Seamless steel pipe material selection guide for different applications
Seamless steel pipes are essential components in various industries, each designed for specific applications and environments. Understanding the different materials available for seamless pipes is crucial for optimizing performance and reliability. Let’s delve into the various materials used for different purposes:
Structural Seamless Steel Pipe: Primarily used for general structures and mechanical structures. Representative materials (grades): Carbon Steel ASTM A106 Grade B, ASTM A53 Grade B; Alloy Steel ASTM A335 P11, ASTM A213 T22, ASTM A335 P12, ASTM A335 P5, ASTM A335 P9, ASTM A335 P91, etc.
Fluid Transport Seamless Steel Pipe: Mainly used for fluid pipeline transportation in engineering and large-scale equipment. Representative materials (grades): ASTM A106 Grade B, ASTM A53 Grade B, ASTM A333 Grade 6, etc.
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Low and Medium Pressure Boiler Seamless Steel Pipe: Used for conveying low and medium-pressure fluids in industrial and residential boilers. Representative materials: ASTM A179, ASTM A192.
High Pressure Boiler Seamless Steel Pipe: Utilized for high-temperature and high-pressure fluid collection boxes and pipelines in power plants and nuclear power plants. Representative materials: ASTM A335 P91, ASTM A335 P22, ASTM A335 P11.
Seamless Steel Pipes for Shipbuilding: Carbon steel and carbon manganese steel seamless pipes mainly used for I and II level pressure-resistant pipes in ship boilers and superheaters. Representative materials: ASTM A179, ASTM A192, ASTM A210 Grade A1.
Seamless Steel Pipes for High-pressure Fertilizer Equipment: Applied in transporting high-temperature and high-pressure fluids in fertilizer equipment. Representative materials: ASTM A335 P91, ASTM A335 P22, ASTM A335 P11, ASTM A335 P5.
Seamless Steel Pipes for Petroleum Cracking: Primarily used in boilers, heat exchangers, and fluid pipelines in petroleum refining plants. Representative materials: ASTM A335 P91, ASTM A335 P22, ASTM A335 P11, ASTM A335 P5.
Seamless Steel Pipes for Gas Cylinders: Mainly used in the production of various gas and hydraulic cylinders. Representative materials: ASTM A519 Grade 4130, ASTM A519 Grade 4140, ASTM A519 Grade 1026, etc.
Hot-rolled Seamless Steel Pipes for Hydraulic Props: Utilized in the production of hydraulic props, cylinders, pillars in coal mines, as well as other hydraulic cylinders and pillars. Representative materials: ASTM A519 Grade 1026, ASTM A519 Grade 4130, ASTM A519 Grade 4140, etc.
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High-pressure Seamless Steel Pipes for Diesel Engines: Primarily used in high-pressure oil pipes for diesel engine injection systems. Typically cold-drawn pipes. Representative materials: ASTM A519 Grade 1026, ASTM A519 Grade 4140.
Cold-drawn or Cold-rolled Precision Seamless Steel Pipes: Mainly used in mechanical structures, carbon pressing equipment, requiring high dimensional accuracy and good surface finish. Representative materials: ASTM A519 Grade 1026, ASTM A519 Grade 4140, etc.
Cold-drawn Seamless Steel Pipes for Special-shaped Pipes: Used in the production of various structural components and parts, with materials including high-quality carbon structural steel and low-alloy structural steel.
Precision Inner Diameter Seamless Steel Pipes for Hydraulic and Pneumatic Cylinders: Mainly used in the production of hydraulic and pneumatic cylinder tubes with precise inner diameter dimensions, through cold drawing or cold rolling. Representative materials: ASTM A519 Grade 1026, ASTM A519 Grade 4130, etc.
Stainless Steel Seamless Pipes for Boilers and Heat Exchangers: Primarily used in boilers, superheaters, heat exchangers, condensers, catalytic tubes, etc., in chemical industry enterprises, requiring resistance to high temperature, high pressure, and corrosion. Representative materials: ASTM A312 TP304/304L, ASTM A312 TP316/316L, etc.
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Stainless Steel Seamless Pipes for Structural Use: Mainly used in general structures (hotels, restaurant decorations), and mechanical structures in chemical industry enterprises, requiring resistance to atmospheric and acid corrosion and having a certain strength. Representative materials: ASTM A312 TP304/304L, ASTM A312 TP316/316L, etc.
Stainless Steel Seamless Pipes for Fluid Transport: Used for transporting corrosive media pipelines. Representative materials: ASTM A312 TP304/304L, ASTM A312 TP316/316L, etc.
Seamless Steel Pipes for Automobile Axle Sleeves: Mainly used in the production of automobile axle sleeves and drive axle shell axle tubes with high-quality carbon structural steel and alloy structural steel hot-rolled seamless steel pipes. Representative materials: ASTM A519 Grade 1026, ASTM A519 Grade 4140, etc.
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