Abstract

High frequency electric resistance welding is one of the most extensively used methods for production of longitudinally welded carbon steel pipes suitable for line pipe, casing and tubing. In this pipe production process, the hot rolled steel strip goes into the continuous cold forming process and its edges are continuously joined by a combination of localized high-frequency electric resistance heating and plastic deformation. The heated edges up to the welding temperature squeezed together at the “Vee” apex by the forge pressure rolls, plastically deformed and a forge type weld is formed. The plastic deformation which is realized under the action of the squeezing rolls caused changes of the microstructure constituents in the bond line and in the heat affected zone and plays principal role on the quality of the welded joint. In this paper microstructure and plasticity of the welded joint were investigated by light microscopy and flattening testing.

The obtained results shows that plastic deformation plays principal role on the microstructure and plasticity of the welded joint.