A profiling station, a profiling unit formed therefrom and also a profiling installation continuously form a material strip into a profile. The profiling station includes a rack frame, a profiling arrangement with a forming roller and also a first and a second counter roller as well as a drive assembly. A first roller axis and a second roller axis of the counter rollers form between them a buckling angle, wherein the counter rollers define a bending edge for the material strip to be formed. The first counter roller and also the second counter roller are driven by the drive assembly in such a way that the first counter roller has a circumferential speed at its outer circumference and the second counter roller has a circumferential speed at its outer circumference that are equal to one another.

Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a welded pipe, which includes: bending a stainless steel strip while conveying the stainless steel strip in one direction to thereby form a pipe; and welding a butting part of the formed pipe.

Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a welded pipe, which includes: bending a stainless steel strip while conveying the stainless steel strip in one direction to thereby form a pipe; and welding a butting part of the formed pipe.

A steel product includes the following chemical composition in wt. %: C: 0.01 to <0.3, Mn: 4 to <10, Al: 0.003 to 2.9, Mo: 0.01 to 0.8, Si: 0.02 to 0.8, Ni: 0.005 to 3, P: <0.04, S: <0.02, N: <0.02, with the remainder being iron including unavoidable steel-associated elements, wherein an alloy composition satisfies the equation 6<1.5 Mn+Ni<8; or the equation 0.11<C+Al<3, or an alloy composition contains, in addition to Ni, at least one or more of the elements, in wt. %, B: 0.0005 to 0.014; V: 0.006 to 0.1; Nb: 0.003 to 0.1; Co: 0.003 to 3; W: 0.03 to 2 or Zr: 0.03 to 1. The steel product has a microstructure of 2 to 90 vol. % austenite, less than 40 vol. % ferrite and/or bainite, with the remainder being martensite.

A heat transfer tube and a heat exchanger incorporating at least one heat transfer tube are provided. The heat transfer tube and the heat exchanger are optimized for use within an air conditioner (which is configured to operate only in a cooling mode). The heat transfer tube includes a tube body with an interior surface and an exterior surface. The tube body defining an outer diameter (D.sub.o) and a wall thickness (W.sub.T), wherein a ratio (W.sub.T/D.sub.o) the wall thickness (W.sub.T) to the outer diameter (D.sub.o) is between 0.061 and 0.071. The heat transfer tube includes multiple pluralities of adjacent helical fins protruding circumferentially around the interior surface of the tube body at respective helix angles. The multiple pluralities are separated by one or more transition area(s).

To improve forming performance in a smart mill allowing implementation of required forming by moving a forming tool arranged in a stand of a pipe mill automatically to a predetermined position.

Non-drive type breakdown rolls BD exclusive to bending are arranged in multiple stands. Drive roll DR stands exclusive to driving are arranged in stages in front of and behind each DR stand. The drive roll DR is configured to apply thrust to a central portion of a raw material using an upper flat roll and a lower flat roll, and has thrust control means and driving rotation number control means for applying thrust required for passage through the step using the drive rolls DR in multiple stages entirely and controlling the thrust. Applying the thrust under pressure control to the central portion of the material using the upper and lower flat rolls at the DR stand provides a definite roll reference diameter and feeds the raw material at a constant speed and thrust, making it possible to ensure thrust required for various product diameters or thicknesses.

To improve forming performance in a smart mill allowing implementation of required forming by moving a forming tool arranged in a stand of a pipe mill automatically to a predetermined position.

Non-drive type breakdown rolls BD exclusive to bending are arranged in multiple stands. Drive roll DR stands exclusive to driving are arranged in stages in front of and behind each DR stand. The drive roll DR is configured to apply thrust to a central portion of a raw material using an upper flat roll and a lower flat roll, and has thrust control means and driving rotation number control means for applying thrust required for passage through the step using the drive rolls DR in multiple stages entirely and controlling the thrust. Applying the thrust under pressure control to the central portion of the material using the upper and lower flat rolls at the DR stand provides a definite roll reference diameter and feeds the raw material at a constant speed and thrust, making it possible to ensure thrust required for various product diameters or thicknesses.

A multi-tubular beam for a vehicle, such as a vehicle structure or a bumper reinforcement, includes an elongated beam formed with a metal sheet. The metal sheet has a central section and outer sections extending along a length of the metal sheet. The outer sections are disposed in opposing directions from the outer edges of the central section to provide adjacent first and second tubular portions. The central section forms a common center wall between the adjacent first and second tubular portions. A first edge portion of the metal sheet is disposed along and in parallel alignment with the center wall. The first edge portion is attached to the center wall at a first weld joint to form the first tubular portion. The first weld joint includes a weld material that extends through a thickness of the center wall and into a thickness of the first edge portion.

A multi-tubular beam for a vehicle, such as a vehicle structure or a bumper reinforcement, includes an elongated beam formed with a metal sheet. The metal sheet has a central section and outer sections extending along a length of the metal sheet. The outer sections are disposed in opposing directions from the outer edges of the central section to provide adjacent first and second tubular portions. The central section forms a common center wall between the adjacent first and second tubular portions. A first edge portion of the metal sheet is disposed along and in parallel alignment with the center wall. The first edge portion is attached to the center wall at a first weld joint to form the first tubular portion. The first weld joint includes a weld material that extends through a thickness of the center wall and into a thickness of the first edge portion.

A forming method of a nickel aluminum (NiAl) alloy tubular part with micro flow channels including preparing a laminated tube blank. A step of fixing aluminum wires to an outer surface of the laminated tube blank to prepare a middle tube blank. A step of winding a nickel (Ni) flexible substrate and an Al flexible substrate on an outer surface of the middle tube blank to prepare a composite tube blank. A step of carrying out hot gas forming on the composite tube blank to prepare a composite tubular part. A step of carrying out in-mold first-stage reaction synthesis to make the Ni flexible substrate chemically react with the aluminum (Al) flexible substrate. A step of carrying out in-mold second-stage reaction synthesis to melt all the aluminum wires. A step of carrying out hot isostatic pressing treatment to prepare the NiAl alloy tubular part with the micro flow channels.