Some ornamental tubing has to be more than just ornamental. Tubing which is not only ornamental, but also meets stringent standards for engineering and performance excellence for the automotive, leisure and construction industry.

United Industries has produced stainless steel tubing to ASTM A554 ornamental specifications for over 35 years. Material is produced for a wide range of applications including tubing for mirror bracket arms, boat rails and ladders, washroom grab bars, swim pool rail goods, medical equipment, automotive step bars and grille guards among many others. All 300 series austenitic tubing is provided in the surface finish and packaging requirements provided by our customers.

Manufacturing

All ornamental ASTM A554 tubing is produced using raw material from only our approved steel suppliers with specific Rockwell and surface finish requirements. United Industries slits the wide coils to specific OD widths in-house. Tube production begins with high quality roll form tooling that minimizes marking, then TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding or laser welding, ID and OD weld bead conditioning, final sizing, cut to length, deburring, specified polishing, surface finish protection and packaging for shipment. All manufacturing is done completely inline keeping work in process to a minimum, which reduces material handling.

Polishing

United Industries offers a wide variety of mechanical surface finishes ranging from a 180 grit satin commonly used for washroom grab bars to a super buff finish on automotive accessory tubing. United Industries also offers the highest quality as welded surface for our customers who mechanically polish the tubing themselves or have it electropolished. United Industries’ in-house sample electropolish testing tank ensures the surface condition required for these applications.

Quality / Testing

All testing required by ASTM A554 and our customers, based on fabrication and surface finish requirements, are done inline by the tube mill operator. Destructive tests are performed at regular intervals and tubing is 100% inline eddy current tested. Plug gauges are utilized inline and made to dimensions provided by our customers if the tubing is mandrel bent. Mechanical polishing compounds and equipment are constantly monitored using polished sample tubes.

Product Delivery

A wide range of transportation alternatives are available for fast deliveries across North America. United Industries’ JIT manufacturing capabilities enable fast order turnaround due to changing customer requirements.