Materials of Honed Tubes

The materials of honed tubes mainly include aluminum, carbon steel and stainless steel. The materials of honed tubes for hydraulic cylinder tubes are carbon steel and stainless steels; while the material of honed tubes for pneumatic cylinder tubes usually is aluminum.

Specification of Carbon steel grades for honed tubes

GradeChemical composition%Strength PSIElongationTypical Hardness
YieldTensile% in 2″ sectionMin
SAE1020Carbon0.150 – 0.20060,00070,00010B-75
Mn0.300 – 0.600
P0.035 Max
S0.035 Max
SAE1026Carbon0.220 – 0.28070,00080,00010B-80
Mn0.600 – 0.900
P0.035 Max
S0.035 Max
 ST52.3Carbon 0.140 – 0.180 75,00085,000 15 B-80
Si 0.150 – 0.300
Mn 1.200 – 1.400
 P 0.020 max
 S 0.010 max

Stainless Steel grades for honed pipes

GradeChemical composition%YieldTensileElongationTypical Hardness
PSIPSI% in 2″ sectionMin
304Carbon0.08 Max30,45074,67535B-90
MN2 Max
P0.035 Max
S0.035 Max
Ni8.0-11.0
Cr18.0-20.0
Si1.00 Max
316LCarbon0.08 Max30,45074,67535B-90
MN2 Max
P0.035 Max
S0.035 Max
Ni10.0-15.0
Cr16.0-18.0
Si1.00 Max
Mo2.0-3.0

Material for honed tubing for pneumatic cylinders

Depends on the applications, the material of honed tubing for pneumatic cylinders can be stainless steel, carbon steel or aluminum.

Besides the above materials, we also produce honed cylinder tubes with material on customer’s request.

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