A seamless steel pipe of the present invention is a seamless steel pipe having a composition that includes, in mass %, C: 0.02 to 0.12%, Si: 0.010 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.10 to 2.00%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.004% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.100%, Cu: 0.03 to 0.80%, Ni: 0.02 to 0.50%, Cr: 0.55 to 1.00%, Sb: 0.005 to 0.20%, and the balance Fe and incidental impurities, and satisfying the following formula (1),

1.7×Cu*+11×Cr*+3.8×Sb*≥13.5   (1), where Cu*, Cr*, and Sb* represent average concentrations of Cu, Cr, and Sb, respectively, in mass %, as measured in a region 0.5 to 2.0 mm away from an outer surface of the steel pipe, the seamless steel pipe having a yield strength of 230 MPa or more, and a tensile strength of 380 MPa or more.

An alloy material is provided that has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 2.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Cr: 28.0 to 40.0%, Ni: 32.0 to 55.0%, sol. Al: 0.010 to 0.30%, N: more than 0.30% and not more than 0.000214×Ni.sup.2−0.03012×Ni+0.00215×Cr.sup.2−0.08567×Cr+1.927, O: 0.010% or less, Mo: 0 to 6.0%, W: 0 to 12.0%, Ca: 0 to 0.010%, Mg: 0 to 0.010%, V: 0 to 0.50%, Ti: 0 to 0.50%, Nb: 0 to 0.50%, Co: 0 to 2.0%, Cu: 0 to 2.0%, REM: 0 to 0.10%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and in which Fn1=Mo+(½)W is 1.0 to 6.0, and a yield strength at a 0.2% proof stress is 1103 MPa or more.

An austenitic stainless steel material is provided that has high creep strength even when used at an average operation temperature of more than 600 to 750° C. after welding with higher heat input, and furthermore, has excellent stress relaxation cracking resistance even after use for a long time period at the average operation temperature after welding with higher heat input. The steel material has a chemical composition which consists of, in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.50% or less, Mn: 2.00% or less, P: 0.045% or less, S: 0.0300% or less, Cr: 15.00 to 25.00%, Ni: 8.00 to 20.00%, N: 0.050 to 0.250%, Nb: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mo: 0.05 to 5.00%, and B: 0.0005 to 0.0100%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and a ratio of the dissolved N amount (mass %) with respect to the content of N (mass %) in the steel material is 0.40 to 0.90.

Provided is a forming device that forms a heated metal material, the forming device including: a die that performs quench forming by coming into contact with the metal material; a cooling unit that is provided inside the die to cool the die; and a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the die, in which the cooling unit adjusts a cooling capacity on the basis of a detection result of the temperature sensor.

Provided is a steel used for chassis parts, etc. of an automobile and, more specifically, to a hot rolled steel plate for an electric resistance welded steel pipe, which shows an excellent weldability in electric resistance welding, and a manufacturing method thereof.

Provided are a hot-rolled steel sheet for an electric resistance welded steel pipe and a method for manufacturing the same, an electric resistance welded steel pipe and a method for manufacturing the same, a line pipe, and a building structure. The hot-rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.030% or more and 0.20% or less, Si: 0.02% or more and 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.40% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.020% or less, N: 0.0070% or more and 0.10% or less, and Al: 0.005% or more and 0.080% or less, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which N dissolved in steel is contained in an amount of 0.0010% or more and 0.090% or less, and letting a sheet thickness be t, a steel microstructure at a ½t position has an average grain size of 20.0 μm or less.

Provided are a hot-rolled steel sheet for an electric resistance welded steel pipe and a method for manufacturing the same, an electric resistance welded steel pipe and a method for manufacturing the same, a line pipe, and a building structure. The hot-rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.030% or more and 0.20% or less, Si: 0.02% or more and 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.40% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.020% or less, N: 0.0070% or more and 0.10% or less, and Al: 0.005% or more and 0.080% or less, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which N dissolved in steel is contained in an amount of 0.0010% or more and 0.090% or less, and letting a sheet thickness be t, a steel microstructure at a ½t position has an average grain size of 20.0 μm or less.

This cooling device includes a first cooling mechanism and a second cooling mechanism. The first cooling mechanism includes a first nozzle disposed to be aligned with a heating coil on a downstream side and whose injection direction of a refrigerant is a first injection direction, a second nozzle disposed to be aligned with the first nozzle on a downstream side and whose injection direction of the refrigerant is a second injection direction intersecting the first injection direction, a first valve selectively switching a supply destination of the refrigerant between one and the other of the first nozzle and the second nozzle, and a first control unit controlling the first valve. The second cooling mechanism includes a third nozzle disposed on a side opposite to the first nozzle and the second nozzle with the extension line sandwiched therebetween and whose injection direction of the refrigerant is a third injection direction forming an angle of 20 degrees or more and 70 degrees or less with respect to a bent inner circumferential surface of a bent portion.

Special usage steels, particularly those intended to be in contact with combustion fumes, are described. Tubular components produced based on such steels are also described. The steel both is resistant to the coking phenomenon and has improved mechanical performances. The steel contains in percentage by weight from 0.08 to 0.15% carbon, from 0.4 to 0.8% manganese, from 1.5 to 2.5% silicon, from 0.5 to 2% copper, from 8 to 10% chrome, from 0.5 to 3% nickel, from 0.01 to 0.07% nitrogen, from 0.8 to 1.1% molybdenum, with the remainder being iron and impurities.

Special usage steels, particularly those intended to be in contact with combustion fumes, are described. Tubular components produced based on such steels are also described. The steel both is resistant to the coking phenomenon and has improved mechanical performances. The steel contains in percentage by weight from 0.08 to 0.15% carbon, from 0.4 to 0.8% manganese, from 1.5 to 2.5% silicon, from 0.5 to 2% copper, from 8 to 10% chrome, from 0.5 to 3% nickel, from 0.01 to 0.07% nitrogen, from 0.8 to 1.1% molybdenum, with the remainder being iron and impurities.