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Steel pipe bend is a pipe fittings which used to change direction of the pipeline for some specific reason. The manufacturing are cold and hot heating. While Bending pipe in the heating process, the heating process should be slow and uniform, so as to ensure the thermal conductivity of the pipe, we should pay attention to avoid overheating and carburizing.
Industrial Process for ASME B16.49 Bend Pipe Fittings
Industrial process utilizes induction heating to heat a nar-row band 360 degree around a pipe or cylinder at the point of bending as the pipe or cylinder is being pushed through the inductor coil at a constant velocity. After the material passes through the coil,it may be cooled by forced air or water spray,or it may be allowed to cool in still air. Bends in any producible wall thickness and diameter are covered. Standard bends may be produced from seamless pipe,welded pipe,or cylinders.
In simple and short words, it will be bending, squeezing, pressing, forging, machining and more.
Standard Marking
- Manufacturer’s Name or Trademark
- Heat Number
- Material Grade
- ASME B16.49
- Nominal Pipe Size
- Nominal Wall Thickness
- Bend Radius
- Bend Anlge
Bend Dimensional Terms

Steel Pipe Bend Dimensions
Bending Radius
R≥3D (R= 3D, 4D, 5D, 6D, 7D, 8D, 9D, 10D) D means outside diameter.
What is Bend Angle?
Normally 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 90°, 135°, 180° or at customer’s option.
Straight Length (L) for Bend
Normally between 300mm and 1500mm in length of straight. It is also at customer’s option.
Application of Buttweld Elbow & Bend
AME B16.9 Buttweld elbows & ASME B16.49 bends are widely used in many industries, such as power generation, petroleum, natural gas, chemicals, shipbuilding, heating, paper-making, metallurgy and so on.
Weight formula of ASME B16.49 Bend Pipe Fittings
Weight / kg = 0.0433 ( D – T ) TRθ / 100000 + L
D = Outside diameter
T = Thickness in mm
R = Bend radius
θ = Bend angle
L = Weight of double sides straight length
3D Bend Weight Chart
| Nominal Size | Sch20 | Sch30 | STD | Sch40 | Sch60 | XS | Sch80 | Sch100 | Sch120 | Sch140 | Sch160 | XXS | ||
| DN | NPS | |||||||||||||
| 20
25 32 |
3/4
1 11/4 |
–
– – |
0.14
0.29 0.47 |
0.17
0.33 0.56 |
0.17
0.33 0.56 |
–
– – |
0.22
0.43 0.48 |
0.22
0.43 0.73 |
–
– – |
–
– – |
–
– – |
0.29
0.56 0.92 |
0.36
0.72 1.28 |
|
| 40
50 65 |
11/2
2 21/2 |
–
– – |
0.70
1.18 2.64 |
0.80
1.43 2.83 |
0.80
1.43 2.83 |
–
– – |
1.07
1.97 3.75 |
1.07
1.97 3.75 |
–
– – |
–
– – |
–
– – |
1.43
2.92 4.90 |
1.88
3.53 6.70 |
|
| 80
90 100 |
3
31/2 4 |
–
– – |
3.92
5.27 6.80 |
4.47
6.26 8.47 |
4.47
6.26 8.47 |
–
– – |
6.04
8.60 11.8 |
6.04
8.60 11.8 |
–
– – |
–
– 14.9 |
–
– – |
8.45
– 17.7 |
11.0
– 21.6 |
|
| 125
150 200 |
5
6 8 |
–
– 35.1 |
–
– 38.8 |
14.3
22.3 44.8 |
14.3
22.3 44.8 |
–
– 56.0 |
20.4
33.6 68.1 |
20.4
33.6 68.1 |
–
– 80.0 |
26.5
42.8 95.3 |
–
– 106 |
32.3
53.4 117 |
37.8
62.6 114 |
|
| 250
300 350 |
10
12 14 |
55.0
78.5 125 |
67.2
103 150 |
79.4
117 150 |
79.4
126 174 |
107
172 234 |
107
154 198 |
126
209 292 |
151
252 359 |
175
295 414 |
204
329 468 |
227
377 519 |
204
295 – |
|
| 400
450 500 |
16
18 20 |
164
208 309 |
196
290 409 |
196
249 309 |
260
369 483 |
337
488 653 |
260
330 409 |
429
604 819 |
517
734 1005 |
604
862 1163 |
702
968 1338 |
770
1089 1487 |
–
– – |
|
| 550
600 650 |
22
24 26 |
374
446 694 |
496
663 – |
374
446 523 |
–
807 – |
852
1123 – |
496
591 694 |
1083
1397 – |
1307
1731 – |
1526
2023 – |
1740
2276 – |
1947
2554 – |
–
– – |
|
| 700
750 800 |
28
30 32 |
806
927 1056 |
1004
1154 1315 |
608
699 796 |
–
– 1445 |
–
– – |
806
927 1056 |
–
– – |
–
– – |
–
– – |
–
– – |
–
– – |
–
– – |
|
| 850
900 950 |
34
36 38 |
1194
1338 – |
1487
1667 – |
899
1008 1124 |
1634
1993 – |
–
– – |
1194
1338 1493 |
–
– – |
–
– – |
–
– – |
–
– – |
–
– – |
–
– – |
|
| 1000
1050 1100 |
40
42 44 |
–
– – |
–
– – |
1246
1374 1509 |
–
– – |
–
– – |
1655
1826 2006 |
–
– – |
–
– – |
–
– – |
–
– – |
–
– – |
–
– – |
|
| 1150
1200 |
46
48 |
–
– |
–
– |
1649
1797 |
–
– |
–
– |
2191
2388 |
–
– |
–
– |
–
– |
–
– |
–
– |
–
– |
|
3D Bend Dimensions
Standard: ASME B16.9, DL/T515, SY5257
Size: DN 15 to 1200 / NPS 1/2 to 48
Thickness : ≤120mm
Angle: 45 °, 90°, 180 °
Material: Carbon Steel, Alloy Steel, Stainless Steel, Duplex Steel.

| Nominal Size | Outside Diameter at Bevel | Center to End | Center to Center | Back to Face | ||||
| 90° Elbows | 45° Elbows | 180 Returns | ||||||
| DN | NPS | OD | A | B | O | K | ||
| 3D | 3D | LR | SR | LR | SR | |||
| 15 | 1/2 | 21.3 | 76 | 48 | ||||
| 20 | 3/4 | 26.7 | 57 | 24 | 76 | 51 | ||
| 25 | 1 | 33.4 | 76 | 31 | 76 | 51 | 56 | 41 |
| 32 | 1 1/4 | 42.2 | 95 | 39 | 95 | 64 | 70 | 52 |
| 40 | 1 1/2 | 48.3 | 114 | 47 | 114 | 76 | 83 | 62 |
| 50 | 2 | 60.3 | 152 | 63 | 152 | 102 | 106 | 81 |
| 65 | 2 1/2 | 73.0 | 190 | 79 | 190 | 127 | 132 | 100 |
| 80 | 3 | 88.9 | 229 | 95 | 229 | 152 | 159 | 121 |
| 90 | 3 1/2 | 101.6 | 267 | 111 | 267 | 178 | 184 | 140 |
| 100 | 4 | 114.3 | 305 | 127 | 305 | 203 | 210 | 159 |
| 125 | 5 | 141.3 | 381 | 157 | 381 | 254 | 262 | 197 |
| 150 | 6 | 168.3 | 457 | 189 | 457 | 305 | 313 | 237 |
| 200 | 8 | 219.1 | 610 | 252 | 610 | 406 | 414 | 313 |
| 250 | 10 | 273.0 | 762 | 316 | 762 | 508 | 518 | 391 |
| 300 | 12 | 323.8 | 914 | 378 | 914 | 609 | 619 | 467 |
| 350 | 14 | 355.6 | 1067 | 441 | 1067 | 711 | 711 | 533 |
| 400 | 16 | 406.4 | 1219 | 505 | 1219 | 813 | 813 | 610 |
| 450 | 18 | 457.0 | 1372 | 568 | 1372 | 914 | 914 | 686 |
| 500 | 20 | 508.0 | 1524 | 632 | 1524 | 1016 | 1016 | 762 |
| 550 | 22 | 559.0 | 1676 | 694 | 1676 | 1118 | 1118 | 838 |
| 600 | 24 | 610.0 | 1829 | 757 | 1829 | 1219 | 1219 | 914 |
| 650 | 26 | 660.0 | 1981 | 821 | ||||
| 700 | 28 | 711.0 | 2134 | 883 | ||||
| 750 | 30 | 762.0 | 2286 | 964 | ||||
| 800 | 32 | 813.0 | 2438 | 1010 | ||||
| 850 | 34 | 864.0 | 2591 | 1073 | ||||
| 900 | 36 | 914.0 | 2743 | 1135 | ||||
| 950 | 38 | 965.0 | 2896 | 1200 | ||||
| 1000 | 40 | 1016.0 | 3048 | 1264 | ||||
| 1050 | 42 | 1067.0 | 3200 | 1326 | ||||
| 1100 | 44 | 1118.0 | 3353 | 1389 | ||||
| 1150 | 46 | 1168.0 | 3505 | 1453 | ||||
| 1200 | 48 | 1219.0 | 3658 | 1516 | ||||
Carbon Steel Pipe Bend
ASTM A106B, A53B, API 5L B, API 5L X42, X52, X60, X65, X70, A333 GRADE 3 / 6 / 9
Alloy Steel Bend and Elbow
ASTM A335 P1, P5, P9, P11, P12, P22, P91
Stainless Steel Bend Pipe Fittings
ASTM A312 TP304/304L/304H, TP316/316L, TP310, TP317, TP321, TP309, TP347
Duplex Steel 5D Bend
ASTM A815 UNS S31803, S32205, S32550, S32750, S32760
What is Difference between Pipe Elbow and Bend?
ASME B16.49 Pipe bends typically have a minimum bending radius of 1.5 times pipe radius (R). If this bending radius is less than 1.5R, it is called Elbow. For example, 1.5D elbow we call it as long radius ( LR) elbow and 1D elbow as short radius ( SR) elbow.
API 5L X52 X56 X60 X65 X 70 Properties
Chemical Properties
| Grade | C | Si | Mn | P | S | V | Nb | Ti |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| API 5L X52 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 1.65 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| API 5L X56 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 1.65 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| API 5L X60 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 1.65 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| API 5L X65 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 1.65 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| API 5L X70 | 0.17 | 0.45 | 1.75 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
Mechanical Properties
| Grade | Yield Strength Min. (MPA) |
Tensile Strength Min. (MPA) |
Elongation % |
|---|---|---|---|
| API 5L X52 | 355 | 450 | 21 |
| API 5L X56 | 385 | 485 | 19 |
| API 5L X60 | 410 | 515 | 19 |
| API 5L X65 | 450 | 530 | 18 |
| API 5L X70 | 480 | 560 | 17 |
Drawing & Specification for 3D Bend

3D Bend Drawing
| Nominal Size | Center to End | Center to Center | Back to Face | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90°Bend | 45°Bend | 180°Returns | ||||||
| DN | NPS | OD | A | B | O | K | ||
| 3D | 3D | LR | SR | LR | SR | |||
| 15 | 1/2 | 21.3 | 76 | 48 | ||||
| 20 | 3/4 | 26.7 | 57 | 24 | 76 | 51 | ||
| 25 | 1 | 33.4 | 76 | 31 | 76 | 51 | 56 | 41 |
| 32 | 1 1/4 | 42.2 | 95 | 39 | 95 | 64 | 70 | 52 |
| 40 | 1 1/2 | 48.3 | 114 | 47 | 114 | 76 | 83 | 62 |
| 50 | 2 | 60.3 | 152 | 63 | 152 | 102 | 106 | 81 |
| 65 | 2 1/2 | 73 | 190 | 79 | 190 | 127 | 132 | 100 |
| 80 | 3 | 88.9 | 229 | 95 | 229 | 152 | 159 | 121 |
| 90 | 3 1/2 | 101.6 | 267 | 111 | 267 | 178 | 184 | 140 |
| 100 | 4 | 114.3 | 305 | 127 | 305 | 203 | 210 | 159 |
| 125 | 5 | 141.3 | 381 | 157 | 381 | 254 | 262 | 197 |
| 150 | 6 | 168.3 | 457 | 189 | 457 | 305 | 313 | 237 |
| 200 | 8 | 219.1 | 610 | 252 | 610 | 406 | 414 | 313 |
| 250 | 10 | 273 | 762 | 316 | 762 | 508 | 518 | 391 |
| 300 | 12 | 323.8 | 914 | 378 | 914 | 609 | 619 | 467 |
| 350 | 14 | 355.6 | 1067 | 441 | 1067 | 711 | 711 | 533 |
| 400 | 16 | 406.4 | 1219 | 505 | 1219 | 813 | 813 | 610 |
| 450 | 18 | 457 | 1372 | 568 | 1372 | 914 | 914 | 686 |
| 500 | 20 | 508 | 1524 | 632 | 1524 | 1016 | 1016 | 762 |
| 550 | 22 | 559 | 1676 | 694 | 1676 | 1118 | 1118 | 838 |
| 600 | 24 | 610 | 1829 | 757 | 1829 | 1219 | 1219 | 914 |
| 650 | 26 | 660 | 1981 | 821 | ||||
| 700 | 28 | 711 | 2134 | 883 | ||||
| 750 | 30 | 762 | 2286 | 964 | ||||
| 800 | 32 | 813 | 2438 | 1010 | ||||
| 850 | 34 | 864 | 2591 | 1073 | ||||
| 900 | 36 | 914 | 2743 | 1135 | ||||
| 950 | 38 | 965 | 2896 | 1200 | ||||
| 1000 | 40 | 1016 | 3048 | 1264 | ||||
| 1050 | 42 | 1067 | 3200 | 1326 | ||||
| 1100 | 44 | 1118 | 3353 | 1389 | ||||
| 1150 | 46 | 1168 | 3505 | 1453 | ||||
| 1200 | 48 | 1219 | 3658 | 1516 | ||||
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