Corrosion resistant
tube and pipe
Tubulars that have been fabricated for corrosion resistance
are readily summoned to imagination. an unpocked
surface, free of rust, is the visible sign of robustness
to a battery of assaults: from water, chlorides, alkaline
and salt solutions, oilfield chemicals, and anything else
that threatens degradation of the transfer system and
contamination of the product.
a greater challenge to the imagination would be a length
of tube or pipe – the output of a state-of-the-art mill –
vulnerable to attacks on its integrity. In tandem with the
ongoing advance of the industry, corrosion resistance,
at one time a custom requisite of aerospace and oilfield
applications, has increasingly become a mainstream
expectation of makers and users of products such as
those reviewed here.
Photo credit: H Butting GmbH & Co KG
