These products can be welded, seamless and welded with removed seam.
The welded ones can be made of hot, cold-rolled or coated sheets. The weld may be internally removed, but is usually left in place and on thin-walled tubes is often very small. Structural hollow sections that are from 3mm up to 16mm in thickness are either cold formed or hot finished. The square cold formed tubes have a larger corner radius but can be produced more cost-effectively than the hot finished, which in turn are less sensitive to heat from welding. In addition, the narrower radii can be very beneficial for intensive welding.
Tubes & Hollow Section Profiles Variants
Seamless cold drawn tubes
Quality
E235
Standard
EN10305-1
Older standard/grade
DIN 2391BK
Welded cold drawn tubes
Quality
E235
Standard
EN10305-2
Older standard/grade
DIN 2393
Welded precision tubes
Quality
E220/235
Standard
EN10305-3
Older standard/grade
DIN 2394
Seamless hydraulic tubes
Quality
E235
Standard
EN10305-4
Older standard/grade
DIN 2391C
Welded precision tubes (4-edge)
Quality
E220/235
Standard
EN10305-5
Older standard/grade
DIN 2395
Hot finished hollow section (4-edge)
Quality
S355J2H
Standard
EN10210
Older standard/grade
VKR
Cold formed hollow section (4-edge)
Quality
S355J2H
Standard
EN10219
Older standard/grade
KKR
Cold formed hollow section (round)
Quality
S355J2H
Standard
EN10219
Older standard/grade
KCKR
Hot finished hollow section (round)
Quality
S355J2H
Standard
EN10210
Older standard/grade
VCKR
Hollow bars
Quality
E470
Standard
EN10294-1
Older standard/grade
Hollow bars