at the upper-surface side
and the edges at the lower-surface side of the strip are shaped
with the tapering. Therefore, even if strips having different

kinds of thickness are shaped with tapering, efficiency is not
reduced. Moreover, even if a strip is greatly varied in
thickness, the hole-shape roll is not applied with an excessive
load, therefore the hole-shape roll may not be broken.
The tapering shaped by the hole-shape roll 32 and the
finpass end stand 4a is preferably made such that an angle a
or γ of tapering immediately before electric resistance welding
from the surface of the strip edge toward the vertical direction
is in a range of 25° to 50°, and length β or δ of a perpendicular
from the starting position to the end position of the tapering
at one side is 20% to 40% of strip thickness.
That is, when the tapering angle α or γ is less than 25°,
melting steel is inadequately discharged from the central
portion in strip thickness, so that penetrators are defectively
remained, resulting in reduction in toughness or strength after
electric resistance welding, and when the tapering angle a or
γ is more than 50°, the tapering is problematically remained
as a flaw on a product pipe still after electric resistance
welding. Moreover, when the tapering height β or δ is less than
20% of strip thickness, melting steel is inadequately
discharged from the central portion in strip thickness, so that
the penetrators tend to be remained, and when the tapering
height β or δ is more than 40% of strip thickness, the tapering
is problematically remained as a flaw on a product pipe still
after electric resistance welding.

In this way, in the embodiment, since the edges of the
strip can be appropriately shaped with the tapering before
electric resistance welding, an electric resistance welding
pipe having significantly excellent toughness and welding
strength can be efficiently manufactured.
In the embodiment, the edges at the upper-surface side
of the strip 20 (inner-surface side of the pipe 30) are shaped
with the tapering before roll forming, and the edges at the
lower-surface side of the strip 20 (outer-surface side of the
pipe 30) are shaped with the tapering by finpass forming.
However, in some case, the edges at the lower-surface side of
the strip 20 (outer-surface side of the pipe 30) may be shaped
with the tapering before roll forming, and the edges at the
upper-surface side of the strip 20 (inner-surface side of the
pipe 30) may be shaped with the tapering by finpass forming.
The above description was made assuming a manufacturing
line in which the upper-surface side of the strip 20 corresponds
to the inner-surface side of the pipe 30. However, it is
obvious that the invention can be similarly applied to a
manufacturing line of electric resistance welding pipes, in
which the upper-surface side of the strip 20 corresponds to
the outer-surface side of the pipe 30.
In still another embodiment of the invention, a
manufacturing line of electric resistance welding pipes has,
in addition to the basic configuration of Fig. 1, a hole-shape

roll 32 for shaping the tapering on edges of the strip 20 between
the leveler 2 and the roll forming machine 5.
As shown in Fig. 9, the hole-shape roll 32 has a rolling
surface 32a including a vertical rolling surface 32a1 and a
rolling surface 32a2 being inclined at an angle γ, and has flange
portions 32b at upper and lower ends of the rolling surface 32a
and has a vertical rotation axis. Here, width of the rolling
surface 3a is approximately the same as thickness of the strip
20, and the upper and lower flange portions 3b pinch the strip
20 so as to constrain the strip 20 in a vertical direction (strip
thickness direction).
By rolling the strip 20 by such a hole-shape roll 32,
as shown in Fig. 9, edges at the upper-surface side of the strip
20 (inner-surface side of the pipe 30) can be shaped with
tapering in which an angle of the tapering with respect to a
surface of the strip edge toward a vertical direction (angle
of the tapering toward a strip thickness direction) is γ, and
length of a perpendicular from a starting position to an end
position of the tapering (length of the tapering in the strip
thickness direction) at one side is δ.
Furthermore, in the embodiment, as shown in Fig. 4A
showing a diagram along an arrowed line B-B in Fig. 1 and in
Fig. 4B showing a partial detail diagram of Fig. 4A, the end
stand 4a of the finpass rolling stand 4 has a fin shape including
predetermined two-stage tapering (a second-stage tapering

angle is a, and second-stage slope vertical-length is β) . Such
a fin shape is printed to each lateral edge of the strip 20,
thereby two lateral edges at a lower-surface side of the strip
20 (outer surface side of the pipe 30) can be shaped with the
predetermined tapering.
The tapering shaped by the hole-shape roll 32 and the
tapering by the finpass end stand 4a are preferably made such
that an angle a or γ of tapering immediately before electric
resistance welding from the surface of the strip edge toward
the vertical direction is in a range of 25° to 50°, and length
(3 or 8 of a perpendicular from the starting position to the
end position of the tapering at one side is 20% to 40% of strip
thickness.
That is, when the tapering angle a or γ is less than 25°,
melting steel is inadequately discharged from the central
portion in strip thickness, so that penetrators are defectively
remained, resulting in reduction in toughness or strength after
electric resistance welding, and when the tapering angle a or γ
is more than 50°, the tapering is problematically remained
as a flaw on a product pipe still after electric resistance
welding. Moreover, when the tapering height β or δ is less than
20% of strip thickness, melting steel is inadequately
discharged from the central portion in strip thickness, so that
the penetrators tend to be remained, and when the tapering
height β or δ is more than 40% of strip thickness, the tapering

is problematically remained as a flaw on a product pipe still
after electric resistance welding.
In this way, in the embodiment, since the edges of the
strip can be appropriately shaped with the tapering before
electric resistance welding, an electric resistance welding
pipe having significantly excellent toughness and welding
strength can be manufactured.
In the embodiment, the edges at the upper-surface side
of the strip 20 (inner-surface side of the pipe 30) are shaped
with the tapering before roll forming, and the edges at the
lower-surface side of the strip 20 (outer-surface side of the
pipe 30) are shaped with the tapering by finpass rolling.
However, in some case, the edges at the lower-surface side of
the strip 20 (outer-surface side of the pipe 30) may be shaped
with the tapering before roll forming, and the edges at the
upper-surface side of the strip 20 (inner-surface side of the
pipe 30) may be shaped with the tapering by finpass rolling.
Moreover, while the above description was made assuming
a manufacturing line in which the upper-surface side of the
strip 20 corresponds to the inner-surface side of the pipe 30,
it is obvious that the invention can be similarly applied to
a manufacturing line of electric resistance welding pipes, in
which the upper-surface side of the strip 20 corresponds to
the outer-surface side of the pipe 30.
Furthermore, the inventors made investigation on means

for shaping the tapering on each strip edge without reducing
production efficiency even if thickness is varied.
As a result, means for shaping the tapering is changed
between the edges at the upper-surface side of the strip and
the edges at the lower-surface side of the strip, consequently
a plurality of means are used to shape the tapering. That is,
the edges at the upper-surface side of the strip and the edges
at the lower-surface side thereof are shaped with the tapering
by the plurality of means, and edges at one surface side is
shaped with the tapering, then edges at the other surface side
is shaped with the tapering. Thus, even if thickness is varied,
a vertical position of the means for shaping the tapering is
simply finely adjusted, and thereby both of the upper and lower
edges of the strip can be shaped with the tapering without
reducing production efficiency.
In this case, since a strip before roll forming is approximately
flat, edges of the strip at one of the surface sides are
preferably shaped with the tapering by cutting or grinding
before roll forming. However, since the edges of the strip
are not work-hardened, the following event may be caused as
described before, that is, the edges of the strip are greatly
deformed due to an effect of strong pressure on the edges of
the strip during finpass forming, consequently most of the
shaped tapering may be broken.
Thus, the inventors variously made investigation on how

the strip edge is deformed so as to break the tapering during
finpass forming. The finpass forming is typically carried out
with two or three stands.
As a result, the following was recognized. That is, in
the finpass first-stand, since edges of the strip at an entrance
side are substantially not work-hardened, tapering is broken
by about 40% to 60% in length in a strip thickness direction.
In the finpass second-stand, since the edges of the strip have
been work-hardened through strong pressurization by the
finpass first-stand, 10% to 30% of the remained tapering is
broken. Furthermore, if certain number of stands were added
behind the second stand, 10% to 30% of tapering remained in
a previous stand is broken in each stand.
On the other hand, as a result of investigation on an
optimum tapering shape immediately before electric resistance
welding after finpass forming, it was understood that an angle
from a perpendicular (angle of tapering toward a strip
thickness direction) was preferably in a range of 25° to 50°,
and length of a perpendicular (length of tapering in a strip
thickness direction) from the starting position to the end
position of the tapering was preferably 20% to 40% of strip
thickness.
That is, when the angle from the perpendicular is less
than 25°, melting steel is inadequately discharged from the
central portion in strip thickness, so that penetrators are

defectively remained, resulting in reduction in toughness or
strength after electric resistance welding, and when the angle
from the perpendicular is more than 50°, the tapering is
problematically remained as a flaw on a product pipe still after
electric resistance welding. Moreover, when the length of the
perpendicular from the starting position to the end position
of the tapering is less than 20% of strip thickness, melting
steel is inadequately discharged from the central portion in
strip thickness, so that the penetrators tend to be remained,
and when the length is more than 40% of strip thickness, the
tapering is problematically remained as a flaw on a product
pipe still after electric resistance welding.
From the results, it was understood that when the
tapering to be previously shaped on the edges of the strip at
one surface side by cutting or grinding before roll forming
(before finpass forming) was calculated backward, the length
of the perpendicular from the starting position to the end
position of the tapering was preferably 50% to 90% of strip
thickness.
Finpass forming in the middle of roll forming is
preferably used for shaping the tapering on edges of the strip
at the other surface side. The reason for this is as follows.
Since the finpass roll is filled with the strip in the finpass
forming, the edges of the strip are strongly pressurized during
the finpass forming. Therefore, in the finpass forming, it

is preferable that a fin shape is made to include at least two
stages of tapering, and the fin shape is printed to the strip
by using the strong pressure on the edges of the strip.
The tapering shaped in the finpass forming is made, as
described before, such that the angle from the perpendicular
(angle of tapering toward a strip thickness direction) is 25°
to 50°, and length of the perpendicular from the starting
position to the end position of the tapering (length of tapering
in a strip thickness direction) is 20% to 40% of strip thickness,
which corresponds to the optimum tapering shape after the
finpass forming and immediately before electric resistance
welding.
Fig. 1 shows a manufacturing line of electric resistance
welding pipes according to an embodiment of the invention,
which is configured based on the above consideration. The
manufacturing line of electric resistance welding pipes has
a basic configuration where a strip 20 is uncoiled from an
uncoiler 1; then the strip is reformed to be flat by a leveler
2; then the strip 20 is gradually rounded by a roll forming
machine 5; then two lateral edges of the rounded strip 20 are
subjected to electric resistance welding using an electric
resistance welder including an induction heating section 6 and
a squeeze roll (electric resistance welding section) 7 so as
to be formed into a pipe 30; then a weld bead portion of the
pipe 30 is cut by a bead cutter 8; then the pipe 30 after cutting

is adjusted in outer diameter by a sizer 9; and then the pipe
is cut out into a predetermined length by a pipe cutter 10.
The roll forming machine 5 has a finpass forming stand 4 having
a predetermined number of stands (herein, two stands) in a last
stage.
In the embodiment, in addition to the basic configuration,
the manufacturing line has a pair of cutting tools, each having
cutting blades disposed in a roll shape, (or roll-shape
grinding stones) 3 in a lateral direction of the strip 20
between the leveler 2 and the roll forming machine 5. Thus,
as shown in Fig. 10, two lateral edges at the upper-surface
side of the strip 20 (inner-surface side of the pipe 30) are
shaped with the tapering in which an angle toward a strip
thickness direction (tapering angle) γ is 25° to 40°, and length
of the tapering in the strip thickness direction (tapering
height) δ is 50% to 90% of strip thickness.
Furthermore, in the embodiment, as shown in Fig. 4A
showing a diagram along an arrowed line B-B in Fig. 1 and in
Fig. 4B showing a partial detail diagram of Fig. 4A, the end
stand 4a of the finpass forming stand 4 has a fin shape including
predetermined two-stage tapering (a second-stage tapering
angle is α, and second-stage slope vertical-length is (3) . Such
a fin shape is printed to the lateral edges of the strip 20,
thereby two lateral edges at a lower-surface side of the strip
20 (an outer surface side of the pipe 30) are shaped with

tapering in which an angle toward a strip thickness direction
(tapering angle) is 25° to 40°, and length of the tapering in
the strip thickness direction (tapering height) is 20% to 40%
of strip thickness.
Thus, when tapering is shaped on edges at an
upper-surface side and a lower-surface side of strips having
different kinds of thickness, the edges at the upper-surface
side of the strip 20 (inner-surface side of the pipe 30) are
subjected to cutting or shaving at predetermined positions in
a strip thickness direction using the cutting tools, each
having cutting blades disposed in a roll shape, (or roll-shape
grinding stones) 3 with a vertical position thereof being
finely adjusted. On the other hand, the edges at the
lower-surface side of the strip 20 (outer-surface side of the
pipe 30) are printed with tapering at predetermined positions
in a strip thickness direction by finpass forming. Thus, the
edges of both of the upper and lower surfaces of the strip can
be shaped with the predetermined tapering depending on strip
thickness without reducing production efficiency.
In this case, strip width is sometimes significantly
decreased due to end crushing in finpass forming. Therefore,
to correct the strip width, a strip is previously increased
in width by amount corresponding to such decrease in strip width,
and the strip is used to manufacture an electric resistance
welding pipe. Thus, an electric resistance welding pipe

having a desired outer-diameter can be easily manufactured.
In this way, in the embodiment, since the edges of the
strip can be appropriately shaped with the tapering before
electric resistance welding, an electric resistance welding
pipe having significantly excellent toughness and welding
strength can be efficiently manufactured.
In the embodiment, the edges at the upper-surface side
of the strip 20 (inner-surface side of the pipe 30) are shaped
with the tapering before roll forming, and the edges at the
lower-surface side of the strip 20 (outer-surface side of the
pipe 30) are shaped with the tapering by finpass forming.
However, in some case, the edges at the lower-surface side of
the strip 20 (outer-surface side of the pipe 30) may be shaped
with the tapering before roll forming, and the edges at the
upper-surface side of the strip 20 (inner-surface side of the
pipe 30) may be shaped with the tapering by finpass forming.
The above description was made assuming a manufacturing
line in which the upper-surface side of the strip 20 corresponds
to the inner-surface side of the pipe 30. However, it is
obvious that the invention can be similarly applied to a
manufacturing line of electric resistance welding pipes, in
which the upper-surface side of the strip 20 corresponds to
the outer-surface side of the pipe 30.
Example 1

Hereinafter, description is made according to examples.
Fig. 1 shows a pipe manufacturing machine used in the
examples. A pipe manufacturing method using the pipe
manufacturing machine is as follows. A strip 20 is uncoiled
from an uncoiler 1; then the strip is reformed to be flat by
a leveler 2; then the strip is gradually rounded laterally by
a roll forming machine 5; then two lateral edges of the
laterally rounded strip are subjected to electric resistance
welding using an electric resistance welder (including an
induction heating section 6 and a squeeze roll (electric
resistance welding section) 7) so as to be formed into a pipe
30; then a weld bead portion of the pipe 30 is cut by a bead
cutter 8; then the pipe 30 after cutting is adjusted in outer
diameter by a sizer 9; and then the pipe is cut out into a
predetermined length by a pipe cutter 10. The roll forming
machine 5 has a breakdown first stand 13 at a former stage side,
and a finpass rolling stand 4 in a last stage.
In addition to the above basic configuration, at an
entrance side of the roll forming machine 5 and at an exit side
of the leveler 2, as cutting or shaving means 31, a tool
including cutting blades in a roll shape is arranged, as shown
in Fig. 2, such that the roll-shape cutting blades cut portions
at an upper-surface side of two lateral edges of the strip 20
so that the portions can be shaped with tapering having a
predetermined tapering angle γ and a predetermined tapering

distance δ, and a finpass rolling roll of the finpass rolling
first-stand 4A is made to have a fin including tapering in two
stages as shown in Fig. 4A such that portions at a lower-surface
side of the two lateral edges of the strip 20, which is being
laterally rounded, are rolled so that the portions can be shaped
with tapering having a predetermined tapering angle a and a
predetermined tapering distance β.
(Example of the invention 1)
In an example of the invention 1, using the pipe
manufacturing machine of Fig. 1, steel pipes (pipes) 600 mm
in outer diameter were manufactured from a steel strip (strip
A) 1920 mm in width and 19 .1 mm in thickness . Then, steel pipes
(pipes) 600 mm in outer diameter were manufactured from a steel
strip (strip B) 1920 mm in width and 11.3 mm in thickness.
During pipe manufacturing, tapering was shaped on lateral edges
at an upper-surface side of the strip by the cutting or shaving
means 31, and shaped on lateral edges at an lower-surface side
of the strip by the finpass rolling roll of the finpass rolling
first-stand 4A, respectively. The tapering was made to have
a tapering angle α of 30° and a tapering distance β of 5 mm
(26% of strip thickness) in both of an upper-surface side and
a lower-surface side in the strip A, and the tapering was made
to have a tapering angle a of 30° and a tapering distance β
of 2.5 mm (22% of strip thickness) in both of an upper-surface
side and a lower-surface side in the strip B. when a strip

is changed from the strip A (19.1 mm in thickness) to the strip
B (11.3 mm in thickness), a position of the cutting or shaving
means 31 was moved downward by 7.8 mm to finely adjust a cutting
position.
Test pieces were cut out from weld of the manufactured
steel pipes, and subjected to a Charpy test to evaluate
performance of the pipes. Charpy test pieces were sampled by
one for each of ten different points in a pipe length direction
in a manner that a longitudinal direction of the test piece
was parallel to a pipe circumferential direction, and a
longitudinal center of a notch corresponded to a central
position in thickness of the weld. The test pieces were formed
as JIS5 2 mm-V-notch impact test pieces, and subjected to an
impact test at -46°C, and absorbed energy and brittle fracture
surface ratios were measured. Absorbed energy of 125 Jor more,
and a brittle fracture surface ratio of 35% or less were
specified as an allowable range of performance respectively.
(Example of the invention 2)
In an example of the invention 2, the tapering angle a
in the example 1 is changed to 40°, and except for this, pipes
are manufactured and subjected to the Charpy test to evaluate
performance thereof in the same way as in the example 1.
(Comparative example 1)
In a comparative example 1, the pipe manufacturing
machine as shown in Fig. 1 was used. Furthermore, in addition

to the basic configuration of the machine, a hole-shape rolling
roll 32 as shown in Fig. 9 was arranged in place of the cutting
or shaving means 31 at an entrance side of the roll forming
machine 5, that is, an exit side of the leveler 2 such that
two lateral edges of the strip 20 were rolled so that the two
edges at both of the upper-surface side and the lower-surface
side were able to be concurrently shaped with tapering having
a predetermined tapering angle α and a predetermined tapering
distance L. In the finpass rolling roll of the finpass rolling
stand 4, a fin does not have two-stage tapering in any roll
as in the typical case.
Using the pipe manufacturing machine of Fig. 1, steel
pipes (pipes) 600 mm in outer diameter were manufactured from
a steel strip (strip A) 1920 mm in width and 19.1 mm in thickness.
Then, steel pipes (pipes) 600 mm in outer diameter were
manufactured from a steel strip (strip B) 1920 mm in width and
11.3 mm in thickness. During pipe manufacturing, portions at
both of the upper-surface side and the lower-surface side of
lateral edges of the strip were rolled by a hole-shape rolling
roll 12 so that the portions were shaped with tapering. A shape
of the tapering was made to be the same shape as in the example
of the invention 1. When a strip is changed from the strip
A (19.1 mm in thickness) to the strip B (11.3 mm in thickness),
operation of the pipe manufacturing machine was temporarily
stopped, and the hole-shape roll 12 for shaping the tapering

was changed from a roll for the strip 19.1 mm in thickness to
a roll for the strip 11.3 mm in thickness.
The manufactured steel pipes were subjected to a Charpy
test to evaluate performance of the pipes as in the example
of the invention 1.
(Prior art example 1)
A pipe manufacturing machine, was configured by removing
the hole-shape roll 32 for shaping the tapering and the cutting
or shaving means 31 from the pipe manufacturing machine of Fig.
1 in the comparative example 1. During pipe manufacturing,
the strip 20 was not shaped with tapering at two lateral edges,
and was kept to have a rectangular section profile. Except
for this, steel pipes are manufactured and subjected to the
Charpy test to evaluate performance thereof in the same way
as in the comparative example 1.
Measurements were made on Charpy impact values and
brittle fracture surface ratios of weld of the steel pipes
manufactured according to the examples, and results of the
measurements are shown in Table 1. Production efficiency in
each of the examples is also shown in Table 1. The production
efficiency is shown by relative ratios of reciprocals of
production time to a value (normalized to 1) in the prior art
example 1.
Table 1


From Table 1, in a product steel pipe according to the
prior art example 1, weld has low impact strength and a large
brittle fracture surface ratio, that-is, toughness is reduced,
and reliability of products is low. In a product steel pipe
according to the comparative example 1, weld has high impact
strength and a small brittle fracture surface ratio compared
with the prior art example 1, that is, toughness is excellent,
and reliability of products is high, but production efficiency
is reduced. In contrast to these, in a steel pipe according
to each of the examples of the invention 1 and 2, it is clear
that the weld has toughness equal to or higher than that in
the comparative example 1, in addition, production efficiency
is high in approximately the same level as in the prior art
example 1.
While the tapering shaped in the example is made such

that the upper-surface side of the strip and the lower-surface
side thereof are in symmetry with respect to a center plane
in strip thickness, this is not restrictive, and tapering may
be shaped such that the upper-surface side of the strip and
the lower-surface side thereof are in asymmetry with respect
to the center plane in strip thickness. When a pipe
manufacturing machine vertically opposite to the machine of
Fig. 1 (that is, the upper-surface side of the strip corresponds
to an outer-surface side of a pipe) is used, it is preferable
that tapering is shaped on portions at the lower-surface side
of lateral edges of the strip by cutting or shaving before
forming, and tapering is shaped by finpass rolling on portions
at the upper-surface side of the lateral edges of the strip.
Example 2
Here, electric resistance welding pipes 600 mm in
diameter were manufactured using a strip (steel strip) 1920
mm in width and 19.1 mm in thickness . Then, electric resistance
welding pipes 600 mm in diameter were manufactured using a strip
(steel strip) 1920 mm in width and 11.3 mm in thickness.
Then, test pieces were cut out from weld of the
manufactured electric resistance welding pipes, and subjected
to a Charpy test to evaluate performance of the pipes. Charpy
test pieces were sampled by one for each of ten different points
in a pipe length direction in a manner that a longitudinal

direction of the test piece was parallel to a pipe
circumferential direction, and a longitudinal center of a notch
corresponded to a central position in thickness of the weld.
The test pieces were formed as JIS5 2 mm-V-notch impact test
pieces, and subjected to an impact test at -46°C, and absorbed
energy and brittle fracture surface ratios were measured.
Absorbed energy of 125 J or more, and a brittle fracture surface
ratio of 35% or less were specified as an allowable range of
performance respectively.
(Example of the invention 21)
As an example of the invention 21, the above electric
resistance welding pipes were manufactured according to the
first embodiment. In manufacturing, the cutting roll 31a
shown in Fig. 3A was used as the cutting or shaving means 31
for shaping the tapering on both lateral edges at an
upper-surface side of the strip. The slope angle α of tapering
was made to be 30° at both of the upper-surface side and a
lower-surface side. When strip thickness was changed from
19.1 mm to 11.3 mm, a vertical position of the cutting roll
31a was moved downward by 7.8 mm to be finely adjusted.
(Example of the invention 22)
As an example of the invention 22, the above electric
resistance welding pipes were manufactured according to the
first embodiment. In manufacturing, the shaving roll 31b
shown in Fig. 3B was used as the cutting or shaving means 31

for shaping the tapering on both lateral edges at an
upper-surface side of the strip. The slope angle a of tapering
was made to be 40° at both of the upper-surface side and a
lower-surface side. When strip thickness was changed from
19.1 mm to 11.3 mm, a vertical position of the shaving roll
31b was moved downward by 7.8 mm to be finely adjusted.
(Example of the invention 23)
As an example of the invention 23, the above electric
resistance welding pipes were manufactured according to the
second embodiment. In manufacturing, the cutting roll with
tapering 31c shown in Fig. 6A was used as the cutting or shaving
means 31 for shaping the tapering on both lateral edges at an
upper-surface side of the strip. The slope angle a of tapering
was made to be 30° at both of the upper-surface side and a
lower-surface side. When strip thickness was changed from
19.1 mm to 11.3 mm, a vertical position of the cutting roll
with tapering 31c was moved downward by 7.8 mm to be finely
adjusted.
(Example of the invention 24)
As an example of the invention 24, the above electric
resistance welding pipes were manufactured according to the
second embodiment. In manufacturing, the shaving roll with
tapering 31d shown in Fig. 6B was used as the cutting or shaving
means 31 for shaping the tapering on both lateral edges at an
upper-surface side of the strip. The slope angle a of tapering

was made to be 40° at both of the upper-surface side and a
lower-surface side. When strip thickness was changed from
19.1 mm to 11.3 mm, a vertical position of the shaving roll
with tapering 31d was moved downward by 7.8 mm to be finely
adjusted.
(Comparative example 2)
As a comparative example 2, the above electric resistance
welding pipes were manufactured through the manufacturing line
shown in Fig. 1 while a hole-shape rolling roll was provided
between the leveler 2 and the roll forming machine 5, and the
hole-shape rolling roll was used to shape the tapering on both
lateral edges at an upper-surface side and a lower-surface side
of the strip. The slope angle a of the tapering was made to
be 30° at both of the upper-surface side and the lower-surface
side. In manufacturing, the cutting or shaving means 31 was
removed, and a fin shape of the finpass forming end stand 4a
was made to include usual one-stage tapering. When strip
thickness was changed from 19.1 mm to 11.3 mm, the manufacturing
line was temporarily stopped, and the hole-shape rolling roll
was changed from a roll for the strip 19.1 mm in thickness to
a roll for the strip 11.3 mm in thickness.
(Prior-art example 2)
As a prior-art example 2, the above electric resistance
welding pipes were manufactured through the manufacturing line
shown in Fig. 1 while both lateral edges of the strip were

smoothly ground between the leveler 2 and the roll forming
machine 5. In manufacturing, the cutting or shaving means 31
was removed, and a fin shape of the finpass forming end stand
4a was made to include usual one-stage tapering. When strip
thickness was changed from 19.1 mm to 11.3 mm, manufacturing
was continued without stopping the manufacturing line.
Measurements were made on Charpy impact values and
brittle fracture surface ratios of weld of the electric
resistance welding pipes manufactured according to the
examples, and results of the measurements are shown in Table
2. The table also shows a ratio of production efficiency in
each example to production efficiency, which is assumed to be
1, in the comparative example 2.
Table 2

From Table 2, in the electric resistance welding pipes

according to the examples of the invention 21 to 24, weld has
high impact strength and a small brittle fracture surface ratio,
that is, toughness is excellent, and reliability of products
is high. In contrast, in the electric resistance welding pipes
according to the prior art example 2, weld has low impact
strength and a large brittle fracture surface ratio, that is,
toughness is reduced, and reliability of products is low.
Moreover, the examples of the invention 21 to 24 are
significantly improved in production efficiency compared with
the comparative example 2.
Consequently, it was confirmed that an electric
resistance welding pipe having excellent characterization of
welded seams was able to be efficiently manufactured according
to the invention.
Example 3
Hereinafter, description is made according to an example.
In the example, the pipe manufacturing equipment shown in Fig.
1, or partially modified equipment of this was used. The pipe
manufacturing equipment is configured by an uncoiler 1, a
leveler 2, a roll forming machine 5, induction heating means
(induction heating coil) 6, a squeeze roll 7, bead cutting means
(bead cutting bite) 8, a sizer 9, and a pipe cutter 10, those
being disposed in this order. The roll forming machine 5
includes a plurality of roll stands arranged over stages from

a coarse forming stage including a breakdown first stand 13
to a finish forming stage including a finpass forming roll 4.
In the pipe manufacturing equipment, a strip (sheet) 20
is uncoiled by the uncoiler 1; then the strip is reformed to
be flat by the leveler 2; then the strip is laterally gradually
rounded by the plurality of roll stands arranged over the stages
from the coarse forming stage to the finish forming stage of
the roll forming machine 5; and then the strip is subjected
to finish forming by the finpass forming roll 4 . Since lateral
rounding of the strip 20 is substantially started from the
breakdown first stand 13, a portion before roll forming refers
to a portion from an exit side of the leveler 2 to an entrance
side of the breakdown first stand 13.
The strip 20 is formed into an opened-pipe shape after
the finish forming, and two edges in a lateral direction
(circumferential direction of the opened pipe) of the strip
is heated by the induction heating means 6, and then contacted
by pressing (subjected to electric resistance welding) by the
squeeze roll 7 to form a pipe. Then, a bead of weld of the
pipe is removed by cutting using the bead cutting means 8, and
then the pipe is subjected to constant-diameter rolling by the
sizer 9, and then the pipe is cut into a predetermined length
by the pipe cutter 10.
In the pipe manufacturing equipment of Fig. 1, as an
example of the embodiment of the invention, stone grinding

means 31 for round shaping (refer to Fig. 7) of each corner
at the upper-surface side of the strip is disposed at a roll
forming entrance side. In addition, fin corners of the finpass
forming roll 4 are shaped with a round shape in place of the
tapering, so that each corner at the lower-surface side of the
strip (outer-diameter side of the pipe) is round-shaped by
finpass forming.
A steel strip 1920 mm in width and 19.1 mm in thickness
and a steel strip 1920 mm in width and 15.3 mm in thickness
were used in this order as strips, and in both cases, steel
pipes (electric resistance welding pipes) were manufactured
with outer diameter of product pipes being 600 mm.
Test pieces were cut out from weld of the manufactured
electric resistance welding pipes, and subjected to a Charpy
test to evaluate performance of the pipes. Charpy test pieces
were sampled by one for each of ten different points in a pipe
length direction in a manner that a longitudinal direction of
the test piece was parallel to a pipe circumferential direction,
and a longitudinal center of a notch corresponded to a central
position in thickness of the weld. The test pieces were formed
as JIS5 2 mm-V-notch impact test pieces, and subjected to an
impact test at -46°C, and absorbed energy and brittle fracture
surface ratios were measured.
Absorbed energy of 125 J or more, and a brittle fracture
surface ratio of 35% or less were specified as an allowable

range of performance respectively. The following four kinds
of conditions were used as manufacturing conditions.
As an example of the invention 31, pipes were
manufactured using the pipe manufacturing equipment of Fig.
1. During pipe manufacturing, each corner at the
upper-surface side of the strip was shaped with a round shape
by stone grinding before roll forming, then each corner at the
lower-surface side of the strip (outer-diameter side of the
pipe) was shaped with a round shape by finpass forming. Radius
R of the shaped round shape was made to be 7 mm (37% of strip
thickness of 19.1 mm, and 46% of strip thickness of 15.3 mm) .
When strip thickness was changed from 19.1 mm to 15.3
mm, a position of the grinding stone was moved downward by 3.8
mm to be finely adjusted.
As an example of the invention 32, pipes were
manufactured using pipe manufacturing equipment in which a
cutting roll (omitted to be shown) was disposed in place of
the stone grinding means 3 in Fig. 1. During pipe manufacturing,
each corner at the upper-surface side of the strip was shaped
with a round shape by roll cutting using the cutting roll before
roll forming, then each corner at the lower-surface side of
the strip (outer-diameter side of the pipe) was shaped with
a round shape by finpass forming. Radius R of the shaped round
shape was made to be 4 mm (21% of strip thickness of 19.1 mm,
and 26% of strip thickness of 15.3 mm).

When strip thickness was changed from 19.1 mm to 15.3
mm, a position of the cutting roll was moved downward by 3.8
mm to be finely adjusted.
As a comparative example 3, pipes were manufactured using
pipe manufacturing equipment in which a hole-shape roll for
forming lateral edges (omitted to be shown) was disposed in
place of the stone grinding means 3 in Fig. 1, and fin corners
of the f inpass forming roll 4 were made to be in an approximately
rectangular shape. During pipe manufacturing, each of corners
at both of the upper-surface side and the lower-surface side
of the strip was shaped with a round shape by hole-shape rolling
using the hole-shape roll for forming lateral edges before roll
forming. Radius R of the shaped round shape was made to be
3 mm (16% of strip thickness of 19.1 mm, and 19% of strip
thickness of 15.3 mm).
When strip thickness was changed from 19.1 mm to 15.3
mm, the manufacturing line was temporarily stopped, and the
hole-shape roll was changed from a roll for the strip 19.1 mm
in thickness to a roll for the strip 15.3 mm in thickness.
As a prior art example 3, pipes are manufactured using
pipe manufacturing equipment in which the hole-shape roll for
forming lateral edges was removed from the pipe manufacturing
equipment used in the comparative example 3. Each of corners
at both of the upper-surface side and the lower-surface side
of the strip was still in an approximate rectangle

(approximately rectangular shape).
Measurements were made on Charpy impact values (absorbed
energy) and brittle fracture surface ratios of weld of the steel
pipes manufactured according to these conditions, and results
of the measurements are shown in Table 3. The table also shows
manufacturing time in each example by a relative ratio of each
manufacturing time to manufacturing time, which is assumed to
be 1, in the comparative example 3.
Table 3

From Table 3, in the examples of the invention 31 and
32, weld has high impact strength and a small brittle fracture
surface ratio, that is, toughness is excellent, and reliability
of products is high. In contrast, in the prior art example
3, weld has low impact strength and a large brittle fracture
surface ratio, that is, toughness is reduced, and reliability

of products is low.
Furthermore, in the examples of the invention 31 and 32,
manufacturing time is significantly reduced compared with the
comparative example 3, showing that a product of an electric
resistance welding pipe having excellent characterization of
welded seams can be efficiently manufactured according to the
invention.
Example 4
Here, electric resistance welding pipes 600 mm in
diameter were manufactured using a strip (steel strip) 1920
mm in width and 19.1 mm in thickness. Then, electric resistance
welding pipes 600 mm in diameter were manufactured using a strip
(steel strip) 1920 mm in width and 11.3 mm in thickness.
Then, test pieces were cut out from weld of the
manufactured electric resistance welding pipes, and subjected
to a Charpy test to evaluate performance of the pipes. Charpy
test pieces were sampled by one for each of ten different points
in a pipe length direction in a manner that a longitudinal
direction of the test piece was parallel to a pipe
circumferential direction, and a longitudinal center of a notch
corresponded to a central position in thickness of the weld.
The test pieces were formed as JIS5 2 mm-V-notch impact test
pieces, and subjected to an impact test at -46°C, and absorbed
energy and brittle fracture surface ratios were measured.

Absorbed energy of 125 J or more, and a brittle fracture surface
ratio of 35% or less were specified as an allowable range of
performance respectively.
(Example of the invention 41)
As an example of the invention 41, the above electric
resistance welding pipes were manufactured according to the
embodiment. In manufacturing, edges at an upper-surface side
of the strip (edges at an inner-surface side of the pipe) were
shaped with approximately straight tapering with the tapering
angle γ of 30° using the hole-shape roll 32 shown in Figs. 8A
and 8B. Then, edges at an lower surface side of the strip
(edges at an outer-surface side of the pipe) were shaped with
approximately straight tapering with the tapering angle a of
30° by finpass forming. When strip thickness was changed from
19.1 mm to 11.3 mm, a position of the hole-shape roll 32 was
moved downward by 7.8 mm to be finely adjusted.
(Comparative example 4)
As a comparative example 4, when the above electric
resistance welding pipes were manufactured, after leveler
working, or before roll forming, both of edges at an
upper-surface side of the strip and edges at a lower-surface
side thereof were concurrently shaped with approximately
straight tapering with the tapering angle of 30° using the usual
hole-shape roll shown in Fig. 4. When strip thickness was
changed from 19.1 mm to 11.3 mm, the manufacturing line was

temporarily stopped, and the hole-shape roll was changed from
a roll for the strip 19.1 mm in thickness to a roll for the
strip 11.3 mm in thickness.
(Prior-art example 4)
As a prior-art example 4, when the above electric
resistance welding pipes were manufactured, after leveler
working, or before roll forming, each strip edge was vertically
smoothly ground, then the electric resistance welding pipes
were manufactured via usual roll forming. When strip
thickness was changed from 19.1 mm to 11.3 mm, the manufacturing
line was temporarily stopped, but operation was restarted to
continue manufacturing.
Measurements were made on Charpy impact values and
brittle fracture surface ratios of weld of the electric
resistance welding pipes manufactured according to the
examples, and results of the measurements are shown in Table
4. The table 4 also shows a ratio of production efficiency
in each example to production efficiency, which is assumed to
be 1, in the comparative example 4.


From Table 4, in the electric resistance welding pipes
according to the example of the invention 41, weld has high
impact strength and a small brittle fracture surface ratio,
that is, toughness is excellent, and reliability of products
is high. In contrast, in the electric resistance welding pipes
according to the prior art example 4, weld has low impact
strength and a large brittle fracture surface ratio, that is,
toughness is reduced, and reliability of products is low.
Moreover, the example of the invention 41 is significantly
improved in production efficiency compared with the
comparative example 4.
Consequently, it was confirmed that an electric
resistance welding pipe having excellent characterization of
welded seams was able to be efficiently manufactured according
to the invention.
Example 5
Here, electric resistance welding pipes 600 mm in

diameter were manufactured using a strip (steel strip) 1920
mm in width and 19.1 mm in thickness.
Then, test pieces were cut out from weld of the
manufactured electric resistance welding pipes, and subjected
to a Charpy test to evaluate performance of the pipes. Charpy
test pieces were sampled by one for each of ten different points
in a pipe length direction in a manner that a longitudinal
direction of the test piece was parallel to a pipe
circumferential direction, and a longitudinal center of a notch
corresponded to a central position in thickness of the weld.
The test pieces were formed as JIS5 2 mm-V-notch impact test
pieces, and subjected to an impact test at -46°C, and absorbed
energy and brittle fracture surface ratios were measured.
Absorbed energy of 125 J or more, and a brittle fracture surface
ratio of 35% or less were specified as an allowable range of
performance respectively.
(Example of the invention 51)
As an example of the invention 51, the above electric
resistance welding pipes were manufactured according to the
embodiment. In manufacturing, edges at an upper-surface side
of the strip (edges at an inner-surface side of the pipe) were
shaped with approximately straight tapering with the tapering
angle γ of 30° using the hole-shape roll 32 shown in Fig. 9.
Then, edges at an lower-surface side of the strip (edges at
an outer-surface side of the pipe) were shaped with

approximately straight tapering with the tapering angle α of
30° by finpass rolling.
(Example of the invention 52)
As an example of the invention 52, the above electric
resistance welding pipes were manufactured according to the
embodiment. In manufacturing, edges at an upper-surface side
of the strip (edges at an inner-surface side of the pipe) were
shaped with approximately straight tapering with the tapering
angle γ of 45° using the hole-shape roll 32 shown in Fig. 9.
Then, edges at a lower-surface side of the strip (edges at an
outer-surface side of the pipe) were shaped with approximately
straight tapering with the tapering angle a of 40° by finpass
rolling.
(Comparative example 5)
As a comparative example 5, when the above electric
resistance welding pipes were manufactured, after leveler
working, or before roll forming, both of edges at an
upper-surface side of the strip and edges at a lower-surface
side thereof were concurrently shaped with approximately
straight tapering with the tapering angle of 20° using a cutting
tool, then the electric resistance welding pipes were
manufactured via usual roll forming.
(Prior-art example 5)
As a prior-art example 5, after leveler working, or
before roll forming, each strip edge was vertically smoothly

ground, then the electric resistance welding pipes were
manufactured via usual roll forming.
Measurements were made on Charpy impact values and
brittle fracture surface ratios of weld of the electric
resistance welding pipes manufactured according to the
examples, and results of the measurements are shown in Table
5.

From Table 5, in the electric resistance welding pipes
according to the examples of the invention 51 and 52, weld has
high impact strength and a small brittle fracture surface ratio,
that is, toughness is excellent, and reliability of products
is high. In contrast, in the electric resistance welding pipes
according to the comparative example 5 and the prior art example
5, weld has low impact strength and a large brittle fracture
surface ratio, that is, toughness is reduced, and reliability
of products is low.
Thus, it was confirmed that an electric resistance

welding pipe having excellent characterization of welded seams
was able to be manufactured according to the invention.
Example 6
Here, electric resistance welding pipes 600 mm in
diameter were manufactured using a strip (steel strip) 1920
mm in width and 19.1 mm in thickness according to the following
example of invention 61, example of invention 62, comparative
example 6, and prior-art example 6 respectively.
Then, test pieces were cut out from weld of the
manufactured electric resistance welding pipes, and subjected
to a Charpy test to evaluate performance of the pipes. Charpy
test pieces were sampled by one for each of ten different points
in a pipe length direction in a manner that a longitudinal
direction of the test piece was parallel to a pipe
circumferential direction, and a longitudinal center of a notch
corresponded to a central position in thickness of the weld.
The test pieces were formed as JIS5 2 mm-V-notch impact test
pieces, and subjected to an impact test at -46°C, and absorbed
energy and brittle fracture surface ratios were measured.
Absorbed energy of 125 J or more, and a brittle fracture surface
ratio of 35% or less were specified as an allowable range of
performance respectively.
(Example of the invention 61)
As an example of the invention 61, the above electric

resistance welding pipes were manufactured according to the
embodiment. In manufacturing, after leveler working, or
before roll forming, edges at an upper-surface side of the strip
(edges at an inner-surface side of the pipe) were cut using
a cutting tool (cutting roll) having cutting blades disposed
in a roll shape so as to be shaped with approximately straight
tapering with a tapering angle of 30° and tapering height of
70% of strip thickness. Then, edges at an outer-surface side
of the pipe (edges at a lower-surface side of the strip) were
shaped with approximately straight tapering with a tapering
angle of 30° and tapering height of 30% of strip thickness by
a second stand in two-stand finpass forming.
(Example of the invention 62)
As an example of the invention 62, the above electric
resistance welding pipes were manufactured according to the
embodiment. In manufacturing, after leveler working, or
before roll forming, edges at an upper-surface side of the strip
(edges at an inner-surface side of the pipe) were cut using
a roll-shape grinding stone so as to be shaped with
approximately straight tapering with a tapering angle of 40°
and tapering height of 85% of strip thickness. Then, edges
at an outer-surface side of the pipe (edges at a lower-surface
side of the strip) were shaped with approximately straight
tapering with a tapering angle of 40° and tapering height of
25% of strip thickness by a third stand in three-stand finpass

forming.
(Comparative example 6)
As a comparative example 6, when the above electric
resistance welding pipes were manufactured, after leveler
working, or before roll forming, both of edges at an
upper-surface side of the strip and edges at a lower-surface
side thereof were cut using a roll-shape grinding stone and
thereby shaped with approximately straight tapering with a
tapering angle of 20° and tapering height of 40% of strip
thickness. Then, forming was performed using a three-stand
finpass stand having a fin with usual one-stage tapering.
(Prior-art example 6)
As a prior-art example 6, when the above electric
resistance welding pipes were manufactured, after leveler
working, or before roll forming, each strip edge was vertically
smoothly ground, then the electric resistance welding pipes
were manufactured via usual roll forming.
Measurements were made on Charpy impact values and
brittle fracture surface ratios of weld of the electric
resistance welding . pipes manufactured according to the
examples, and results of the measurements are shown in Table
6. In the comparative example 6, tapering was decreased in
height to 10% or less of strip thickness after finpass forming
and immediately before electric resistance welding, that is,
the tapering height was significantly decreased through

finpass forming.
Table 6

From Table 6, in the electric resistance welding pipes
according to the examples of the invention 61 and 62, weld has
high impact strength and a small brittle fracture surface ratio,
that is, toughness is excellent, and reliability of products
is high. In contrast, in the electric resistance welding pipes
according to the comparative example 6 and the prior art example
6, weld has low impact strength and a large brittle fracture
surface ratio, that is, toughness is reduced, and reliability
of products is low.

Claims
1. A method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
characterized in that:
during a process that a strip is subjected to forming,
then edges thereof are confronted, and then the edges are
subjected to electric resistance welding to form a pipe,
edges at one of an upper-surface side and a lower-surface
side of the strip, or both of upper and lower-surfaces of the
strip are shaped with tapering before electric resistance
welding.
2. A method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
characterized in that:
edges at one of an upper-surface side and a lower-surface
side of a strip are shaped with tapering by cutting or shaving.
3. A method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
characterized in that:
edges at one of an upper-surface side and a lower-surface
side of a strip are shaped with tapering by a hole-shape roll.

4. A method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
characterized in that:
edges at one of an upper-surface side and a lower-surface
side of a strip are shaped with tapering by finpass forming.
5. A method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
characterized in that:
edges at one of an upper-surface side and a lower-surface
side of a strip are shaped with tapering by cutting or shaving
or by a hole-shape roll, and edges at the other side of the
strip are shaped with tapering by finpass forming.
6. The method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
according to claims 1 to 5, characterized in that:
edges at one side in a thickness direction of the strip
are round-shaped.
7. The method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
according to claims 2 to 3 or claims 5 to 6, characterized in
that:
the cutting or shaving, or the rolling using the

hole-shape roll is performed before roll forming.
8. The method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
according to claim 2 or claims 5 to 6, characterized in that:
a tool having cutting blades disposed in a roll shape,
or a roll-shape grinding stone is used, in which each cutting
blade or a stone grinding surface includes a portion being
approximately parallel to a strip edge, and a portion being
inclined to the strip edge from a middle point.
9. The method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
according to claim 2 or claims 5 to 6, characterized in that:
a strip edge is subjected to cutting or grinding while
a tool having cutting blades disposed in a roll shape, or a
roll-shape grinding stone is contacted parallel to the strip
edge, and
a strip edge is subjected to cutting or grinding while
a tool having different cutting blades disposed in a roll shape,
or a roll-shape grinding stone is obliquely contacted to the
strip edge, so that the strip edges are shaped with tapering.
10. The method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,

according to claim 1 or 2 or claims 4 to 9, characterized in
that:
the tapering immediately after cutting or grinding the
strip, or the tapering immediately after rolling the strip
using the hole-shape roll is made such that an angle from a
perpendicular is in a range of 25° to 50°, and length of a
perpendicular from a starting position to an end position of
the tapering is 50% to 90% of strip thickness.
11. The method of manufacturing electric resistance welding
pipes, which improves characterization of welded seams,
according to claims 1 to 10, characterized in that:
tapering of the strip immediately before electric
resistance welding is made such that an angle from a
perpendicular is in a range of 25° to 50°, and length of a
perpendicular from a starting position to an end position of
the tapering is 20% to 45% of strip thickness.

A method of efficiently manufacturing electric
resistance welding pipes having excellent characterization of welded seams is provided, by which each lateral edge of a rounded strip immediately before electric resistance welding
is securely shaped with desired tapering flexibly in response to change in strip thickness, so that welding quality may be
kept to be excellent. A method of manufacturing electric resistance welding pipes, in which a strip 20 is subjected to forming, then edges thereof are confronted, and then the edges
are subjected to electric resistance welding to form a pipe 30, includes a process that an edge and an edge opposed thereto at one of an upper-surface side and a lower-surface side of
the strip are shaped with tapering before the forming by means of cutting or shaving 3, or finpass forming 4.

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Patent Number 271724
Indian Patent Application Number 1561/KOLNP/2008
PG Journal Number 10/2016
Publication Date 04-Mar-2016
Grant Date 02-Mar-2016
Date of Filing 17-Apr-2008
Name of Patentee JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Applicant Address 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 KAZUHITO KENMOCHI C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 100-0011
2 HIROYASU YOKOYAMA C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
3 YUJI SUGIMOTO C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
4 YOSHIFUMI FUJIOKA C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
5 KEI SAKATA C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
6 TOMOHIRO INOQUE C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
7 HIROYUKI SHIROSOWA C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
8 MOTOAKI EGI C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
9 YASUO NISHIDA C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
10 MUNEYOSHI MURAKAMI C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
11 KAZUHITO KENMOCHI C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 100-0011
12 HIROYASU YOKOYAMA C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
13 YUJI SUGIMOTO C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
14 YOSHIFUMI FUJIOKA C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
15 KEI SAKATA C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
16 TOMOHIRO INOQUE C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
17 HIROYUKI SHIROSOWA C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
18 MOTOAKI EGI C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
19 YASUO NISHIDA C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
20 MUNEYOSHI MURAKAMI C/O INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPT., JFE STEEL CORPORATION 2-3, UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-0011
PCT International Classification Number B23K 13/00
PCT International Application Number PCT/JP2006/322793
PCT International Filing date 2006-11-09
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 2006-163202 2006-06-13 Japan
2 2006-124551 2006-04-28 Japan
3 2005-326802 2005-11-11 Japan
4 2005-362720 2005-12-16 Japan
5 2006-124553 2006-04-28 Japan