Types of Steel Tubing
What Are the Different Types of Carbon Steel Tubing?
There are many types of mechanical tubing and T&B Tube offers products in a variety of steel types including Hot Rolled, Pickled and Oiled, and Cold Rolled material.
Used for everything from point-of-purchase displays to industrial equipment, steel tubing is a versatile and widely used product. As an ISO 9001:2015-certified mill, T&B Tube supplies steel tubing in various custom shapes, diameters, walls, and lengths.
- Hot Rolled Steel Tubing
- Hot Rolled Pickled And Oiled Steel Tubing
- Cold Rolled Steel Tubing
- High Strength Low Alloy Steel Tubing
- Aluminum Killed Drawing Quality
Our area of expertise is tailoring orders for the client. Whether you seek delivery of many steel tube types or a small quantity of a particular grade cut to a specific length, we’re your partner. Our value-added services optimize your production throughput.
Give T&B Tube a call for more information about the types of steel tubing we offer. Our materials experts are happy to discuss your needs further.
Hot Rolled Tube
Hot-rolling refers to a mill process in which you roll the steel at a temperature above its recrystallization temperature; a heat that typically exceeds 1000° F.
Pickled and Oil Steel Tube
Hot rolled steel is run through an acid bath (pickling) in order to remove the surface scale.
Cold Rolled
Cold rolled steel tubing is created by a process that refers to steel (Hot Rolled) that is pressed with the pressure of a roller at room temperature.
AKDQ
T&B Tube provides aluminum killed drawing quality tubing in various sizes, wall thicknesses, and finishes. Also called AKDQ tubing, it’s suitable for a wide range of applications, from consumer goods…
HSLA
T&B Tube supplies high-strength low-alloy tubing, or HSLA tubing, in a range of sizes, wall thicknesses, and finishes. It’s perfect for use in many applications, from industrial processes to consumer…
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Cut to Length
Buying steel tube that is already cut to length can help minimize lead times and eliminate unneeded scrap, labor and machine costs.
Deburring Services
For applications that require a clean end cut without jagged edges, T&B Tube offers inline deburring and offline deburring.
Steel Tube Managed Inventory
Join the growing number of customers that are having T&B manage inventory for them.
Steel & Custom Tube Packaging
Flexibility is one of the main components of our superior customer service.
Steel Tube Consignment Warehousing
At T&B Tube, we selectively partner with customers to develop consignment programs where you can have steel tube readily available…
Tube Laser Cutting
T&B Tube’s laser service can cut your part with a hole, notch, or a special miter.
