STEEL TUBE AND PIPE HANDBOOK - February 2012

103 Packaging of tubes and pipes On request or according to standard tubes and pipes are delivered with ends closed with plastic plugs or caps. Hot finished tubes and pipes The tubes are shipped in round bundles with diameter max. 800 mm, max. mass is 3 500 kg. On request hexagonal bundles. Standardmethods: The bundle binded by wire The bundle binded by steel strap Steel strap underlayed by paper tape (tapaten) Non – standardmethods: The ends of bundle are wrapped in PE-foil or tapaten and foil Precision cold drawn tubes The tubes are shipped in round bundles with diameter max. 800 mm, max. mass is 2 000 – 2 500 kg. On request hexagonal bundles. Standardmethods: The bundle binded by steel strap Steel strap underlayed by tapaten Non-standardmethods: The bundle is wrapped in PE-foil The ends of bundle are wrapped in PE-foil or other material Wooden mats round the bundle as a mechanical protection Wooden box- tubes are in box lose or in bundle Combinations of various types of packaging Pipe fittings Metal boxes Cardboard boxes on wooden palette Tube semiproducts Standardmethods: Metal boxes (840 x 1 240 x 860 mm) Hexagonal bundles Hydraulic tubes are shipped in round bundles with mass max. 2 000 kg and length of 6 m binded by steel strap Packaging according to customer requirements : Cardboard boxes on wooden palette Wooden boxes (mass max. 1 000 kg) Large-volume baga BIG-BAGS Palettes of wooden prismos