Special-shaped steel pipes are a particularly important form and type of seamless pipes. They are widely used in various construction projects, building construction, and decoration. Special-shaped steel pipes are always found to be broken during production and main sales. That is, many links in the production are not done well. Another reason is insufficient ingredients and improper proportions of chemical elements.

1. Small longitudinal cracks

The small longitudinal cracks on the surface of special-shaped steel pipes are less than 200mm in length, less than 3mm in width, and less than 0.3mm in depth.

2. Peak cracks

All the cracks occur at 5-60mm from the edge of the lower surface of the special-shaped steel pipe. The macroscopic direction is perpendicular to the rolling direction and is in the shape of a "peak".

3. Edge cracks

The cracks mainly occur at 20-80mm from the edge of the special-shaped steel pipe. The shape is multiple parallel longitudinal cracks of different sizes. The rule is that the thicker and wider the specifications of the special-shaped steel pipe, the more serious such defects.

4. Inclusions and scars

Inclusions and scars are distributed regularly, and the phenomenon is obvious after edge flame peeling crack inspection or ingot scratch flame cleaning.

For the fiber structure and crystal defects such as dislocation and vacancy in steel, annealing or normalizing are generally used to eliminate them. The purpose of annealing is to refine the grains, eliminate structural defects, reduce hardness, improve plasticity, and facilitate cold processing. Annealing equipment is indispensable in the production of cold-drawn special-shaped steel pipes. Therefore, formulating a suitable annealing process is a necessary condition to ensure that the structure of the special-shaped steel pipe is qualified and the product does not have fracture defects.