A high-nitrogen nickel-free austenitic stainless steel seamless thin-walled tube, a high-safety nickel-free metal-based drug-eluting vascular stent manufactured therefrom, and manufacturing methods therefor. In the process of manufacturing a stent tube, the nitrogen content of a material is further increased by means of stage-by-stage nitriding, so as to obtain a high-nitrogen nickel-free austenitic stainless steel seamless thin-walled tube having the nitrogen content of 0.8-1.2% as a metal stent platform material. By using rolling line contact type electrochemical polishing, the surface of the stent forms a micron-scale protrusion-recess structure by means of crystal grains having different orientations, thus improving a binding force between a metal stent material and a drug coating. The vascular stent has the characteristics of high fatigue life, high biological safety, and a high binding force between the drug coating and a substrate.

A method that improves stretch flange formability of a steel sheet by individual treatment matching a material of the steel sheet without performing heat treatment in a die. This method is a method for manufacturing a steel sheet for cold press, and the steel sheet is manufactured by heating an edge of the steel sheet to a temperature within a heating temperature range preset according to a microstructure of the steel sheet and cooling the steel sheet. A region, within an edge of the steel sheet subjected to shearing in a shearing step, where it is estimated that a stretch flange crack is likely to occur when a press component is formed by cold pressing is determined, and a site to be heated and cooled is set within the region. By press-forming the manufactured steel sheet, a target press component is manufactured.

Metallic tubular products having improved collapse resistance are disclosed. The metallic tubular products are produced by compressive forming processes. The method comprises identifying the types of stress that can be applied in order to change the residual stress profile of metallic tubular products, such as those that have completed a straightening process, and results in a residual stress profile that improves collapse resistance. The metallic tubular products are subjected to radial compression processing to control the residual stress profile and to enhance collapse resistance. The radial compression process may be used after the tubular product has been subjected to a straightening process.

Metallic tubular products having improved collapse resistance are disclosed. The metallic tubular products are produced by compressive forming processes. The method comprises identifying the types of stress that can be applied in order to change the residual stress profile of metallic tubular products, such as those that have completed a straightening process, and results in a residual stress profile that improves collapse resistance. The metallic tubular products are subjected to radial compression processing to control the residual stress profile and to enhance collapse resistance. The radial compression process may be used after the tubular product has been subjected to a straightening process.

A drill string component, in particular a drilling collar component, an MWD component, or an LWD component for use in oilfield technology and particularly in deep drilling, is provided. A method of making a drill string component, and a steel alloy useful in making a drill string component, are also provided.

A processing method of NPR steel rebar rod is disclosed. The NPR steel rebar is cold processed and has a yield strength of 800˜950 MPa, a tensile strength of 900˜1100 MPa, and a percentage elongation at maximum force of not less than 10˜40%. The processing method comprises the following steps: a I-shaped placing step L20, an uncoiling step L30, a flattening step L40, a butt welding step L50, a sandblasting step L60, a straightening step L70, a pointing step L80, a hydraulic head-pushing step L90, a cold drawn spiral ribbing step L10, a straight forward continuous wire drawing and traction step L11, a pre-straightening step L12, a fine straightening step L13, and a cutting-off step L14. The processing method can meet the automatic intelligent production requirements of NPR steel rebar, cold rolled spiral NPR steel rebar, and pre-stressed NPR steel rebar.

A description is given of a method and a device for forging a rod-shaped workpiece (5) which is deformed with the aid of forging tools (1, 2, 3, 4) in the sense of a cross-sectional displacement perpendicular to the forging axis (a) and is subjected to an axial advancement and possibly a rotation about the forging axis (a) during the pauses in the engagement of the forging tools (1, 2, 3, 4). In order to achieve an advantageous grain refinement, it is proposed that the workpiece (5) is deformed in the sense of the cross-sectional displacement perpendicular to the forging axis (a) in a bending zone (13) between two central supports (11) by means of the forging tools (1, 2, 3, 4) acting on the workpiece (5) radially in relation to the forging axis (a).

A description is given of a method and a device for forging a rod-shaped workpiece (5) which is deformed with the aid of forging tools (1, 2, 3, 4) in the sense of a cross-sectional displacement perpendicular to the forging axis (a) and is subjected to an axial advancement and possibly a rotation about the forging axis (a) during the pauses in the engagement of the forging tools (1, 2, 3, 4). In order to achieve an advantageous grain refinement, it is proposed that the workpiece (5) is deformed in the sense of the cross-sectional displacement perpendicular to the forging axis (a) in a bending zone (13) between two central supports (11) by means of the forging tools (1, 2, 3, 4) acting on the workpiece (5) radially in relation to the forging axis (a).

Provided is a carbon steel wire excellent in shear resistance as compared with a conventional one and a method of manufacturing such a carbon steel wire. Provided is a carbon steel wire 1 having a wire diameter of from 0.1 to 0.6 mm, and when the radius of a circular cross-section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction is r and a region from the outer periphery of the circular cross-section toward the center to 0.4r is a surface layer portion 2, the occupancy ratio of a crystal texture in the [110] orientation with respect to the longitudinal direction in the surface layer portion 2 is 60% or less.

Provided is a carbon steel wire excellent in shear resistance as compared with a conventional one and a method of manufacturing such a carbon steel wire. Provided is a carbon steel wire 1 having a wire diameter of from 0.1 to 0.6 mm, and when the radius of a circular cross-section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction is r and a region from the outer periphery of the circular cross-section toward the center to 0.4r is a surface layer portion 2, the occupancy ratio of a crystal texture in the [110] orientation with respect to the longitudinal direction in the surface layer portion 2 is 60% or less.