ASTM A179 Standard Specification

ASTM A179 Tubes shall be made by the seamless process and shall be cold drawn. Heat and product analysis shall be performed wherein steel materials shall conform to required chemical compositions of carbon, manganese, phosphorus, and sulfur. The steel materials shall also undergo hardness test, flattening test, flaring test, flange test, and hydrostatic test.

Because of ASTM A179 grade’s temperature withstanding capabilities, it is applied to steel pipe of tubular heat exchanger, condensers and similar heat transfer equipment. Our ASTM A179 seamless tubes are used in sugar mills & distilleries, pumps and petrochemicals, cement and construction industries and steel plants. Sunny Steel can supply ASTM A179 steel tube from stock or from reputed steel mills. We also offer steel fabrication service where steel plates can go through processings like cutting, welding, bending, machining, pre-coating, pre-lined, beveling, or as you require.

This specification covers minimum-wall thickness, seamless cold-drawn low-carbon steel tubes for tubular heat exchangers, condensers, and similar heat transfer apparatus. Tubes shall be made by the seamless process and shall be cold drawn. Heat and product analysis shall be performed wherein steel materials shall conform to required chemical compositions of carbon, manganese, phosphorus, and sulfur. The steel materials shall also undergo hardness test, flattening test, flaring test, flange test, and hydrostatic test.

ASTMA179/ASME SA179 standard is applicable for steel pipes together with outside diameter of 1/8in-3in. (32 mm to 76.2 mm). Our rolling technology has reached the international advanced spot. JST is able to manufacture cold drawn seamless steel tubes with uniform wall depth. Their tolerance is relatively smaller standard your own.

When seamless carbon steel pipes are during the last cold drawing procedure, they will enter micro oxidization and non-oxidation heat treatment furnace for thermal treatment (Temperature is 1200℉ (650℃) if not more.). This makes the surface of cold drawn seamless steel tubes match the no oxide scale standards, and guarantees smooth surface and stable performance.

JST adopts professional hardness testing equipment to find out the hardness of seamless carbon steel pipes. The Rockwell hardness value not able to exceed 72 HRB.

Top rated program customers’ requirements, we can analyze the cold drawn seamless steel tube advertise its chemical composition meet standards. We choose one from 250 pipes or select one in a furnace to investigate. If the product analysis fails, then choose another two seamless carbon steel pipes. All elements of two steel pipes tend to be in accordance with standards, and then these pipes can be delivered.

Note:

• Mill test certificates will be issued according to EN10204.3
• All tubes shall be supplied as per applicable ASTM Specification.
• The tubes Shall be Seamless and the testing shall be as per A 450 / A450M.

Steel pipe features specifications

O.D.(mm)	Wall Thickness Unit(mm)
	2	2.5	3	3.5	4	4.5	5	6	6.5-7	7.5-8	8.5-9	9.5-10	11	12
Φ25-Φ28	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ32		●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ34-Φ36		●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ38		●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ40			●	●	●	●	●
Φ42			●	●	●	●	●
Φ45			●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ48-Φ60			●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ63.5				●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ68-Φ73					●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ76					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ80					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ83					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ89					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ95					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ102					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ108					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ114						●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ121						●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ127						●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ133						●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ140							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ146							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ152							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ159							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Φ168							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●

Grade and Chemical Composition (%) of ASTM A179 Tubes

C	Mn	P≤	S≤	Si≤
0.06-0.18	0.27-0.63	0.035	0.035	0.25

Mechanical properties of ASTM A179 Tubes

Yield Strength (Mpa)	Tensile Strength (Mpa)	Elongation (%)
≥180	≥325	≥35

Tensile Strengths of ASTM A179 Tubes at Temperatures

Temp.	Su
40	324
100	324
150	324
200	324
250	324
300	324
325	324
350	324
375	324
400	319
425	299
450	275
475	250
500	223
525	198

*Temp.: metal temperature, °C, not exceeding; *Su: tensile strength, MPa.

Yield Strength of ASTM A179 Tubes at Temperatures

	Temp.	Sy
	40	179
	65	168
	100	163
	125	161
	150	158
	175	156
	200	154
	225	151
	250	148
	275	144
	300	140
	325	136
	350	132
	375	128
	400	124
	425	120
	450	117
	475	114
	500	111
	525	109

*Temp.: metal temperature, °C, not exceeding; *Sy: yield strength, MPa.

Tolerance of OD and W.T(SA-450/SA-450M):

OD In (mm)	+	-	WT In(mm)	+	-
<1(25.4)	0.1	0.1	≤1.1/2(38.1)	0.2	0
11.1/2(25.438.1)	0.15	0.15	>1.1/2(38.1)	0.22	0
>1.1/2<2(38.150.8)	0.2	0.2
2<2.1/2(50.863.5)	0.25	0.25
2.1/2<3(63.576.2)	0.3	0.3
34(76.2101.6)	0.38	0.38
>47.1/2(101.6190.5)	0.38	0.64
>7.1/29(190.5228.6)	0.38	1.14

The tubing sizes and thicknesses usually furnished to this specification are 1/2 in. to 7 in. [12.7 to 177.8 mm] outside diameter and 0.085 to 1.000 in. [2.2 to 25.4 mm], inclusive, in minimum wall thickness. Tubing having other dimensions may be furnished, provided such tubes comply with all other requirements of this specification.

U-Bend Fabrication Tolerances

Item	Condition (when)	Tolercance
	Nominal bend radius ≤ 2 x nominal OD	less than or equal to 12%
Ovality	2 x nominal OD < Nominal bend radius ≤ 4 x nominal OD	less than or equal to 10%
	Nominal bend radius > 4 x nominal OD	less than or equal to 5%
	Nominal bend radius ≤ 2 x nominal OD	0.75 x nominal wall
Mimimum wall thickness	2 x nominal OD < Nominal bend radius ≤ 4 x nominal OD	0.8 x nominal wall
	Nominal bend radius > 4 x nominal OD	0.9 x nominal wall
	Nominal bend radius ≤ 8" (200mm)	+/-3/64"(1mm)
Bending Radius	8" (200mm) < Nominal bend radius ≤ 16" (400mm)	+/-1/16"(1mm)
	Nominal bend radius >16" (400mm)	+/-5/64"(1mm)
Disrance between legs		Max 1/16"(1.5mm)
Wall thinning of bending area		Max 17%
Difference between leg lengths at the ends	Leg length ≤ 16' (4.88m)	+1/8"(3mm)
	Leg length > 16' (4.88m)	+3/16"(5mm)
Deviation from plane of bend		≤ 3/16"(1.5mm)
Flattening on bend		≤ 10% nominal diameter
Straight leg length	≤5m	+1/8"(3mm)
	>5m	+3/16(5mm)
Total tube length including radius	≤6m	+3/16(5mm)
	>6m	+5/16"(8mm)