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Steel Plates for Offshore Structures

Jack up rig Fixed Compliant TLP Semi– SPAR FPSO
platform tower submersible

We have abundant supply experience.

We have been supplied our offshore–use steel plates all of the world.

We provide you rich selection of preproduction

qualification steel plates.
With nominal yield strengths in the range 345 to 690MPa .

We have the record of high quality.

Any serious quality claim has not been reported with our offshore–use steel plates.

We have continued to development of advanced technology.

Europe (North Sea) Sakhalin

Middle East South Asia Gulf of Mexico

West African Coast

Australia
South America
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Product Range The majority of plates are supplied in the TMCP

（Thermo–Mechanical Control Process）condition up to 101.6 mm（4''）
thickness and up to 22 tons weight per plate with
nominal yield strengths in the range 235 to 550MPa.
The API, EN and NORSOK standards are applicable for platforms,
B but the standards of every register of shipping are mainly
applied for ship–type structures such as FPSO.

A Hull Steel Plate Typical Pre-production Qualification Test

Strength Level DNVGL
ASTM AB BV CCS CR GL KR LR NK NV Rina RS Items
Yield Strength Norway
(MPa) A131 USA France China Taiwan Germany Germany Korea UK Japan Norway Italy Russia
A A A A A VL A GL–A A A A NVA A
≧235
B B B B B VL B GL–B B B B NVB B Charpy Impact Test, Tensile Test, Through–ThicknessTensile Test,
D D D D D VL D GL–D D D D NVD D
E E E E E VL E GL–E E E E NVE E Strain Aged Charpy Impact Test, CTOD Test, Drop Weight Test
VL A27S NVA27S
≧265 － － － － － VL D27S － － － － NVD27S － －
VL E27S NVE27S
AH32 AH32 AH32 AH32 AH32 VL A32 GL–A32 AH32 AH32 KA32 NVA32 AH32 AH32
DH32 DH32 DH32 DH32 DH32 VL D32 GL–D32 DH32 DH32 KD32 NVD32 DH32 DH32
≧315 EH32 EH32 EH32 EH32 EH32 VL E32 GL–E32 EH32 EH32 KE32 NVE32 EH32
FH32 FH32 FH32 VL F32 GL–F32 FH32 FH32 KF32 NVF32 FH32 CTOD Test
AH36 AH36 AH36 AH36 AH36 VL A36 GL–A36 AH36 AH36 KA36 NVA36 AH36
DH36 DH36 DH36 DH36 DH36 VL D36 GL–D36 DH36 DH36 KD36 NVD36 DH36
≧355 EH36 EH36 EH36 EH36 EH36 VL E36 GL–E36 EH36 EH36 KE36 NVE36
–
EH36
FH36 FH36 FH36 VL F36 GL–F36 FH36 FH36 KF36 NVF36 FH36
AH40 AH40 AH40 AH40 AH40 VL A40(S) GL–A40 AH40 AH40 KA40 NVA40 (S) AH40
DH40 DH40 DH40 DH40 DH40 VL D40(S) GL–D40 DH40 DH40 KD40 NVD40 (S) DH40
≧390 EH40 EH40 EH40 EH40 EH40 VL E40(S) GL–E40 EH40 EH40 KE40 NVE40 (S)
–
EH40
FH40 FH40 FH40 VL F40(S) GL–F40 FH40 FH40 KF40 NVF40 FH40
FQ43 VL EOW420 FH42 KE420 NVEW420
FQ47 VL EOW460 E47 RE47 FH46 KE460 NVEW460
FQ51 VL EOW500 FH50 KE500 NVEW500
Extra EQ56 E550 VL FO420 DH55 KE550 NVF420
High － EQ63 E620 E690 － VL FO460 DH62 KE620 NVF460 － －
Strength FQ70 E690 VL FO500 DH69 KF690 NVF500
VL FO550 NVF550 Test Piece
VL FO620 NVF620
VL FO690 NVF690

B Primary Structural Steel Plate

With Preproduction Qualification
Steel Grade
Maximum Thickness
Yield Strength (mm)
API2W EN10225 NORSOK
(MPa)
S355G7+M
S355G8+M MDS–Y20
355 101.6 Grade 50
S355G9+M MDS–Y25
S355G10+M
S420G1+M MDS–Y30
420 101.6 Grade 60
S420G2+M MDS–Y35
S460G1+M MDS–Y40
460 101.6（110）* —
S460G2+M MDS–Y45
MDS–Y50
500 70.0 — —
MDS–Y55
550 76.2 （Grade 80） （S550M3） —

Note: * Supply Condition :QT 3 Point Bending Machine

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Manufacturing Process （TMCP）

Thermo–Mechanical Control Process
and Quality Control Points
TMCP is applied in high tensile strength thick steel plates of 490MPa or greater, and achieves marked
and major improvement in characteristics such as low–temperature toughness and weldability. TMCP is
used in a wide variety of fields such as shipbuilding, marine structures, bridges, architecture, industrial
machinery, line pipes and tanks.
Limestone 1. Summary of TMCP
TMCP is a manufacturing process of steel plates based on reduction in the amount of alloying elements added can
a combination of controlled rolling and controlled cooling. be achieved, along with lower carbon levels. An outline of
Iron ore Sintering plant When high tensile strength steel of tensile strength rat- equipment used in TMCP is shown in Fig. 1.
ings of 490MPa or more is manufactured by TMCP, major

Pig iron Fig. 1 TMCP

Basic oxygen
Coal Coking plant Continuous
Blast furnace furnace Microstructural control Heavey
casting Process Casting Reheating Multi-pass rolling Flattening by hot leveller
by on-line cooling plate
Secondary
refining
Reheating Rough Finish Hot leveller CLC: On-line cooling equipment
furnace rolling mill rolling mill
Continuous
casting

Slab conditioning/ Continuous reheating Change in

Dimensional inspection Roughing Finishing Hot leveling temperature
furnace
mill mill machine

Controlled cooling Reheating Rough rolling Finish rolling On-line cooling

Batch reheating furnace

Change in
microstructures

Shearing Restraint of Controlled Transformation

(roughing cutting) grain growth Recrystallization rolling
Rapid cooling: Medium cooling: Mild cooling:
Martensite Bainite Ferrite, Pearlite
Cutting out Product Over 800N/mm2 600 ~ 800N/mm2 500 ~ 600N/mm2
product plate inspection/ * TMCP (Thermo–Mechanical Control Process)
Cooling beds and test pieces Marking A collective name for all methods of manufacturing steel plates with controlled
Shearing
(side cutting) rolling or controlled rolling combined with accelerated cooling.
Reheating Quenching Tempering
Shot blasting
Extraction
of test 2. Characteristics of high strength TMCP steel Fig. 2 Relationship between the conventional manufacturing
Normalizing pieces (1) Low Ceq (carbon equivalent) process and the TMCP in terms of Ceq and strength
Toughness has been improved as a result of realization of (plate thickness of 20 to 30 mm)
low Ceq and utilization of TMCP.
(2) About the advantages of using high strength TMCP steel
TMCP
plates 700 （water cooling-type）

Tensile strength（MPa）
Mechanical Weldability is greatly improved, and as a result, the following
testing advantages are obtained during use. 600
• Due to the low PCM level (weld crack sensitivity composition), the
Product preheating temperature at the time of welding can be lower than 500
shipping that of conventional high tensile strength steel
• The maximum hardness of the welded joints can be made lower Non-water cooling-type
center
than that of conventional high tensile strength steel 400 TMCP (air cooling)
• Improving toughness of welded joints As-rolled (air cooling)
Shipping
• Less deterioration in mechanical properties of the material by 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50
Ultrasonic Inspection Coating Marking/ linear heat
flaw detection (conditioning) Drying Final inspection Ceq（％）
Shot blasting

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Improvement of HAZ Toughness

● Basic concept ● Concept of HTUFFTM steel
Customers are satisfied
HTUFF TM steel
Metallurgical factors Measures with High Quality Steel
l for Offshore Structure
Inhibition of austenite grain coarsening by fine
ee
●

particles such as TiN TM

st
FF IGF & Pinning
TU
Refinement of ●
Utilization of intra granular ferrite（IGF） (Mg-O Steel)
effective grain size
in HAZ (HTUFFTM)
nucleated from particles such as Ti2O3
w
H New HTUFF TM
Ne IGF * eel Steel
st
●
Utilization of both the above measures by
dispersing high–temperature–stable oxide and (TiO Steel) TM

sulfide particles
UFF Cu-precipitated
Pinning HT Steel
Decrease of ●
Reduction in carbon content and carbon equivalent
(TiN Steel)
MA–constituents ●
Reduction in silicon, alminium and niobium content Mg-O Steel
* Intra Granular Ferrite
Improvement of ●
Fixation of free nitrogen such as TiN, AlN, etc.
matrix toughness ●
Addition of nickel

* HTUFF : High HAZ Toughness technology with Fine microstructure imparted by Fine particles TiN Steel
TiO Steel
● Concept of controlling microstructure
TiN steel TiO steel Mg-O steel New HTUFF TM steel
WM γ WM γ WM WM
γ
GBF γ γ γ γ
γ
Bu FSP
IGF γ
γ γ γ
FSP γ
γ
Improvement of HAZ
γ
γ γ
γ
γ Toughness Technology
γ
FL FL FL FL
by NIPPON STEEL

● IGF ● Comparison of HAZ microstructure of TiO steel

formed in HAZ of TiO
and New HTUFFTM steel
● Concept of decrease of MA-constituents and Cu-precipitation steel
Conventional TiO New HTUFFTM steel
Decrease of MA-constituents Cu-precipitation steel
Al added (Conventional steel) Lowering Al (Developed steel) Cu-precipitation steel is Cu-precipitation
Bainitic ferrite
IGF ★High stength with low carbon by
Initial transformation
Austenite grain
boundary Cu-precipitation hardening.
Carbon concentration
in austenite ★Standardized in ASTM TS
IGF A736 and A710

Strength
Austenite
IGF
Nucleation site Suppressing precipitation of Fe3C Promoting precipitation of Fe3C
Promoting formation of MA Suppressing formation of MA
YS
After transformation

Martensite –
har Austenite constituent Fe3C precipitation
3μm mfu
lm (MA) Conventional
icro
stru
ctu
re s 100μm Tempering temperature
ize
Relationship between
TEM micrograph tempering temperature and strengh
100μm 100μm

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Primary Steel with Pre–Production Qualification

Grade 50〜80 (YS355〜550MPa)

Typical y–Groove Cracking Test Result

Yield Strength Thickness H.I Preheat Temp Crack
Welding Method
(MPa) (mm) (kJ/mm) (°
C) Surface Root Section

≧355 101.6 SMAW 1.6 24 0% 0% 0%

≧420 101.6 SMAW 0.7 25 0% 0% 0%

≧460 101.6 SMAW 0.7 25 0% 0% 0%

≧500 70.0 SMAW 1.7 25 0% 0% 0%

≧550 76.2 SMAW 0.7 25 0% 0% 0%

Typical Chemical Composition (mass%)

200

Section A-A'
Yield Strength Thickness C Si Mn P S Others Ceq PcM Unit:mm
(MPa) (mm) 60℃
A
≧355 101.6 0.07 0.13 1.51 0.003 0.002 Cu、Ni、Nb etc. 0.39 0.18 1/2t

150
t
≧420 101.6 0.04 0.11 1.36 0.003 0.002 Cu、Ni、Nb etc. 0.42 0.19
A'
1/2t

≧460 101.6 0.04 0.10 1.41 0.003 0.002 Cu、Ni、Nb etc. 0.43 0.19 1±0.2

≧500 70.0 0.09 0.12 1.63 0.007 0.002 Cu、Ni、Nb etc. 0.44 0.21 Plate Thickness

≧550 76.2 0.03 0.12 1.09 0.004 0.003 Cu、Ni、Nb etc. 0.48 0.19

Note: PcM=C+Si/30+(Mn+Cu+Cr)/20+Ni/60+Mo/15+V/10+5B
Ceq=C+Mn/6+(Cu+Ni)/15+(Cr+Mo+V)/5 Typical CTOD Test Result of Welded Joint
Typical Mechanical Properties CTOD Value at –10℃ (mm)
Tensile Test Through–Thickness Tensile Test Charpy Impact Yield Strength Thickness Low Middle High
Yield Strength Thickness (MPa) (mm)
(MPa) (mm) Yield Strength Tensile Strength Elongation Tensile Strength RA vTrs 0.7 kJ/mm 3.0~3.5 kJ/mm 4.5~5.0 kJ/mm
(MPa) (MPa) (％) (MPa) (％) (°
C) FCAW SAW SAW
≧355 101.6 395 511 37 505 77 –89 ≧355 101.6 ≧0.44 ≧1.33 ≧0.99

≧420 101.6 505 584 32 548 79 –91 ≧420 101.6 ≧0.48 ≧1.40 ≧0.92

≧460 101.6 471 527 31 510 82.1 –109 ≧460 101.6 ≧1.23 ≧1.23 ≧0.99

≧500 70.0 522 629 22 578 65 –100 ≧500 70.0 ≧0.85 ≧0.92 –

≧550 76.2 589 663 30 658 77 –117 ≧550 76.2 ≧0.65 ≧0.81 ≧0.89

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Primary Steel with Pre–Production Qualification

Grade 100
for Jack Up Rigs ( YS690MPa)
Available Thickness
Greater thickness or other standards within this yield strength range may be possible on request.

Class Grade

FQ70
Ship Classification

ABS
Maximum Thickness
(mm)

120
NVF690 DNV 210
YS690
EQ70 ABS 180
WEL-TEN780MOD-037,-040 *1 ABS 180

Note: *1 NIPPON STEEL’s Standard

Typical Mechanical Properties

Thickness Yield Strength Tensile Strength Elongation
Class Specimen
(mm) (MPa) (MPa) (％)

177.8 822 884 20 JIS No.4

YS690
210.0 782 866 20 5.65 √S

Test temperature Average absorbed

Class Positon
(°
C) energy (J)

-40 1/4t-L 206

YS690
-60 1/4t-L 89

Specification
Tensile Test
Class Yield Strength Tensile Strength Elongation Specimen
(MPa) (MPa) (％)

≧16（t ≦16mm） JIS No.5

≧24（t>16mm） （GL ＝200mm）
YS690 ≧690 780-930
≧16（t>20mm）
JIS No.4
（GL ＝50mm）

Charpy Impact Test

Class Test temperature Average absorbed
Position
(°
C) energy (J)

-40 1/4t-L ≧69

YS690
-60 1/4t-L ≧69

Jack Up Rig

Typical Chemical Composition (mass%)

Class Thickness C Si Mn P S Cu Ni Cr Mo V B Ceq

210mm
(mm)

177.8 0.12 0.25 1.07 0.006 0.001 Added 0.001 0.66

YS690 Rack
210.0 0.11 0.26 1.05 0.005 0.001 Added 0.001 0.83 Chord

Note: Ceq=C+Mn/6+(Cu+Ni)/15+(Cr+Mo+V)/5

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Welding Materials
Production Name *2 AWS Application
Steel Grade Welding Process *1
（Shield Gas） Classification Position CVN (° C) *3
C) CTOD (°
NB-55×Y-DS A5.17 F7A8-EH14
–40 ～ –60 –40
（Flux）
（Wire） F7P8-EH14
Flat Position Welding
Submerged Arc A5.23 F7A8-EG-G
NB-55L×Y-D –40 ～ –60 –20
Welding (SAW) F7P8-EG-G
NB–55E × Y-DM3 A5.23 F8A4-EG-G ditto（Two-run Welding） –20 ～ –40 –

YS305MPa
SF-3M（CO2） ( A5.36 E71T1-C1A4-CS1
A5.20 E71T-9C-J *4 –20 ～ –40 –10
-YS400MPa Flux Cored Arc
Welding（FCAW）
SF-3A（Ar-CO2） ( A5.36 E71T1-M21A4-CS1
A5.20 E71T-9M-J *4 All Position Welding –20 ～ –40 –10

SF-36E（CO2） ( A5.36 E81T1-C1A8-K2-H4

A5.29 E81T1-GC * 4 –40 ～ –60 –10 ～ –20

Covered Arc
L-55SN A5.5 E7016-G All Position Welding –40 ～ –60 –40
Welding（SMAW）
Gas Metal Arc
YM-1N（Ar-CO2） A5.28 ER80S-G All Position Welding –40 ～ –60 –10
Welding（GMAW）
A5.23 F8A8-EA4-A4
SAW NB-55×Y-CMS Flat Position Welding –40 ～ –60 –40
F8P8-EA4-A4
SF-3E（CO2） (
A5.36 E81T1-C1A4-CS1
A5.29 E81T1-GC *4
–20 ～ –40 –10

YS420MPa
FCAW SF-47E（CO2） (
A5.36 E81T1-C1A8-Ni1-H4
A5.29 E81T1-Ni1C-J *4
All Position Welding –40 ～ –60 –10 ～ –30
-YS460MPa
SF-3AM（Ar-CO2） (
A5.36 E81T1-M21A8-Ni1-H4
A5.29 E81T1-GC *4
–40 ～ –60 –10 ～ –40

SMAW L-60 A5.5 E8016-G All Position Welding –20 ～ –40 –

GMAW YM-3N（Ar-CO2） A5.28 ER80S-G All Position Welding –40 ～ –60 –

SF–50E（CO2） ( A5.36 E91T1-C1A8-Ni2-H4

A5.29 E91T1-Ni1C-J * 4 –40 ～ –60 –40
FCAW All Position Welding
SF–50A（Ar–CO ） (
A5.36 E91T1-M21A4-K2-H4
4 –20 ～ –40 –10
2
A5.29 E91T1-GM *
A5.23 F9A8-EG-G
YS500MPa SAW NB-250H×Y-204B Flat Position Welding –40 ～ –60 –10
F9P8-EG-G
SMAW L-60LT A5.5 E9016–G All Position Welding –40 ～ –60 –

GMAW YM-70A（Ar-CO2） A5.28 ER100S-G All Position Welding –20 ～ –40 –

FCAW SF–70A（Ar-CO2） ( A5.36 E101T1-M21A4-K2-H4

A5.29 E101T1-GM * 4 All Position Welding –20 ～ –40 –20

YS550MPa SAW NB-55×Y-DMS ( A5.23 F9A8-EA3-G

F9P8-EA3-G
Flat Position Welding (AC Only) –20 ～ –40 –10

SMAW L-60LT A5.5 E9016–G All Position Welding –40 ～ –60 –

Production Name AWS Apprication

Steel Grade Welding Process
（Shield Gas） Classification Position CVN (°
C)

SAW NB-250J×Y-80J A5.23 F11A8-EG-M3 Flat Position Welding –40 ～ –60

SMAW L-80SN A5.5 E11016-G All Position Welding –40 ～ –60

YS690MPa
YM-80A (Ar-CO2) A5.28 ER110S-G –40
GMAW All Position Welding
YM-69F (Ar-CO2) A5.28 ER110S-G –60

Note: *1: Applicable polarity; SAW = AC and/or DCEP, FCAW & GMAW = DCEP, SMAW = AC or DCEP
*2: NIPPON STEEL WELDING & ENGINEERING Co.,Ltd.（NSWE）.
*3: Information only
*4: AWS A5.20 and A5.29 were replaced into A5.36 on the end of 2015.

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