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10MAX® Stainless Steel Electropolished Tubing
Plymouth Tube Company Trent 10MAX® is the ideal stainless steel tubing for your highly sensitive applications where cleanliness is an absolute must! 10MAX® is welded stainless steel tubing made from 316(L), UNS # S31603, which is electropolished to a surface finish of 10 microinch Ra or smoother. 10MAX® is manufactured in accordance with ASTM A249, SA249, A269, and A270-S2 as well as additional restrictions and criteria as outline in internal Plymouth Tube specifications.

Manufacturing Process
10MAX® electropolished tubing is made from cold rolled 2B stainless steel strip whose chemical elements are specifically controlled to enhance weldability. Manufacturing includes a Tungsten Insert Gas (TIG or GTAW) method of welding. The weld bead is then cold worked to full finished condition. The internal surface of the tubing is longitudinally belt polished and then electropolished to a 10 microinch Ra or smoother. The external surface of the tubing is then mechanically polished via Plymouth Tube's state-of-the-art process. After polishing, each tube is cleaned by a nitric acid passivation and then a deionized water rinse, then dried with filtered compressed air.

Mechanical Properties
Property 316L
Tensile Strength (min.) 70,000 psi
Yield Strength (min.) 25,000 psi
Elongation (min.) 35%
Hardness Rockwell B (max.) 90

Testing
Plymouth Tube Co's Trent Mill maintains rigorous quality control inspection and testing procedures to ensure all high purity processing requirements are met and maintained. Tubing must be capable of passing the flatten, flange, and reverse bend requirements of ASTM A1016. Each length is also eddy current rested to the requirements of ASTM A1016.
 
Dimensions/Tolerances
  OD Wall Thickness
Size Nominal Tolerance Nominal Tolerance
0.5" 0.5000" ±0.005" 0.065" ±10%
0.75" 0.750" ±0.005" 0.065" ±10%
1" 1.000" ±0.008" 0.065" ±10%
1.5" 1.500" ±0.008" 0.065" ±10%
2" 2.000" ±0.008" 0.065" ±10%
2.5" 2.500" ±0.010" 0.065" ±10%
3" 3.000" ±0.010" 0.065" ±10%
4" 4.000" ±0.015" 0.083" ±10%


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