This tubing is produced direct off the continuous tube welding mill, using cold rolled stainless steel strip made to ASTM standards, with tube produced to commercial limits of straightness in standard or specific customer lengths. AW tube has a higher yield point than annealed tube and is generally used for decorative applications or in mildly corrosive conditions. It is not suitable for applications requiring significant flaring, expanding or bending. We offer our range of stainless-steel tube (or pipe, pole, piping, tubing, as it is also often referred to as) in steel grades 304 and 316. Generally in 6.000 Metre lengths and commonly in Grades T 304, T 310, T 316 Grade T 321; All in a wide variety of finishes. 6mm OD x 1mm Stainless Tube Swagelok electric-traced bundled tubing maintains consistent temperatures in long, continuous lengths of impulse and sample lines for freeze protection, temperature maintenance up to 250°F (121°C), or viscosity control Steam-Traced Tubing Generally in 6.000 Metre lengths and commonly in Grades T 304, T 310, T 316 &Grade T 321; All in a wide variety of finishes 1/8″ OD x 20Swg Stainless Tube

Finishes or appearance range from unpolished to highly polished. Unpolished has a 2B mill finish, standard polished is a finely grit polished finish and there is a finer buffed finish giving close to mirror appearance. Finishes are selected to suit application and aesthetic appeal.

Stainless Steel Tubing

Stainless Steels are typically divided into five families (austenitic, martensitic, ferritic, precipitation hardening and duplex). Within these families over 250 different grades of stainless steel exist. The characteristics of a stainless pipe are determined by its relative family, grade and chemical composition. Where the chemical composition can be manipulated in such a way that desirable characteristics are reinforced depending on applicability. Factors that can be altered this way include mechanical, physical, thermal and anti-corrosive qualities. Generally stainless tubes are corrosion and thus weather resistant, making them ideal for both indoor and outdoor applications. Resistance is built when 10.5% of chromium inherent to all stainless steels reacts with the surrounding atmosphere forming a thin protective layer on the tubes surface. Primary material used in the production of welded stainless pipes are previously hot/cold rolled sheets and plates. These more workable primary products have their edges heated and then pressed together using a series of rollers. Swagelok pre-insulated traced tubing bundles provide reliable process temperature maintenance in a variety of analytical and process instrumentation applications, including impulse lines, sample lines, and process lines and provide an economical choice compared to field tracing and insulating. The parallel configuration—process and tracer lines are parallel inside the bundle—allows all tubes to bend together in as little as an 8 in. (20.3 cm) radius in tubing sizes up to 3/4 in. or 12 mm, so the bundle is easier to route and connect in the field than cabled bundles. Specifications Materials At The Metal Store, we offer an extensive range of stainless steel tube (or pipe) products in grades 304 and 316, as well as stainless steel tubes for tube clamps in grade 304.

Although harder to machine than grade 304, the increased corrosion resistance of grade 316 makes it ideal for tough environments, such as marine, coastal and heavily industrialised areas. Wide choice of dimensions and free cutting As deterioration due to weather is minimal stainless pipes are suited for both indoor and outdoor application. Our stainless steel studding threads include bars of 8mm or 10mm in diameter. Most options come in 1 m length.Pre-coned tube lengths of hardened or annealed tubing are available from 2 to 120 in. (5 to 305 cm) in length. Tube lengths are precisely coned with a high-quality finish. Specifications Material