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Tubes & Pipes for Pressure Applications

Our tubes and pipes for pressure applications ensure safety and efficiency in refineries, power plants and the chemical and petrochemical industries. They are ideal for heat exchangers, waste heat recovery and industrial high-pressure systems.

Areas of application:

Our pipes are characterised by their high resistance and first-class performance - even under extreme loads. Their robust design guarantees reliable functionality, even in the most demanding areas of application, such as

  • Refineries / down stream - for hydrocarbon processing / media extraction
  • Coal fired Power plants / Power Generation for heat transfer units
  • chemical and petrochemical industry for waste heat recovery units
  • Industrial high pressure plants/equipment
  • Fittings and elbows

Product characteristics and customer benefits:

Customised product solutions

  • Standardised or customised, the choice is yours - Find the optimum product solution with us!

Certified, safe and reliable

  • Certifications in accordance with international standards guarantee the highest quality and conformity with environmental, safety, health and other important rules, regulations and values.

Tubes for pressure applications

  • voestalpine Tubulars operates a quality management system that has undergone specific assessment for pressure equipment materials.

Standardised product solutions

  • The main standards for our products for pressure applications are ASTM and EN.

Further benefits: 

  • Carbon steel and low alloy steel tubes are produced in dimensions from 26.70 to 200.00 mm (1.050 to 7 ⅞ inches), meeting both international standards and specific customer requirements. Testing with internationally recognised certificates can be carried out for custom solutions as the mechanical material testing facilities are accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
  • Through annual customer satisfaction surveys and continuous development with our customers, we have established ourselves as a reliable partner for the entire process, from initial contact to after-sales service.
  • Pressure Equipment Directive: Specific assessment of pressure equipment materials (PED 2014/68 / EU Annex I, Section 4.3) and certification by the competent body (TUEV SUED).
    Pressure components: TÜV AD 2000 W0 / TRD 100 and AD 2000 W4

Further information about our certifications and product solutions can be found under the following links.


Product solutions according to ASTM

    • Seamless Carbon Steel Pipes for High Temperature Service acc. to ASTM A106/A106M & ASME SA 106
      available steel grades: GRADE A, GRADE B, GRADE C
    • Seamless Carbon Steel Pipes for Low-Temperature Service and Other Applications with Required Notch Toughness acc. to ASTM A333/A333M & ASME SA 333 available steel grades: GRADE 6, GRADE 1 available soon: GRADE 3
    • Seamless Ferritic Alloy-Steel Pipes for High-Temperature Service acc. to ASTM A335/A335M & ASME SA 335
      available steel grades: GRADE P1, GRADE P11, GRADE P12, GRADE P22, GRADE P5, GRADE P9, GRADE P91, GRADE P92
    • Seamless Carbon-Molybdenum Alloy-Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes acc. ASTM A209/A209M & ASME SA 209
      available steel grades: GRADE T1, GRADE T1a
    • Seamless Medium-Carbon Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes acc. ASTM A210/A210M & ASME SA 210
      available steel grades: GRADE A-1, GRADE C
    • Seamless Ferritic Alloy-Steel Boiler, Superheater and Heat-Exchanger Tubes acc. to ASTM A213/A213M & ASME SA 213
      available steel grades: GRADE T1, GRADE T11, GRADE T12, GRADE T22, GRADE T5, GRADE T9, GRADE T91, GRADE T92
  • Combinations of pipe sizes (outside diameter range from 26.70 - 200.00 mm/ 1.050 – 7.875 inches), special intermediate walls as well as minimum, average and heavy walls (up to 28.58 mm / 1.125 inches), lengths up to 17.0 m, heat treatment conditions and testing methods available upon request.

Product solutions according to EN

    • Part 1: Non-alloy steel tubes with specified room temperature properties
      available steel grades:  235TR1, P235TR2
    • Part 2: Non-alloy and alloy steel tubes with specified elevated temperature properties
      available steel grades: P235GH, P265GH, 20MNNB6, 16MO3, 13CRMO4-5, 10CRMO9-10, 25CRMO4
      available soon: X11CRMO5, X11CRMO9-1, X10CRMOVNB9-1, X10CRWMOVNB9-2
    • Part 3: Alloy fine grain steel tubes
      available steel grades: P275*, P355*, P460*, P620*, P690* (* = all variations acc. to Table 2)
    • Part 4: Non-alloy and alloy steel tubes with specified low temperature properties
      available steel grades: P215NL, P255QL, P265NL
    • Various VdTUEV Werkstoffblaetter (material leaflets)
      available soon
  • Combinations of pipe sizes (outside diameter range from 26.70-200.00 mm/1.050-7.875 inches), lengths up to 17.0 m, heat treatment conditions and testing methods upon request.

Testing methods for EN and ASTM

  • The following test methods are available:

    • Hydrostatic test (hydraulic leak tightness)
    • Eddy-current examination of the pipe for the detection of discontinuities on external surface acc. to ASTM E 309
    • Electromagnetic non-destructive examination for the verification of the hydraulic leak tightness acc. to ASTM E309 or ASTM E570 (as an option of the manufacturer or upon clients’ request)
    • Flux leakage examination for the detection of external surface and internal surface imperfections in longitudinal and transverse orientation acc. to ASTM E570
    • Ultrasonic examination of pipe body for the detection of external surface and internal surface imperfections in longitudinal and transverse orientation acc. to ASTM E213
    • Please Note: Not all tests are available for all sizes. Description of defects acc. to the relevant product specification.

    Other testing methods upon request.

  • The following test methods are available:

    • Hydrostatic test (hydraulic leak tightness)
    • Electromagnetic non-destructive examination for the verification of the hydraulic leak tightness acc. to EN ISO 10893 Part 1 (as an option of the manufacturer or upon clients’ request)
    • Eddy-current examination of the pipe for the detection of imperfections acc. to EN ISO 10893 Part 2
    • Flux leakage examination for the detection of longitudinal and transverse imperfections acc. to EN ISO 10893 Part 3
    • Ultrasonic examination of pipe body for the detection of imperfections acc. to EN ISO 10893 Part 8
    • Ultrasonic examination of the pipe body for the detection of longitudinal and/or transverse imperfections acc. to EN ISO 10893 Part 10
    • Ultrasonic thickness testing acc. to EN ISO 10893 Part 12

    Please note:

    Not all tests are available for all sizes. Defect description according to the respective product specification (EN 10216 part 1-4) and test class (TC1/TC2).

    Other test methods on request

You can find more information on our test procedures here:

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