GB 5310 20G HIGH PRESSURE SEAMLESS BOILER TUBES

GB 5310 20G Seamless steel tubes and pipes for high pressure boiler,GB 5310 20G Steel tubes shall be manufactured by hot rolling (extrusion, expansion) or cold drawing (rolling).

GB 5310 20G High Pressure Boiler Tubes

Standard:GB 5310 Seamless steel tubes and pipes for high pressure boiler

GB 5310 standard is applicable to steam boilers and pipeline seamless pipes for the manufacture of high pressure and above.

20G steel pipe is GB / 5310 national standard steel grade (foreign corresponding brands: Germany ST45.8, Japan stb42, America sa106b), which is the most commonly used boiler steel pipe.
GB / 5310 20G steel pipe has certain strength at normal and medium high temperature, low carbon content, better plasticity and toughness, and good cold and hot forming and welding performance.
GB 5310 20G Seamless steel tubes and pipes for high pressure boiler
20G (high quality carbon structural steel pipe) supplied according to GB5310 is used as heating surface pipe fittings, and the maximum wall temperature for long-term use is ≤ 450 ° C. when GB5310 20G seamless steel pipe is used as header and steam pipe, the long-term use temperature shall be ≤ 425 ° C.
GB 5310 20G High Pressure Boiler Tubes Quick Details
Manufacture:Seamless process ,Hot-finished or Cold-finished
Wall thickness(WT): 2.8 mm——150 mm.
Outer diameter (OD): 23 mm——1500 mm
Length: 6M or specified length as required.
Ends: Plain End, Beveled End, Treaded
Manufacturing methods
(1)Steel smelting method
GB 5310 20G steel will be smelted by electric furnace plus furnace refining, oxygen converter plus furnace refining or electroslag remelting method.
(2)Manufacturing methods and requirements for tube blanks
The tube blank can be produced by continuous casting, die casting or hot rolling (forging).
(3)Manufacturing method of steel tube
GB 5310 20G Steel tubes shall be manufactured by hot rolling (extrusion, expansion) or cold drawing (rolling).
Classification, code
a) Hot rolled steel pipe, codenamed WH;
b) Cold drawn steel pipe, codenamed WC.
Heat treatment for GB 5310 20G High Pressure Boiler Tubes

Grade

Heat treatment
20G

880 ℃~940 ℃,Normalizing

According to the production practice,
1)For 20g boiler tube with wall thickness less than 14mm, the normalizing process can be replaced by controlling the finishing rolling temperature ≥ 900 ℃.
2)For 20g boiler tube with wall thickness greater than 14mm, the normalizing process at 910 ℃± 10 ℃ should be carried out in the tube processing plant.(when the wall thickness of 20g high-pressure boiler pipe ≤ 14mm is controlled by the finishing rolling temperature and the performance of the steel pipe is not good, the pipe processing shall also be carried out for the normalizing treatment of 910 ℃± 10 ℃).
Chemical composition of GB 5310 20G High Pressure Boiler Tubes

Grade

Chemical Composition(%)

C

Si Mn Cr Mo V Ni Altot

Cu

P

Max

20G

0.17~0.23 0.17~0.37 0.35~0.65 ≤0.25 ≤0.15 ≤0.08 ≤0.25 ≤0.015 ≤0.20

0.025

 

Mechanical properties of GB 5310 20G High Pressure Boiler Tubes

Steel Pipe

Tensile properties Impact energy(Akv),J Hardness

Tensile strength
(MPa)

Yield Strength
(MPa)

Elongation
%

Portrait Landscape

A

B

C

HBW HV

HRC

Portrait Landscape

Max Min
20G 410~550 245 24 22 40 27

 

Allowable deviation of outer diameter and wall thickness

Type of steel pipe

Outer diameter(mm) Tolerance
ordinary

advanced

Hot rolled tube

OD

≤50

±0.40 ±0.30

>50~≤325

WT≤35 ±0.75% ±0.5%
WT>35 ±1%

±0.75%

>325 ±1%

±0.75%

WT

≤4.0

±0.4 ±0.3

>4.0~≤20

±10%

±7.5%
>20 OD<219 ±10%

±7.5%

OD≥219 +12.5%
-10%

±10%

Cold drawn tube

OD

≤25.4 ±0.15

>25.4~≤40

±0.20

>40~≤50

±0.25

>50~≤60

±0.30

>60 ±0.5%

WT ≤2.8 ±0.2

>2.8 ±7.5%

 

Testings
(1)Hydraulic test
The steel pipe shall be hydraulically tested one by one, and the eddy current testing can instead of the hydraulic test.
(2)Flattening test
Steel pipes with an outer diameter greater than 22 mm to 400 mm and a wall thickness not greater than 40 mm shall be subjected to a flattening test.
(3)Bending test
Steel pipes with an outer diameter greater than 400 mm or a wall
(4)Flaring test
The steel pipe with an outer diameter of not more than 76 mm and a wall thickness of not more than 8 mm can be used for the flare test.
(5)Low-power test
Steel pipes should be tested at low magnification. Visually visible white spots, inclusions, subcutaneous bubbles, tumbling and delamination are not allowed on the cross-section acid immersion test piece.
(6) Non-metallic inclusions
Steel pipes shall be tested for non-metallic inclusions.
(7)grain size
The finished steel pipe should be tested for grain size.
(8)Microstructure
The finished GB 5310 20G steel pipe of high-quality carbon structural steel shall be ferrite plus pearlite, and no superheated structure shall be allowed;
(9)Decarburization layer
Cold drawn (rolled) finished steel pipes with an outer diameter of not more than 76 mm shall be inspected for the total decarburization layer.
(10)Non-destructive testing
The steel pipe shall be ultrasonically inspected and tested in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 5777.

 

Surface quality
The inner and outer surfaces of steel pipes do not have cracks, folds, crusting, rolling and separation. These defects shall be completely removed and the depth of defect removal shall not exceed 10% of the wall thickness. The actual outer diameter and wall thickness of the defect removal shall not be less than the minimum allowable for the outer diameter and wall thickness.

End shape
The end faces of the steel pipe should be perpendicular to the axis of the steel pipe, and the incision burrs swill be removed.

 

Extended reading:
20G high-pressure seamless steel tube is a typical high-pressure boiler tube. At present, China’s high-pressure boiler tube manufacturers mainly include Baosteel Group, Changbao Jingte, Jiangsu Chengde Steel Tube Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Zhenda steel tube group, Jiangxi Hongdu steel plant, Hengyang Steel Tube Group Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Steel Tube Group Co., Ltd. As for the high-pressure boiler pipe, the company’s products cover the top ten production enterprises in the national power plant boiler industry, and its main customers are Shanghai Boiler Factory Co., Ltd., Harbin Boiler Factory Co., Ltd. and Dongfang Boiler (Group) Co., Ltd.