Tubing Radius Tolerances?
Tubing Radius Tolerances?
(OP)
Does anyone know if there are standards concerning the radius on the corners of box beams? I have a 2" square 1/4" wall beam that is coming from two different vendors with 2 different radius.
Thanks
Bill





RE: Tubing Radius Tolerances?
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The BS EN number is also on the site
desertfox
RE: Tubing Radius Tolerances?
Good information, thank you. Do you know if this varies by manufacturer or is governed by some society? Do you know the tolerances on these number? If the tolerances are overly generous then the numbers mean little.
Thanks
Bill
RE: Tubing Radius Tolerances?
According to the Corus little blue book the external corner radius should be greater than 2* wall thickness but less than 3x.
http://tsbluebook.steel-sci.org/Support/Entry.htm
desertfox
RE: Tubing Radius Tolerances?
Thanks
Bill
RE: Tubing Radius Tolerances?
desertfox
RE: Tubing Radius Tolerances?
Thanks
Bill
RE: Tubing Radius Tolerances?
If that's what you want, and that's what you are ordering, then go buy that standard.
Of course, there may be other standards that cover unspecific "2 inch square 1/4" wall tube". If your purchase order is not specific then you don't really know what you're expecting do you?
RE: Tubing Radius Tolerances?
If corner radius is that important to you, use one vendor.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Tubing Radius Tolerances?
At higher wall thicknesses, at that small a tube wall length, it's very very difficult to get good consistent bends - particularly overseas. (IE, cheap.)
So the smaller wall thicknesses will be sharper cornered, the thicker - and 1/4 is very thick comparatively - you should expect large radius. See the real spec's above.
And, for most purposes, a larger radius will carry stress better: A 2x2x1/4 tube steel member is what is used most often on trailer hitches for example. Vertical platform members. Tank legs. And on none of these will the radius be a problem, so most people ignore it.
For handrails, I like 14 gage for sharp bends at 2x2 0r 1-1/2x1/2: beyond that, even 11 gage seems to "feel" rounded.