Black Color API 5L PSL1X52 Erw Pipe With Coating

API 5L PSL1 X52 with coating Welded Steel Pipe used in air conditioning systems

High-frequency welding is the use of continuous contact with the workpiece surface of the high-frequency current generated by the heat generated by heating and in the case of the application of forging force, the workpiece metal to achieve a series of welding methods. It is similar to ordinary resistance welding, but there are many important differences.High-frequency welding for carbon steel pipe production has been 40 years of history. High-frequency welding has a large power supply, the different materials, caliber and wall thickness of the steel pipe can achieve a higher welding speed (higher than the maximum welding speed of welding more than l0 times).

Therefore, the high-frequency welding production of general-purpose steel pipe has a high productivity because of high-frequency welding speed, to the pipe to remove the burrs difficult, which is the current high-frequency welded steel pipe is not acceptable for the chemical industry, nuclear industry one. From the welding material, high-frequency welding can be welded all types of steel pipe.

ERW pipes are available in sizes between 1/2 and 20 inches, in carbon steel (ASTM A53 is the most common specification) and stainless steel (ASTM A312). In terms of dimensions, the ASME B36.10 and ASME B36.19 are the key reference specifications (API 5L for welded ERW line pipes).
In the last few years, ERW pipes are have become an efficient alternative to seamless pipes, both in terms of price and performance, due to the modern welding technologies adopted by ERW pipe manufacturers (example HFI and HFW, high-frequency welding). These advancements in welding technologies have reduced, over time, the technical superiority of seamless pipes vs ERW pipes, making them interchangeable at least in some applications (low/medium pressure and temperature). Of course, seamless pipes will always benefit from the intrinsic superior mechanical strength of steel billets vs. coils and plates.

As for ERW pipe, one of the biggest benefits is that only the tube billet ends are heated during the manufacturing process, therefore the rest of the whole ERW pipe remains clean and only the welding part needs to be cleaned. This reduces the post-welding cleaning work, largely increasing the working efficiency and saving cost. Besides, owing to the almost clean and smooth surface, ERW pipes are easy to be applies with coating method.