subject: About Stainless Steel Tubing And Its Many Applications [print this page] Stainless steel tubing is ideal to be used in many areas, as they are highly resistant to corrosive attack and to oxidation at high temperatures. It is for this reason that they are used in many industries like aviation, architectural, electronics, marine, air conditioning and heating, medical, automotive, and textiles industries.
Types of stainless steel tubing:
The stainless steel tubing range comes in both seamless stainless steel tubing, and welded stainless steel tubing variety, as per the requirements of different industry sectors. The former comes in three varieties i.e. fractional, metric, and imperial sizes. They are usually instrumentation grade and chemically cleaned and comply with ASTM G93 Level A and CGA 4.1. Similarly, the welded stainless steel tubing comes in fractional sizes for the users convenience. And the best part is that the stainless steel tube can be custom made, so as to meet the various requirements in structural, mechanical and general engineering purposes.
Use of stainless steel tubing in construction:
In the construction industry, the stainless steel tubing finds wide application in stair railings or guard railings. You can play with its aesthetics part to give different designs as well as utility part to prevent accidents. What is appealing about stainless steel tubing is that it can be polished and its maintenance is almost nil due to its anti-corrosive quality. Even interior designers make huge use of stainless tubing in furniture and other home furnishings. You can also store your valuables in a these tubes like documents and pictures for proper protective storage. Stainless steel tubing can also be bent as per consumer requirement. Hence they are used nowadays in connecting gas pipes and in plumbing systems.
Other uses of stainless steel tubing:
The stainless steel tubing is particularly great for use in salt water; hence they are used extensively in ship building. It also finds wide application in the automotive industry. You can use stainless steel tubing as dress up kits for cars. You can find them in the rear end of cars over the tail pipe. It can even be used as step ups in trucks for the convenience of the driver and passengers to get in. The seamless stainless steel tubing is also ideal for the protection and prevention of wear and tear in electrical lines and phone cable lines.
Stainless steel tubing is user and installer friendly, and cost effective. So consider this option for your home and office project in the future. And just feel the difference for yourself!
