Are you ready to use structural steel tube in your project?

Structural steel tube have been widely used as one kind of building materials in the construction industry for many years due to its strength and stability in use. Compared to other traditional construction materials, structural steel frame is stronger because it was further enhanced by steel reinforcing process. The increase in its standard strength is greater than the total strength of other competing highly strong materials. For example, the flat square surfaces of rectangular steel pipe can ease construction, and they are sometimes preferred for architectural aesthetics in the exposed environments today.

In the modern times, structural steel pipe is considered an environment friendly building material in construction industry. Also, some structural steel members, such as I-beams, have high second moments of area, which allow them to be very stiff in respect to their cross-sectional area. In addition, hollow structural sections offer advantages of corrosion protection in applications. Some hollow sections have rounded corners resulting in a better protection than that with sharp corners. This is especially true for the joints in circular hollow sections where there is a smooth transition from one section to another. Meanwhile, this better protection increases the protection period of coatings against corrosion.

Welded steel pipe and Seamless pipe are two common types of hollow structural sections in use in the current steel pipe market. Galvanized steel pipe generally has the rational cost effective in the market. Compared with other typical steel pipe coatings, such as specialized painting and powder coating, galvanization is much more labor-intensive, resulting in a higher initial cost for contractors. Besides, due to its durability and anti-corrosive properties, galvanized steel pipe can recycled and reused, which to some degree save a lot of money during the post maintenance work. In the steel industry, circular, square, and rectangular hollow sections are the three main members of Hollow Structural Sections (HSS). And it is available for other different shapes, for instance, elliptical tube. Rectangular and square HSS are commonly called tube steel or structural tubing. Structural steel shapes, sizes, composition, strengths, storage practices, etc., are regulated by standards in most industrialized countries. And each project is judged on its use of structural steel from both an architectural and structural engineering perspective. Today, China steel pipe manufacturers are trying to make customized shapes as per the specific requirements of clients in the world. For example, the elliptical hollow sections have become more popular for architectural designs. Of course, you can often find that some other shapes of structural steel pipes have been used in a variety of infrastructure construction around us.