Cladding
Double-composite tubes add new features not available with single-metal tubes. Note the following before inquiry:
- Combination of materials
- Dimensions and tolerance
- Mechanical characteristics and physical properties
- Other specifications
— processing conditions, operating environment
Specialized Drawing
In drawing, material is stretched by passing it through dies at room temperature. Wires, rods, or pipes have sections reduced while the sectional shape — cylindrical, hexagonal, square, or other — is changed.
Drawing requires cold drawing to ensure excellent inner and outer surface finishing not obtainable through hot-process finishing such as by hot rolling or hot extrusion. Extruded materials are often used for drawing, but drawn tubes and rods have higher dimensional accuracy than extruded materials.