Custom Shaped Tubing
Sep 02, 2021
Special-shaped tube refers to a tube whose shape is not round. Generally, the application involves some type of stainless steel support for the product, the path or track of the optical fiber or other smaller components, or the distribution application. According to the customer's detailed requirements, the special-shaped tube can be made stronger in some directions in a manner similar to the I-beam concept. All drawn pipes must be formed by custom molds and then straightened by special forming tools for straightening special-shaped pipes. In some cases, the customer's requirements will result in moderate engineering costs for the design work related to the development of the tube forming method. Manners offers special-shaped tubes in various alloys, the most common being 304 or 316 stainless steel. However, all alloys produced by Manners can be drawn into shapes, provided that the shapes can be formed.
One factor to consider when purchasing special-shaped tubes is the tolerances of the non-critical features of the tube. Too strict control of radius and angle on engineering prints will increase costs, and in some cases will cause the required products to fail to be manufactured. Increasingly sharp corners on special-shaped tubes (for example, at the corners of a square) increase manufacturing complexity. Another consideration is cutting the product to final length or overmolding. Because special-shaped tubes may be difficult to cut accurately and without burrs, Manners has developed tools to perform these operations accurately and quickly. Many of our secondary molding operations are also suitable for special-shaped tubes, but are limited by some specific operations.
Some of the shapes and contours produced by Manners include but are not limited to the following:
1. Square
2. Rectangle
3. Oval
4. Triangle
5. Star
6. Mixed shape
7. Semicircle
8. "I" shape
9. "T" shape
We welcome inquiries about any special-shaped pipes. If you have any enquiries, please inform us of materials, dimensions, related tolerances, and quantity
Please contact us if you need: zhang@sz-manners.com
