摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a process and device for heat-treating steel pipes wherein the steel pipes are induction heated and subsequently water-cooled, which can prevent deterioration of material quality of products caused by temperature unevenness, while retaining productivity at least at a conventional level. <P>SOLUTION: When carrying and heating the entire steel pipe with an induction coil to a temperature within a target range and then water-cooling it, the carrying speed of the steel pipe is set to be equal to or faster than a speed which makes an inner surface temperature of the steel pipe at a given distance apart from the induction coil outlet equal to the midpoint temperature of the target range. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO</p> |