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There are many types of steel pipes such as Spiral Steel Pipe, Pile Pipe, API Spiral Steel Pipe, LSAW Steel Pipe, API LSAW Steel Pipe, Piling Tube, ERW Steel Pipe, etc. When you are first looking to source a stainless steel pipe, whether it's for a desalination plant, an oil rig or even a nuclear power station, one of the first questions you need to ask yourself is "do I need a seamless, welded or forged pipe"? The three types all have different advantages and are therefore suited to different applications and environments. An abundance of factors should be taken into consideration when choosing what is right for a particular project.
Engineers will more than likely instinctively know the answer to that question, but let's spend some time exploring these seamless, welded and forged pipes and their various properties.
Seamless pipes can be manufactured using various different methods, which is very much dependent on the diameter required, or the ratio of the diameter to the thickness of the wall. In general, the manufacturing process of seamless pipe starts with raw steel being cast into a more workable format – a hot solid billet. This is then stretched out and pushed or pulled over a form. This hollow pipe then undergoes an extrusion process whereby it is forced through a die and mandrel. This works to increase the inside diameter and reduce the outside diameter.
Seamless steel pipe is regularly used in the transportation of fluids such as water, natural gas, waste and air. It is also regularly required in many high-pressure, high-corrosive environments such as in the oil & gas, power generation and pharmaceutical industries. And seamless pipe can also be devided into different types like API Seamless Pipe, ASTM Seamless Pipe and so on.
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