TUBING
- There are several types of steel tubing: mechanical tubing, pressure and hydraulic tubing, structural tubing and standard steel pipe.
- Structural Tubing is construction material used in manufacturing a variety of consumer, industrial and transportation products.
- Mechanical tubing and pressure tubing are a specialty products, produced to actual outside or inside diameters with various wall thicknesses, close dimensional tolerances, and improved surface conditions.
- Tubing is commonly designated in terms of outside diameter (OD) rather than inside diameter (ID).
- ATP produces structural steel tubing in square, rectangular, and round sizes, also known as HSS (hollow structural sections).
PIPE
- Pipe is a standard product, produced to a uniform size range.
- Dimensions and lengths are generally suitable for joining operations such as coupling, fittings, and threaded etc.
- Pipe is designated in nominal rather than actual dimensions.
