Cold-rolled narrow strip in the form of flat wire or profiled elements made of a high-strength steel

Abstract

A flat wire or a narrow strip has a profiled cross-section and is composed of a high-strength steel having the following composition (in weight-%): C 0.2-0.9%, Mn 12-25%, Si up to 0.5%, Al 0.5-2.0%, Cr 1.8-3.5%, S max. 0.005%, P max. 0.06%, N max. 0.1%, Mo max. 1.5%, B max. 0.01%, Ni max. 2.0%, Cu max. 2.0%, Ca max. 0.015%, Nb 0.02-0.35% and/or V 0.02-0.35%, and, as the remainder, iron and unavoidable, production-related contaminants. The wire or strip is cold-rolled and/or cold-profiled from wire-form precursor material, and has improved R.sub.p0.2, R.sub.m, and A80 mechanical values.

Claims

1. Flat wire or narrow strip having a profiled cross-section, composed of a high-strength steel having the following composition (in weight percent): C 0.2-0.9%, Mn 12-25%, Si 0.2-0.5%, Al 0.5-2.0%, Cr 1.8-3.5%, S max. 0.005%, P max. 0.06%, N max. 0.1%, Mo max. 1.5%, B max. 0.01%, Ni max. 2.0%, Cu max. 2.0%, Ca max. 0.015%, Nb 0.02-0.35% and/or V 0.02-0.35%, in each instance, and, as the remainder, iron and unavoidable, production-related contaminants, cold-rolled and/or cold-profiled from wire-form precursor material, with optionally at least one intermediate annealing and/or an optional final annealing treatment, to achieve the following mechanical values: R.sub.p0.2 1000-1500 MPa, R.sub.m 1100-1800 MPa, A80 5-25%, for the production of armoring plies in flexible pipes for conveying petroleum and natural gas, as well as for transport of liquefied natural gas (FLNG) under acid gas conditions.

2. Flat wire or narrow strip according to claim 1, wherein the steel is treated with a calcium treatment having a Ca content of at least 0.0015 weight percent.

3. Flat wire or narrow strip according to claim 1, wherein the high-strength steel for the flat wire or the narrow strip has an austenite structure.

4. Flat wire or narrow strip according to claim 1, wherein the high-strength steel for the flat wire or the narrow strip has TWIP properties.

5. Flat wire or narrow strip according to claim 1, wherein the high-strength steel is used for a narrow strip having round edges or edges rolled in defined manner, as a reinforcement strip for the production of wound armoring plies.

6. Flat wire or narrow strip according to claim 1, wherein the high-strength steel is used for a narrow strip having a profiled cross-section, as an armoring strip, for the production of wound armoring plies.

7. Flat wire or narrow strip according to claim 1, wherein the high-strength steel is used for a narrow strip as a casing in a hose-like flexible core of a flexible pipe.

8. Flat wire or narrow strip according to claim 1, wherein the narrow strip is used as a holder, correspondingly shaped in terms of its cross-section, for another elongated element.

9. Flat wire or narrow strip according to claim 1, wherein the steel further comprises 0.01-0.35% weight percent Ti.

10. Method for the production of the flat wire or narrow strip having a profiled cross-section, composed of high-strength steel according to claim 1, wherein the high-strength steel is cast to form billets or blocks, the billets or blocks are rolled to wire diameters between 5-30 mm, via hot rolling, and subsequently drawn to a defined intermediate diameter, as wire, in a drawing system, in one or more passes, in the cold state, and afterward, this steel wire is cold-rolled to the final dimensions and the final shape, in one or more passes.

11. Method according to claim 10, wherein a steel alloy melted in an electric steel mill is subsequently treated by secondary metallurgy, degassed in a vacuum system, and cast to form billets, using extrusion, or to form blocks.

12. Method according to claim 11, wherein the directly cast or billets, are heated to temperatures of approximately 1150 C. in a heating furnace, and rolled to wire diameters between 5-30 mm in a wire-rolling lane, and subsequently cooled.

13. Method according to claim 12, wherein the hot-rolled steel wire is pickled to remove scale, and subsequently drawn to a defined intermediate diameter on a drawing system, in one or more passes.

14. Method according to claim 13, wherein the cold-drawn steel wire is brought to a rectangular final dimension having round or flat edges, or edges rolled in defined manner, via flat-rolling of the wire to an intermediate dimension.

15. Method according to claim 14, wherein the cold-drawn steel wire is rolled to a defined intermediate profile via cold rolling, in one or more passes, subsequently annealed at least once, and brought to the profiled final shape via at least one cold rolling.

16. Method according to claim 15, wherein after cold rolling to the profiled final shape, an annealing treatment is carried out in the temperature range between 400-700 C.

17. Method according to claim 16, wherein the annealing treatment serves as a final treatment for establishing the mechanical values and/or for reducing inherent stresses.

18. Method according to claim 15, wherein the annealing treatment is carried out between the drawing and/or rolling treatments, as hood annealing in the coil, under inert gas.

19. Method according to claim 17, wherein the annealing treatment is carried out between the drawing and/or rolling treatments, in a pass-through method, with conductive heating.

20. Method according to claim 18, wherein the steel melt is treated with a calcium treatment, with a Ca content of at least 0.0015 weight %.

21. Method according to claim 10, wherein the annealing treatment is carried out between the drawing and/or rolling treatments, in a pass-through method, with inductive heating.

22. A pipe comprising the flat wire or narrow strip according to claim 1, for a flexible pipe for conveying petroleum and natural gas, as well as for transport of liquefied natural gas (FLNG) under acid gas conditions, the pipe having an inner, hose-like fluid conductor as well as at least one ply of armoring strips disposed in the fluid conductor in helical form or wound onto or over the fluid conductor, composed of the high-strength steel for flat wire or narrow strip having a profiled cross-section.

23. Flat wire or narrow strip having a profiled cross-section, composed of a high-strength steel having the following composition (in weight percent): C 0.2-0.9%, Mn 12-25%, Si 0.2-0.5%, Al 0.5-2.0%, Cr 1.8-3.5%, S max. 0.005%, P max. 0.06%, N max. 0.1%, Mo max. 1.5%, B max. 0.01%, Ni max. 2.0%, Cu max. 2.0%, Ca max. 0.015%, Nb 0.02-0.35% and/or V 0.02-0.35%, in each instance, and, as the remainder, iron and unavoidable, production-related contaminants, cold-rolled and/or cold-profiled from wire-form precursor material, with optionally at least one intermediate annealing and/or an optional final annealing treatment, to achieve the following mechanical values: R.sub.p0.2 500-1650 MPa, R.sub.m 1100-1700 MPa, A80 3-50%, for the production of armoring plies in flexible pipes for conveying petroleum and natural gas, as well as for transport of liquefied natural gas (FLNG) under acid gas conditions.

24. Flat wire or narrow strip according to claim 23, wherein the steel further comprises 0.01-0.35% weight percent Ti.

25. Flat wire or narrow strip having a profiled cross-section, composed of a high-strength steel having the following composition (in weight percent): C 0.2-0.9%, Mn 12-25%, Si 0.2-0.5%, Al 0.5-2.0%, Cr 1.8-3.5%, S max. 0.005%, P max. 0.06%, N max. 0.1%, Mo max. 1.5%, B max. 0.01%, Ni max. 2.0%, Cu max. 2.0%, Ca max. 0.015%, Nb 0.02-0.35% and/or V 0.02-0.35%, in each instance, and, as the remainder, iron and unavoidable, production-related contaminants, cold-rolled and/or cold-profiled from wire-form precursor material, with optionally at least one intermediate annealing and/or an optional final annealing treatment, to achieve the following mechanical values: R.sub.p0.2 500-1650 MPa, R.sub.m 750-1800 MPa, A80 6-25%, for the production of armoring plies in flexible pipes for conveying petroleum and natural gas, as well as for transport of liquefied natural gas (FLNG) under acid gas conditions.

26. Flat wire or narrow strip according to claim 25, wherein the steel further comprises 0.01-0.35% weight percent Ti.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) A particularly preferred embodiment of a flexible pipe, using the wires/narrow strips according to the invention, is shown in the drawing.

(2) This shows:

(3) FIG. 1a layer-type structure of a flexible pipe, using the wires/narrow strips according to the invention, for use in conveying petroleum and natural gas, as well as for transport of liquefied natural gas (FLNG) under acid gas conditions (acidic attack media).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(4) A flexible pipe 1, which has been produced using the steel according to the invention or the steel strips/wires according to the invention, consists of an inner hose-shaped inner pipe 3, which has an elongated opening 2 for conducting fluids such as liquids or gases. The hose-shaped inner pipe 3 usually consists of a polymer material and seals off the elongated opening 2 and thereby the fluid to be conducted, relative to the environment.

(5) The hose-shaped inner pipe 3 is surrounded by multiple plies of polymers as well as at least two plies of reinforcement strip 5, and, optionally, one (or also multiple plies) of a shape-fit profile 6. In this connection, the shape-fit profile 6 can, as shown here, be wound directly onto the inner pipe 3, in helical shape, at a slight slant angle. In this connection, the shape-fit profile 6 has such a cross-section that because of the helical winding process, windings of the same or of one or more further shape-fit profiles 6 that come to lie adjacent to one another can hook into one another with shape fit, along their edges, and thereby form a significantly more stable composite than if the shape-fit profiles 6 are simply wound to lie next to one another. In this way, the wound shape-fit profiles 6 can clearly contribute to the strength properties of the flexible pipe 1.

(6) Here, two plies of reinforcement strip 5 are disposed above the ply of the shape-fit profile 6, separate from the optional ply of the shape-fit profile 6 and further plies 4 composed of polymer material, in each instance, wherein the reinforcement strip 5 that forms this ply (or also multiple reinforcement strips 5 wound to lie next to one another) can touch at the edges, but is/are not disposed to be connected with one another. Also, the reinforcement strip 5 that forms this ply is wound on at a clearly greater slant angle.

(7) In the following, two exemplary compositions of the flat wire or narrow strip according to the invention, as well as values for mechanical characteristic values determined for them, are indicated:

(8) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Chemical analysis of two sample alloys Alloy C Si Mn P S Al Cr N Ni V Nb 1 0.42 0.38 18.8 0.019 0.001 1.3 2.4 0.0070 0.68 0.12 0.01 2 0.35 0.36 17.5 0.016 0.001 1.2 2.5 0.0065 0.53 0.02 0.11

(9) TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Mechanical values of the alloys in the production state Elongation to Alloy Rp 0.2 (MPa) Rm (MPa) Rp/Rm rupture A80 (%) 1 1146 1267 0.904 16 1 1037 1238 0.838 18 1 992 1218 0.814 20 2 1103 1217 0.906 18 2 1012 1193 0.848 19 2 941 1176 0.800 21 1 1232 1430 0.862 13 1 1362 1567 0.869 9 1 1429 1664 0.859 8 1 1481 1718 0.862 6

REFERENCE NUMBER LIST

(10) 1flexible pipe 2elongated opening 3hose-shaped inner pipe 4plies of polymers 5reinforcement strip 6shape-fit profile