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What you can buy
Stainless steel
- Tube & pipe
Sizes
- Size range
- 0.030"–1.50" OD, 0.002"–0.280" wall, IDs down to 0.008"; metric sizes available
- Tolerances
- OD as tight as 0.0003", ID ±0.0005", wall ±0.0003", length ±0.001"; standard wall ±10% of average; commercial straightness 0.010" per foot
- Drawing methods
- Tube sinking, fixed-plug, floating-plug, tethered-plug, drawn-over-mandrel and pilger; dies and mandrels made in-house
- Tempers and finish
- Annealed, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 and full hard, or custom mechanical properties; surface finish down to 8 Ra
- Shapes
- Round, square, elliptical and flat oval cross sections, shaped ID/OD, stepped tubes
- Fabrication
- Cutting, bending, grinding, forming, flaring, flanging, CNC machining and hydroforming, from 1 to 1,000,000 pieces
- Alloys
- Stainless 304/304L, 316/316L/316LVM, 321, 347, 410, 430 and others; nickel and high-temperature alloys including 600, 625, 718, 825, C-276, Hastelloy X, Monel 400, MP35N, L-605 and NiTi; 4130 and A-286
- Testing
- Tensile, yield, elongation, grain size and microstructure; eddy current, ultrasonic, penetrant, x-ray, hydrostatic, CMM and laser micrometer inspection
About Tube Methods
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Tube Methods is a custom manufacturer of small-diameter, cold-drawn seamless and welded-and-drawn tubing in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, with more than 70 years in the trade. It draws stainless steel, nickel and high-temperature alloys from 0.030" to 1.50" OD and 0.002" to 0.280" wall, then cuts, bends, forms and machines tubes in-house, serving aerospace, defense, power generation and medical manufacturers.
- Processing
- Tube making
- Industries served
- Aerospace, Defense and military, Power generation, Medical devices, Automotive
- Certifications
- ISO 9001, AS9100, Nadcap (materials testing and heat treating of lab specimens)
Location
Bridgeport, PA
Headquarters
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