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Tubing matters
03 July 2015
The need to boost output without sacrificing safety is ever-present across industry. In the big scheme of things, your choice of hydraulic and instrumentation tubing might not seem critical, but it does make a difference in eliminating risk, according to James Doughty, Sandvik's sales manager - MENA region for Tube, Core and Standard Products.
He says: "It really is important to ask yourself whether your supplier is providing the optimum quality for your particular application, even if the quality supplied is technically within the standard.”
As an example, Sandvik 3R60 H&I tubing has a minimum 2.5% Mo content for higher corrosion resistance compared to the minimum ASTM standard of 2% Mo. Sandvik always look beyond the minimum standard for H&I tubing achieving higher pitting corrosion resistance, or PRE numbers.
"When customers invest in their assets, they don’t want unscheduled maintenance and ultimately production stops, the cost of which can run into millions. Our aim is provide producers with the lightest, strongest, most reliable H&I tubing possible, says Doughty.
"It is our consistent material quality and tight dimensional controls from batch to batch that ensure leak tight seals and operational longevity with reduced operational and lifecycle costs, something we can clearly demonstrate.”
