Cool Stuff Being Made: Welded Tubing

John Reinhart, Director of Development at Superior Tube Company in Collegeville, Pa., takes us through the fine details of welded tubing manufacturing.

Location: Collegeville, PA
Filmed: 2007
http://superiortube.com/

A length of hollow tubing may seem a humble component in any device, but it serves an essential purpose and it's something you want to be able to count on. This company makes tubing in a variety of shapes, sizes, and materials for aeronautics, medical devices, and automotive applications.

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[imlmr]

Thanks for the information

[crmoritz56]

Great video. Thanks for explaining welded tubing!

[ogenmatic]

at 7:45 does he say they are for coronary-stint products?

[44R0Ndin]

@conoba also, jet and rocket engines have numerous high pressure/high temperature fluids that may in some cases also be highly corrosive (eg. Red Fuming Nitric Acid as used in the Titan II ICBM/satellite launcher), so the use of superalloy is almost a requirement in that kind of situation

[shogoonn]

@conoba Chemical industry and high temperature equipment mostly, also some stuff for research puropses, which should be resistant to "everything" in a wide range of temperatures.

[conoba]

Tubes made out of superalloy? What is that use for?