Many companies supplies high-specification nickel alloy pipes and tubes for all manner of industrial projects. Pipes and tubes are among the most-used components manufactured with nickel alloys, and there is a wide range available on the market. The Monel 400 Tube is used to produce exceptional nickel alloy pipes and tubes. The monel material is employed across a number of industries, particularly in marine environments.
Another popular range used to create these components is INCONEL. The Inconel 718 Round Bar and tubes and Inconel 600 Plate retain all of the key characteristics associated with these nickel alloys. This includes industry-leading corrosion resistance, good strength and excellent high-temperature performance.
Many different Grades of INCONEL are used to produce pipes and tubes, and Inconel 625 Plate. They have various applications.
INCONEL alloy 600
The Inconel 600 Tube is a very useful nickel alloy for the production of pipes and tubes. It has broad ranging uses. One of its long-term uses has been for tubing in ceramic tile production. These tubes are used in roller hearth ovens. There they are exposed to blasts of very high temperatures, as well as the corrosive glazes applied to tiles. The Inconel 600 Pipe also used for oxygen injection tubes in metal and glassmaking. They are also used as condenser tubes in sour-water conditions. Its key specifications help Inconel 600 Flanges to cope in these demanding conditions. It consists of nickel, a high amount of chromium and significant addition of aluminium. This enables Inconel 600 Round Bar to resist the effects of a high-temperature oxidising environment. It is not, however, ideal for sulphuric conditions.
Monel pipes
For applications that require a high-strength and corrosive-resistant material, Monel 400 Pipe is worthy of consideration. The combination of nickel+cobalt, chromium and molybdenum produce a nickel alloy that can be used in a huge range of temperatures, from -423° to 1300°F. The Monel 400 Round Bar is easy to produce and readily manufactured. They have led to its use across a wide range of industries. The Monel 400 Plate is often employed in rocketry, creating tubes and pipes for liquid-fuelled rockets, as well as in the aerospace industry.
INCONEL alloy 625
The most versatile of the INCONEL product range, Inconel 625 Tube is used widely, thanks to its high strength, excellent fabricability and outstanding corrosion resistance. Its high strength comes from its carefully balanced composition, made up of nickel, chromium and molybdenum, a combination known for its toughness.
The Inconel 625 Flanges also has niobium in the mix. It works alongside the molybdenum to distort the alloy’s atomic matrix to provide strength in annealed condition without heat treatment. This also lends the material its corrosive properties – it can withstand highly corrosive environments.
As such, pipes and tubes made with Inconel 625 Pipe can be used in sour gas pipelines, as well as in seawater heat exchangers, power plants and chemical processing. More recently, Inconel 625 Round Bar also found used in biofuel production as part of the superheater tubing systems.