Gansu Province-based Chinese steel company Jiugang Steel Group Co. (JISCO) has announced that its subsidiary Huifeng Steel Pipe Co. has produced the first batch of large diameter electric resistance welding (ERW) pipes at its new 219 mm diameter welded pipe production line. The batch of products in question has received a good response from buyers in the market, JISCO stated.
Huifeng Steel Pipe Co. has four other welded pipe production lines which produce ERW pipes in a diameter range of 10-80mm and of thickness below 3.5 mm. The annual capacity of the 76 mm diameter production line is 30,000 mt, that of the 50 mm diameter line is 15,000 mt, the 32 mm diameter welded pipe line has an annual output capacity of 6,000 mt, while the 25 mm diameter line has an annual capacity of 3,000 mt.
To meet market demand, Huifeng Steel Pipe spent about six months constructing its new 219 mm diameter line.