Stainless Steel Pipe

Stainless steel pipe is one of the more standardized materials in the building and engineering industries.

Stainless Steel Seamless Pipes is a hollow steel bar, a large number of pipes used for conveying fluids, such as oil, gas, water, gas, steam,heat exchanger,mechanical machine.

In addition, engaging in bending, torsional strength of the same, lighter, and they are also widely used in the manufacture of mechanical parts and engineering structures.

Steel pipes are long, hollow tubes that are used for a variety of purposes. They are produced by two distinct methods which result in either a welded or seamless pipe. Industrial Metal Supply carries a wide variety of stainless steel pipe products.

Stainless Steel Pipe Applications 

Stainless steel pipe has a wide variety of applications, some of the most prevalent include: 

• Automobile Manufacturing
• Refrigeration Units
• Heating & Plumbing Systems
• Flagpoles
• Street Lamps
• Bicycle Frames  

Also used in producing all kinds of conventional weapons, the barrel, artillery shells and so on...

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Stainless steel pipes are used mainly for industrial use, plants, sanitation, heat exchangers, and machine structures.

Normal Standard

Item	ASTM A213/A213M			ASTM A312/A312M
Grade	TP304		TP304L	TP304		TP304L
	TP316		TP316L	TP316		TP316L
	TP317		TP317L	TP317		TP317L
	TP347		TP310S	TP347		TP310S
	TP309H*		TP310H*	TP317*		TP310H*
			TP321HΔ			TP321HΔ
Yield Strength σ0.2 (Mpa)	≥170;		≥205	≥170;		≥205
Tensile Strength σb (Mpa)	≥485		≥515	≥485;		≥515
Elongation %	≥35		≥35	≥35		≥35
Flattening Test	H=1.09t/(0.09+t/D)			H=1.09t/(0.09+t/D)
Flange Test	21-68%
Intergranular corrosion	"*"﹑"Δ" ASTM E112 "Δ" min 7#, "*" min 6#			"*"﹑"Δ"ASTM E112, min 6#
Hydraulic test(Mpa)	D	P max	P=220.6t/D	D	P max	ASTM A530/A530M D≤270MM P=2Rt/D R=50%σ0.2
	<25.4	7		≤88.9	17
	25.4-<38.1	10
	38.1-<50.8	14		>88.9	19
	50.8-<76.2	17
	76.2-<127	24
	≥127	31
Metallograph Analysis	STM A262 E			ASTM A262 E
Non-Destructive Test	ASTM E213 E309 E426			ASTM E213 E309 E426
Hardness	HRB<90			RB<90

Chemical composition

Grade	Chemical Composition
	C (max)	Si (max)	Mn (max)	P (max)	S (max)	Ni	Cr	Mo	Other
TP 304	0.08	0.75	2	0.04	0.03	8-11	18-20
TP 304H	0.04-0.10	0.75	2	0.04	0.03	8-11	18-20
TP 304L	0.035	0.75	2	0.04	0.03	8-13	18-20
TP 309S	0.08	0.75	2	0.04	0.03	8-13	18-20
TP 310S	0.08	0.75	2	0.045	0.03	12-15	22-24
TP 316	0.08	0.75	2	0.04	0.03	19-22	24-26
TP 316L	0.035	0.75	2	0.04	0.03	10-15	16-18
TP 316Ti	0.08	0.75	2	0.04	0.03	11-14	16-18
TP 317	0.08	0.75	2	0.04	0.03	11-14	16-18
TP 321	0.08	0.75	2	0.04	0.03	9-13	18-20
TP 321H	0.04-0.10	0.75	2	0.04	0.03	9-13	17-20
TP 347	0.08	0.75	2	0.04	0.03	9-13	17-20
TP 347H	0.04-0.10	0.75	2	0.04	0.03	9-13	17-20

Tolerance grade

Grade	Outside diameter tolerance	Grade	Wall thickness tolerance
D1	±1.50% but at least ±0.75mm	T1	±15% but at least ±0.60mm
D2	±1.00% but at least ±0.50mm	T2	±12.5% but at least ±0.40mm
D3	±0.75% but at least ±0.30mm	T3	±7.5% but at least ±0.15mm
D4	±0.50% but at least ±0.10mm	T4	±5.0% but at least ±0.10mm

Tolerance standard

Item	ASTM A213		ASTM A312		ASTM A269
	O.D.	tolerance	O.D.	tolerance	O.D.	tolerance
Outside diameter tolerance(mm)	<25.4	±0.10	10.3-48.3	+0.4/-0.8	12.7 <	+0.13/-0.13
	25.4-≤38.1	±0.15	>48.3-114.3	+0.8/-0.8	12.7-38.1	+0.13/-0.13
	>38.1-<50.8	±0.20	>114.3-219.1	+1.6/-0.8	38.1-88.9	+0.25/-0.25
	50.8-<63.5	±0.25	>219.1-457.2	+2.4/-0.8	88.9-139.7	+0.38/-0.38
	63.5-<76.2	±0.30	>457.2-660.4	+3.2/-0.8	139.7-203.2	+0.76/-0.76
	76.2-≤101.6	±0.38	>660.4-864	+4/-0.8
	>101.6-≤190.5	±0.38/-0.64	>864-1219.2	+4.8/-0.8
	>190.5-≤228.6	±0.38/-1.14
Thickness　 tolerance(mm)	O.D.	tolerance	±12.5%t		O.D.	tolerance
	≤38.1	+20%t/0			≤38.1	±15%t
	>38.1	+22%t/0			>38.1	±10%t

The Test Requirements of Standards

Standard	Chemical Composition	Tensile Strength	Yeild Point	Tension Test	Rockwell Hardness	Flattening Test	Flaring Test	Hydrostatic
ASTM A312	X	X	X	X		X
ASTM A213	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
ASTM A269	X				X
ASTM A511	X	X	X	X
ASTM A789	X	X	X	X

Standard	Ultrasonic	Eddy Current	Intergranular Corrosion	Grain size	α/γ	Surface Quality	Tolerance
ASTM A312		X				X	X
ASTM A213		X				X	X
ASTM A269		X				X	X
ASTM A511						X	X
ASTM A789		X			X	X	X

ASTM Mechanical Properties

Grade	Tensile Strength Min(Mpa)	Yeild Point Min(Mpa)	EL. Min(%)	Rockwell Max
TP 304	515	205	35	90
TP 304H	550	240	35	90
TP 304L	485	170	35	90
TP 309S	515	205	35	90
TP 310S	515	205	35	90
TP 316	515	205	35	90
TP 316L	485	170	35	90
TP 316Ti	515	205	35	90
TP 317	515	205	35	90
TP 321	515	205	35	90
TP 321H	515	205	35	90
TP 347	515	205	35	90
TP 347H	515	205	35	90

Heat treatment technology of stainless steel pipe surface

For the heat treatment technology of the surface of stainless steel pipes, non-oxidation continuous heat treatment furnaces with protective gas are generally used abroad for intermediate heat treatment and final heat treatment of finished products. As a bright surface without oxidation can be obtained, the traditional pickling process is eliminated. The adoption of this heat treatment process not only improves the surface of stainless steel pipes, but also overcomes the environmental pollution caused by pickling.

According to the manufacturer of stainless steel pipes, according to the current world development trend, bright annealing continuous heat treatment furnaces are basically divided into the following two types:

(1) Roller-type bright annealing heat treatment furnace.

This bright annealing furnace type is suitable for heat treatment of large-size and large-volume special-shaped stainless steel pipes, with an hourly output of above 1.0 Tons. The protective gases that can be used are high-purity hydrogen, decomposed ammonia and other protective gases. It can be equipped with a convection cooling system to cool the special-shaped stainless steel tube faster.

(2) Mesh belt type bright annealing heat treatment furnace.

This bright annealing furnace type is suitable for small-diameter thin-walled precision special-shaped stainless steel pipes. The hourly output is about 0.3 to 1.0 Tons. The length of the steel pipe can be up to 40m. It can also be used to process capillary tubes in coils. Equipped with convection cooling system for fast cooling. Using gas fuel or electric heating, various protective gases can be used. The stainless steel pipe after this furnace-type heat treatment has no scratches and good brightness surface.

Tensile test and hardness test of stainless steel pipe?

Tensile strength test is to make a sample of stainless steel pipe, pull the sample to break on a tensile testing machine, and then measure one or several mechanical properties, usually only the tensile strength, yield strength, elongation after fracture and section are measured Shrinkage. Tensile strength test is the most basic test method for mechanical properties of metal materials. Almost all metal materials require tensile test as long as they have requirements for mechanical properties. Especially for those materials whose shape is not convenient for hardness test, tensile strength test becomes the only means of testing mechanical properties.

The hardness test is to slowly press a hard indenter into the surface of the sample with a durometer under specified conditions, and then test the depth or size of the indentation to determine the hardness of the material. Hardness test is the simplest, fastest and easiest method in material mechanical property test. The hardness test is non-destructive, and there is an approximate conversion relationship between the material hardness value and the tensile strength value. The hardness value of the material can be converted into the tensile strength value, which has great practical significance.

Because the tensile strength test is not easy to test, and it is convenient to convert the hardness to the strength, more and more people only test the hardness of the material and less test its strength. In particular, due to the continuous advancement of hardness tester manufacturing technology and innovations, it is now possible to directly test the hardness of some materials that could not be directly tested before, such as stainless steel tube, stainless steel sheet and stainless steel strip. Therefore, there is a tendency for hardness tests to gradually replace tensile tests.