| Heavy Weight Joint | Heavy Weight Pipe Body | |||||||
| Joint OD Range | Min. Yield Strength | Min. Tensile Strength | Min. Elongation (%) | Charpy V-notch Longitudinal Impact Toughness, Full Size, 21°C (Avg/Min) | Min. Hardness (HBW) | Min. Yield Strength | Min. Tensile Strength | Min. Elongation (%) |
| 110 ksi | 110 ksi | 140 ksi | 13 | 40/35 ft-lb | 285 | 55 ksi | 95 ksi | 18 |
| 758 MPa | 758 MPa | 965 MPa | 54/47 J | 379 MPa | 655 MPa | |||
| 100 ksi | 100 ksi | 135 ksi | 13 | 40/35 ft-lb | 285 | 55 ksi | 95 ksi | 18 |
| 689 MPa | 689 MPa | 931 MPa | 54/47 J | 379 MPa | 655 MPa | |||
nspection → End upsetting → Integral heat treatment → Pipe straightening → Pipe inspection (leakage, ultrasonic) → Physical and chemical testing → Finished pipe inspection → Cold straightening → Pipe end machining
Tool joint material incoming inspection → Sawing and forging (if necessary) → Joint upsetting → Joint marking → Joint heat treatment → Joint Brinell hardness testing → Physical and chemical testing → Ultrasonic inspection
Make-up/break-out test (if necessary) → Phosphating → Magnetic particle inspection → Joint marking → Cold rolling (if necessary) → Finished joint inspection → Joint thread machining → Joint profile machining
Final joint inspection
Drill pipe & joint end face preparation → Friction welding → Weld post-heating → Weld flash removal → Weld heat treatment (quenching, tempering) → Physical and chemical testing → Weld finishing → Magnetic particle inspection
Ultrasonic inspection → Finished product inspection → Hardbanding (if necessary) → Internal coating (if necessary) → Measuring, weighing and marking → Final inspection → Packaging → Delivery