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JUNE 2022
Bending for
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Bringing foresight, competitive
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contents JUNE 2022
Vol. 32 No. 4
DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR’S ANGLE
6 Same show, different acts,
new plot twists
When Editor Lincoln Brunner passed
the reins of TPJ to the intrepid Eric
Lundin 22 years ago, the tube and
pipe industry faced many of the same
barriers to success that it does today:
volatile steel prices, competition from
China, and a chronic shortage of skilled
workers, to name just a few.
8 Calendar of Events
16 Cover photo: Ed Carpenter 10 Product Highlights

12 Industry News
14 Product News
Cover story EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVES

32 The power (and necessity) of
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
16
flexible schedules
24
Bending for a natural fit
Monitoring product quality on A pilot program that gives employees
The Barbara Walker Crossing Foot- welded tube, pipe mills
bridge in Portland gives people more much-desired latitude in their sched-
than an easy way to cross a busy Methods for monitoring the weld- ules has yielded wonderful results. It
road. It keeps them connected to the ing process on tube and pipe mills is now seen as a critical benefit for
surrounding environment in a way for inline quality control continue workers—and a competitive advan-
that only great design can. to become more capable with less tage.
reliance on skilled operators.
TUBE & PIPE MARKET UPDATE
FEATURES TUBE BENDER TROUBLESHOOTING 34 Pipe and tube shipments inch up,
PIPE & TUBE MEMPHIS RECAP
28 We blew another 100-amp
fuse!
GDP declines, energy products
soar
20 Pipe & Tube Memphis 2022

brings tech, foresight,
competitive resolve to the table
Properly diagnosing problems on
CNC tube benders often requires
Most sectors that consume steel tube
and pipe in the U.S. are trending
upward in their consumption, head-
maintenance technicians and ma-
With about 100 attendees, Pipe & Tube chine operators to know how to ed by energy-related products. In
Memphis 2022 offered a good-sized pinpoint electrical and hydraulic addition, many pipe- and-tube-relat-
audience a little bit of everything: issues because the two systems are ed manufacturing industries report-
multifaceted industry forecasts, expert inextricably linked. ed strong gains, signaling an overall
ideas on tube mill optimization, tips on robustness in the economy.
hiring young workers, and even tours
of nearby steel mills. 36 In the Know
www.facebook.com/thefabricator
37 Forming & Fabricating®
www.linkedin.com/showcase/ Tube & Pipe Supplier Directory©
tube-&-pipe-journal
www.instagram.com/ 47 New Product Advertorials
thefabricator_magazine/
50 Advertisers Index
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Editor’s Angle
Coming back: Same show,

different act, new plot twists
Then, as government stimulus mon- thought supply and demand issues
ey flowed into the pockets of people made business crazy before, Q4 2022 is
eager to spend it, demand for products shaping up to be an outright circus, a
made from steel and steel tube actually topic of intense interest at April’s Pipe
Read more from Lincoln Brunner at increased, sending steel prices higher & Tube Memphis 2022 conference. This
www.thefabricator.com/author/
and putting the squeeze on tube and is largely due to the nature of public
lincoln-brunner
pipe mills that suddenly encountered funding: When money flows to the
simultaneous good and bad news. states, they’ll either have to spend it this
In a sort of perverse serendipity, year or risk losing it in 2023. That means
manufacturers of welded tube and demand will jump again very soon, and
pipe could only watch as the indus- it’s anyone’s guess how well domestic
T
hey say you can’t go home again. tries—notably automotive and con- suppliers and fabricators will be able to
Having just done it, I can tell you struction—on which their success de- respond.
otherwise. pends began to recover much faster The world waits with bated breath
When I handed the reins of TPJ to the than the steel industry supplying all for a resolution to the Ukraine crisis.
intrepid Eric Lundin 22 years ago, the of them. “Hooray, demand is up! Steel What seems certain is that federal
tube and pipe industry faced many of supply is tighter than coach seats on spending in the U.S. on steel-inten-
the same barriers to success that it does Frontier, but demand is up!” sive infrastructure will do nothing but
today: volatile steel prices, competition Steel prices have dropped dramati- bolster order books but will likely only
from China, and a chronic shortage of cally from crazy recent highs, thankful- exacerbate the personnel and short-
skilled workers, to name just a few. ly. And the Purchasing Managers’ Index term supply problems that makers and
Nothing much has changed. If any- (PMI) remains well above 50, indicating users of tube and pipe are facing this
thing, most or all of those issues pose the expectation of solid U.S. economic very moment. Meanwhile, demand for
an even stiffer challenge now to makers growth (at least for now). just about every major facet of tube
and fabricators of tube and pipe than All this has left the U.S. steel tube and and pipe product—notably mechani-
they did in a world yet to encounter the pipe industry with a healthy outlook for cal, OCTG, stainless, and structural—is
iPhone, the TSA, and widespread expo- 2022—not surprising, given the catch- strong and getting stronger.
sure to the Kardashians. up still going on with recent demand. Buckle up, shipmates. This industry
One obvious difference is that lock- The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs always has proven itself up for a chal-
downs continue to have lingering Act signed by President Biden in No- lenge. This time around, it shouldn’t be
effects on the welded steel tube and vember provides tens of billions of dol- any different.
pipe industry. Pandemic-induced lock- lars to improve public transit, which by I’m thrilled to be along for the ride
downs temporarily slowed or stopped all accounts should give U.S. tube and again.
production of steel (and the ships and pipe fabricators a great deal of business
ports that handle it). That created what and increase demand for mechanical
Preston Pipe and Tube Report’s Rick tubing by an estimated 6.9% this year
Preckel rightly has labeled an “engi- over last (see the latest Preston report).
neered recession.” The one caveat is that if people
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Phil Meinczinger, Magnetic Tim Heston, timh@thefabricator.com Statement of Policy
Data Verification Specialist The Tube & Pipe Journal’s objective is to disseminate new
Analysis Corp. The Tube & Pipe Journal Editor Rhonda Fletcher and complete information relating to the producing and
First Vice Chairman Lincoln Brunner, fabricating of metal tube and pipe. The main editorial text
Senior Fulfillment Specialist consists of articles and news releases designed to assist
Christopher Smith, CooperStandard lbrunner@thefabricator.com owners, managers, manufacturing engineers, supervisors,
Anna Peacock and foremen in the evaluation of new methods and tech-
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Eagle Stainless celebrates 40 years in business capabilities including cutting, bend-
Eagle Stainless Tube & Fabrication is for the medical, aerospace, and industrial ing, and machining. It bought a second
marking its 40th anniversary this year. markets, employing almost 100 people. 40,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility in
Founded as a small machine shop in Eagle’s current facility, built in 1987, 2013, expanding the capacity for ware-
Franklin, Mass., in 1982, the company was expanded by 40,000 sq. ft. in 1991, housing and distribution.
now manufactures stainless steel tubing allowing the expansion of fabrication
Zekelman Industries to open
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I D FLASH REMOVAL Zekelman Industries, an independent

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to create 100 to 150 jobs.
Based in Chicago, the manufacturer
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Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Texas, Ontario, and Manitoba.
O’Neal Industries names

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PRODUCT NEWS
Band saw includes smart less than the maximum holding capac- Laser sensors can be
control ity when operated at normal pressure integrated with welding
to help extend service life. New com- cobots
posite bearings on the trunnion mount Garmo Instru-
and cylinder pivot point help eliminate ments’ GarLine
metal-to-metal contact while requiring seam tracking
no lubrication, and a redesigned clev- laser sensor, now
is bolt and increased rivet and prestop certified by Uni-
diameters help increase longevity. versal Robots,
The 807-U now features lubrication- can be integrat-
Cosen Saws offers the G320 band saw and maintenance-free composite bear- ed on welding cobots to provide vision
for cutting a variety of materials, in- ings on the trunnion mount, a rede- programming, seam finding, and seam
cluding aluminum. It features a hydrau- signed clevis bolt, and a reconfigured tracking during automated welding.
lic, dual-column design and a capacity base. The 810-U offers new composite Its multifunctional URCap allows the
of 12.8 by 15 in. The Smart NC-100 con- bearings as well. operator to control sensor parameters
trol, which can store up to 100 different Destaco for simplified installation and integra-
jobs, automatically compensates for www.destaco.com tion. The sensor-cobot combination is
kerf loss after data input and requires suitable for low-volume/high-mix ap-
no manual calculation of number of Ribbed stretch wrap secures plications, helping to increase quality
times to index. heavy, challenging loads while reducing waste and production
The saw has a built-in V_Drive that costs, the company reports.
allows it to cut hard, dense materials Garmo Instruments
like titanium, Hastelloy, and other nick- garmo-instruments.com
el-based metals at high rates. For alu-
minum, the saw offers a combination Mill entry guide table built for
of horsepower and torque within the carbon steel tube mill
gearbox and motor that allows it to de- T&H Lem-
liver quality cuts at high speeds with- TAB Industries LLC has introduced ont built a
out getting overworked. TWT-20120 ribbed stretch wrap. It heavy-duty
Cosen Saws features patent-pending Power Band mill entry
www.cosensaws.com technology, which integrates thick ribs guide table
of plastic material within the stretch for a tube
Manual clamps updated wrap at regular intervals to provide ex- manufacturer in the southeastern U.S.
tra strength, durability, and tear resis- It replaces the OEM’s unit, which was
tance for heavy-duty pallet wrapping. badly worn and no longer controlled
The cast stretch wrap was custom- the infeed as tightly and precisely as
developed to apply the high compres- necessary for predictable, stable pro-
sion force needed to secure heavy duction.
loads with odd shapes, awkward cen- The unit was built for a mill that pro-
Destaco has announced enhance- ters of gravity, sharp edges, and other duces carbon steel tube from ½ to 2½
ments to three manual clamps in its challenging characteristics to their pal- in. OD in wall thicknesses from 0.065 to
800 series. The 802-U clamp now in- lets without shifting or sliding in transit. 0.148 in.
cludes an upgraded air cylinder that TAB Industries LLC T&H Lemont
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PRODUCT NEWS
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camo design to honor veterans area from particulates. tions. Vapor-phase corrosion inhibitors
Harris Products Harris Products Group in the paper’s coating vaporize and
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anniversary of its Reinforced paper resists wrapped inside the paper. When the
model 25GX gas
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regulator by of- ble protective layer does not require
fering it with a limited-edition imprint- cleaning and the part can be used
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veterans’ programs and hiring veterans. against oddly shaped metals or those
The medium- to heavy-duty gas reg- with pointed or sharp edges. It also in-
ulator is made with high-quality, includes a moisture barrier that adds to
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TUBE BENDING
A jogger crosses the Barbara Walker Crossing

Footbridge in Portland. Ed Carpenter
Bending for By Lincoln Brunner
W
hen the Barbara Walker Crossing Footbridge was first con-
a natural fit
ceived in 2012, its main function was to spare hikers and
runners on Portland’s Wildwood Trail the bother of dodging
traffic on heavily traveled West Burnside Road.
What it became was a testament to aesthetically minded architec-
ture, blending utility and beauty for a community that prized (and
Tubular components, demanded) both.
challenging angles give
Elegant complexity
Barbara Walker Crossing The bridge, completed in October 2019 and dedicated that same
Footbridge unique flair month, is a 180-ft.-long pedestrian walkway that is curved in plan and
designed to blend into the surrounding forest.
It was fabricated off-site by now-defunct Superior Steel of Portland,
cut into three main sections, and transported by truck to the site.
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Meeting both the visual and architectural re-
quirements meant using material that would
accomplish all the project’s highly distinctive
objectives, artistically and structurally. And that
meant using pipe—in this case, 3.5- and 5-in.
corten (ASTM A847) structural steel pipe, which
is designed especially for structures that need to
be welded or bolted. Some of the pipes are ex-
posed (another key corten feature), and some are
painted to match the forest canopy.
Ed Carpenter, a designer and artist who special-
izes in large-scale public installations, said he had
several objectives in mind when conceptualizing
the bridge. Among them: The bridge should fit
into the forest context, it should be a continuation
of the feeling and experience of the trail, and it
should be as delicate and transparent as possible.
That design necessitated a tri-chord truss to
support the structure.
“Since one of my most important design ob-
jectives was to make the bridge delicate and
transparent, I needed the most efficient mate-
rials possible and the most efficient structural
system—so, the tri-chord truss,” said Carpenter,
also an outdoors enthusiast who has run on Port-
land’s vast trail system for more than 40 years.
“You could build that out of other materials, but
steel tube or pipes was simply the logical choice.
From a practical construction point of view,
achieving all of that was no small feat. Stuart Fin-
ney, a structural engineer at the Portland office
of engineering firm KPFF who worked as project manager on Portland Parks Foundation
the bridge, said that successfully welding all of the compo-

nents at the T-Y-K connections, at which all the supporting
pipes converge, proved to be perhaps the trickiest aspect Portland and was a bit of a force of nature herself. She took an
of the entire endeavor. In particular, all the different angles active role in myriad public projects in Portland, among them
requiring different types of welds (like fillet and groove) pre- the Marquam Nature Park, Pioneer Courthouse Square, and
sented the construction team with a stiff challenge. the Powell Butte Nature Park. She also advocated tirelessly for
“Essentially every joint was different,” said Finney, who’s what came to be known as the 40-Mile Loop, which includes
practiced his craft for 20 years. “They had to get every joint the Wildwood Trail and the bridge.
perfect so that all these pipes connected together at a single Much like Walker did with raising about half a million
node and they could get sufficient weld around all the pipes. dollars from the public ($15 per paving stone) for Pioneer
“The weld had to get changed all the way around. The Courthouse Square, the nonprofit Portland Parks Foundation
welding really was probably one of the most complex pieces raised $2.2 million from about 900 private donations to help
of the fabrication.” fund the bridge. The city of Portland, Portland Parks & Rec-
reation, and other entities contributed the rest of the of the
Community passion, community project roughly $4 million cost.
The crossing’s namesake, Barbara Walker (1935-2014), was Carpenter said that juggling the many voices with a say in
for many years a mainstay of natural preservation efforts in the project proved to be challenging—but well worth it.
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Top
Ed Carpenter
Middle
The Barbara Walker Crossing Footbridge was fabricated off-site,
cut into three main sections, and trucked to its current location.
Portland Parks Foundation
bottom
Many of the bridge’s corten pipe sections were painted to blend
with the surounding landscape. Portland Parks Foundation
“I think the overriding experience was of a great com-

munity collaboration and enormous pride and enormous
participation—and people reaching deep into their
pockets to support this,” Carpenter said. “And not only in-
dividuals, but also the city and the county. It was just a
great group effort.”
Finney added that he and his team and the fabricators
responsible for bringing the design to life had to overcome
a lot of challenges in the 3D modeling that they did, simply
because of all the intricacies of the joints and fittings.
“We were working with our detailers to make sure that
all the models kind of lined up, because again, there was
not room for error in a lot of these joints because the ge-
ometry was so complex,” Finney said. “It’s definitely on
the more complex end than most. A lot of bridges are
straight, and even the ones that are curved have curves
with relatively simple materials.
“There were just a lot of little complexities that kind of
came into the project just because of that. I’d say definite-
ly it was more complex than regular [projects]. It was a lot

Well, it turns out that, of course, a tri- “I
chord truss is very efficient on the w
curve. You can get a depth-to-span ra- so
tio that’s very favorable. So, what can
sa
you do with a tri-chord truss to make it
elegant and beautiful and to somehow
h
refer to the forest in a way that makes it —
look as if it couldn’t be anywhere else?
Starting with utility and then moving
toward—what would be the word?—
moving toward fancy. Or moving to-
ward imagination from utility. Some
people might do it in the reverse way,
but it just happens to be that that’s the
way I work.”
Carpenter credits KPFF staff, in par-
Ed Carpenter ticular, with giving him some of the
inspiration he needed to project the
pipes beyond the deck, which gives
the bridge its organic, springing-from-
the-forest feel. The project took about
seven years from inception to grand
opening, but Finney appreciates the
opportunity to have worked on it.
“It’s nice to deliver something for
the city and feel proud of it, but it was
also nice to work on a neat engineering
challenge, as well,” Finney said.
About 80,000 pedestrians will use
the footbridge annually, according to
the Portland Parks Foundation, saving
them the trouble of crossing a section
of road that sees about 20,000 vehicles
daily.
Today the bridge serves to continue
The Barbara Walker Crossing Footbridge spans Portland’s heavily-traveled
Burnside Road. It was dedicated in October 2019. Shane Bliss Walker’s vision of connecting residents
and visitors in Portland with the beauty
of the natural landscape around them.
of work for everyone to get the project said. “And that’s exactly what happened “We need to provide urban people
to fruition.” on this bridge. I think for me, the most with an opportunity to access nature,”
Of the key factors in the bridge’s important thing was the curving deck. Walker (as quoted by the World Forest-
complexity, however, it’s the curving I just couldn’t really feel good about a ry Center) once said. “The excitement
deck that gives the bridge its over- straight deck in this situation because about nature comes from exposure to
all effect, according to Carpenter. Did the trail is so undulating and curving the outdoors. It can’t be learned in the
achieving that make it worth the trou- the entire way. I just didn’t want to abstract. By experiencing nature first-
ble? By most accounts, yes. make a hard left turn and get across a hand, people develop the urge to be
“I think good design frequently starts bridge and make another hard left turn stewards of the land.”
with utility and then moves toward and continue on. Editor Lincoln Brunner can be reached at
something more than that,” Carpenter “How do you make a curving deck? lbrunner@thefabricator.com.

Pipe & Tube Memphis 2022
Pipe & Tube Memphis 2022 brings tech,

foresight, competitive resolve to the table
Speakers offer insights, answers to burning questions
facing the U.S. tube and pipe industry
By Lincoln Brunner
H
ow can tube and pipe mills improve their operations? This year’s Pipe & Tube Memphis tabletop conference of-
How has the U.S. tube and pipe industry stomached fered about 100 guests answers to those questions and more
the cocktail of COVID-19 lockdowns, inflation, and with presentations, expert panel discussions, and personal
supply uncertainty? How do you respond to the values of a networking time—plus the choice of two different Nucor
new generation of workers? How do you maintain repeatabil- Steel plant tours. Following are just a few highlights from the
ity and increase uptime on a tube mill? speeches and technical presentations given at the conference.
Memphis Recap_JUN22TPJ.indd 20 5/26/22 11:28 AM

Keynote: Ukraine, the Fed, and the
Real Economic Situation
Dr. Chris Kuehl, chief economist for Fab-
ricators & Manufacturers Association
Intl. (FMA) and a regular contributor to
The FABRICATOR who once trained to
be a Russia expert for the U.S. govern-
ment, provided perspective on an array
of topics during his keynote address,
including the effects of the war be-
tween Russia and Ukraine on commod-
ity prices (namely oil, wheat, and steel),
the likelihood of a nationwide reces-
sion, and how people should view the
Federal Reserve’s role in the economy.
Ukraine-Russia Conflict. “Russia
is kind of a one-trick pony, and that is
part of what’s made them so vulnera-
ble. There’s just not a whole lot they can
do to inflict damage on the rest of the
world outside of oil and gas, which is
ultimately replaceable. Formtek’s Paul Williams emceed a mock Jeopardy! game focused on tube, pipe, and roll forming.
“The big pressure beyond oil and gas
… will come when it gets to food. The
Russians and the Ukrainians togeth- that if you keep spending this way, and expectation is [that there’s] less than a
er produce about 25% of the world’s if you don’t control inflation, and if you 6 percent chance of a recession.”
wheat. Replacing oil and gas output don’t’ deal with the debt, and if you
isn’t going to be easy, but it’s doable. don’t deal with the labor shortage, and Employment and Hiring
The U.S. is the world’s biggest oil pro- if you don’t deal with the supply chain, Practices Panel
ducer. There are alternatives to the Rus- that’s very likely what’s going to occur. Led by Tube and Pipe Advisory Board
sian supply of oil and gas—not imme- It’s important to remember that these and FMA Board Member Lisa Wertz-
diate, it’s probably going to take eight are early warnings more than they are baugher, this panel discussion about
months to a year—but it’s relatively predictions.” employment challenges and strategies
quick. Food is different. You can’t just What the Fed Is Doing (and Can’t included Christopher Smith, manager
say, ‘Hey, we need a lot more wheat, Do). “When they [the Federal Reserve] global CoC/fuel & brake, industrial en-
let’s go get some.’ It’s got to be planted, look at current inflation [8.3% as of gineering for Cooper Standard, New
and it’s going to take a while. this writing], they say, ‘Look, a good Lexington, Ohio; Joe Kiger, plant man-
“There is still an expectation that it 70 percent of this is due to one factor, ager for Atkore, Harvey, Ill.; and Mi-
[the war] has to come to an end rela- and that’s commodities.’ So, the Fed is chael Strand, president of T&H Lemont,
tively soon. Russia cannot withstand looking at what’s going on right now, Countryside, Ill.
this kind of pressure indefinitely.” saying, ‘Look, we don’t really have any Flexible Work Schedules. Smith:
What Economists Are Really Say- effect on commodity prices. We can’t “In the plant that I’m working most …
ing. “We [economists] are basically control oil. We can’t control gas. That’s attendance is a problem. And that set
saying, ‘If you keep going in this direc- not our job. We can’t control wages. We 7 o’clock to 3 o’clock, we struggle with
tion, you’re going to hit a wall. It’s basi- can’t control anything like that. All we that. So, they’ve kind of opened it up. If
cally a call to action. It’s like, ‘We don’t can do is control money supply.’ they get somebody to cover for them
know if there’s going to be a recession “So, if you look at what the Fed thinks … they work out the details. It’s a union
in 2030 or whatever, but we do know as far as recession, it’s still very low. The plant, [and] that was taboo years ago.
Memphis Recap_JUN22TPJ.indd 21 5/26/22 5:27 PM

But … we’ve got to be creative. We’ve
got to change. We leave it up to the em-
ployees to work it out, but they’ve got
to clear it through their boss. That way
everybody’s on the same page.”
Kiger: “We’re a large union facility.
We’re at a disadvantage there—7 to
3, 3 to 11, 11 to 7. It’s in the contract.
We do have a problem with attendance
and people showing up. We don’t have
enough people for them to cover each
other, because they’re already working
12-hour shifts. So, one of the things we
are looking at right now is going to al-
ternative scheduling. We’re talking to
our union about renegotiating that.”
Strand: “I have an older work crew
like everybody here has. And a lot of my
Attendees took some time to catch up and collaborate during a dinner and social at Memphis’s
guys over the years have pushed their Rum Boogie Cafe.
starting times from 7 to 6, sometimes
to 5 o’clock. That’s very hard on the training new hires and mistakes are worked or ever even thought about
younger generation. That particular made. That’s the biggest challenge.” coming into a manufacturing envi-
age [person] doesn’t want to get up Kiger: “We have about 40 temporary ronment. You have to make sure you
early. So, it’s just trying to change the employees in the plant right now be- provide them with the tools to indoc-
culture. Some of the other guys get ing trained. So now it’s switched from trinate them, to make them feel wel-
really upset, and it creates conflict. getting them into the door to develop- come, to have a plan for them. And if
So, we’re working to create a more ment—having the right people train you show them, so they can succeed,
inviting atmosphere for the younger them, putting them with someone so ultimately the company will succeed.”
generation.” they’re not just standing around.”
Wertzbaugher: “My parents had a Tube Mill Repeatability
tube fabricating business for 30 years, “We have about 40 temporary Rick Olson, president of Roll Machining
and I did work in their business for a Technologies & Solutions (RMTS) Inc.,
employees in the plant right
while. They always had two shifts. Then Romeoville, Ill., spoke about the many
by the time we were selling the busi- now being trained. So now it’s issues he’s seen in tube mills recently
ness, we had multiple shifts. We had and over the years and how mills can
switched from getting them
some people who wanted to start at 5. use technology to better set up their
Some people want to start at 7, some into the door to development— roll tooling so that they increase re-
people did 8 to 6. We had a lot of dif- having the right people train peatability and profitability.
ferent options going on, but it was eas- Material Woes. “One of the popu-
ier for us to manage that than people them, putting them with lar issues that we run into all the time
quitting and leaving the business. We someone so they’re not just is inconsistent material. Sometimes
are still getting 40 hours of work out of it’s a 40,000-yield coil and the next
standing around.”
everybody.” coil that comes through is 80,000- or
Training. Smith: “We have a hard — Joe Kiger, Atkore 90,000-yield. I went to a customer one
time hiring people. And then the day, and he was running painted mate-
people we bring in, they’re not very Strand: “I absolutely agree. The one rial. The strip was already painted in the
well-trained. About the time they thing that we struggle with, and I think coil, but he was running it [on a tube
start learning enough, somebody else everybody struggles with, is the em- mill] on the inside. I looked at it and I’m
leaves. So now we have lower people ployees who come in who have never like, ‘What’s going on here?’ He said,

‘That’s the only strip I could get.’ So,
he needed to make tube so bad—and
he couldn’t get material anywhere—
that he bought painted strip and ran
[the painted side] on the inside just to
have a regular tube. That’s how crazy
things are.”
Employee Shortages. “There’s just
not enough people. So, the person that
… you have running your tube mill was
maybe stacking lumber at Home Depot you’re getting buckles. And this is what “We had the ability of using FEA,
yesterday. These guys do not know. We you can do to help that out. which you know is finite element analy-
spend a lot of time training these guys. “Our goal these days, especially as sis. We were able to take the properties
We did two last week where we just the roll tooling supplier, is to eliminate of the steel and find out what we can
walked in a said, ‘Here’s a roll, here’s the roll tooling as the problem. Everybody do, when it works the best. When are
OD, here’s the root, here’s the rim, here’s wants it so you press a button and it we damaging it?
what undersized means.’ Things like runs, right? We have people issues. “FDT is kind of FEA combined with
that. Just basic Roll Tooling 101 for peo- We don’t have enough people on the our design system. FEA is a very high-in-
ple that had never been there before.” mill, [and] the people that are on the tensive, long program where you set it
Eliminating Errors en Route to mill don’t know what they’re doing. So, and run it for three days and [it would]
Repeatability. “One plus one is two, can we make it run the product with- tell you, ‘This is bad, this is bad, this is
but on a tube mill, we always say one out any issues? We can get closer. And bad.’ Then you would have to make the
plus one is three. There’s that variable that’s what we’re trying to do. I’m trying changes and go back and redo it. Now
that you just never know what it is. So, to remove one of the 600 variables on a it can go so far, see something, tweak
when something goes wrong … peo- tube mill that can go wrong.” it, and then keep going. It doesn’t have
ple always blame the tooling. Most of Using Finite Deformation Technol- to go all the way back to the beginning.
the time, it’s not the tooling. It’s a shaft ogy (FDT). “When I worked at another So it allows us to be much more effi-
that went bad. It’s a bearing that went roll company … we had six designers. cient in doing it.
bad. It’s a bad setup. So, we want to There would be six different designs to FDT will take your original tooling
help customers understand where to get to the same thing. When I had the design and allow the roll designer to
go when something happens. It goes opportunity to start RMTS, the first thing see where the stresses and strains are
into training the operators—this is why I did was say, ‘Let’s standardize this.’ present in the existing tooling designs
that allow for modification. So, that
means if you had an existing design, we
can put that design into the computer
and tweak it. Sometimes we can make
it a little better. Sometimes we say, ‘You
know what? You’re good.’”
Editor Lincoln Brunner can be reached at
lbrunner@thefabricator.com.
Cooper Standard,
www.cooperstandard.com
Atkore, www.atkore.com
T&H Lemont, thlemont.com
Wertzbaugher Services,
wertzservices.com
Roll Machining Technologies & Solutions,
www.rollsolutions.com

Nondestructive Testing
Monitoring product quality on

welded tube, pipe mills
Sensors, software, other advancements allow less-skilled
operators to do more than ever before
Non Destructive Testing_JUN22TPJ.indd 24 5/26/22 11:35 AM

By Eric Lundin
W
elding mills for tube or pipe
production are anything but
simple. The steel has to be
uncoiled, formed, welded, quenched,
straightened, and cut to length, and
each of these actions has to be coordi-
nated and integrated so the entire pro-
cess runs like a single, smooth-running
operation to make good product. Get-
ting everything dialed in to establish a
consistent, stable process is a continu-
ous challenge, and occasionally things
go wrong.
If product evaluations are conduct-
ed only after the tube or pipe comes
off the mill, things could go wrong for
a long time and nobody would notice
until it was too late. No tube or pipe erator has to set up the test probes in flow is disrupted when the character-
producer wants to make a large pile the proper locations, at the necessary istics of the metal change. Any such
of scrap, or a small one for that matter; standoff distances, and at the correct change is a discontinuity.
monitoring the processes on the mill angles relative to the material under An ultrasonic system uses mechani-
and evaluating the tube or pipe as it’s test. Then he has to calibrate the equip- cal principles to accomplish something
made can go a long way in keeping ment by using a sample of material similar. As the name implies, it imparts
scrap to a minimum. with a known defect. That’s difficult to a sound wave, one too high-pitched for
That’s the difference between quality do in a challenging environment, but human hearing, that flows through the
control, which is performed just before the relentless march of technology is material.
the product goes to the customer, and making setups and calibrations easier Some ultrasonic systems use a single
process control, which is done while than ever before. probe, but a phased-array ultrasonic
the product is being made. system uses several transducers. The
“A defect might start small and grow,” Two Common Inspection Modes transducers fire at various times so the
said Francois Laflamme, systems prod- Two of the common nondestructive signals aren’t in phase with each oth-
uct manager for Olympus IMS. “Anneal- testing (NDT) processes are eddy cur- er. The transducers are set at various
ing, quenching, tempering, shaping, rent and ultrasonic. Eddy current in- angles to send test signals in several
sizing, cutting, hydrotesting—every spection uses electromagnetic princi- directions, and they travel through
step has the potential to cause a defect ples to induce current to flow through the tube or pipe material in a variety
to grow.” A quality control check can the tube or pipe under test. Electrical of pathways, reflecting off of the prod-
uncover such a defect when it is some- current flows in much the same way as uct’s surface for maximum coverage.
what large, he explained, but a process water in a stream, always taking a path
control system has to be able to catch of least resistance. When the water en- Designing and Tuning a
the defect early in the process. counters an obstacle such as a rock or Continuous NDT System
“Its objective is to find any defects as a log, it flows around the object and Using an NDT system involves match-
early as possible, which means finding a small vortex, or eddy, forms in the ing the signal’s frequency to the charac-
defects that are as small as possible,” water. The eddy is often visible down- teristics of the alloy under test and the
he said. stream of the obstruction. mill’s line speed. Mechanical character-
Laflamme’s description is simple, Electrical current flows freely through istics also come into play. Because the
but on a weld mill, this can be tricky. a conductive metal as long as the met- transmitter and receiver of an eddy cur-
Every size changeover means the op- al’s characteristics are continuous. The rent system encircle the tube or pipe,

the system’s ability to detect flaws is af- wear plate—a carbide strip—rides on original sample through the NDT unit.
fected by the fill factor, which is the dif- the surface of the material under test. If he finds the same defect in the same
ference between the OD of the material When changing from one product run location and the signal strength is un-
under test and the ID of the encircling to the next, the operator removes the changed, he proves that the system is
coil. Proper centering is also a factor. water wedge and replaces it with a wa- still properly calibrated and hasn’t drift-
Mill alignment and maintenance ter wedge that corresponds to the next ed through his shift. The initial calibra-
affect results as well. If the mill com- product run. The water wedge provides tion is calibration in. Any subsequent
ponents aren’t aligned, the mill’s drive just a little latitude for precise position- verifications of that setup are termed
system has an aging or failing bearing, ing—vertical and yaw—and after it’s calibration out.
or the cutoff blade is somewhat dull— set, it holds all the inspection hardware
sending a massive shock through the in the proper positions. Replacing the Connectivity
tube every time it cycles—the noise wear plate takes just 5 seconds or so, Modern recordkeeping makes it easy
they created travels through the pipe. Laflamme said. to store all of this information for future
The NDT system’s receiver is tuned to The calibration is fully automatic; the reference, which is especially critical for
the signal provided by the transmitter; operator makes no adjustments. To be- traceability and liability purposes.
the noise in the background makes this gin the calibration sequence, the opera- Until recently, the common control-
akin to listening to a distant AM radio tor uses the interface to put the system ler for an NDT system was a program-
station through competing static. In into the calibration mode, then runs a mable logic controller, or PLC. The PLC
the case of the tube mill, the transmit- calibration sample through the system. can report the position and speed of
ted signal might be overwhelmed by The sample is a pipe with a known de- the water wedge or other simple pa-
background noise. fect—say, a hole of a specific diameter rameters. Olympus calls this Level 1.
Optimizing all of the test and mill char- drilled through the wall or drilled only Level 2 is where technology has tak-
acteristics improves the signal’s strength partway through the wall—and when en industry recently. The progress of
and reduces the background noise. the system is finished with its evalua- sensors and software, and the ability to
Improving the signal-to-noise ratio im- tion, the operator accepts the calibra- turn streams of analog data into digi-
proves the flaw detection capability. tion and is ready to start making pipe. tal data and summarize that data into
The operator later verifies that the useful information—Industry 4.0—has
Getting the Signal from Here to calibration is still valid by running the changed everything in monitoring and
There
The transmitter and receiver can be
separate units, an arrangement called
pitch and catch, or they can be a single
unit that sends a signal and detects the
return signal, pulse and echo. In either
case, changing from one production
run to another is a matter of changing
the NDT hardware and getting every-
thing properly located and aligned.
A traditional changeover used to in-
volve removing, replacing, and manu-
ally adjusting several blocks outfitted
with the NDT components. Olympus
has simplified this process with a de-
vice it calls a water wedge. It’s a single
mechanical assembly outfitted with
the NDT hardware located in fixed
positions and installed at the correct
angles. Shaped like a fork or a yoke,
it straddles the tube or pipe, and its

control, allowing managers and super- for offshore, it’s more stringent still. once in a while, but welding mills aren’t
visors to monitor nearly everything “A longer test takes more time, but it like that. Not at all. The environment is
that goes on in a manufacturing facili- reduces risk,” he said. “If the customer industrial, and the work is arduous.
ty. It’s not a stretch to track the location can demonstrate that a pipe poses less These days, a robot or a cobot can
of every coil of raw material and every risk, this increases the value of the pipe.” transport the water wedge and, work-
pipe in the facility, right down to each ing autonomously, use a laser scanner
pipe’s length, weight, and inspection Doing More With Less to align and install it. Because data
results, Laflamme said. The trend toward doing more with management can be too much for a
“Having so much information avail- less continues. The essence of every harried mill operator, all of it can be up-
able was extremely rare 10 years ago, new technology is to introduce new loaded to the cloud and made available
but these days it’s becoming common,” capabilities or conveniences, and from to engineers to analyze and provide
LaFlamme said. “Level 2 controls every- there, nearly every update in that tech- feedback when necessary.
thing.” nology is designed to achieve the same Laflamme acknowledges that most
Olympus is well aware that many amount of work, or more work, with companies probably don’t need this
brands of data collection system exist, fewer resources. level of automation and cloud-based
so it provides an embedded panel in- “There is always a concern about operation right now, but these possi-
terface that is agnostic, able to connect manpower,” Laflamme said. “Skilled bilities are available for those tube and
the Olympus NDT system to the cus- workers are difficult to find and retain.” pipe producers who want to take such
tomer’s software, LaFlamme said. It would be one thing if the NDT sys- steps.
“The data gathered by an Industry tem were used in a climate-controlled Eric Lundin is the former editor of
4.0 system can be used in many differ- environment, one in which the oper- The Tube & Pipe Journal.
ent ways,” Laflamme said. The simplest ators would have the luxury of sitting Olympus IMS, www.olympus-ims.com
is a go/no-go gauge, he said. Other
customers derive other data, such as
the pipe’s thickness where the wall is
thinnest, to calculate the pipe’s mini-
mum strength. Determining the pipe’s
weight and amount of ovality can yield
a more precise strength calculation.
The evaluations cover more of the
pipe than ever before. For example,
using measurement technology for
mapping an entire pipe is nothing new,
providing data such as the minimum
and maximum circumference and wall
thickness along the entire length of the
pipe. In the early days of this concept,
each measurement pass was separated
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tube bender troubleshooting
We blew another 100-amp fuse!

Using a multiskilled approach to diagnosing
electrical/hydraulic problems in a CNC tube bender
In this particular operation, a compensator

was leaking at the pump.
Tube Bender Troubleshoot_JUN22TPJ.indd 28 5/26/22 1:11 PM

By Jay Robinson
A
truck and bus exhaust manu- the various directional valves on the supplied the two small transformers
facturer was losing production hydraulic system. The second trans- also powered the motor driving the
time on a 6-in. tube bender former was smaller, supplying the 120- pump for the machine’s hydraulic sys-
because its main fuses were blowing V, single-phase voltage that, in turn, tem. Using the same clamp meter am-
out regularly. Pictures of the electrical powered a DC power supply that pro- perage, the draw on each leg of the
cabinet revealed that the insulation on vided 24 V to power the control PC and pump motors was tested. With the
a couple of wire connections also had I/O system. machine started and nothing mov-
started to melt. Each of these transformers was pro- ing, each leg was drawing only about
This was a serious situation. tected by its own set of fuses, but these 35 amps—not enough to cause a
All CNC tube benders have multiple fuses were not being activated when 100-amp main fuse to blow. However,
systems that work together to drive the the main fuse blew. In electrical circuits, as soon as an operator selected and
machine, ultimately forming straight circuits in parallel will have common moved a device causing the hydraulic
tubing into the desired shape. This voltage but uncommon amperage. system to jump from low to high pres-
particular machine contained hydrau- In other words, while each of these sure, the meter displayed 103 amps.
lics for clamping and axis positioning; transformers was supplied by the same
servo electrics for axis positioning; sin- 480-V circuit, each consumed different Getting Closer: Electric and
gle-phase, 120-V AC control voltage; Hydraulic Issues
and 24-V DC control voltage. The main The electric motor driving the hydrau-
electrical system provided power to The technician was seeing lic pump was controlled using a motor
drive or control the other systems.
(As an aside, there should be a dis-
normal operation at starter. A motor starter is a combina-
tion of contactors and a thermal over-
connect between the machine and the low pressure. In system load relay. When properly wired, the
building’s source power. And between overload relay will interrupt the control
the disconnect and the rest of the ma- pressure, the compensator signal to the contactors, causing the
chine, or as part of the disconnect itself,
there should be some way to automat- was building too much motor to stop when it gets overloaded.
However, because this relies on heat
ically remove power if something on
pressure, which in turn generated by the motor overloading,
the machine fails and causes electrical a motor starter will allow a motor to
current to spike.) was overloading the run for a very short period of time in
A typical CNC bender uses three- an overload condition until the thermal
phase power, meaning it has three cur- electric motor turning the overloads get hot enough to open the
rent-carrying circuits supplying power
to the machine, so there will either
hydraulic pump. control signal.
After confirming that the motor start-
be three fuses or a three-pole circuit er was set correctly according to the
breaker in the disconnect circuit. Power amounts of power in its operation. Us- motor’s maximum rated amperage and
gets distributed to various parts of the ing a clamp meter—a common type of that the overload relay was correctly
machine from there. test meter that can measure the cur- wired to interrupt the signal from the
rent of an AC circuit, without touching control system, the technician, Al Drin-
Examining root causes a wire, by measuring the magnetic field non of RbSA Industrial, had to switch
Inside this particular machine’s elec- as electricity moves along the wire—it gears. What started as troubleshooting
trical cabinet, the wires with melted was quickly determined that neither an electrical problem now looked like a
insulation led to two small step-down transformer was drawing enough cur- problem with the hydraulics.
transformers that changed the main rent to cause a problem with its own Tube benders regularly use hydraulic
power supply from 480-V, three-phase small fuses, and certainly not with the systems because hydraulics can eco-
to 120-V, single-phase control voltage. main fuse. nomically deliver the large forces re-
One transformer supplied power to The same electrical power bus that quired to deform a tube into a shape.

However, hydraulic systems create cations. The pressure compensator au- designed to work between 2,000 and
different challenges for maintenance, tomatically reduces or stops the flow of 3,000 PSI. When most pumps fail, pres-
troubleshooting, and repair. hydraulic fluid if pressure rises above a sure drops as fluid leaks out. But when
The hydraulic system on the mal- preset maximum (often called the firing pressure-compensated pumps fail,
functioning machine was powered by pressure). The compensator prevents they build up too much pressure and
a pressure-compensated pump, which the pump from getting overloaded. fail high. A relief valve on the hydraulic
is very common for tube bender appli- Most hydraulic industrial equipment is system will prevent the pressure from
building up too much by returning liq-
uid to the tank when there’s too much
in the system.
Mystery Solved
The hydraulics systems on most tub-
ing benders are designed to operate at
2,000 PSI or less, and the relief valve is
usually set 300 to 500 PSI above that.
Drinnon noted when the machine was
turned on with the pumps running
but idle, there was less than 100 PSI
displayed on the pressure gauges, but
when a device was moved, pressure
would rise to 2,500 PSI.
There is a valve that routes the pres-
sure line flow back to the hydraulic tank
to prevent pressure buildup at idle.
When a device is moved, that valve
blocks flow to the tank, allowing pres-
sure to build for machine operation.
This is called system pressure. Drinnon
was seeing normal operation at low
pressure. In system pressure, the com-
pensator was building too much pres-
sure, which was overloading the elec-
tric motor turning the hydraulic pump.
As it turns out, the compensator was
leaking at the pump. Over time, system
pressure would decrease, reducing
the machine’s ability to create hydrau-
lic force. So, maintenance personnel
would adjust the compensator to bring
system pressure back up to the normal
operating range. Eventually, the leak at
the compensator was bad enough that
it was removed and inspected. Finding
that O-rings had failed, maintenance
personnel replaced them and rein-
stalled the compensator.
“After repair of a pump or compensa-
Melted connections at the fuse were a telltale sign than something in the system was being
overloaded, though why it happened was unclear at the outset. tor, prior to restarting the machine, the

system should be adjusted so pressure
will be at or near its lowest setting,” said
Gary Moore, operations manager at Air
and Hydraulic Equipment. “This is done
by turning the adjustment screw on
the compensator counterclockwise un-
til it is adjusted nearly fully out. Do not
remove it. The pump can then be start-
ed and set to build system pressure.
The compensator’s adjustment screw
should then be turned clockwise until
the system is at the desired operating
pressure.”
After the leaks at the compensator
were repaired, the system had built so
much pressure that it was being re-
duced through the relief valve at 2,500
PSI. Drinnon also adjusted the relief
pressure down to the machine’s speci-
fication of 2,300 PSI.
“To adjust the relief pressure, I turned
the relief valve’s adjustment screw fully
in to its highest pressure,” Drinnon said.
“Then, using the compensator, I set sys- Get the right
machine!
tem pressure slightly higher than the
designed relief pressure; because the
relief was to be set at 2,300 PSI, I set the
compensator at 2,400 PSI. Get the right
“Then, using the adjustment screw on
the relief valve, I reduced pressure until
it was at 2,300 PSI. Last, I set the correct
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EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVES
The power (and necessity)

of flexible schedules
Adjusting to new norms for a
new generation of employees
Read more from Lisa Wertzbaugher
at www.thefabricator.com/
lisa-wertzbaugher.
By Lisa Wertzbaugher
A
bout a year ago my husband and offering this perk up front to the addi-
I started allowing our employees tional staff we’ve had to hire this past
to set their own schedules. year also has been a critical benefit and
We needed to hire several staff, and seen as a competitive advantage.
The Great Resignation through the interview process, we In retrospect, and considering my
is taking boomers out found that many job seekers hesitated own career over the years, why would
to commit to a five-day work week with we assume that a one-size-fits-all pro-
of the workforce more a traditional 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. shift. We gram is ideal? Some of our employees
quickly than expected, also found little consistency in the days

and hours each candidate preferred
are students juggling community col-
lege classes. Some of them have young
and Generation Z is the to work. children with transportation needs
Unable to find a common schedule before and after school. One of our
smallest generation since that met the needs of the entire work- employees wants off every Wednes-
the Great Depression. So, force, we asked each employee what day afternoon because he runs the lo-
schedule he would like. We reviewed cal farmer’s market, and some of them
manufacturers will need the schedules and agreed to give it a just want Fridays off. I started working
to be more creative than try if each would commit to the same when I was 23, and the schedule that
days and hours for a full year. At the worked for me then was very different
ever in covering the work. end of the year, we would review the from what appeals to a 37-year-old
plan with each employee to see if it was mother of three.
working. We are a small company with less
Well, a year has come and gone, and than 10 employees, so this is not too
I’m happy to report it’s been a huge difficult for us to manage. But when I
success. Not only are the pilot program started researching the topic, I found
employees happy with the results, but substantial evidence that this becom-
Executive Perspectives_JUN22TPJ.indd 32 5/26/22 1:27 PM

ing the new norm in manufacturing. this year, and likely half will be Gen Z. when employees don’t feel chained to
The Society for Human Resource Man- We have onboarded three Gen Z em- a shift. They have some control over
agement has even published an entire ployees in the past year (I spoke about their career.
guide on implementing flex schedul- our experience in recruiting and retain- I can’t predict how this will play out
ing in the manufacturing space. ing these individuals at the Pipe and as we grow, but for now it works. All we
It’s no secret that we are facing a ma- Tube Conference in Memphis. can do is read the market, implement, 2
jor workforce shortage that will contin- Gen Z employees share a lot of com- and adjust. In my consulting work, I
ue to expand over the next 20 years. mon traits, and one big one is the de- often recommend implementation of h
The Great Resignation is taking boom- mand for flexibility in schedules and challenging strategies. I always tell my tu
c
ers out of the workforce more quickly in general. Gen Zers are looking for a clients, “This won’t be easy, but pick
than expected, and Generation Z is the dream life, not a dream job, and if you your hard.” Is it harder to manage mul-
smallest generation since the Great De- can’t flex to accommodate their needs tiple schedules to ensure all the work
pression. So, manufacturers will need outside of work, some simply won’t gets done each week, or harder to be
to be more creative than ever in cov- take the job. stuck without workers and high turn-
ering the work. Many will turn to auto- In speaking about our program, I get over?
mation and outsourcing, but nothing a lot of questions about equity, but So far, flexible scheduling has been
will completely eliminate head count, in all honesty, our millennial, Gen X, the easy choice for us.
and companies will be competing for a and boomer employees have taken
Lisa Wertzbaugher, founder of
shrinking pool of candidates. to the flex schedule as well. It’s amaz- Wertzbaugher Consulting, can be reached
We need to add five to 10 positions ing to see the positive culture impact at wertzbaugherconsult@gmail.com.
Executive Perspectives_JUN22TPJ.indd 33 5/26/22 1:28 PM

tube & pipe market update
Pipe and tube shipments

inch up, GDP declines,
energy products soar
Visit https://prestonpipe.com for more information.
By Rick Preckel and Paul Vivian, PhD electrical equipment, appliances, and components; miscella-
neous manufacturing; machinery; transportation equipment;
Manufacturing Performance and fabricated metal products. For more information, visit
The durable goods manufacturing index increased by 1.3% www.ismrob.org.
in March from February and is 5.7% higher than a year ago,
according to the U.S. Federal Reserve. Domestic pipe, tube and steel mill news
In March, motor vehicles and parts gained 7.8% from Feb- W&W | AFCO Steel, the largest structural steel fabricator and
ruary after falling by 4.6% from the January reading. Perfor- constructor in the U. S., said it will locate a new steel fabrica-
mance in most segments from February posted gains except tion facility in the former LM Wind Power building at the Port
for nonmetallic mineral products (-1.2%), primary metals of Little Rock.
(-1.7%), and furniture and related products (-1.5%). Nucor Corp. has announced plans to open a micromill steel
Other sectors that consume pipe and tube had generally facility in Davidson County, N.C., to manufacture 430,000 tons/
favorable performance in March as well. Those include aero- year of rebar from recycled material.
space and miscellaneous transportation equipment (1.9%), Borusan Mannesmann is preparing to expand its offer-
fabricated metal products (0.1%), machinery manufacturing ings in the U.S. with an investment in a new mill to add tub-
(0.8%), and electrical equipment and appliances (1%). As not-
ed, in terms of pipe and tube feedstock, primary metals out-
put declined during March by 1.7%.
Preston’s Research
The primary pipe and tube category that Preston analyzes
The March Manufacturing Report On Business®, as pub-
that is of interest to The Tube & Pipe Journal readership is
lished by the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®), indi- mechanical tubing. This category includes conduit, off-
cated that the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI®) was 57.1%, the-welder tubes with wall thickness less than 0.156 in.,
a decrease of 1.5 percentage points from the February lev- hot-finished seamless, cold-drawn seamless, and drawn-
el of 58.6%. The New Orders Index registered 53.8%, off by over-mandrel products.
7.9 percentage points compared to the February reading of According to Preston’s data, the sum of all pipe and tube
61.7%. The Production Index reading was 54.5%, reflecting a shipments from domestic mills in 2019 approximated
decrease of 4 percentage points from the February level. the amount of steel used in the automotive sector, a
The Backlog of Orders Index was 60%, well below the Feb- clear indication of the significant contributions pipe and
ruary reading of 65.4%. The Employment Index in March was tube products make to the steel economy.
56.3%, which was 3.4 percentage points higher than the pri- Founded in 1982, Preston Publishing Co. is a market
research and consulting firm that provides steel tube and
or month. The Supplier Deliveries Index and the Inventories
pipe market data, statistics, and analysis in the monthly
Index were mixed; down 0.7 and up 1.9 percentage points,
Preston Pipe & Tube Report. Additional services include
respectively.
other monthly reports, custom research, consulting,
Pipe- and tube-related manufacturing industries that re- expert witness services, and speaking engagements.
ported growth in March were furniture and related products;
Tube Pipe Market_JUN22TPJ.indd 34 5/26/22 1:31 PM

ing to its OCTG and line pipe product portfolio and to serve from a peak of 257 in September. Price trends changed di-
the construction and general-industry pipe and tube market rection after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The March base
segments with tubing for manufacturing, fabricated and me- hot-rolled band price index is back up to 188. The mechanical
chanical applications, and pressure applications. tube price index is a blend of first-point-of-sale import and
domestic prices.
Shipping and Imports Rick Preckel can be reached at rpreckel@prestonpipe.com;
Pipe and tube shipments for the sectors of the market that Paul Vivian can be reached at pvivian@prestonpipe.com.
we cover increased in February from January by about 1%.
February shipments improved about 23.2% above year-ago
volumes. February energy product shipments increased by Hot-rolled Band and
4.4% from January and by 53.6% from February 2021. Indus- Mechanical Tube Price Indices
trial and construction product shipments decreased by 1.4% July
Hot Rolled Band 2004Tube
& Mech =1 Price Indices
Source: SteelBenchmarker,
Base Period, July Preston
2004 = 1 Publishing Co.
in February as compared to January but were 7.5% above Source: SteelBenchmarker, Preston Publishing
year-ago levels. 3.00
2.50
Pipe and tube imports decreased in February 2022 from 2.00
January by 1.5% but were 56.1% higher than in February 1.50
1.00
2021. Domestic pipe and tube shipments in February 2022
0.50
increased by 2.6% from January and by 9.4% from February
Feb-22
Jul-20
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Feb-21
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2021 but were 2.3% above year-ago levels. Imported pipe
HRB Price Index
and tube’s percentage of market supply slipped a bit in the HRB Price Index
Mechanical Tube Price Index Carbon ERW 0.065" - 0.156"
latest month to the upper 30s. Mechanical Tube Price Index, Carbon, ERW, 0.065 - 0.156 in.
Mechanical Tube Price Index Carbon SMLS 0"- 4 1/2"
February shipments of mechanical tubing products were Mechanical Tube Price Index, Carbon, Seamless, Up to 4½ in.
up by 4.8% from January and by 17.9% from year-ago levels.
Outlook Mechanical Tube Volume Index

The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis JulyTube
Mechanical 2004 =1 Index
Volume
points in March and indicated plans to raise rates six more Source:Base
Preston Publishing
Period, July 2004 = 1 Co.
Source: Preston Publishing
times in 2022 to help bring inflation under control. As of this 1.00
writing, the Fed’s most recent remarks indicate a 50-basis 0.90
point increase at the early May meeting. The last inflation 0.80
reading was 6.4% for March, excluding food and energy. The 0.70
Fed’s job of controlling inflation was made more difficult 0.60
by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the economic effects of 0.50
which are still developing. 0.40

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Feb-22
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. GDP,
adjusted for inflation, declined 0.4% in Q1, or 1.4% on an an-
nualized basis. Stripping out the effects of a weak inventory
build and a jump in imports, the economy grew at an annual
rate of 0.6%. HSS Volume Index
HSSJanuary
& Piling Volume Index
2010 =1
U.S. oil prices are circling $100/barrel for WTI at Cushing, Base Period, January 2010 = 1
Source: Preston
Source: PrestonPublishing
Publishing Co.
while Henry Hub natural gas pricing is at $7/1,000 cubic feet
1.80
as of this writing. Drilling continues to be somewhat limited
1.70
in the near term because of supply chain constraints, and the
1.60
longer-term outlook is still developing. Demand from this 1.50
sector is expected to benefit mechanical tubing. 1.40
1.30
Flat-rolled steel 1.20
Oct-21
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According to data from the SteelBenchmarker, the index for

May-21
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Aug-20
Apr-21
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base hot-rolled band (HRB) prices declined to 160 in February
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ATI - SPECIALTY ALLOYS AND COMPONENTS, Albany, OR

Tubular products in specialty alloys including hafnium, nickel, niobium, NiTi, tantalum, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, and zirconium for applications such
as automotive, aerospace, defense, oil and gas, chemical processing, electrical energy, power distribution, construction, mining, communication, food
equipment, and appliance.
ALLOY METALS & TUBES INTL., Houston, TX

Alloy Metals and Tubes Intl. stocks seamless instrumentation tubing, .125- 1 in. OD, .028-.125 w.t., in the following alloys:
Austenitic stainless and nickel alloys:
• Alloy 316L / UNS S31603 / ASTM A213
• Alloy 317L / UNS S31703 / ASTM A213
• Alloy 400 / UNS N04400 / ASTM B165
• Alloy 625 / UNS N06625 / ASTM B444
• Alloy 825 / UNS N08825 / ASTM B163
• Alloy 904L / UNS N08904 / ASTM A269
Duplex stainless steel:
• Super Duplex 2507 / UNS S32750 / ASTM A789
The company also specializes in:
• 254 SMO / UNS S31254 / ASTM A213
• Alloy 20 / UNS N08020 / ASTM B729
• Duplex 2205 / UNS S31803 / ASTM A789
• Alloy 600 / UNS N06600 / ASTM B167
Other grades are available upon request: 20, 200, 2205, 316L, 600, 6 Moly, 718, 800, and C276.
AMERITUBE LLC, Hillsboro, TX

Tube, rod, bar, plate, fittings, and flanges for applications such as chemical processing, desalination, oil and gas, nuclear power, HVAC, transportation,
defense, offshore, and marine.
Heat exchanger tube and plate in copper and copper-nickel alloys: CDA 12200, 23000, 44300, 68700, 70600, and 71500.
Also sources, distributes, and manufactures MONEL alloy 400; INCONEL alloys 600, 601, 625, 800, and 825; HASTELLOY C276; duplex steels;
super duplex steels; and stainless steels SAE 304/L and 316/L.
Fittings and flanges for marine and offshore applications.
Standard manufacturing practices include NDT and mechanical testing. Automated test fixtures are used to verify the dimensional integrity of
mission-critical parts.
Services include annealing, hydrostatic testing, cutting to length, bending, and machining.
ARCELORMITTAL TUBULAR PRODUCTS, Shelby, OH

Mechanical:
Welded, cold-sized tubes: ASTM A-513, SA 178/214. OD .472-12.5 in., w.t. .022-.685 in. Carbon grades 1006-1050, 10B21, 15B21, 90XF, 65W, ST52.3 (E355).
Alloy grades 4118, 4130, 8620, HSLA, AHSS.
Welded, cold-drawn tubes: ASTM A-513. OD .750-12.0 in., w.t. .065-.685 in. Carbon grades 1008-1050, ST52.3 (E355). Alloy grades 4118, 4130, 8620.
Welded, hollow structural sections: ASTM A-500, grades B and C. CSA 640-21-50W. OD 2 x 2 in. to 8 x 4 in. in w.t. .125-.375 in.
Seamless, hot-finished tube: ASTM A-519. OD 2.188-6.75 in., w.t. .25- 1.75 in. Carbon grades 1008-1050. Full alloy range: 41xx, 43xx, and 86xx;
others available by inquiry.
Seamless, cold-drawn tube: ASTM A-519. OD 1.375-7.75 in., w.t. .171-1.687 in. Carbon grades 1008-1050. Full alloy range: 41xx, 43xx, and 86xx;
others available by inquiry.
Energy, seamless:
OCTG, API 5CT casing: OD 4.5-20 in., grades J/K55, N80, L80, C95, P110, and Q125.
OCTG, API 5CT tubing: OD 2.375-4.5 in., grades J/K55 and N80.
Line pipe, onshore and offshore: API 5L/EN/ASTM/ASME, OD .5-20 in., grades A, B, C, and X42 to X65.
Boiler tube: EN/DIN/ASTM/SR, OD .84-20 in., carbon and alloy grades.
Structural tube: EN/DIN/ASTM/GOST, OD .84-20 in., standard grades.
Energy, ERW:
OCTG, API 5CT casing: OD 4.5-10.25 in., grades H40, J/K55, and N80Q.
OCTG, API 5CT tubing: OD 1.9-4.5 in., grades H40, J/K55, and N80Q.
Line pipe, API 5L: OD 2‚ 23⁄8-12.75 in., grades A, B, and X42-X60.
Large-diameter welded, spiral line pipe, API 5L: EN/DIN/GOST/CSN, OD 12.75-56 in., grades B and X42-X70.
Large-diameter welded, LSAW line pipe API 5L: ASTM/DIN/EN, OD 20-52 in., grades B and X42-X65.
This information is provided by the manufacturers. ©Copyright 2022 by FMA Communications Inc. Reproduction in full or in part without written permission of the publisher
is prohibited. Buyers’ guides are a part of the Forming & Fabricating Industry Directory. Go to www.thefabricator.com/directory to add your free company listing.
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AREM CO., Mentor, OH

Specializes in the finishing phases of processing copper, brass, and aluminum tubing through drawing, cutting to length, deburring, and annealing to
specification. Also supplies leak detector tube and bimetal, mechanically bonded tubes in various combinations of ferrous and nonferrous metals.
• Copper alloys: 101, 102, 103, 120, 122, 230, 260, 270, 272, 274, 330, 332, 443, 706, and 715.
• Aluminum alloys: 1100, 2024, 3003, 5052, 6061, 6063, and 7075.
• Lengths: 0.050 in. to 72 ft.
Tempers: All alloys available from fully hardened to fully annealed.
Services:
• Bell ends for heat exchangers
• Tumble deburring
• Deburring (wire brush and vibratory)
• Fabrication
• Annealing
• Plating (including silver and tin)
ATLANTIC TUBE & STEEL INC., Mississauga, ON Canada

Tubing made to ASTM A-500, A-513, and A-787 specifications. Round, square, rectangular, and custom shapes.
Products: .75-6.250 in. round, 1-5 in. square and 2 x 1 in. to 8 x 2 in. rectangles, w.t. up to .250 in.
Steel types: HR BLK, HRPO, CR, galvanized, galvalume, aluminized
BHD TUBULAR, Edmonton, AB Canada

Specializes in the distribution of industrial stainless steel pipe, carbon steel pipe, aluminum pipe, as well as other pipe services and products. Serves the oil,
gas, and mining industries across Canada and the U.S. The administration office is located next to our 15-acre pipe yard in Edmonton, Alberta. An additional
24-acre yard is nearby in Tofield, Alberta.
BHD can handle any of your pipe project requirements. Custom cut-to-length pipe beveling on pipe 2-42 in. dia. Capabilities to torch-cut 2-12 in. dia.
BEVERLIN MANUFACTURING CORP., Grand Rapids, MI

Perforated cones, tubes, end caps, flanges, fittings, and assemblies for exhaust, oil and gas, defense, aerospace, nuclear, and industrial applications.
Materials include stainless steels, carbon steel, aluminum, and specialized alloys in nearly any size from .300-36 in. OD, .018-.12 in. wall thickness.
Plating and finishing options include zinc plating (clear, bright, yellow), bright tin plating, nickel plating, electropolishing, phosphate coatings,
industrial washing, ultrasonic cleaning, passivation, heat treating, rest removal and preventions, and vibratory deburring.
Perforation patterns include nearly all common patterns, straight and staggered, 20 to 65% open. Custom patterns, end margins, skip patterns,
seam margins, and nonperforated available. Seam styles include straight weld, spiral weld, tack weld, overlap and spot/resistance weld, and
straight inside lock-seam.
CALIFORNIA METAL & SUPPLY INC., Santa Fe Springs, CA

ISO/AS-certified metal specialist with 35-year history.
Boeing award-winning supplier. Aerospace metal products supplier. Titanium, INCONEL, nickel, aluminum, A286, 13-8, 15-5, 17-4 for aerospace,
defense, and energy.
CHELPIPE GROUP, Moscow, Russian Federation
Products for energy applications:

• Seamless pipes, 1/8-20 in., per ASTM A106; A53; A333; other grades
• Seamless line pipes, 2-6 in., per API 5
• Seamless stainless steel pipes, 1/8-16 in., per ASTM A213, A312, other grades
• LSAW pipes, 20-56 in., per API 5L
• OCTG, 23/8-7 in., per API 5CT
• Hot induction and butt-welded fittings (bends, tees, reducers, caps) 20-56 in., per ASME B16.9, MSS SP-75, EN 10253
CHICAGO TUBE AND IRON CO., Romeoville, IL

Inventory—Value-added Processes—ASME Components & Systems
Pipe, tube, and bar in carbon steel, stainless steel, chrome-moly, aluminum, titanium, copper, brass, and INCONEL alloy. More than 30,000 line items of
inventory and value-added processing housed in 1.2 million sq. ft. in nine branches throughout the Midwest and one in Mexico. Services include precision
machining, laser cutting, bending, sawing, welding, inventory management, reverse engineering, and heat treating.

CHICAGO TUBE AND IRON CO., Romeoville, IL (continued)

Products and Services:
• Hydraulic tubing, boiler tubing, valves, and fittings.
• Round, square, and rectangular in mechanical, HSS, and many others.
• Tube, pipe, and bar in carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum.
• Cold-finished and hot-rolled bar.
• ASTM A53, A312, A500, A512, A513, A519, and A554 grades; and many others.
• Services include bending, fabrication, production cutting, coiling, utility/code work, laser cutting, and precision production.
• AMSE R, S, and U stamps.
Locations:
• llinois: Romeoville (Chicago), Milan (Quad Cities)
• Iowa: Des Moines
• Minnesota: Duluth, St. Paul, Owatonna
• North Carolina: Charlotte
• Ohio: Cleveland
• Wisconsin: Fond Du Lac
• Mexico: Monterrey
CSM GROUP, Elk Grove Village, IL

Stainless steel tubing for heat exchangers, food and beverage, heating elements, automotive, electric water heaters, solar collectors, tube manipulation,
and heating appliances.
Straight tube:
Diameters and tolerances: 4.00-10.00 mm, ±0.07; 10.01-15.00 mm, ±0.08; 15.01-25.00 mm, ±0.10. For all diameters, the w.t. tolerance is ±10%.
Lengths and tolerances: 300-3,300 mm, ±1.00 mm; 3,301-4,300 mm, ±1.50 mm; 4,301-6,000 mm, ±5.00 mm; 6,000-10,000 mm, ±10.00 mm.
Diameters and maximum camber: 4.00-10.00 mm dia., maximum of 0.10 mm camber per meter; 10.01-18.00 mm, max. 0.15 mm/m; 18.01-25.00 mm,
max. 0.20 mm/m.
Maximum inside weld bead: w.t. 0.30-0.75 mm, bead height 0.10 mm; w.t. 0.80-1.20 mm, bead height 0.15 mm; w.t. 1.25-1.50 mm, bead height 0.20 mm.
Heat-treated tube:
Hardness 160 ±15 HV5 unless otherwise requested; ASTM A-249: 90 HRB (max.).
Coiled tube:
Lengths from 100 to 400 m unless otherwise requested; pressure test, air = 10 bar for 10 min. or in conformity with EN 10217-7; pressure test, water = 70
bar (up to 300 bar on request); tolerances on external diameter: 4.0-14.0 mm, OD ±0.15 mm; 14.01-25.0 mm, OD ±0.20 mm.
Marking: All tubes are marked with identification code of producer, diameter, thickness, alloy, and specific production information to guarantee that all
data about them is traceable. Certifications: OHSAS 18001:2007, ISO 14001:2004, and ISO 9001:2008.
DOUGLAS BARWICK INC., Brockville, ON Canada

Stainless steel pipe, pipe fittings, and piping accessories. The company produces light-wall stainless steel pipe and fittings in diameters from 3⁄4 in. NPS to 96
in., w.t. from 14 ga. (.083 in.) to .500 in., in accordance with the following organizations:
• FPAC (Forest Products Association of Canada, formerly known as CPPA–Canadian Pulp and Paper Association)
• TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Institute)
• NSF (National Sanitation Foundation)
• ASTM
• ASME
Products include:
• Stainless steel and special alloy welded pipe, A-778, A-409, A-312, A-358
• Stainless steel and special alloy butt weld fittings, A-774, A-403
• Flanges, carbon steel, ductile iron, stainless steel, plate, AWWA, and angle rings
• Stainless steel and special alloy pipe fabrication and spooling
• Alloys include types 304L, 316L, 317L, duplex 2205, alloy 20, and others
Industries served include:
• Chemical and petrochemical
• Oil and gas
• Pulp and paper
• Potable water and wastewater treatment
• Ethanol and biofuels
• Liquid natural gas
• Wine and spirit

DUNDEE PRODUCTS, Dundee, MI

Cold-rolled – Hot-rolled, pickled, and oiled – Galvanized – Electrogalvanized – Galvannealed (commercial quality)
Round: OD 0.590 to 3.125 – Square: OD 0.625 to 2.500 – Hexagonal: OD 0.4375 to 1.000 – Rectangular: OD 0.500 by 0.750 in. to 1.875 by 2.000 in.
Wall thicknesses: 0.028 (limited sizes) – 0.035 – 0.042 – 0.049 – 0.060 – 0.065 – 0.072 – 0.075 – 0.083 – 0.090 – 0.095 – 0.109 – 0.120 – 0.134 – 0.140
(limited sizes)
Custom sizes available upon request
EPIX TUBE CO. INC., Trotwood, OH

ERW tube made to A-513, A-500, and A-787 specifications. Sizes from 0.706 in.-3.125 in. OD, plus the corresponding shapes, both standard and custom.
Wall thicknesses from 0.020-0.170 in grades up to HSLA 80. Cold-rolled, HRB, HRPO, galvannealed, galvanized, and aluminized, and optional clear protective
coating on galvanized products. Secondary operations available upon request. OEM direct sales as well as toll processing in 250,000 sq. ft. of production
and warehousing area.
FAYETTE PIPE CO., Lemont Furnace, PA

Pipe manufactured to standard A53 Type E, Grade A, diameters from 1⁄2-2 in., lengths up to 21 ft. Applications include steam, gas, water, and air.
Suitable for welding or threading. Products are UL-listed and FM-approved, and made from domestic steel.
FELKER BROS. CORP., Marshfield, WI

Specializing in stainless steel pipe, tube, fittings, piping accessories, and spool fabrication. Type 304L and 316L.
• Pipe: 2-48 in. OD (larger upon request). Standard lengths are 10, 20, and 21 ft. (special lengths upon request), w.t. from Sch. 5S-.625 in.
• Tube: 3-12 in. OD. Standard length is 20 ft. (special lengths upon request), w.t. from 16-8 ga.
• Fittings and accessories: Elbows, tees, crosses, laterals, Ys, reducers, stub ends (standard and angle), and a variety of caps, clamps, connectors, clean outs,
flanges, and face rings.
• Spool fabrication: Stainless steel and alloy pipe spool fabrication for all industries.
FINE TUBES LTD., Plymouth, United Kingdom

High-specification seamless, welded, and redrawn tubes in stainless steel, nickel, titanium, and zirconium alloys.
• Markets include oil and gas, aerospace, nuclear and power, chemical process, high purity, and medical.
• Size range: 1-50 mm (.040-2 in.) OD in straight lengths or coils.
• AS9100 REV C, ISO 9001 certified and Nadcap approved for ultrasonic testing, heat treatment, and welding.
FISCHER CANADA STAINLESS STEEL TUBING INC., Waterloo, ON Canada

Welded mechanical stainless steel tubing in various ferritic and austenitic grades, ASTM A-554 and A-268. Some exceptions apply.
Round from 1-6 in. OD; a variety of square and rectangular sizes; custom shapes and open profiles. Available in inch and metric sizes.
• 300 series in standard sizes: Round, 1⁄2-3 in.; square, 1⁄2-4 in.; rectangular, 1⁄2 x 1 to 3 x 5.
• 300 series in large sizes: Round, 3 -6 in.
• 300 series in Shur-Grip tubing. Textured surface for a positive grip in handrail and grab bar applications. Uses include swimming pools, mass transit, and
handicapped-accessible facilities.
Specialty production processes include D1L and Laser Plus.
• D1L: Two tubes are simultaneously rolled and seam-welded with a common seam.
• Laser Plus: A technique that provides stronger laser welds; particularly useful in applications where the tube is to undergo extreme forming operations
or hydroforming functions.
GREAT LAKES COPPER INC., London, ON Canada

Copper products for a variety of plumbing, gas, and general-purpose applications:
• Type K and Type L, ASTM B88, for domestic water service and distribution, solar, fuel/fuel oil, natural gas, and liquefied petroleum (LP) gas.
• Type M, ASTM B88, domestic water service and distribution, solar, and compressed air.
• Type DWV, ASTM B-306, for drainage waste, and vent.
• Type G (gas), ASTM B-837, natural gas, and LP.
• General purpose, ASTM B75, supply line/retail.
• ACR: Coils and straight lengths, ASTM B 280 cleanliness limit.
• Medical: GL Plus pressurized ACR/Med copper tubing, in 10-, 12-, and 20-ft. lengths, variety of sizes, both Type L and Type K.
Cleaned, deburred, purged, and pressurized with nitrogen gas.
H & H TUBE & MANUFACTURING CO., Vanderbilt, MI

Draw, form, and hydroform red metals. Hydroform steel tube. Brass and copper from in. OD, w.t. .010-.260 in.
Alloy 70/30 welded-and-drawn from in. OD, w.t. .010-.030 in.
ISO 9001:2008 certified.

HANNIBAL INDUSTRIES INC., Los Angeles, CA

Mechanical. ASTM A513 in 40 diameters and 20 gauges from 1/2 in. x 0.035 w.t. to 5 in. x 0.250 w.t. (round). Shapes include oval, trapezoid, and teardrop.
Structural: ASTM A-500, grades B and C; special chemistries upon request. Contact for sizes and gauges. Ornamental. Superior surface finish, tight corner
radii, and excellent formability. Applications include fencing, fitness equipment, security gating, store fixtures, and various other high-visibility products.
Value-added services include cut to length, deburring, chamfering, perforating, and punching.
HAYNES INTL. INC., Arcadia, LA

More than 100 years of experience in producing high-performance nickel-and cobalt-based alloys for corrosion-resistant and high-temperature
applications.
Corrosion-resistant alloys: HASTELLOY B-3, HYBRID-BC1 alloy, C-4, C-22, C-22HS, C-276, C-2000, G-30, G-35, N alloy, and ULTIMET alloy.
Heat-resistant alloys: HASTELLOY S, W, and X alloys; HAYNES 25, R-41, 75, HR-120, HR-160 alloy, HR-224 alloy, NS-163, 188, 214, 230, 242, 263, 282, 556, 617,
625, 625SQ, 718, X-750 , MULTIMET, Waspaloy, and Ti-3Al-2.5V.
JACKSON TUBE SERVICE INC., Piqua, OH

Electric resistance welded steel tubing:
• ASTM A513, Types I & II
• SAE J-356, SAE J-526, SAE J-2435, SAE J2613
• ASTM A214, ASTM A178 Grade A
• JIS Standards: STKM, STKR, STAM
Steel types:
• Cold-rolled, commercial quality class 1: AISI 1010 to 1021
• Cold-rolled, aluminum-killed, drawing quality: AISI 1006 to 1010
• Cold-rolled, plating quality: AISI 1010
• Hot-rolled, pickled, and oiled: AISI 1008 to 1026
• High-strength, low-alloy (40,000 to 80,000 PSI MYS); boron grades available
Shapes: Round, OD 0.392-3.000 in. – Square, OD 0.500-2.012 in. – Rectangular – Oval (flat and elliptical) – Oval-sided rectangle – Triangular –
Hexagonal – Octagonal – Square with inverted corner – Rectangular with inverted corner – Rectangular with inverted corner with radius –
D (oval, semirectangular, and half-round) – Double D – Single and double spiral round – Teardrop – Peanut – Grooved round
JAMES STEEL & TUBE CO., Madison Heights, MI

Tubing made to ASTM A-500 and A-513 specifications. Round, square, rectangular, and custom shapes.
• Products up to 4 in. square, 14 to 7 ga.
• Products up to 5 in. square and 6 x 4 in. rectangles, w.t. up to 0.250 in.
Pipe in the following sizes: 1.25 in., 1.50 in. and 2 in. OD, Sch. 10 and 40.
KCM SPECIAL STEEL CO. LTD., Wenzhou, Shejiang China

Materials: Alloys 201, 202, 301, 304, 304L, 310S, 316, 316L, 316Ti, 317, 317L, 321, 347, 904L duplex, S31803/2205, S32750/2507, S32760, MONEL 400,
INCONEL 600, INCOLOY 800, and nickel alloys.
Dimensions: OD range 2-1,600 mm; w.t. range 0.8-60 mm, including square and rectangular.
Manufacturing standards: ANSI: B16.11, B16.28, B16.9 ASTM A213, A269, A312M, A511, A554, A789, A790, A815
DIN 2606, 2615,17456,17458,2462, 2605
GB13296, 14975, 14976
JIS B2311, B2312, B2313, G3463, 3446, 3448, 3459
KEYMARK CORP., Fonda, NY

Aluminum extrusion manufacturer
Product Design and Development
Engineering: With more than 125 years of combined engineering expertise, Keymark’s engineering department offers technical
assistance on a wide variety of extrusion applications.
Die Manufacturing: In-house diemaking capabilities allow us to produce extrusions with exacting tolerances for precise specifications
and gives us control of the entire manufacturing process.
Aluminum Extrusions
Raw Materials: Our on-site casting facility allows us to control billet cost and quality by producing aluminum log directly from (P1020) aluminum ingot.
Aluminum Extrusions: Prime & recycled billet that meet or exceed the specifications required by The Aluminum Association.
Finish Processes
Painting: Member of PPG’s distinguished Certified Applicator Program (CAP).
Anodizing: A custom-designed Walgren two-step automated anodizing system capable of anodizing and custom-coloring extrusions up to 32 ft. in length.
Thermal Enhancement: Two types of thermal enhancement.

KLOECKNER METALS CORP., Roswell, GA

Welded steel tubing: ASTM A513, A787, A500. Standard sizes and shapes:
• Round: 1⁄2-33⁄4 in.
• Rectangle: 1⁄2 x 1 in. to 2 x 4 in.
• Square: 1/2-3 in.
• Custom shapes and sizes (including oval) available.
Roll formed sections: Various profiles requiring strip widths from 1-24 in.
Cutting and deburring services offered.
LOCK JOINT TUBE INC., South Bend, IN

Three family-owned manufacturing locations in South Bend, Ind.; Temple, Texas; and Chattanooga, Tenn., manufacture ERW tubing
to the following ASTM standards:
• ASTM A513: Type 1 and Type 2
• ASTM A500: Grades: A, B and C
• ASTM A787
Specialties include:
• Unique shapes (flat ovals, elliptical ovals, D ovals, trapezoids, pentagons, octagons, and others) – Running to inside diameters.
• Tolerances tighter than industry standards for straightness, twist, convexity and concavity.
• Custom corner radii and weld locations per customer requirements to reduce manufacturing and processing costs.
• Tubing made from plating quality, CRCS, CRDS, CRDDS, CREDDS, HRCS, HRP&O, galvanized, aluminized, dual-phase, HSLA,
and ultrahigh-strength steels.
• “Lock On Galv” products providing a clear, acrylic coat over pregalvanized steel.
State-of-the-industry equipment across 12 tube mills covering more than 1,400,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing and warehousing space. Market segments
include automotive, heavy-duty truck, fencing, furniture, exercise, solar power, HVAC, motorcycle, ATV, snowmobile, and retail store fixtures. All Lock Joint
locations can provide metallurgical services onsite for chemical and mechanical properties to support registered quality systems.
LONGHORN TUBE LP, Dallas, TX

• Mechanical tubing: 16-11 ga., 1⁄2-4 in. in square and equivalent rectangle sections. Custom cut as needed.
• HSS: 1⁄8-3⁄8 in. x 2-8 in. in square and equivalent rectangle sections.
• Structural tubing: 1⁄8-3⁄8 in., 2-8 in. square and equivalent rectangle sections. Custom cut as needed up to 48 ft. Grades ASTM A-500 A, B, and C in stock.
HSLA grades available.
• Galvanized tubing: 16-11 ga., 2-4 in. in a G-90 chemical treatment, light oil product, CSB, or A500-B.
• Steel handrail profile: 14-ga. section profile, ornamental iron shape.
MST SEAMLESS TUBE & PIPE, South Lyon, MI

Seamless carbon steel and alloys – mechanical tube, pressure tube (T9, T23, T91, multilead rifled), pressure pipe. Quenched and tempered. Round, square,
hex, combination shapes (for example, round OD/hex ID), and many other unique shapes.
Boiler tube and pipe.
Mechanical products for automotive and transportation, aerospace, heavy equipment, agricultural equipment, OCTG.
ASTM/ASME A106, A179, A192, A209, A210, A213, A333, A334, A335, A423, A519 in 0.750 in. OD x 0.083 w.t. to 5.00 in. OD x 0.875 in. w.t.
Nondestructive evaluations and custom chemistries available.
MAJOR METALS CO., Mansfield, OH

Specializing in A513 T1, T2, and A787 galvanized tubing. Sizes: 0.625-3.125 in. round; 0.75-2.5 in. square; 1 x 1.5 to 1 x 3 in. rectangular. 20-9 ga. w.t.
and any decimal in this range.
METAL-MATIC INC., Minneapolis, MN

Products:
ERW tube (As-welded): .366 in. OD x .025 in. W to 4.500 in. OD x .250 in. W. Options include flash control or scarfing.
DOM (Drawn Over Mandrel): .250 in. OD x .025 W to 4.000 in. OD x .230 in. W.
Hydraulic Fluid Line: J356-.366 in. OD x .025 in. W to 4.500 in. OD x .250 in. W. J525-.250 in. OD x .025 W to 4.000 in. OD x .230 in. W
Boiler and Heat Exchanger: A178-.366 in. OD x .025 in. W to 4.500 in. OD x .250 in. W.
Shapes-Squares: A513 .500 in. OD x .500 in. OD to 2.000 in. OD x 2.000 in. OD
Shapes-Rectangles: A513 .375 in. OD x .625 in. OD to 3.000 in. OD x 2.000 in. OD.
Services:
Cutting to length, chamfering, deburring, heat treating/stress relieving, annealing, eddy current testing, and stenciling.
Fabrication services:
Laser cutting, plating, grooving, boring, bonderlube coating, forming, swaging, machining, and heat treating.
Ultrasonic testing available.

MIDDLETOWN TUBE WORKS INC., Middletown, OH

Decades of experience in producing custom-welded steel tubing for automotive, HVAC, and appliance applications.
Hot- or cold-rolled from high grades of steel, custom tubes are available in a variety of shapes and sizes. Pickled and oiled, hot-rolled carbon steel tubing
for use in gas manifolds, automotive seat frames, and go-carts. Steel types: HRPO, CR, aluminized, galvanized, galvanneal, electrogalvinized, zinc nickel.
400 series stainless steel grades: CS (A&B), DS (A&B), DDS, EDDS. HSLA Shapes: round, oval, D, double D, square, rectangle, concave, specialty shapes.
Corrosion-resistant coated steel tubing, with remetallized welded seam (aluminum or zinc).
Diameters: 0.394-5.000 in. (10-127 mm). Gauges: 0.024-0.120 in. (.61-3.05 mm).
Lengths: 1.000-300.000 in. (25.4-7,620 mm). Tolerance: 0.0002 in. with a 32 micro-inch finish or better.
Tube end finishing services include cutting, deburring, dedimpling, end facing, and chamfering for mandrel bends, expansions, or reductions.
End cuts: Punch cut, Haven cut, Brehm cut.
Destructive and nondestructive tests that exceed industry standards by as much as 200%. Severe expansion, reducing, flaring, and bending.
On-site metallurgy lab provides assistance in application development and troubleshooting technical issues. Quick response (less than 24 hours)
to your query, issue, or RFQ. Expansive tooling inventory across three locations: Middletown Tube Works, Shelby Welded Tube, and
Dothan Tubular Products.
MORSE STEEL SERVICE, Bellingham, WA

Black pipe from 1⁄4 in. Sch. 40-6 in. Sch. 80.
Round tube from 4 in. OD x 0.109 to 14 in. OD x 0.134.
Square tube from 1⁄2 x 1⁄2 x 0.065 in. to 8 x 8 x 0.250.
Rectangular tube from 11⁄2 x 3⁄4 x 0.065 to 10 x 4 x 0.188.
Services include cutting and bending for fabricators, manufacturers, contractors, and industrial maintenance applications.
OFFSHORE ENGINEERING & MARKETING LTD., Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A large inventory of line pipes, casing and tubing, valves, fittings, and flanges with other accessories for oilfield applications. A stock of 65,000 metric tons,
diameters from 1⁄8-56 in. OD, in various thicknesses and grades. Stored in an area of 75,000 sq. m outdoors and 7,000 sq. m indoors.
Products are manufactured with mill test certificate in accordance with international standards including ASTM, API, ASME, DIN, NACE, BS, NF, UNI, and JIS.
PERFORATED TUBES INC., Ada, MI

Perforated tube for myriad applications, including acoustical dampening, EMI shielding, oil rig filtration, structural support, safety guards, diffusion (liquid,
gas, vapor, or light), grilles or trim, liquid filtration, agricultural strainers and filter elements, and decorative items. Diameters from 1⁄4-12 in. OD in mild steel,
stainless steel, Hastelloy alloys, INCONEL alloys, MONEL alloys, and titanium. Seams are available in straight, spiral, and spiraled and louvered. Options
include end caps, flanges, and threaded-end connectors.
Two perforation patterns: Straight and staggered. Hole diameters from .0450-1 in. in pitches from .0660-1.250.
RYERSON, Norcross, GA
Pipe:
Welded: ASTM A-312 and A-778, grades 304L, 316L, 2205, sizes 1⁄4-36 in., Sch. 10S, 20, 40S, 80S.
Seamless: ASTM A-312, sizes 1⁄4-16 in., Sch. 10S, 40S, 80S, 120, 160, XXH.
Fittings: Butt-welded, welded, and seamless, A403WPW, A403WPX, A403WPS, sizes 1⁄2-24 in., Sch. 10S, 40S, and 80S. ♦ Types: LR 90, SR 90, 45, Tee, red. Tee,
caps, concentric and eccentric reducer, type A and type C stub ends.
Fittings, 150-lb.: grades 304 and 316, sizes 1⁄8-4 in. End type: threaded and socket weld. ♦ Types: 90, 45, ST. 90, coupling, half coupling, reducing coupling,
hex bushing, square and hex plug, union, cross, cap, tee.
Fittings, 3,000-lb.: ASTM A-182, grades 304L, 316L, sizes 1⁄4-4 in. End type: threaded and socket weld. ♦ Types: 90, 45, ST. 90, coupling, half coupling,
reducing coupling, hex bushing, square and hex plug, union, cross, cap, tee, o-lets.
Flanges: ASTM A-182, grades 304L and 316L, sizes 1⁄2-24 in., Sch. 10S, 40S, 80S, pressure rating 150, 300, 600, 1,500 lbs. ♦ Types: Slip-on, blind, lap-joint,
threaded weld-neck, and socket weld.
Plate flanges: grades 304 and 316, sizes 1 to 12 in. ♦ Types: pipe slip-on, tube slip-on, and blind.
Tubing:
Sanitary, ASTM A-270, grades 304L and 316L, sizes 1-6 in., w.t. of 0.065, 0.083, and 0.109 in.
Seamless instrumentation tubing specification: ASTM A-213 and A-269, grades 304L and 316L, sizes 1⁄4-1 in., w.t. of 0.035, 0.049, 0.065 in.
Fittings: Butt-welded and compression.
Nipple TBE, grades 304L, 316L, sizes 1⁄4-4 in., Sch. 40S, 80S, threaded.
SHAW STAINLESS & ALLOY, Marietta, GA

A distributor specializing in stainless steel pipe, valves, fittings, flanges, and structural materials, as well as sanitary tube and fittings. Additional alloys
include carbon steel, brass, bronze, aluminum, and others upon request. Value-added services include cutting, polishing, threading, bending, forming,
welding, grooving, and custom fabrication.

SHELBY WELDED TUBE, Shelby, OH

Products:
Round, square, rectangle, oval, flat ovals, D, and double D in the following materials:
• Cold-rolled
• HRPO
• Galvanized
• Aluminized
• Galvanealed
• Zinc nickel
• Extra deep draw to HSLA
Wall thickness range: 0.025-0.150 in. (0.638 to 3.827 mm)
OD range: 0.312-3.125 in. (7.92 to 76.5 mm)
Applications:
• Fuel filler tubes are ZnNi-coated and severely formed during fabrication. Our quality control and material consistency has resulted in very low PPMs
and is the driving force behind the company’s position in the marketplace. Shelby also supplies vent tubes, dipstick tubes, and fluid tubes for other
applications. Lightweight and durable, they can withstand severe fabrication.
• Interior components include IP support tubes, steering columns, armrests, seat frames, visors, roller shades, and cargo covers. Shelby‚ high-tensile-
strength, lightweight products help auto suppliers lower PPMs and improve bottom lines.
• Exterior and off-road applications include exhaust systems, wiper assemblies, and accessories such as grille guards and step bars. These products
are made to be lightweight yet durable.
STUPP CORP., Baton Rouge, LA

API 5L B up to X80; CSA Z245.1 up to 550 Cat. II. HFW: OD 10-24 in., w.t. 0.250-0.625 in., length up to 80 ft.
SAWH: OD 24-60 in., w.t. 0.250-1.000 in., length up to 80 ft.
T & B TUBE CO. INC., Gary, IN

Carbon steel tube—ASTM-A513 tolerances unless otherwise specified—from 0.625-3 in. OD. Lengths from 30 ft. to 1 in.
Services include cutting to length, deburring, plating, custom packaging, lab testing, consignment, and VMI.
TMK-IPSCO, Houston, TX
Line pipe products:
• Seamless – API, CSA, 23⁄8-41⁄2 in.
• ERW – API, CSA, 23⁄8-16 in.
• ERW – GIPI, 85⁄8-24 in.
• DSAW: Longitudinal – 20-56 in.
• DSAW: Helical – 22-100 in.
Industrial products, seamless:
• Standard pipe – 2.375-4.500 in.
• Fitting pipe – 2.125-5 in.
• Mechanical tubing A519 – 2.375-6 in.
• Boiler/heat exchanger/mechanical – 0.200-6.625 in.
• Standard/pressure/general service pipe – 2.875-12.750 in.
• Header piping – 0.625-9.625 in.
Industrial products, ERW:
• Standard pipe ‚ 23⁄8-16 in.
• Piling, 85⁄8-16 in.
• HSS A500 – Sq. 2-7 in.
• HSS A500 – 3 x 2 to 8 x 6 in.
TPW PIPE AND STEEL, Baker, MT

ASTM A-53, grades F, T, and C: galvanized standard pipe, 0.125-4 in. OD.
ASTM A-53, grade F: polyethylene standard pipe, black, 0.0375-1.5 in. OD.
ASTM A-106, grade B: Sch. 80, 0.250-8 in. OD

TEJAS TUBULAR PRODUCTS INC., Houston, TX

Casing: Seamless and ERW, 4.50-9.625 in. OD, 0.250-0.750 in. w.t., in the following grades: J55, M65, N80, L80, C90, C95, C110, and P110.
Tubing: Seamless and ERW, 2.375-3.50 in. OD, 0.154-0.254 in. w.t., in the following grades: J55 (including normalized after upset), L80, N80, and P110.
Line pipe, API 5L: 2, 3, 4, and 6 in. OD, grade B.
API drill pipe: 2.375-5 in. OD, in grades E75, X95, G105, and S135. Products include standard drill pipe, drill collars, spiral drill collars,
standard heavyweight drill pipe, and spiral heavyweight drill pipe.
TIMELESS TUBE, Dorset, United Kingdom

Shaped tubing solutions for engineers, architects, and fabricators for applications in construction, marine, healthcare, and transportation. An international
client base for its products’ aesthetic, ergonomic, and structural characteristics.
• Six unique profile designs: oval, flat-sided oval, D-shaped, twisted square, twisted oval, and radiused square
• 300 existing sizes of tubes and various tube ‘joiners’
• Flexible tooling allows engineers to create new, custom sizes
• Manufacture custom prototypes for product development and niche jobs
• Single length minimum order quantity (samples available)
• Typical applications include handrail, balustrades, handles, furniture, racks, signage, laboratory equipment, heat exchangers, and cable housing
• Most popular tubes: oval tube 23.5 x 13.3 x 1.5 mm and 47 x 25 x 1.5 mm; flat-sided oval tube 23 x 12 x 1.5 mm, 27 x 14 x 1.5 mm and 31 x 15 x 1.5 mm.
Materials: stainless steel 304L (1.4301), ‘marine grade’ stainless steel 316L (1.4404), aluminum (5083 and 6063), cupronickel 90/10, brass CZ108, copper,
bronze and titanium.
Finishes: mill, dull polish, super bright polish and wood-effect powder coating.
TITANIUM JOE INC., Kingston, ON Canada
Titanium sheet, plate, bar, tubing, and weld wire. Accepting small orders for prototypes and hobbyists and large quantities for production orders.
Tubing alloys:
• 3Al-2.5V in the following range: 0.25 in. OD (0.0160 in. w.t.) to 2.875 in. OD (0.0370 in. w.t.).
• CP Grade 2 in the following range: 0.1250 in. OD (0.0350 in. w.t.) to 5.500 in. (0.0790 in. w.t.).
Most products sold in 12-in. increments (max. length from 24-96 in. depending on the product).
TUBACEX S.A., Llodio, Spain
Stainless steel and nickel alloy tube, pipe, and hollow bar, welded and seamless:
• OD from 0.12-9.84 in. (3-250 mm)
• WT from 0.02-1.97 in. (0.5-50 mm)
• Mechanically bored products are available in any wall thickness and OD up to 42 in.
The products include the following:
• Hot extruded tube: OD 1.5-9.8 in. (38-250 mm), w.t. 0.120-1.97 in. (3.05-50 mm)
• Cold pilgered and drawn tube: OD 3-219.1 mm, w.t. 0.02-1.97 in. (0.5-50 mm)
• Welded tube: OD 0.125-2 in.
Grades :
• ASTM 300 series: 304, 304L, 304H, 321, 321H, 347, 347H, 316, 316L, 316 Ti, 316 Nb, 316 N, 316 LN,
316 L urea, 317, 317 L, 309S, 309 H, 310 S, 310H, 310 MoLN, 314
• ASTM 800 series: 800-H-HT
• ASTM 900 series: 904L
• UNS S series: S31254, S31803, S32750, S32760
• UNS N series: N08020, N08825, N08028, N06985
Standards:
• Stainless steel pipe, tube, and fittings: ASTM A213(M), A269(M), A312(M), A376(M), A511, A789(M), A790(M)
• High-nickel-alloy pipe, tube, and fittings: B163, B407, B423, B668, B677, B729
• ASME pressure code, stainless steel: SA 213(M), SA 269(M), SA 312(M), SA 376(M), SA 511, SA 789(M), SA 790(M)
• ASME pressure code, nickel alloys: SB 163, SB 407, SB 423, SB 668, SB 677, SB 729
• GOST: 9940, 9941
• European: EN 10216-5, EN ISO 1127

TUBULAR STEEL INC., Toronto, ON Canada

ERW mechanical tubing, OD 8-76.2 mm (0.315-3.000 in.) in w.t. 0.7-3 mm (22-11 ga.) in various shapes to customer specifications.
Industries served include automotive, lawn and garden, fitness, furniture, and health care.
UNITED INDUSTRIES INC., Beloit, WI
Laser welded stainless steel tubing, with additional capabilities for custom fabrication including laser cut-to-length, laser-cut slots and holes, punching and
forming, expanding, flaring, flanging, perforating, welding, polishing, and buffing. Tubing is 100% made in the U.S. and is IATF 16949-certified. Industries
and application include automotive, food/dairy/beverage, pharmaceutical (BPE), HVAC and heat exchanger, and ornamental.
• Types: SSTM SA249 boiler, heat exchanger; ASTM A268 ferritic; ASTM A269 general service; ASTM A270 sanitary, pharmaceutical;
ASTM A554 ornamental.
• Dimensions: 1 in.-60 ft. long, 1⁄2-8 in. dia., 0.019-0.145 in. w.t.
• Surface finishes: mechanical polish 20 Ra/32 Ra, electropolish 15 Ra/10 Ra, hydrogen bright annealing (H-BA).
• Testing: expansion, flatten, tension, flare, bend, reverse bend; hardness (Rockwell); metallurgical validation; surface roughness and surface passivity;
others upon request.
• Finished inventory: sanitary and H-BA 1-8 in., 304L and 316L. Grades-stainless alloys 301 302, 304, 304L, 316, 316L, 309, 309S, 310, 321, 12SR/408CB,
18SR, 18CB/441, 29-4C, 317L, AL-6XN, Ultra6-XN, Alloy 22, and 625; stainless alloys 405, 409, 410, 430, and 439; and super alloys.
• Packaging: square pack, scored cardboard, tri-wall box, paper/poly sleeve, interleave, interweave, cardboard tubes, hex pack, bulk skids,
and customer returnables. Export packaging available.
VALMONT INDUSTRIES, Valley, NE
Steel tubing manufactured to ASTM A513, A787, A135, A500, A847, A252, A53, and A268. Chemistries include carbon 1006-1030, 4130, weathering steel,
HSLA, ultrahigh strength, ultralow carbon, ZAM. Options include hot-rolled, pickled and oiled, cold-rolled matte and brite, aluminized, pregalvanized, hot-
dip galvanized, 409 stainless, and perforated. HSS size range from 12 x 10 in. to 60 x 48 in. in squares, rectangles and special shapes and from
0.312-1.000 in. nominal wall thickness; produced to ASTM A1065 specification. Standard chemistries are ASTM A572 Grade 50, Grade 65, Grade 70,
and ASTM A588 weathering steel. Inquire about other chemistries.
VOEST-ALPINE TUBULAR CORP., Houston, TX

• OCTG/casing: 4.5-7 in. OD, 0.142-0.689 in. w.t. Lengths to 45 ft.
• OCTG/tube: 2.375-4.5 in. OD, 0.114-0.472 in. w.t. Lengths to 42 ft.
• OCTG/line pipe: 1.660-6.625 in. OD, 0.125-0.630 in. w.t. Lengths to 45 ft. API or premium connections:
• VAroughneck-designed for rotated strings.
• VAsuperior-designed to meet ISO 13679, CAL IV.
• VAGT-voestalpine Gas Tight.
• VAF-voestalpine Flush.
VOESTALPINE TUBULARS GMBH & CO. KG, Kindberg, Austria

Seamless steel tubes for boilers and heat exchangers; pressure, mechanical, and automotive; and hollows for redraw. All products are available according
API, DIN, EN, ASME, or ASTM standards.
Oil and gas: seamless steel pipes up to 193.7 mm (75⁄8 in.) OD.
OCTG such as casing, tubing, and accessories with standard and proprietary thread connections, line pipe and green pipe for drilling applications.
Heat transfer applications include splitting up extracted media in refineries; energy management in power stations;
and petrochemical plant components.
Further applications are waste incineration, steam boilers for shipbuilding, and flanges and fittings.
Mechanical products are tailored to individual designs and loads.
WEBCO INDUSTRIES, Sand Springs, OK

Welded, cold-drawn welded, and cold-drawn seamless tubing in carbon steel, nickel alloys, stainless steels, titanium, and specialty alloys.
Applications include air cooler, air heater, boiler tube, coiled tubing, steam surface condenser, feed water heater, heat exchanger,
instrumentation tubing, mechanical tubing, welded pipe, pressure tubing, specialty stainless tubing, and OEM. Value-added services
include precision cutting, bending, end forming swaging, finning, heat treating, and packaging.

NEW PRODUCT
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION
12 kW Sheet Laser Machines from BLM GROUP

BLM GROUP USA has added more processing power
to its LS5 and LC5 flat sheet laser cutters with the new
option of a 12kW fiber laser source. These machines
can cut steel, stainless steel, iron, copper, brass, and
aluminum sheets in thicknesses from .039" to 1.37",
depending upon the material. Users can specify the
power level, from 2kW – 12 kW, that is best suited
for their needs. With simultaneous axis speed up to
196 m/min and swift acceleration paired with a rigid
mechanical structure, these systems deliver excellent
cutting performance and accuracy.
The LS5 and LC5 are available bed sizes of 10' x 5', 13'
x 6.5', and 20' x 6.5', all equipped with dual shelves
and automatic loading/unloading and changeover.
Depending upon floor space and production flow
BLM GROUP has added 12kW fiber laser
requirements, users can choose either a longitudinal or power to its sheet laser cutting machines.
transversal configuration.
The ergonomic design enables convenient access to the production area with large front door openings.
And, the operator panel can be swiveled and moved along the front side of the machine for optimal viewing
of the cutting process in all conditions.
Add Tube Cutting Capability

The LC5 is a unique laser system that can also accommodate a tube
processing module with the sheet and tube functioning autono-
mously, just sharing the cutting head. The tube processing module,
capable of working with tubes up to 120mm, has its own operator
panel, which controls the entire system during tube processing.
Two panels mean very simple management from the system point
of view and extremely fast change over from one job to the other.
As with all BLM GROUP equipment, the LS5 and LC5 are designed
for ease of use. The machine’s CNC contains instruction manuals,
maintenance tutorials, exploded drawings to identify spare parts,
and video guides for ‘how to use’ tutorials.
For more information on BLM GROUP’s sheet laser cutters, please visit Sheet laser cutting systems (blmgroup.com).
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NEW PRODUCT
World premiere of the revolutionary WAFIOS HotBend 35

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Unique, versatile and flexible machine concept with
trend-setting production process for bending plastic
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enables straight plastic tubes to be bent using the 3D
bending process, comparable to a classic tube bending
machine. In this process, the bend area is heated with
hot air in the patent-pending heating system and then
formed conventionally in the rotary-draw bending
technique. The proven TWISTER² technology is used to
support the tube geometry. During the bending process, the handling robot dynamically supports the plastic tube and stabilizes
it during the cooling process. The robot movements are automatically determined by the WAFIOS WPS 3.2 programming system.
Accordingly, even small series can be produced flexibly and economically.
With the HotBend 35, WAFIOS is meeting the

increasing demand in the automotive industry
for weight-optimized corrugated tubes, fluid
and fuel lines. It can also be used for new appli-
cations in the e-mobility sector, such as battery
temperature control.
New introduction of the WAFIOS TWISTER² RL 25 right/left tube bending machine up to 25 mm diameter and 4,000 mm length.
The robot bending machine combines flexible tube handling and the bending process in a unique overall system. As a result,
components with pre-assembled screw connections on both sides, such as those used for hydraulic lines with hose segments,
can also be bent efficiently by sequentially processing both sides of the tube. By using rotary-draw bending tools with several
planes, special and forming tools for short clamping lengths can also be used.
High-speed tube bending machine RST 28

The latest machine development from WAFIOS
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70%. It is the first tube bending machine that
is 100% tailored to the requirements of cold
forming of pre-hardened stabilizer bars with complex geometries. The high bending speed
combined with high forming forces also make the machine very attractive for other tube
applications such as seat frames made of dual-phase steel.
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NEW PRODUCT
Carell Corporation
Carell Corporation continues to bring you new Heavy Duty Tube & Pipe Benders
products and innovation in providing worldwide ETM & ACH SERIES
industrial fabricating and manufacturing
solutions.
New for Tube & Pipe in 2022, Carell & Memoli

presents the ETM and ACH CNC Mandrel Series
now equipped with easy to use, state of the art
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ETM Series offers selection of up to 99 programs
each of them with a 5-stop sequence in the
bending operation with automatic adjustment for
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Professional tube bending and laser cutting

machine manufacturer
Chiao Sheng Machinery(CSM) has been dedicated to the production
of tube bending machines for more than 40 years. The company obtains
excellent reputations around the world, and has been taking the lead in
the industry. CSM supplies the most innovative CNC bending machines with
machine capacity from OD 6 to OD 254mm.
Machines manufactured have been implemented in diverse industries including aviation,
automotive, ship building, furniture, health care, gym utilities, HVAC, construction, boiler, power gen-
eration, and petrochemicals. Success is attributed to exclusive designs with patents registered in transmission
system, making CSM machines significantly compact and consolidated compared to others’.
Based on the firm’s expertise in tube bending experience, CSM has engaged in development of tube laser cutting equip-
ment since 2015, and released the first fiber laser tube cutting machine in 2017 and 30+ units have been sold for applications
of gym, medical, furniture, heavy structure… up to Q1 2022.
All tube laser cutting machines are simply manufactured in Taiwan, with same philosophy inherited from bending in engi-
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parts and components are produced in-house, with inventory maintained for instant service and quick delivery. All machines
are CE and FDA(US) certified, with comprehensive manufacturing traceability.
Users are assured of power efficiency, energy economy and environmental friendliness.
For more details, please visit us at http://www.csmbender.com, http://www.csmlaser.com
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ADVERTISERS Index
Atlas Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Foster Printing Service at Mossberg & Company Inc. . . . . 10
www.atlastube.com www.mossbergco.com
BLM GROUP USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,47 Innovative Tube Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

www.blmgroup.com www.tube-equipment.com
Carell Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,49 J & S Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

www.carellcorp.com www.jsmachine.com
Chiao Sheng Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,49 Nelson Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

www.tubebender.com.tw 740-965-1894
Combilift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Tube Line Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

www.combilift.com www.tube-linetechnologies.com
Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl.. . . . . . . . 27,31 Tubeworks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

www.fmamfg.org www.tubeworkssoftware.com
FABTECH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 WAFIOS Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,48

www.fabtechexpo.com www.wafios.us
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We employ state-of-the-art techniques to develop

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SYSTEMS FOR TUBE nounced plans to build a production

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A jogger crosses the Barbara Walker Crossing

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