Threaded connection for pipes or tubes and method for producing the threaded connection for pipes or tubes
AssigneesNippon Steel Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas France
InventorKunio Goto
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Abstract
This invention provides a threaded connection for pipes or tubes having high over-torque performance, and a method for producing the threaded connection for pipes or tubes. A threaded connection for pipes or tubes according to the present embodiment includes a pin and a box. The pin and the box include a contact surface including a threaded portion and a metal contact portion. The threaded connection for pipes or tubes includes a solid lubricant coating layer on at least one of the contact surfaces of the pin and the box, the solid lubricant coating layer including a resin, a solid lubricant powder, and Cr2O3.
Claims4
A threaded connection for pipes or tubes comprising a pin and a box,
- the pin and the box each comprising a contact surface having a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion,
- the threaded connection for pipes or tubes comprising a solid lubricant coating layer on at least one of the contact surfaces of the pin and the box,
- and the solid lubricant coating layer containing:
- one or more types of resin selected from the group consisting of epoxy resin, phenol resin, polyamide-imide resin, and polyamide resin in a range of 60.0 to 90.0 mass %,
- one or more types of solid lubricant powder selected from the group consisting of graphite and polytetrafluoroethylene in a range of 5.0 to 25.0 mass %, and
- Cr2O3 in a range of 5.0 to 19.2 mass %.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.