Provided herein is a stainless steel seamless pipe having a composition that contains, in mass %, C: 0.06% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.01% or more and 1.0% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 15.2% or more and 18.5% or less, Mo: 1.5% or more and 4.3% or less, Cu: 1.1% or more and 3.5% or less, Ni: 3.0% or more and 6.5% or less, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.10% or less, O: 0.010% or less, and Sb: 0.001% or more and 1.000% or less, and in which C, Si, Mn, Cr, Ni, Mo, Cu, and N satisfy the predetermined formula, and the balance is Fe and incidental impurities, the stainless steel seamless pipe having a microstructure containing 30% or more martensitic phase, 65% or less ferrite phase, and 40% or less retained austenite phase by volume.

A method is used to manufacture a tube having a hollow interior for housing an axle shaft. The tube is formed in a single machine having a fixed base and a single press structure movable toward the fixed base. The single machine includes first and second die assemblies coupled to the fixed base and first and second mandrels coupled to the single press structure. The method includes the steps of placing a billet into the first die assembly, pressing the billet into the first die assembly with the first mandrel to producing a pre-formed billet, and moving the pre-formed billet from the first die assembly to the second die assembly. THE method further includes the steps of pressing the pre-formed billet into the second die assembly with the second mandrel to elongate the pre-formed billet and form a hollow interior therein to produce an extruded tube.

Provided herein is a dual-phase stainless steel having excellent carbon dioxide corrosion resistance, excellent sulfide stress corrosion cracking resistance, and excellent sulfide stress cracking resistance. The dual-phase stainless steel contains, in mass %, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.10 to 1.5%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 20.0 to 30.0%, Ni: 5.0 to 10.0%, Mo: 2.0 to 5.0%, Cu: 2.0 to 6.0%, N: less than 0.07%, and the balance Fe and unavoidable impurities, and has a structure that is 20 to 70% austenite phase, and 30 to 80% ferrite phase in terms of a volume fraction.

Provided herein is a high-strength seamless steel pipe, and a method for manufacturing same. A high-strength seamless steel pipe of the present invention has a steel microstructure with a prior austenite grain size of 11.0 or more in terms of a grain size number in compliance with ASTM E112, and has a yield strength of 862 MPa or more and 965 MPa or less.

The present invention relates to steel used for a sash component and the like of a vehicle and, more specifically, to a hot-rolled steel sheet for a high-strength electric resistance welded steel pipe having excellent expandability and a method for manufacturing same, the hot-rolled steel sheet having a smaller decrease in the strength of a welding heat-affected zone (HAZ) formed during electric resistance welding, in comparison with a base material.

A method is used to manufacture a tube having a hollow interior for housing an axle shaft. The tube is formed in a single machine having a fixed base and a single press structure movable toward the fixed base. The single machine includes first and second die assemblies coupled to the fixed base and first and second mandrels coupled to the single press structure. The method includes the steps of placing a billet into the first die assembly, pressing the billet into the first die assembly with the first mandrel to producing a pre-formed billet, and moving the pre-formed billet from the first die assembly to the second die assembly. THE method further includes the steps of pressing the pre-formed billet into the second die assembly with the second mandrel to elongate the pre-formed billet and form a hollow interior therein to produce an extruded tube.

A method is used to manufacture a tube having a hollow interior for housing an axle shaft. The tube is formed in a single machine having a fixed base and a single press structure movable toward the fixed base. The single machine includes first and second die assemblies coupled to the fixed base and first and second mandrels coupled to the single press structure. The method includes the steps of placing a billet into the first die assembly, pressing the billet into the first die assembly with the first mandrel to producing a pre-formed billet, and moving the pre-formed billet from the first die assembly to the second die assembly. THE method further includes the steps of pressing the pre-formed billet into the second die assembly with the second mandrel to elongate the pre-formed billet and form a hollow interior therein to produce an extruded tube.

There is provided a duplex stainless steel tube including a chemical composition consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.008 to 0.030%, Si: 0.10 to 0.70%, Mn: 0.80 to 2.60%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, O: 0.0004 to 0.0150%, Sn: 0.0001% or more to less than 0.0100%, Cu: 0.10 to 2.50%, Ni: more than 2.50 to 5.50% or less, Cr: 21.5 to 25.5%, Mo: 0.10 to 0.50%, N: 0.050 to 0.200%, Al: 0.200% or less, and optional elements, with the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein 4S+8O+Sn is 0.0040 to 0.0900, and 4S+Sn is 0.0180 or less.

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.

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.