DIFFERENT TYPES OF

DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PIPE MANUFACTURING.
PIPE MANUFACTURING.

By

Sindhur raju.T

There are different types of pipe

manufacturing methods. Some
of them are..
Seamless pipe.
Metal Extrusion.
Centrifugal casting.
Electric resistance welded pipe.

Seamless pipe manufacturing process:

In this a solid round (billet) is
used. It is heated in a rotary heating
furnace and then pierced by a piercer.
The pierced billet is rolled by a
mandrel mill to reduce the outside
diameter and wall thickness which
forms a multiple length mother tube.

Extrusion:
Extrusion is a process

used to create objects of

a fixed cross-sectional
profile. A material is
pushed or pulled
through a die of the
desired cross-section.

Metal extrusion
A work piece of a certain length
of cross section is forced to flow
through a die of smaller cross
sectional area.

Extrusion process can be done in 4

ways:
Hot Extrusion.
Cold extrusion.
Direct extrusion.
Indirect extrusion.

Hot extrusion
Involves working a metal above
its recrystallization temperature.
Generally preferred for larger
parts, more extreme changes in
shape and for more complex
geometry

Cold extrusion
Cold extrusion of metal is usually

used for smaller parts, less

complex shapes, more workable
materials

Direct Extrusion:
In this work billet is contained in a

chamber the RAM exerts force on

one side of work piece.

Direct extrusion of hollow pipe:

With

the use of a mandrel

attached to the dummy block. A
hole is created through the work,
parallel to the axis over which the
ram applies the force to form the
extrusion.

Indirect extrusion:

In this process the work piece is

located in a chamber that is
completely closed off one side,and
die is forced from other end.

Indirect extrusion of hollow pipe:

In this process, a ram is forced into

the work material. The ram gives

the internal geometry to the
tubular part, while the material is
formed around it.

Centrifugal casting:
It is a technique that is typically used

to cast-thin walled cylinders and for

high quality results.
In centrifugal casting, a permanent
mold is rotated continuously about
its axis at high speeds (300 to
3000 rpm) as the molten metal is
poured.

 The molten metal is centrifugally

thrown towards the inside mold wall,

where it solidifies after cooling.

Electric resistance welded pipe:

It is manufactured by a sheet of steel
into a cylindrical shape.
Current is then passed between the
two edges of the steel to heat the steel
to a point at which the edges are
forced together to form a bond without
the use of welding filler material.