The submerged arc welding technology used in large-diameter thick wall welded pipe has the characteristics of high weld quality, high production efficiency, no arc light and little smoke. It is mainly used in pressure vessel, pipe fitting manufacturing, beam and column, low-pressure fluid and steel structure engineering. Large diameter thick wall welded pipe includes large diameter straight seam thick wall welded pipe and large diameter spiral thick wall steel pipe. The main executive standards of large diameter straight seam thick wall steel pipe are gb/t3091-2008, gb/t9711.1-1997 and API 5L standards.