Aspects of tube and pipe manufacturing processes: Meter to nanometer diameter

作者：Hashmi M S J^*

来源：Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2006, 179(1-3): 5-10.

DOI：10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.03.104

• tube
• pipe
• seamless
• welded
• manufacturing
• nanotube
• finite element

The use of tubes and pipes has a long history in different industrial applications. New methods for manufacturing tubes and pipes are developing and improvement of the existing manufacturing methods is continuing. Broadly speaking, the manufacturing methods of metal tubes and pipes can be divided as seamless and welded. Tubes and pipes manufactured through different routes have their specific advantages and disadvantages. Depending on the application requirements, tubes and pipes are manufactured in different sizes and shapes. The outside diameter of tubes and pipes could be several meters to even few nanometers. The tube and pipe industries face many challenges to produce high quality tubing in a cost effective and productive way in today's marketplace. Some of these challenges are requests for tube products in a wider variety of shapes and sizes by the end users, applications that require special materials, and demand for improved product quality from manufacturer. In this paper, different aspects of manufacturing, processing, design, utilization, quality control, handling, cost and safety in tube and pipe production are briefly reviewed to offer a general idea relating to these issues.

• 出版日期2006-10-20