Tube and Finned Tube for Food and Pharmaceutical
Food and pharmaceutical plant work to a different constraint from process industry: surfaces have to be cleanable and the material has to be traceable to its certificate.
What Fails First in Food and Pharmaceutical
Cleanability of the heat transfer surface
Fin geometry that traps residue is not acceptable in hygienic service.
Material traceability
Every tube has to trace to a heat number and a certificate.
Corrosion from cleaning chemicals
Caustic and chlorinated cleaning agents attack the wrong grade.
Small batch sizes at short notice
Plant expansions rarely order a mill quantity.
Tube We Supply Into This Sector
Stainless Steel Tube
Austenitic and super austenitic seamless tube and pipe to ASTM A213, A269 and A312
Tube outside diameter: 1/2" - 3" (12 mm - 76.2 mm) · Tube wall thickness: 0.02" - 0.5" (0.5 mm - 12.0 mm)
Low Fin Tube
Integral low fin rolled from the tube wall itself, for shell and tube exchangers
Base tube diameter: 12.7 mm - 31.8 mm · Base tube wall thickness: 1.65 mm - 3.0 mm
Spiral Fin Tube
Continuously welded helical fin for boiler, economizer and flue gas duty
Base tube diameter: 15 mm - 70 mm · Base tube wall thickness: 2.0 mm - 15.0 mm
L/LL/KL Fin Tube
Tension-wound foot fin in three footprint styles, the standard choice for air cooled heat exchangers
Base tube diameter: 19 mm - 51 mm · Base tube wall thickness: 1.65 mm - 3.0 mmWhere It Goes
- Food processing heat exchangers
- Refrigeration and cold store plant
- Pharmaceutical process heaters and coolers
- Clean steam and instrument lines
How We Deliver Into This Industry
Chemical analysis and mechanical testing are performed in house, so certificates travel with the tube instead of following it weeks later.
Production runs on 25 rolling and cold drawing machines plus 23 fin lines and machines, with hydro, eddy current, mechanical and chemical testing performed in house. The company holds ISO 9001:2015, CE certificate, Production licence for pressure pipe and ships to the European, American and Gulf markets.
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Food and Pharmaceutical Questions
Which stainless grades do you supply for hygienic service?
Austenitic grades including 304, 304L, 316, 316L and stabilised 321 and 347, produced to ASTM A213, A269 or A312.
Is material traceable to a certificate?
Yes. Chemical and mechanical testing is performed in house and certificates are issued against the applicable standard.
Can you supply small quantities?
Yes. Tell us the quantity with the enquiry so it is scheduled rather than quoted as a mill run.
Which fin type suits a cleanable exchanger?
Integral low fin tube inside a shell and tube exchanger, because fin and tube are one piece of the same alloy with no crevice at the fin foot.
Specify Tube for Food and Pharmaceutical
Send process data, bundle envelope and the standard you work to. We will come back with the geometry and grade that fit, and the ones that do not.
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