TUBE FABRICATION

At Key Gas Components, custom tube fabrication is one of our strong suits. With capabilities that include forging, forming, and bending, we supply custom tube products that exhibit an exceptionally high standard of quality. As an accomplished supplier of gas train components, we have the technical ability to manufacture products with complex specifications that require close manufacturing tolerances. Over the years, we have developed many innovative methods for tube fabrication and have invested in specialized, state-of-the-art machinery to keep quality high and unit costs competitive.

We manufacture custom corrosion, moisture, and rust-resistant tubing in round, oval, and square cross-sectional profiles with wall thickness in the .030” to .180” range. Burrless chamfers, serpentine shapes, and custom flange configurations are a just a few of the many design options we can accommodate. We produce sanitary tubing for potable water applications as well as structurally stable tubing that withstands high-pressure service. Materials of construction include aluminum, steel, stainless steel, copper, nickel alloys, and many others. We supply custom tube products as narrow as .125” in diameter or as wide as 3.0” in diameter in lengths from 3” to 9’ long. Bend radii are dependent on material and wall thickness and can be produced +/- 0.5° accuracy.

Our robust quality assurance ensures your custom fabricated tube products are dimensionally accurate, leak-tight, and conform to your specifications. We operate a fully equipped model shop for producing custom prototypes and have the production capacity to fulfill very large orders quickly and cost effectively. To learn more about our tube fabrication capabilities or to obtain a quote, contact us directly.

Materials

Aluminum – Aluminized Steel – Brass – Bronze – Copper – Nickel – Nickel Alloy – Stainless Steel – Steel – Titanium

Fabrication Method

Star CNC Bender – Computer-Numerically Controlled (CNC) Machines – Thermally Extruded holes – Manual and Robotic welding – Radial Draw and Compression Bending – Threading – Turning – Milling – Swaging – Drilling – End Forming – Painting – Powder Coating – Zinc Plating – Mandrel Bending

Fabrication Product

Boiler Parts – Condensers – Exercise Equipment – Heat Exchangers – Hypodermic Tubing

Body Cross-Section

Oval – Round – Square

Fabrication Features

Burrless Chamfer – Chip-less drilling – Tapping – Threading – Flanging – High Pressure – Sanitary for potable water – Serpentine

Environmental Properties

Corrosion Resistance – Moisture Resistance – Rust Resistance

Additional Services Provided

Brazing – Crimping – Cutting – Deburring – Drilling – End Trimming – Leak Checking – Machining – Repair – Welding

Outer Diameter

Min  .675 in – Max  3 in

Wall Thickness

Min .030 in – Max .180 in

Tube Length

Min  6 in – Max  60 in

Bend Radius

Min  1.25 in – Max  12.5 in

Tolerance (+/-)

+/- 5 degrees

Equipment List (Optional)

Star CNC Bending Machine

Production Volume

Prototype – Low Volume – High Volume – Blanket Orders

Lead Times

Min: 2 weeks – Max: 8 weeks – Quoted on job by job basis – Emergency services available – Rush Services Available

Efficiency

Lights Out Manufacturing – Lean Manufacturing – Kaizen/5S

Industry Focus

Aerospace – Agricultural & Farming – Appliance Commercial – Appliance Residential – Architecture – Auto/Truck/Transportation – Automation – Automotive – Biomedical – Biopharmaceutical – Biotechnology – Building & Construction – Chemical – Commercial – Communications – Computer and Electronics – Construction – Dental – Department of Energy (DOE) – Department of Defense (DOD) – Electrical – Electronics – Food & Beverage – Government – Heavy Equipment – Highway (DOT) – HVAC – Hydraulics – Ice Making – Industrial – Injection Molding – Laboratory – Laundry – Natural Gas – Liquid Propane – Machine Tools – Machinery – Manufacturing – Marine – Material Handling & Processing -Medical – Medical Devices – Military – Molding – Oil & Gas – Packaging – Packaging & Converting – Paper & Pulp – Paper Mill – Petrochemical – Pharmaceutical – Plumbing – Pneumatics – Power Generation – Printing – Pulp & Paper – Pumps – Railroad – Restaurant – Robotics – Semiconductor – Specialty Machinery – Textile – Tool & Die – Transportation – Turf & Garden – Vacuum Electronics – Waste Management – Wastewater – Water & Wastewater Treatment

Industry Standards

ANSI, American National Standards Institute – ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers – ASTM, American Society for Testing and Materials – AWS, American Welding Society – CSA, Canadian Standards Association – ISO 9001 Compliant, International Organization for Standardization – QS, quality standard developed by the Automotive Industries. – RoHS, Restriction Of Hazardous Substances (Compliant) – SAE, Society of Automotive Engineers

File Formats

AutoCAD (DWG, DWZ) – BMP, Bit Mapped Graphics – DXF, Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format – GIF, Graphics Interchange Format – JPG or JPEG – PDF, Portable Document Format – SolidWorks (SLDPRT, SLDDRW, SLDDRT) – TIFF, Tagged Image File Format