Honed tube is a crucial material in a variety of industries, including hydraulic cylinders (used as hydraulic cylinder tube), pneumatic cylinders, and other mechanical applications. The honed tubes undergo a process called honing, which involves finishing the inner surface of the tube or cylinder to achieve a specific surface finish and dimensional accuracy. As it is very important to use high quality honed tubes, we need to know what are the chief quality problems that might happen and affect their performance and durability. 
Chief quality problems of Honed tubes
Here below we listed some of the quality problems of the honed tubes that might happen during manufacturing.
1. Surface Roughness
One of the primary quality problems that honed tubes can experience is surface roughness. The surface roughness of honed tubes is a critical parameter that determines the quality of the honing process. If the surface roughness is too high, it can cause friction and wear, leading to premature failure of the tube. Conversely, if the surface roughness is too low, it can affect the sealing and lubrication properties of the tube.
2. Ovality
Another quality problem that honed tubes can experience is ovality. Honed tubes should have a circular cross-section with uniform wall thickness. However, if the honing process is not properly controlled, the tube can become oval, which can affect its performance and cause leakage.
3. Straightness
Straightness is also a crucial factor in the quality of honed tubes. Honed tubes should be straight to ensure proper alignment with other components in the system. If the tube is not straight, it can cause misalignment and wear, leading to premature failure.
4. Dimensional accuracy
In addition to these factors, honed tubes must meet specific dimensional tolerances to ensure proper fit and function in the system. If the tube is out of tolerance, it can cause interference or clearance issues, affecting the performance of the hydraulic cylinder system.
5. Material defects
Material defects such as cracks, inclusions, or porosity can also weaken the tube and cause premature failure.
How to avoid getting honed tubes with quality problems?
To avoid these quality problems, it is essential to choose a reputable honed tube manufacturer that uses high-quality materials and follows strict quality control procedures. Regular inspection and testing of honed tubes can also help identify any quality issues early on, allowing for timely corrective action.
Introduction of a high quality honed tube manufacturer
Our factory Skyline Pipes is a high quality honed tube manufacturer. Here below is the main introduction of our company.
As one of the leading high quality chrome plated bar, chrome plated tube and honed tube manufacturer and honed tube suppliers in China. Our factory Skyline Precision Steel Pipe Manufacturing Co., Ltd produces and supplies honed tube and chrome plated bar, chrome plated tubes for various hydraulic cylinder applications for more than 20 years to customers all over the world.
Our honed tube factory covers an area of 40,000 square meters and a building area of 30,000 square meters, of which the production plant area is 25,000 square meters. We produces cold drawn seamless tubes, honed tubes / honed steel tubing, hydraulic cylinder tubes of more than 20,000 tons, and we manufacture hydraulic piston rods of 500 thousand meters.
Main Products
Here below are our main product range.
- Honed tube
Honed tube also is known as hydraulic cylinder tube, it is our most important product line, our factory manufactures honed tube with more than 20 years’ experience. Our honed tube is produced from suitable to hone seamless cold drawn tubes. Our factory can manufacture honed tubes in a wide range of carbon steel and stainless steel. The size range covers from ID 32 mm to ID 500 mm.
- Chrome plated bar
Chrome plated bar is another main product line of our factory, this series of products are known as hard chrome plated shafts also, it is mostly used to manufacture and repair the hydraulic piston rods. Our chrome plated bar is produced from steel round rod by high precise grinding, polishing, and chrome plated to a certain thickness on the external surface, the thickness of chrome plated layer is usually min. 20 microns. Categorized by the different steel grade, our factoy has CK45 Chrome Plated Bar, 1045 Chrome Plated Rod, 4140 Chrome Plated Rod, 20MnV6 chrome plated bar, and stainless steel grade 304, 304L, 316, 316L bar. The available sizes of our chrome plated bar is from diameter 6 mm to 800 mm, we also provide imperial sizes of chrome plated bar accordingly.
- Chrome plated tubes
Chrome plated tubes are known as Chrome plated hollow bars too, this product has the same function with chrome plated bar, but with much lighter unit weight than that. Using chrome plated hollow bar, the hydraulic cylinder weight can be greatly reduced, so the hydraulic cylinder will be more energy efficient. Our chrome plated tube is produced from seamless hollow bar, by polishing the outside surface and chrome plated to a certain thickness. Our chrome plated tubes can also be honed in inside diameter for manufacturing and repairing telescoping hydraulic cylinders.
- Cold drawn seamless tubes
Cold drawn seamless tube is widely used in many industries, such as fulid transportation, machine manufacturing, hydraulic systems and so on. And in the industry of hydraulic cylinders, it is known as CDS tube also, CDS tube is the mother tube for manufacturing honed tubes.
- As the Innovative factory, our product range is keeping growing, customer will be able to get more and more tubes related to hydraulic cylinders in industries.
Why Choose Us?
1.Our products are strong, durable in use, and ready for use with many standard machines.
2.Quick delivery time
3.Strict quality control leads to high quality, high precision, smooth ID surface
4.Competitive Prices
5.Flexible order quantity
With 20+ years’ efforts, our factory had become one of a well known honed tube manufacturers and chrome plated tube, chrome plated bar factory in China. Now we supply our factory’s honed tubes, chrome plated bars, chrome plated tubes to many customers all over the world. Our sales network covers many countries. including Australia, NewZeland, Canada, UAE, South Africa, India, UK, Germany, Vietnam, Colombia, Brazil, Thailand, Russia, Mexico and so on. Our factory had become the main honed tube supplier, chrome plated bar supplier and chrome plated tubes (hollow bars) supplier for customers in hydraulic cylinder industry.
