Rapid use of Titanium Pipes and Tubes for Urbanization

With the rapid development of urbanization, the construction of buildings, factories, offices are spreading day by day. In any construction there is a need of high quality and long lasting tools and parts so that the buildings can have long durability. Pipes and tubes are the essential tools in the construction tasks. In recent times the use of Titanium Pipes are in popular demand by the engineers.

Titanium is one of those chemical elements which are highly resistant to the bad effects of sea water and precisely chlorine. Due to this unique characterization of titanium, engineers are more interested to use Titanium Pipes and Titanium Tubes in the constructions. Titanium can be alloyed with iron, aluminum, vanadium and so on to produce stronger yet lightweight pipes. The basic advantages of Titanium Pipes are these are corrosion resistance and having high strength-to-density ratio. Even the unalloyed titanium is sometimes equally strong like steels.

Titanium Tubes are also used by many of the leading industries specially the aerospace industries. Due to the lightweight and extremely high corrosion resistance the use of Titanium Tubes has been found in aerospace industrial applications. The density of these materials is 60 percent more than steel or nickel structure. This is one of the reasons behind the frequent use of Titanium Pipes and Titanium Tubes in aerospace structures.The formation and quality of the pipes are depending on the grades of the element. 

• Grade 1: these are the softest and most solid pipes to sue.
• Grade 2: these pipes and tubes have moderate strength but high quality cold forming properties.
• Grade 3: these are also stronger but have less forming ability than grade 1 and 2.
• Grade 4: these are stronger than both grades 2 and 3, have excellent cold forming ability but less solid.
• Grade 5: these kinds of titanium alloys are the most available for commercial use. They are a perfect combination of high strength and toughness.
• Grade 6: these are having good strength but they have to maintain elevated temperature.
• Grade 7: these have properties equivalent to grade 2 but less strong.
• Grade 8: it offers the lowest density of all titanium alloys.
• Grade 9: it has excellent corrosion resistance and frequently used in aerospace structures.

Like these above mentioned grades, there are many more grades available in the market. Titanium Pipes and Titanium Tubes can be available as roll formed, welded and brake press formed.