Specifications
World Specifications and Standards on Tubular Products and Materials thereoff
1.1 SANS Specification:
Tubecon manufacture our steel tubes and hollow sections in accordance with the specifications laid out by SANS. The pdf. file below will give you a clear overview our steel profiles and the specifications that we manufacture according to.
1.2 International Specifications Compared:
The pdf. below will give you an indication to the International Standards and Specifications on cold formed welded tubes and hollow sections used in construction. These specifications can be compared to the material properties of the steel types that Tubecon currently use in our roll forming of structural tubes and profiles. The material grades can be found by clicking on the following link: http://www.tubecon.co.za/uploads/material_properties1_pdf_file.pdf or going to the material properties page on the technical info page on the Tubecon website.
International_specifications compared.pdf
1.3 Old European Standards compared to the new standards:
The file below gives a comparison between the old DIN Speciation
1.4 EN 10219 material specifications and manufacturing tolerances:
EN 10219 is focussed on cold formed welded structural hollow sections of non-alloy and fine grain steels.
1.5 DIN Specifications
DIN Specifications
1.5.1 DIN Standards.pdf
1.5.2 DIN 17120
Material properties according to the DIN 17120 specification on circular welded hollow sections used for construction:
1.5.3 DIN 2394
Material properties and chemical composition according to DIN 2394 on welded and sized precision tubes:
1.6 En Specifications
The European specifications are listed on the links below:
1.7 AFNOR Standards
The link below will give you an indication the French steel specifications:
1.8 ASTM Standards
The American standards for steel sections are listed on the link below:
1.9 BSI Standards
The link below will give an indication to the British specifications on steel products:
1.10 JIS Standards
The Japanese Industrial Standard for manufacturing steel sections can be viewed by clicking the link below:
1.11 ISO Standards
International organisation for standardisation:
