CRA CLAD & LINED PIPE

CRA Clad Pipe supplied can be sized from 1″ (DN 25) to 100″ (DN 2500) with a minimum CRA layer of 2.5 mm in thickness and a maximum length of 15 meters. The CRA layer is metallurgically bonded (clad) or mechanically bonded (lined) to the internal or external surface of the steel pipe.

CRA Clad Pipe material options in:
Stainless material in 304, 304L, 316, 316L, 310S, 317L, 321
Alloy Steel Material in alloy 825, alloy 625, S31803, S31254
Hastelloy Material C276, (B575 N10276), C22, etc.

CRA Clad Pipe Using Condition: urban centralized heat supply/warm room/coal mine/petroleum/chemical and other anti-corrosion insulation field

CRA Clad Pipe Introduction
The CRA clad or lined pipe is composed of conventional carbon steel or low alloy steel pipe and a corrosion-resistant alloy layer. CRA refers to corrosion-resistant alloy. The CRA layer is metallurgically bonded (clad) or mechanically bonded (lined) to the internal or external surface of the steel pipe. The carbon steel or low alloy steel pipe is called base metal, or backing steel; The CRA layer is usually called cladding material or lining.
This is economically favorable for large-diameter heavy pipelines since the relatively much thinner CRA layer not only retains enhanced corrosion-resistant properties but also reduces the cost to the minimum. The CRA-clad or lined steel pipes are widely used in pipeline transportation systems in the petroleum and natural gas industries. They are also extensively used for marine applications, chemical plants, and power plants, etc.
CRA CLAD & LINED PIPE Material Selection and Standard Specification
Base materials of the CRA clad or lined steel pipes include seamless or welded line pipes of API 5L Grade B, X42, X46, X52, X56, X60, X65, X70, and X80. In other circumstances, the base metal can also be provided as ASTM A106 Gr.B, ASTM A333 Gr.6, ASTM A335 Cr-Mo alloy steels (P5, P11, P22, P9, P91), etc.
The CRA cladding or lining material covers an extensive range of stainless steels and nonferrous alloys: SS 304/304L, SS 316/316L, SS 317/317L, Duplex 2205 (S31803), 2506 (S31804), 2507 (S32750), S32740, Alloy 254 SMO (S31254), 904L (N08904); Incoloy alloy 825 (N08825), Inconel alloy 625 (N06625), Hastelloy C-276 (N10276), Inconel alloy 59 (N06059), Alloy 31 (N08031), AL6NX (N08367), Alloy 20 (N08020), Monel alloy 400 (N04400); Titanium Grade 2, 5, 7, 9, 12; zirconium R60702; and some copper alloys.
Generally, CRA clad or lined pipes shall be manufactured as per API 5LD. The base material (steel pipe) conforms to API 5L, ASTM A106, ASTM A333, ASTM A335, etc. The cladding material shall conform to ASTM A240, A263, A264, A265, B898, B424, B443, B619, B622, B675, B265, B551.
CRA CLAD & LINED PIPE Tests and Inspection
Tensile tests: The CRA layer shall be removed from all specimens of finished products; Longitudinal tensile tests and transverse tensile tests; Weld tensile test (if there is any weld seam in the backing steel).
Flattening tests.
Guided-bend tests.
Fracture toughness tests.
Hardness tests (Vickers – ASTM E 384, Rockwell – ASTM E 18).
Ferrite/austenite ratio for duplex stainless steel CRA layer.
Corrosion tests as per ASTM A262 Practice B or Practice E, ASTM G28 Method A, ASTM G48 Method A.
Tests for CRA cladding bond strength and CRA liner tightness.
Residual magnetism (less than 15 Gauss).
Hydrostatic inspection.
Dimensional inspection and visual examination.
Ultrasonic inspection for clad pipes.
100% X-Ray inspection for all welds.
CRA CLAD & LINED PIPE APPLICATION
CRA clad and lined pipe is generally used in petroleum industries for special working conditions like corrosion or severe temperature environment. For onshore and offshore pipeline systems, there are often contain high S, H2S, and CO2 chemicals in the transportation fluids.
When these values reached a certain content it will make big corrosion to the pipelines in Carbon and Manganum steel material like API 5L pipes and ASTM A106 pipes. In this case, the CRA clad and lined pipe is applied for this.

CRA Clad Pipe Manufacturing Methods

The CRA Clad Pipe is a bimetallic pipe composed of an internal (and in some cases external) CRA layer that is metallurgically bonded to the backing steel. The cladding may be bonded by hot rolling, coextrusion, weld overlay, explosion bonding, powder metallurgy, or some other process that produces a metallurgical bond.

The CRA Clad Pipe consists of a carbon steel or alloy steel pipe with an internal or external CRA liner. The CRA liner is affixed or tightly fitted to the base-metal pipe full length by expansion, compression cold forming, or some other means.

The CRA liner may be a tube or pipe inserted into a steel pipe, a plate or sheet rolled into a cylinder by expanding the liner and/ or shrinking the base pipe, or by some other applicable processes. The clad process results in a quite firm metallurgical bonding at the interface of the backing steel and the CRA layer. The mechanical bonding formed by the lining process is relatively “loose” in a lined pipe.

Although the clad pipe exhibits better mechanical performance, its cost is relatively higher.

Here are options to manufacture the Lined Steel Pipe:

Option 1 with external carbon steel seamless pipe internal alloy welded pipe: Outer Pipe (Backing Steel Pipe) Inspection – Cutting – Machining Backing Steel Pipe – Cleaning Inner Surface – Assembling Inner Alloy Pipe – Hydroforming – Cutting Lined Pipe Ends – Beveling – Welding – Sizing pipe End – Forming – RT – ET & Endoscope – Ultrasonic Test – PT – Measuring Size and Inspection – Marking – Packing

Option 2 with CRA lined or clad steel plate: Mechanical lined or cladded Steel Plate Checking – UT for Lined Steel plate – Plate Beveling – Performing – Forming to Pipe (JCOE) – Welding – Rounding – Hydrostatic test – Beveling pipe end – X-Ray Test- Ultrasonic Test – Size Inspection and Measuring – Marking – Packing and Storage