Extrusion molding method for differential thickness pipe and extrusion molding apparatus for differential thickness pipe

An extrusion molding method for a differential thickness pipe, including a first step that is a step in which, in a first extrusion molding apparatus comprising a first core bar having a predetermined shape, a first die having a first die hole that is a through hole having a predetermined shape, and a first drive mechanism configured so as to press said first core bar into said first die hole, a differential thickness pipe having a predetermined shape is molded by pressing a pair of a first raw pipe having a predetermined shape and said first core bar into said first die hole with said first drive mechanism in a state where said first core bar is inserted at a predetermined position in said first raw pipe to perform extrusion processing, wherein:

• said first raw pipe is a tubular member having a first wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness and a first outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter,
• said differential thickness pipe includes:
• a first thin-walled portion that is a portion having a second wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said first wall thickness and a second outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter smaller than said first outer diameter, and
• a first thick-walled portion that is a portion having an outer diameter equal to the second outer diameter and a third wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness larger than said second wall thickness,
• said first core bar includes:
• a first small cross section portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side that is a downstream side in an extrusion direction and having a first cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thick-walled portion,
• a first large cross section portion that is a portion formed on a base end side that is an upstream side in said extrusion direction and having a second cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thin-walled portion, and
• a first cross section increasing portion that is a portion formed between said first small cross section portion and said first large cross section portion and having a cross section expanding from said first cross section to said second cross section as approaching from said first small cross section portion to said first large cross section portion,
• said first die hole includes:
• a first large inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a base end side and having a first inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said first outer diameter,
• a first small inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side and having a second inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said second outer diameter, and
• a first inner diameter reducing portion that is a portion formed between said first large inner diameter portion and said first small inner diameter portion and having an inner diameter decreasing from said first inner diameter to said second inner diameter as approaching from said first large inner diameter portion to said first small inner diameter portion, and
• when said extrusion processing is started in said first step, an end portion on a base end side of said first small cross section portion is in a position closer to a base end of said first raw pipe than an end portion on a base end side of said first small inner diameter portion, in said extrusion direction, and
• said first extrusion molding apparatus further comprises a second core bar that is a core bar having a cylindrical columnar shape with an outer diameter equal to said second outer diameter,
• said first step is performed in a state where said second core bar is inserted into said first small inner diameter portion from a tip end side of said first die hole and is energized toward a direction opposite to said extrusion direction, and
• at least when said extrusion processing is started in said first step, an end portion on a base end side of said second core bar is in contact with an end portion on said tip end side of said first core bar.

An extrusion molding method for a differential thickness pipe, including a first step that is a step in which, in a first extrusion molding apparatus comprising a first core bar having a predetermined shape, a first die having a first die hole that is a through hole having a predetermined shape, and a first drive mechanism configured so as to press said first core bar into said first die hole, a differential thickness pipe having a predetermined shape is molded by pressing a pair of a first raw pipe having a predetermined shape and said first core bar into said first die hole with said first drive mechanism in a state where said first core bar is inserted at a predetermined position in said first raw pipe to perform extrusion processing, wherein:

• said first raw pipe is a tubular member having a first wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness and a first outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter,
• said differential thickness pipe includes:
• a first thin-walled portion that is a portion having a second wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said first wall thickness and a second outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter smaller than said first outer diameter, and
• a first thick-walled portion that is a portion having an outer diameter equal to the second outer diameter and a third wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness larger than said second wall thickness,
• said first core bar includes:
• a first small cross section portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side that is a downstream side in an extrusion direction and having a first cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thick-walled portion,
• a first large cross section portion that is a portion formed on a base end side that is an upstream side in said extrusion direction and having a second cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thin-walled portion, and
• a first cross section increasing portion that is a portion formed between said first small cross section portion and said first large cross section portion and having a cross section expanding from said first cross section to said second cross section as approaching from said first small cross section portion to said first large cross section portion,
• said first die hole includes:
• a first large inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a base end side and having a first inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said first outer diameter,
• a first small inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side and having a second inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said second outer diameter, and
• a first inner diameter reducing portion that is a portion formed between said first large inner diameter portion and said first small inner diameter portion and having an inner diameter decreasing from said first inner diameter to said second inner diameter as approaching from said first large inner diameter portion to said first small inner diameter portion, and
• when said extrusion processing is started in said first step, an end portion on a base end side of said first small cross section portion is in a position closer to said base end than an end portion on a base end side of said first small inner diameter portion, in said extrusion direction, and
• said first core bar further comprises a first pressing portion that is a cylindrical columnar portion formed closer to said base end than said first large cross section portion and having an outer diameter equal to said first outer diameter,
• said first pressing portion is constituted by a core portion that is a cylindrical columnar portion having an outer diameter equal to said second outer diameter and an outer peripheral portion that is a cylindrical tubular portion slidably disposed outside in a radial direction of said core portion and having an outer diameter equal to said first outer diameter and an inner diameter corresponding to said second outer diameter,
• in said first step, a second thick-walled portion that is a portion having said first wall thickness and said first outer diameter is located at an end portion on a base end side of said first raw pipe by not performing said extrusion processing on a predetermined region at said end portion on said base end side of said first raw pipe, and
• after said first step, a third step that is a step in which a portion outside said second outer diameter of said second thick-walled portion is cut off by not pressing said outer peripheral portion of said first pressing portion and pressing said core portion of said first pressing portion in said extrusion direction until a state where an end portion on a tip end side of said core portion of said first pressing portion is located closer to a tip end of said first raw pipe than an end portion on a base end side of said first small inner diameter portion of said first die hole is attained is further included.

An extrusion molding method for a differential thickness pipe, including a first step that is a step in which, in a first extrusion molding apparatus comprising a first core bar having a predetermined shape, a first die having a first die hole that is a through hole having a predetermined shape, and a first drive mechanism configured so as to press said first core bar into said first die hole, a differential thickness pipe having a predetermined shape is molded by pressing a pair of a first raw pipe having a predetermined shape and said first core bar into said first die hole with said first drive mechanism in a state where said first core bar is inserted at a predetermined position in said first raw pipe to perform extrusion processing, wherein:

• said first raw pipe is a tubular member having a first wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness and a first outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter,
• said differential thickness pipe includes:
• a first thin-walled portion that is a portion having a second wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said first wall thickness and a second outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter smaller than said first outer diameter, and
• a first thick-walled portion that is a portion having an outer diameter equal to the second outer diameter and a third wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness larger than said second wall thickness,
• said first core bar includes:
• a first small cross section portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side that is a downstream side in an extrusion direction and having a first cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thick-walled portion,
• a first large cross section portion that is a portion formed on a base end side that is an upstream side in said extrusion direction and having a second cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thin-walled portion, and
• a first cross section increasing portion that is a portion formed between said first small cross section portion and said first large cross section portion and having a cross section expanding from said first cross section to said second cross section as approaching from said first small cross section portion to said first large cross section portion,
• said first die hole includes:
• a first large inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a base end side and having a first inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said first outer diameter,
• a first small inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side and having a second inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said second outer diameter, and
• a first inner diameter reducing portion that is a portion formed between said first large inner diameter portion and said first small inner diameter portion and having an inner diameter decreasing from said first inner diameter to said second inner diameter as approaching from said first large inner diameter portion to said first small inner diameter portion, and
• when said extrusion processing is started in said first step, an end portion on a base end side of said first small cross section portion is in a position closer to a base end of said first raw pipe than an end portion on a base end side of said first small inner diameter portion, in said extrusion direction, and
• said first step is performed using a third raw pipe that is said first raw pipe further comprising, at an end portion on a base end side, a third thin-walled portion that is a portion having a fifth wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said first wall thickness and an eighth outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter smaller than said first outer diameter and having a cross section identical to or larger than a cross section of said internal space of said first thin-walled portion,
• said first core bar further comprises a first pressing portion that is a cylindrical columnar portion formed closer to a base end of said first core pipe than said first large cross section portion and having an outer diameter equal to said first outer diameter,
• said first pressing portion comprises a reception portion that is a space open to an end surface on a tip end side of said first pressing portion and having a shape corresponding to said third thin-walled portion,
• in said first step, a third thick-walled portion that is a portion having said first wall thickness and said first outer diameter is left in a region adjacent to an end portion on a tip end side of said third thin-walled portion by performing said extrusion processing in a state where said third thin-walled portion is accommodated in said reception portion and terminating said extrusion processing before an end portion on a tip end side of said first pressing portion reaches an end portion on a tip end side of said first large inner diameter portion, and
• said differential thickness pipe further includes said third thick-walled portion formed at an end portion on a base end side of said first thin-walled portion and said third thin-walled portion formed closer to a base end of said differential thickness pipe than said third thick-walled portion.

An extrusion molding apparatus for a differential thickness pipe which comprises a first core bar having a predetermined shape, a first die having a first die hole that is a through hole having a predetermined shape, and a first drive mechanism configured so as to press said first core bar into said first die hole, and is configured so as to mold a differential thickness pipe having a predetermined shape by pressing a pair of a first raw pipe having a predetermined shape and said first core bar into said first die hole with said first drive mechanism in a state where said first core bar is inserted at a predetermined position in said first raw pipe to perform a first step that is a step in which said differential thickness pipe is molded, wherein:

• said first raw pipe is a tubular member having a first wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness and a first outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter,
• said differential thickness pipe includes:
• a first thin-walled portion that is a portion having a second wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said first wall thickness and a second outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter smaller than said first outer diameter, and
• a first thick-walled portion that is a portion having an outer diameter equal to the second outer diameter and a third wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness larger than said second wall thickness,
• said first core bar includes:
• a first small cross section portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side that is a downstream side in an extrusion direction and having a first cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thick-walled portion,
• a first large cross section portion that is a portion formed on a base end side that is an upstream side in said extrusion direction and having a second cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thin-walled portion, and
• a first cross section increasing portion that is a portion formed between said first small cross section portion and said first large cross section portion and having a cross section expanding from said first cross section to said second cross section as approaching from said first small cross section portion to said first large cross section portion,
• said first die hole includes:
• a first large inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a base end side and having a first inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said first outer diameter,
• a first small inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side and having a second inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said second outer diameter, and
• a first inner diameter reducing portion that is a portion formed between said first large inner diameter portion and said first small inner diameter portion and having an inner diameter decreasing from said first inner diameter to said second inner diameter as approaching from said first large inner diameter portion to said first small inner diameter portion, and
• when said extrusion processing is started in said first step, an end portion on a base end side of said first small cross section portion is located at a position closer to a base end of said first raw pipe than an end portion on a base end side of said first small inner diameter portion, in said extrusion direction, and
• said extrusion molding apparatus is configured so as to perform said first step using a second raw pipe that is said first raw pipe further comprising, at an end portion on a tip end side, a second thin-walled portion that is a portion having a fourth wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said third wall thickness and a fifth outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter equal to or less than said second outer diameter, and
• said differential thickness pipe further includes said second thin-walled portion closer to a tip end of said differential thickness pipe than said first thick-walled portion, and
• said extrusion molding apparatus further comprises a third core bar that is a core bar having a predetermined shape, a second die having a second die hole that is a through hole having a predetermined shape, and a second drive mechanism configured so as to press said third core bar into said second die hole,
• said extrusion molding apparatus is configured so as to perform a second step that is a step in which said second thin-walled portion is molded at an end portion on a tip end side of said first raw pipe by pressing a pair of said first raw pipe and said third core bar into said second die hole with said second drive mechanism in a state where said third core bar is inserted at a predetermined position in said first raw pipe to perform extrusion processing, before said first step, and
• said third core bar is a core bar having a columnar shape with a third cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said second thin-walled portion,
• said second die hole includes:
• a second large inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a base end side and having an inner diameter equal to said first inner diameter,
• a second small inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side and having a third inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said fifth outer diameter, and
• a second inner diameter reducing portion that is a portion formed between said second large inner diameter portion and said second small inner diameter portion and having an inner diameter decreasing from said inner diameter equal to said first inner diameter to said third inner diameter as approaching from said second large inner diameter portion to said second small inner diameter portion, and
• when said extrusion processing is started in said second step, an end portion on a tip end side of said third core bar is in a same position as an end portion on a base end side of said second small inner diameter portion or in a position closer to a tip end of said first raw pipe than said end portion on said base end side of said second small inner diameter portion, in said extrusion direction.

An extrusion molding apparatus for a differential thickness pipe which comprises a first core bar having a predetermined shape, a first die having a first die hole that is a through hole having a predetermined shape, and a first drive mechanism configured so as to press said first core bar into said first die hole, and is configured so as to mold a differential thickness pipe having a predetermined shape by pressing a pair of a first raw pipe having a predetermined shape and said first core bar into said first die hole with said first drive mechanism in a state where said first core bar is inserted at a predetermined position in said first raw pipe to perform a first step that is a step in which said differential thickness pipe is molded, wherein:

• said first raw pipe is a tubular member having a first wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness and a first outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter,
• said differential thickness pipe includes:
• a first thin-walled portion that is a portion having a second wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said first wall thickness and a second outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter smaller than said first outer diameter, and
• a first thick-walled portion that is a portion having an outer diameter equal to the second outer diameter and a third wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness larger than said second wall thickness,
• said first core bar includes:
• a first small cross section portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side that is a downstream side in an extrusion direction and having a first cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thick-walled portion,
• a first large cross section portion that is a portion formed on a base end side that is an upstream side in said extrusion direction and having a second cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thin-walled portion, and
• a first cross section increasing portion that is a portion formed between said first small cross section portion and said first large cross section portion and having a cross section expanding from said first cross section to said second cross section as approaching from said first small cross section portion to said first large cross section portion,
• said first die hole includes:
• a first large inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a base end side and having a first inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said first outer diameter,
• a first small inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side and having a second inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said second outer diameter, and
• a first inner diameter reducing portion that is a portion formed between said first large inner diameter portion and said first small inner diameter portion and having an inner diameter decreasing from said first inner diameter to said second inner diameter as approaching from said first large inner diameter portion to said first small inner diameter portion, and
• when said extrusion processing is started in said first step, an end portion on a base end side of said first small cross section portion is located at a position closer to a base end of said first raw pipe than an end portion on a base end side of said first small inner diameter portion, in said extrusion direction, and
• said extrusion molding apparatus is configured so as to perform said first step using a second raw pipe that is said first raw pipe further comprising, at an end portion on a tip end side, a second thin-walled portion that is a portion having a fourth wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said third wall thickness and a fifth outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter equal to or less than said second outer diameter, and
• said differential thickness pipe further includes said second thin-walled portion closer to a tip end of said differential thickness pipe than said first thick-walled portion, and
• said extrusion molding apparatus further comprises a fourth core bar having a columnar shape with a fourth cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said second thin-walled portion,
• said extrusion molding apparatus is configured so as to perform said first step in a state where said fourth core bar is inserted into from a tip end side of said second raw pipe and is energized toward a direction opposite to said extrusion direction, and
• at least when said extrusion processing is started in the first step, an end portion on a base end side of said fourth core bar is in contact with an end portion on said tip end side of said first core bar.

An extrusion molding apparatus for a differential thickness pipe which comprises a first core bar having a predetermined shape, a first die having a first die hole that is a through hole having a predetermined shape, and a first drive mechanism configured so as to press said first core bar into said first die hole, and is configured so as to mold a differential thickness pipe having a predetermined shape by pressing a pair of a first raw pipe having a predetermined shape and said first core bar into said first die hole with said first drive mechanism in a state where said first core bar is inserted at a predetermined position in said first raw pipe to perform a first step that is a step in which said differential thickness pipe is molded, wherein:

• said first raw pipe is a tubular member having a first wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness and a first outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter,
• said differential thickness pipe includes:
• a first thin-walled portion that is a portion having a second wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said first wall thickness and a second outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter smaller than said first outer diameter, and
• a first thick-walled portion that is a portion having an outer diameter equal to the second outer diameter and a third wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness larger than said second wall thickness,
• said first core bar includes:
• a first small cross section portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side that is a downstream side in an extrusion direction and having a first cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thick-walled portion,
• a first large cross section portion that is a portion formed on a base end side that is an upstream side in said extrusion direction and having a second cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thin-walled portion, and
• a first cross section increasing portion that is a portion formed between said first small cross section portion and said first large cross section portion and having a cross section expanding from said first cross section to said second cross section as approaching from said first small cross section portion to said first large cross section portion,
• said first die hole includes:
• a first large inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a base end side and having a first inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said first outer diameter,
• a first small inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side and having a second inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said second outer diameter, and
• a first inner diameter reducing portion that is a portion formed between said first large inner diameter portion and said first small inner diameter portion and having an inner diameter decreasing from said first inner diameter to said second inner diameter as approaching from said first large inner diameter portion to said first small inner diameter portion, and
• when said extrusion processing is started in said first step, an end portion on a base end side of said first small cross section portion is located at a position closer to said base end than an end portion on a base end side of said first small inner diameter portion, in said extrusion direction, and
• said extrusion molding apparatus further comprises a second core bar that is a core bar having a cylindrical columnar shape with an outer diameter equal to said second outer diameter,
• said extrusion molding apparatus is configured so as to perform said first step in a state where said second core bar is inserted into said first small inner diameter portion from a tip end side of said first die hole and is energized toward a direction opposite to said extrusion direction, and
• at least when said extrusion processing is started in said first step, an end portion on a base end side of said second core bar is in contact with an end portion on said tip end side of said first core bar.

An extrusion molding apparatus for a differential thickness pipe which comprises a first core bar having a predetermined shape, a first die having a first die hole that is a through hole having a predetermined shape, and a first drive mechanism configured so as to press said first core bar into said first die hole, and is configured so as to mold a differential thickness pipe having a predetermined shape by pressing a pair of a first raw pipe having a predetermined shape and said first core bar into said first die hole with said first drive mechanism in a state where said first core bar is inserted at a predetermined position in said first raw pipe to perform a first step that is a step in which said differential thickness pipe is molded, wherein:

• said first raw pipe is a tubular member having a first wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness and a first outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter,
• said differential thickness pipe includes:
• a first thin-walled portion that is a portion having a second wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said first wall thickness and a second outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter smaller than said first outer diameter, and
• a first thick-walled portion that is a portion having an outer diameter equal to the second outer diameter and a third wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness larger than said second wall thickness,
• said first core bar includes:
• a first small cross section portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side that is a downstream side in an extrusion direction and having a first cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thick-walled portion,
• a first large cross section portion that is a portion formed on a base end side that is an upstream side in said extrusion direction and having a second cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thin-walled portion, and
• a first cross section increasing portion that is a portion formed between said first small cross section portion and said first large cross section portion and having a cross section expanding from said first cross section to said second cross section as approaching from said first small cross section portion to said first large cross section portion,
• said first die hole includes:
• a first large inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a base end side and having a first inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said first outer diameter,
• a first small inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side and having a second inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said second outer diameter, and
• a first inner diameter reducing portion that is a portion formed between said first large inner diameter portion and said first small inner diameter portion and having an inner diameter decreasing from said first inner diameter to said second inner diameter as approaching from said first large inner diameter portion to said first small inner diameter portion, and
• when said extrusion processing is started in said first step, an end portion on a base end side end side of said first small cross section portion is located at a position closer to a base end of said first raw pipe than an end portion on a base end side of said first small inner diameter portion, in said extrusion direction, and
• said first core bar further includes a first pressing portion that is a cylindrical columnar portion formed closer to a base end of said first core bar than said first large cross section portion and having an outer diameter equal to said first outer diameter,
• said first pressing portion is constituted by a core portion that is a cylindrical columnar portion having an outer diameter equal to said second outer diameter and an outer peripheral portion that is a cylindrical tubular portion slidably disposed outside in a radial direction of said core portion and having an outer diameter equal to said first outer diameter and an inner diameter corresponding to said second outer diameter,
• said extrusion molding apparatus is configured so as to:
• locate a second thick-walled portion that is a portion having said first wall thickness and said first outer diameter at an end portion on a base end side of said first raw pipe by not performing said extrusion processing on a predetermined region at said end portion on said base end side of said first raw pipe, in said first step, and
• further perform a third step that is a step in which a portion outside said second outer diameter of said second thick-walled portion is cut off by not pressing said outer peripheral portion of said first pressing portion and pressing said core portion of said first pressing portion in said extrusion direction until a state where an end portion on a tip end side of said core portion of said first pressing portion is located closer to a tip end of said first raw pipe than an end portion on a base end side of said first small inner diameter portion of said first die hole is attained, after said first step.

An extrusion molding apparatus for a differential thickness pipe which comprises a first core bar having a predetermined shape, a first die having a first die hole that is a through hole having a predetermined shape, and a first drive mechanism configured so as to press said first core bar into said first die hole, and is configured so as to mold a differential thickness pipe having a predetermined shape by pressing a pair of a first raw pipe having a predetermined shape and said first core bar into said first die hole with said first drive mechanism in a state where said first core bar is inserted at a predetermined position in said first raw pipe to perform a first step that is a step in which said differential thickness pipe is molded, wherein:

• said first raw pipe is a tubular member having a first wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness and a first outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter,
• said differential thickness pipe includes:
• a first thin-walled portion that is a portion having a second wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said first wall thickness and a second outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter smaller than said first outer diameter, and
• a first thick-walled portion that is a portion having an outer diameter equal to the second outer diameter and a third wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness larger than said second wall thickness,
• said first core bar includes:
• a first small cross section portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side that is a downstream side in an extrusion direction and having a first cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thick-walled portion,
• a first large cross section portion that is a portion formed on a base end side that is an upstream side in said extrusion direction and having a second cross section that is a cross section corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of said first thin-walled portion, and
• a first cross section increasing portion that is a portion formed between said first small cross section portion and said first large cross section portion and having a cross section expanding from said first cross section to said second cross section as approaching from said first small cross section portion to said first large cross section portion,
• said first die hole includes:
• a first large inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a base end side and having a first inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said first outer diameter,
• a first small inner diameter portion that is a portion formed on a tip end side and having a second inner diameter that is an inner diameter corresponding to said second outer diameter, and
• a first inner diameter reducing portion that is a portion formed between said first large inner diameter portion and said first small inner diameter portion and having an inner diameter decreasing from said first inner diameter to said second inner diameter as approaching from said first large inner diameter portion to said first small inner diameter portion, and
• when said extrusion processing is started in said first step, an end portion on a base end side of said first small cross section portion is located at a position closer to a base end of said first raw pipe than an end portion on a base end side of said first small inner diameter portion, in said extrusion direction, and
• said extrusion molding apparatus is configured so as to perform said first step is performed using a third raw pipe that is said first raw pipe further comprising a third thin-walled portion that is a portion having a fifth wall thickness that is a predetermined wall thickness smaller than said first wall thickness and an eighth outer diameter that is a predetermined outer diameter smaller than said first outer diameter and having a cross section identical to or larger than a cross section of said internal space of said first thin-walled portion at an end portion on a base end side,
• said first core bar further comprises a first pressing portion that is a cylindrical columnar portion formed closer to a base end of said first core bar than said first large cross section portion and having an outer diameter equal to said first outer diameter,
• said first pressing portion comprises a reception portion that is a space open to an end surface on a tip end side of said first pressing portion and having a shape corresponding to said third thin-walled portion,
• said extrusion molding apparatus is configured so as to leave a third thick-walled portion that is a portion having said first wall thickness and said first outer diameter in an area adjacent to an end portion on a tip end side of said third thin-walled portion by performing said extrusion processing in a state where said third thin-walled portion is fitted in said reception portion, in said first step and terminating said extrusion processing before an end portion on said tip end side of said first pressing portion reaches an end portion on said tip end side of said first large inner diameter portion, and
• said differential thickness pipe further includes said third thick-walled portion formed at an end portion on a base end side of said thin-walled portion and said third thick-walled portion formed closer to a base end of said differential thickness pipe than said third thick-walled portion.