JIS G3461 STB340 Carbon Steel Tubes for Boiler and Heat Exchanger

JIS G3461 Carbon Steel Tubes for Boiler and Heat Exchanger

1. Scope

This Japanese Industrial Standard specifies the carbon steel tubes, hereinafter referred to as the "tubes", used for exchanging heat on the inside and outside of the tube, such as

water tubes, smoke tubes, superheater tubes, air preheater tubes, etc. of the boiler, and heat exchanger tubes, condenser tubes, catalyzer tubes, etc. used in chemical and

petroleum industries.

However, it is not applicable to the steel tubes for heating furnace and steel heat exchanger tubes for low temperature service.

Remarks

1. The purchaser may designate in addition to the items specified in this text, by prior agreement with the manufacturer, part or all of the items in the supplementary quality

requirements Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 specified in Appendix 1 and the item of the U-bend tube specified in Appendix 2.

2. The units and numerical values given in { } in this Standard are based on the International System of Units (SI) and are appended for informative reference.

Further, the traditional units accompanied by numerical values in this Standard shall be converted to the SI units and numerical values on Jan. 1, 1991.

2. Classes and Symbols

The tube shall be classified into 3 grades and their class symbols shall be as given in Table 1.

Table 1 Class Symbols (Applicable till the end of 1990)