Showing posts with label Alloy Steel Pipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alloy Steel Pipes. Show all posts

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Types of steel pipes and uses in piping industries


 Since the manufacturing process has greatly changed and has become more complex. The industries are involved in producing a variety of ranges of pipes that suits the demands and requirement of the clients. There are many types and range of steel pipes available in the market that is offered by the companies.  All these types of steel pipes have different features and properties that make it useful as per its suitability.

Talking about the steel alloy, these consider carbon and iron including with a small percentage of other metals like aluminium, chromium, and nickel. Combining with other elements these steel pipes forms other ranges and types. Here are the types of steel pipes mention below-

Carbon Steel Pipes – These are a range of steel pipes that are designed from the proportion of carbon content adding up with iron content.  Similarly, carbon steel exhibits superior resistance to corrosion and durability. Apart from these are further categorized into four types based on the amount of carbon included in the alloy. These are low carbon steel, medium carbon steel, high carbon steel, and very high carbon steel. These pipes are extensively used in many industries basically in oil, gas transmission, automobiles, etc.  This pipe holds superb workability, ductility, strength and is safe to use.

Alloy Steel Pipes– By its name it suggests that these pipes are formed with a specified amount of other elements. The major alloying element, it includes is manganese, chromium, nickel, titanium, aluminium, and copper. This alloy steel pipe is considered a workhorse of many industries due to its extensive availability, inexpensive cost, and ease of processing.  Due to its exceptional performance properties, these are used in oil refineries, power generations, petrochemicals, chemical plants and in sugar mills. The addition of elements imparts superior corrosion resistance to pipes. Furthermore, it possesses good strength, ductility, mechanical properties and durability that enable to withstand in high-temperature circumstances.

Stainless Steel Pipes- These steel pipes have belonged to the family of steel that generally comprises 10 to 30% of chromium in addition to low carbon content. Furthermore, these include molybdenum, titanium, copper, nitrogen, aluminium and nickel content. This addition of content imparts superior useful properties that enhance superior resistance to corrosion and formability.  Therefore on the surface of the steel, the presence of chromium content creates a thin layer of the oxide that is known as the passive layer that provides great prevention from further corrosion.

These stainless steel 321H pipes exhibit superior resistance to crevice and stress corrosion cracking in elevated temperatures. To increase impact resistance and strength of the pipes these are properly heat treated. These pipes are used in various industrial applications such as pharmaceutical, oil and gas applications,  food production and in power generations.

 The manufacturing of these ranges of steel pipe is done with the use of high quality of raw material and with highly advanced machinery. These are the most common types and range that is utilized worldwide and are highly appreciable by the clients.