Friday, April 28, 2017

Classification Steel Pipes and Tubes

Steel pipe & tubes are classified by the following methods:
  1. Manufacture: Method Broadly Classified as Seamless & Welded.
    • Seamless method is further classified as Hot Finished & Cold Drawn.  
    • Welded are classified as ERW, SAW, CDW, SW, MMAW.
  2. Steel Chemistry: Carbon steel, Alloy steel, Stainless Steel.
    • Carbon Steel are further classified as low, Medium, high carbon, manganese steel.
    • Alloy steel are further classified by composition of chrome & moly.
    • Stainless steel are classified by their various composition of Nickel, crome, moly etc.   
  3. End Use;
    • Tubes are used to transferred heat load through its walls (Thickness) 
    • Pipes are used to transfer heat loads through its Bore

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