Experimental Study of Features of Thin-Walled Pipes Sizing in the Line of a Pipe Rolling Plant with an Automatic Mill

The aim of the study is to establish the actual level of working loads on the roll drive line of the sizing mill installed as part of the PRP-220 with an automatic mill, when switching to the production of steel pipes from increased strength group. The study is based on a complex experimental and theoretical analysis. After the processing of the results of experimental studies a comparison of the most loaded sizing route for a thin-walled pipe with a diameter of 244.5 mm and a wall thickness of 8.9 mm (D/S = 27.5) made of steel of strength group “D” was made with the route for a pipe with a diameter of 177.8 mm and a wall thickness of 9.2 mm (D/S = 19.3) from steel of strength group “E”. Graphs of the observed processes are presented, as well as calculated predictive values of sizing of thin-walled pipes for steel of strength group “E”, obtained on the basis of an experimental-theoretical analysis of the growth of flow stress. Recommendations have been given for improving the equipment of the PRP-220 sizing mill for the production of pipes with increased diameters from steels of increased strength groups.