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Tube Manufacturing

At Hofmann Industries, Inc., we manufacture the industry’s finest welded carbon steel tubing in custom sizes, shapes, and material grades. We operate two facilities incorporating more than 485,000 square feet of manufacturing space, and both are outfitted to form tubing in a variety of standard and custom cross-sectional profiles. Our high-speed tube mills are engineered to form, weld, size, and cut steel tubing in one continuous high-speed process that we continually monitor for quality and repeatable consistency. Custom tube manufacturing is part of our vertically integrated approach that also includes powder coating, plating, and tube fabrication as well as custom packaging and labeling. Using prime steel sourced from leading domestic steel producers, we manufacture custom welded steel tubing for a range of industries. Our process involves passing flat steel through a series of rolls that gradually form the cold steel into a tubular shape. Using critically controlled and monitored welding parameters, the butted edges are joined along the entire tube length. A contouring tool is used to remove the welding flash along the outer diameter, and we also smooth the inner diameters upon request. The length of welded steel tube is rolled to OD tolerances, and for shapes other than round, it is passed through a series of concentric rolls to form a square, rectangular, oval, elliptical, trilobal, or custom profile before the final sizing operation. Our capabilities also include in-line end forming galvanize-respray, and surface treatment, depending on the requirements of the application. With tube mills operating at high speed, we manufacture hundreds of thousands of feet of welded steel tube each day. We are a lean, ISO 9001:2015 certified tube manufacturing company and our plants are set up to optimize product flow, reduce lead time, minimize operational expense, and achieve the very highest standard of quality. Our staff possesses an outstanding work ethic, and our entire team is committed to continually improving every aspect of our business. Contact us today to learn more about our custom steel tube manufacturing services or to make an inquiry.

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Tube Manufacturing Highlights

Manufacturing Process
High Frequency Tube Mills ERW Welding High-Speed Cut-off
In-line End Forming In-line Surface Treatment High-Speed Slitting
Manufactured Product
Housewares Hardware Furniture Lawn & Garden
Juvenile Products Aftermarket automotive POP Display
Materials
Steel
  • Carbon Steel
  • High Strength Low Alloy (HSLA)
  • STKM 11A, STKM 13A
GalvanizedA500 StructuralASTM 513A
Additional Services Provided
Deburring Drilling Laser Cutting Welding Champfering CNC Bending
Powder Coating Zinc Plating Swaging Pressing Fulfillment Wirebrushing
Production Volume
Prototype Low Volume
High Volume Blanket Orders
Lead Times
Quoted on job by job basis Rush Services Available
Efficiency
Six Sigma Certification
  • Green Belt
Lean Manufacturing Kaizen/6S

Additional Information

Industry Focus
Agricultural Architectural Aftermarket automotive Food Service Marine Medical Devices Contract Seating
Housewares Hardware Furniture Lawn & Garden Juvenile Products Physical Fitness POP Display
Industry Standards
ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials AWS – American Welding Society REACH Compliant 3TG Compliant Conflict Minerals Compliance
ISO 9001:2015 – International Organization for Standardization QS – QS Is a quality standard developed by the Automotive Industries. RoHS – Restriction Of Hazardous Substances (Compliant) SAE – Society of Automotive Engineers TS – Technical Specifications, used with ISO
File Formats
AutoCAD (DWG, DWZ) BMP – Bit Mapped Graphics DXF – Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format GIF – Graphics Interchange Format IGES – Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, ANSI file format. IronCAD (ICD, ICS)
JPG or JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group PDF – Portable Document Format Pro-E or Pro/Engineer (DRW, PRT, XPR) SolidWorks (SLDPRT, SLDDRW, SLDDRT) STEP – Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data TIFF – Tagged Image File Format