| 20080302452 | Process for Manufacturing Cold-Formed Precision Steel Pipes - The invention relates to a process for manufacturing cold-formed, in particular cold-drawn, precision steel pipes for application in particular as pressure-operated cylinder pipes with optimum addition of one or several alloying elements as well as impurities caused by melting. A seamless, hot-formed pipe blank or welded pipe blank made from a hot strip with defined starting condition is hereby drawn in one pass or in several passes into a finished pipe, and the pipe undergoes a heat treatment before the finishing pass. | 12-11-2008 |
