Shaped Steel Tubing

Our company can produce all kinds of complex fracture surface combinations for thick and thin precision-shaped steel pipes, the tube inside and outside the straight tooth, spiral tooth pipes, hexagonal steel tubes, octagonal steel tubes, square and rectangular steel tubes, oval tubes, and the longitudinal diameter with different wall thickness size shaped steel tube.

TS cold-drawn seamless near-net-shaped tubing enables manufacturers to solve tough technical challenges and attain physical and mechanical properties that would be difficult to achieve with other methods, such as machining from the bar. Shaped tubing is widely used by

manufacturers in automotive, aerospace, construction, drilling, medical equipment, and many other industries. TS offers specialty shapes engineered per your specifications as well as standard shapes such as square, hex, triangle, and streamline.

Size Range 

- OD: 0.3125” – 5.000” (6.35 -127 mm) 

- Wall: 0.020” – 0.500” (0.5508 mm – 12.700 mm) 

- Lengths depending on 

- application; short lengths available

- Grades  US Grades in Series 1000, 4000, 6000, 8000, 9000

- Shapes Symmetrical and non-symmetrical shapes including rounds, squares, rectangles, triangles, hexagons, and customer OD/ID combinations. The possibilities are virtually unlimited.  

- Hexagons and Octagons, Across Flats: 0.3125” – 3.625” 

- Rectangles and Squares: 0.625” per side min, 5.000” 

- max Unique Shapes: Greater than 0.625”

- Tolerances  Dimensional Tolerance, Standard: +/- 0.005  Fillet and Radii Tolerance, Standard: 0.015” in Carbon Ratio of Height vs. 

- Width: 1 : 1.16 (max)

ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES

Minimize cutting tools while reducing scrap and material

waste, machining time, and the number of operations.

SHAPED TUBING

New World of Design Opportunities

OUR SPECIAL SHAPE CAPABILITIES CREATE SPECIAL ADVANTAGES FOR YOU

APPLICATIONS: Automotive shafts and steering columns, Tools and tool handles, Torque wrenches and wrench extensions, Telescoping components, Rebar and direct drilling couplers, Components for industrial and medical equipment

QUALITY BENEFITS: Industry’s Tightest Tolerances, Controlled Mechanical Properties, Improved Surface Quality, Superior Flatness and Straightness

Welded mechanical steel tubing is used in a multitude of applications where strength, appearance, ease of fabrication, resistance to torsion, and maximum strength-to-weight ratio are required.

Having earned an enviable reputation for quality and service, the company is a major supplier to many key industries. Each month millions of feet are supplied for exercise equipment, home, and office furniture, automotive products, material handling products, garden equipment, display racks, trusses, fencing, and a variety of specialty products.

Some typical uses for welded mechanical tubing are:

Automotive headers, roll bars, side steps, brush guards, camper jacks, motorcycle accessories, exhaust systems, and boat trailers.

Dinette sets, desks, chairs, bed frames, patio furniture, convertible sofas, chairs, store display fixtures, and lighting products.

Ornamental iron fences, gates, trusses, and scaffolding.

Health and exercise machines, wheelchairs and walkers, racks, wheelbarrows, shopping carts, lawnmowers, and grass cutters.

Many unique shapes of welded steel tubing are produced by using special tooling – let your ideas take shape.

All tubing is produced to exact customer specifications to meet the customers’ specific requirements. Accessory equipment permits the company to supply exact lengths, with the ends deburred where necessary, plus flattening, punching, etc.

The steel of the highest quality, purchased to exact specifications, provides a large inventory of hot rolled pickled and oiled, cold rolled commercial quality and pre-galvanized – plus special purpose steel such as aluminum killed drawing quality and structural grades.

Shaped tubing from TS Tube can slash processing costs, lower scrap material, and reduce your turnaround time.  TS offers both custom-engineered shapes per your specifications as well as standard shapes such as square, hex, triangle, and streamline.

Shaped tubing is widely used by manufacturers in automotive, aerospace, construction, drilling, medical equipment, and many other industries. OEMs and metal fabricators currently specify TS Engineered Shapes for such diverse applications as:

Automotive shafts and steering columns

Tools and tool handles

Torque wrenches and wrench extensions

Telescoping components

Rebar and direct drilling couplers

Components for a wide assortment of industrial and medical equipment

TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS:

TS cold-drawn seamless near-net-shaped tubing enables manufacturers to solve tough technical challenges and attain physical and mechanical properties that would be difficult to achieve with other methods, such as machining from the bar.

ADVANTAGES

TS cold-drawn seamless shapes enable manufacturers to solve tough technical challenges and attain physical and mechanical properties that would be difficult to achieve with other methods, such as machining form bars. Advantages include:

Cost savings by greatly reducing machine-time

Yield savings with reduced scrap

Greater range of custom sizes, grades, symmetrical and non-symmetrical shapes

A wider range of physical properties attainable through process and annealing options

Greater consistency with better tolerances due to cold drawing

Precise custom OD/ID pre-forms without machining

Shapes:

Symmetrical and non-symmetrical shapes including rounds, squares, rectangles, triangles, hexagons, and customer OD/ID combinations. The possibilities are virtually unlimited.

Hexagons and Octagons, Across Flats: 0.3125” – 3.625”

Rectangles and Squares: 0.625” per side min, 5.000” max

Unique Shapes: Greater than 0.625”

Tolerances:

Dimensional Tolerance, Standard: +/- 0.005

Fillet and Radii Tolerance, Standard: 0.015” in Carbon

Ratio of Height vs. Width:  1 : 1.16 (max)

Properties: Wide range of physical and mechanical properties, depending on grade, processing, and annealing options.

Special shaped 4130 Streamline Tubing is cold-drawn seamless Chromoly tubing produced to MIL-T-6736B for aerodynamic applications: Motorsports Chassis, Race Car Suspension, Dragster Wing Struts, Aircraft, and Marine Applications

TS can provide a diverse range of shaped tubing, including square and rectangular tubes in a host of sizes and specifications, with particular emphasis on meeting specific customer requirements and on-time delivery. We pride ourselves on fast turnaround time for all customers’ coil. Our state-of-the-art process automation and engineering expertise assure that Tapco-shaped tube exceeds both ASTM A500 and A513 specifications.

Tubing is available in sizes ranging from 1"x 1" inch O.D./16 gauge up to 3"x4" inch O.D./8 gauge.

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