Types of Tube Flares

What is Flaring? Flaring is a type of forming operation that focuses on strengthening the metal or polymer by plastic deformation. The strength comes from dislocation movements and generation within the material’s crystal structure. Then tube’s tapered end and formed into a specific configuration of a tight seal.  Tube flares are an important operation to […]

Importance of Electric Resistant Welded Tubing

Do you know what electric-resistant welded tubing is? Detroit Nipple Works does plenty of work in different tubing processes such as drawn-over mandrel and seamless mechanical. However, we also work with electric-resistant welded (ERW) steel and processing. ERW steel goes through a very different process than other tubes, leading it have a distinct difference between […]

Seamless Mechanical Tubing

Seamless mechanical tubing as the name suggests is seamless. There is no weld in the tube making it more sturdy and reliable.  To make this type of tube a solid steel bar is used using a die that bores out the center of the tube.  Also, there are usually two types of seamless mechanical tubing, […]