High-strength and high-toughness perforating gun tube and manufacturing method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11459643-B2
Application number	US-201716463634-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2017
Priority date	Nov 30, 2016
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

A high-strength and high-toughness tube for perforating gun, having a formulation of chemical elements in percentage by mass as follows: C: 0.15%-0.22%, Si: 0.1%-0.4%, Mn: 0.5%-1%, Cr: 0.3%-0.7%, Mo: 0.3%-0.7%, Nb: 0.01%-0.04%, V: 0.1%-0.2%, Ti: 0.02%-0.05%, B: 0.0015%-0.005%, Al: 0.01%-0.05%, Ca: 0.001%-0.004%, N≤0.008%, and the balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities. Accordingly, further disclosed is a method for manufacturing a high-strength and high-toughness tube for perforating gun. The high-strength and high-toughness tube for perforating gun of the present invention has high strength, good toughness and uniform circumferential strength, and is suitable for application in the field of petroleum exploration and exploitation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A high-strength and high-toughness tube for a perforating gun, comprising the following chemical elements by mass percentages:
C: 0.15%-0.22%, Si: 0.1%-0.4%, Mn: 0.5%-1%, Cr: 0.3%-0.7%, Mo: 0.3%-0.7%, Nb: 0.01%-0.04%, V: 0.1%-0.16%, Ti: 0.02%-0.05%, B: 0.0015%-0.005%, Al: 0.01%-0.05%, Ca: 0.001%-0.004%, N≤0.008%, and the balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities.

2. The high-strength and high-toughness tube for a perforating gun according to claim 1 , wherein the tube for perforating gun further satisfies: 0<(Ti-3.4N)<0.025%.

3. The high-strength and high-toughness tube for a perforating gun according to claim 1 , wherein the tube for perforating gun further satisfies: Ca/S≥1.5.

4. The high-strength and high-toughness tube for a perforating gun according to claim 1 , wherein the tube for perforating gun has a microstructure of tempered sorbite.

5. The high-strength and high-toughness tube for a perforating gun according to claim 1 , wherein the tube for perforating gun has a grain size level of 9 or more, and MnS inclusion level in the high-strength and high-toughness tube for perforating gun is 0.5 or less.

6. The high-strength and high-toughness tube for tube for a perforating gun according to claim 1 , wherein the tube for perforating gun has a yield strength of 896˜1103 MPa, a tensile strength of 965 MPa or more, and a transverse Charpy impact energy at 0° C. of 130 J or more, and the yield strength of the high-strength and high-toughness tube for perforating gun has a range of 60 MPa or less, and the tensile strength of high-strength and high-toughness tube for perforating gun has a range of 60 MPa or less.

7. The high-strength and high-toughness tube for a perforating gun according to claim 1 , wherein the tube for perforating gun has a yield strength of 965˜1173 MPa, a tensile strength of 1034 MPa or more, and a transverse Charpy impact energy at 0° C. of 130 J or more, and the yield strength of the high-strength and high-toughness tube for perforating gun has a range of 60 MPa or less, and the tensile strength of the high-strength and high-toughness tube for perforating gun has a range of 60 MPa or less.

8. The high-strength and high-toughness tube for a perforating gun according to claim 1 , wherein the tube for perforating gun has a yield strength of 1069˜1276 MPa, a tensile strength of 1138 MPa or more, and a transverse Charpy impact energy at 0° C. of 120 J or more, and the yield strength of the high-strength and high-toughness tube for perforating gun has a range of 60 MPa or less, and the tensile strength of the high-strength and high-toughness tube for perforating gun has a range of 60 MPa or less.

9. A manufacturing method for the high-strength and high-toughness tube for a perforating gun according to claim 1 , comprising the steps of:
(1) smelting;
(2) casting: casting into a round billet, an electromagnetic stirring process under a current of 600˜650 A and a frequency of 8˜20 Hz is used in the casting process to reduce dendrite segregation of tube blank, and superheating degree of liquid steel in the casting process is controlled to be less than 30° C.;
(3) rolling;
(4) heat treatment; and
(5) hot-sizing.

10. The manufacturing method according to claim 9 , wherein in the step (3), the tube blank is soaked at 1200˜1240° C., and then pierced at a temperature of 1180˜1240° C.; rolling temperature is controlled at 950˜1000° C.; the temperature of a reheating furnace is 950˜1000° C.; stretch reducing temperature is 900˜950° C.

11. The manufacturing method according to claim 9 , wherein in the step (4), quenching is performed at first, wherein the quenching temperature is 880˜920° C., and holding time is 30˜60 min; tempering is then performed, wherein the tempering temperature is 550˜650° C., and holding time is 50˜80 min.

12. The manufacturing method according to claim 9 , wherein in the step (5), the temperature of the hot-sizing is 500˜550° C.

Assignees

• Baoshan Iron & Steel

Inventors

• Dong Xiaoming
• Zhang Zhonghua
• Zhao Cunyao

Classifications

• C21D8/10

  during manufacturing of tubular bodies · CPC title

• C22C38/22

  with molybdenum or tungsten · CPC title

• C22C38/02 Primary

  containing silicon · CPC title

• C22C38/06

  containing aluminium · CPC title

• C22C38/26

  with niobium or tantalum · CPC title