Gandhi Special Tubes Ltd.

Quality System as per ISO/TS 16949 : 2009 | ISO 9001:2008

Product Profile
Gandhi Special Tubes Limited (ISO/TS 16949:2009 and ISO 9001:2008) set up its plant in technical
collaboration with BENTELER STAHL/ROHR GMBH & CO.AG of Germany, and is engaged in manufacturing
of Cold Drawn Seamless Tubes.

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Product Range
· Outer Diameter: From 3.0 mm up to 75 mm.

· Wall Thickness: From 0.5 mm up to 7.5 mm.

Applications
· Hydraulic Tubes.

· High Pressure Diesel Fuel Injection Tubes.

· Tubes for General Engineering Applications.

Specifications
· DIN 2391 · BS 3059
· DIN 2445 · IS 3601
· DIN 17175 · IS 3074
· EN 10305-1 & EN10305-4 · SEE J 524
· EN 10216-2 · SAE J 1958
· DIN 73000 · SA 179
· ISO 8535 · SA 210
· BS 980 · SA 334

Quality & Inspection

· Tensile Test
Strict measures are taken to ensure Scale free and
· Hydrostatic pressure Test.
bright tubes with high degree of internal
· Eddy Current Test
cleanliness. All the tests as per specifications are
· Flattening, Flaring, Bending Test
carried out stage wise to ensure that tubes meet
· Surface roughness Test
desired specifications.
· Hardness Test
· Burst Test
· Salt spray Test to test Phosphating
· Chemical Composition
· Metallurgical & Stereo Microscopy
· Dimensional Checks

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Product Highlights & Strengths

· Scale free bright tubes as annealed/normalized in bright annealing furnace under reducing
atmosphere
· Tubes are manufactured out of fully Aluminum killed steel only to avoid problem of ageing which
can lead to embrittlement & cracks.
· Surface roughness will be below 2 Microns Ra value for fuel injection Tubes
· Uniformly annealed soft tubes, suitable for proper ferrule biting.
· Reliable source of raw material.
· Tubes can be supplied with even closer dimensional tolerance than permitted by various
codes/specifications, subject to prior agreement.
· Quality Assurance System as per ISO/TS 16949 for Automotive applications & ISO/9001 for Non-
Automotive applications

Common Steel Grades [Chemical Composition]

Steel Grade C% (Max) Si% (Max) Mn% P% (Max) S% (Max) Al (Min)

St 30 Al 0.10 0.05 ≤ 0.55 0.025 0.025

St 37.4 0.17 0.35 ≥ 0.35 0.04 0.04 0.02
St 35 0.17 0.35 ≥ 0.40 0.025 0.025
St 45 0.21 0.35 ≥ 0.40 0.025 0.025
St 52 0.22 0.55 ≤ 1.60 0.025 0.025
E 235 0.17 0.35 ≤ 1.20 0.025 0.015 0.015
E 355 0.22 0.55 ≤ 1.60 0.025 0.015 0.020

Mechanical Properties
BK NBK / + N
Tensile
Elongation at Tensile Upper yield Elongation at
Strength
Steel Grade rupture (% Strength Kg/Sq point Kg/Sq rupture (%
Kg/Sq. mm
min) mm (min) mm (min) min)
(min)
St 30 Al - - 29.6 - 42.8 21.9 30
St 37.4 - - 35.7 – 49 24 25
St 35 49 6 34.7 - 47.9 24 25
St 45 59.2 5 44.9 - 58.1 26 21
St 52 65.3 4 50 - 64.3 36.2 22
E 235 - - 34.7 – 49 24 25
E 355 - - 50 - 64.3 36.2 22
BK – Cold finished as drawn - No heat treatment after last cold forming process.
NBK /+ N – Normalized - Tubes are normalized above the upper transformation point in controlled atmosphere.

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Calculations of Pressures
Calculation of pressures given are according to Material Characteristic value K = 226 N/mm2
DIN 2413 case I for predominant static stress (Permanent fatigue strength)
20 K.s.c. Safety correction value S = 1.5 for static &
P= (bar)
S.Da dynamic stress.

Material Characteristic value K = 235 N/mm2 And Factor c for consideration of wall thickness
divergence for static & dynamic stress = 0.8
DIN 2413 case III for tube o.d. 4 to 5; 0.85 for tube o.d. 6 to 8;
For dynamic stress 0.9 for larger tube o.d.
20 K.s.c.
P= (bar)
S.(Da+s.c.) Additional allowances towards other factors
like corrosion, thinning of tubes while bending
etc. are not considered for calculation of
pressures.

General Recommendations on Seamless Tubes for Hydraulics

Material St.37.4/E235+N
Tolerances according to DIN 239 Part-1/EN10305-1/EN10305-4
(Fully Aluminium Killed Steel)

Design
da S d Pressure Brust
tube Wall tube ID Weight
Tolerance Bar Pressure
ø thickness ø Kg./m
DIN 2413 bar
mm mm mm
Case I Case II
4 0.5 3 313 274 1160 0.047
4 ± 0.08 0.75 2.5 409 393 1820 0.067
4 1 2 522 502 2950 0.075
5 ± 0.08 1 3 432 416 2120 0.099
6 0.75 4.5 333 289 1230 0.103
* 6 1 4 389 374 1680 0.123
* 6 ± 0.08 1.5 3 549 528 3050 0.166
6 2 2 692 665 - 0.197
6 2.25 1.5 757 728 - 0.208
* 8 1 6 333 289 1190 0.222
* 8 1.5 5 431 414 1860 0.240
* ± 0.08
8 2 4 549 528 3020 0.296
8 2.5 3 658 632 - 0.339
* 10 1 8 282 249 870 0.222
* 10 1.5 7 373 358 1380 0.314
* 10 ± 0.08 2 6 478 460 2100 0.395
10 2.5 5 576 553 3180 0.462
10 3 4 666 641 - 0.518
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* 12 1 10 235 210 760 0.271

* 12 1.5 9 353 305 1150 0.388
* 12 2 8 409 393 1580 0.493
± 0.08
12 2.5 7 495 476 2600 0.586
12 3 6 576 553 3200 0.666
12 3.5 5 651 627 - 0.734
14 1 12 201 182 620 0.321
14 1.5 11 302 265 940 0.462
* 14 2 10 403 343 1340 0.592
14 ± 0.08 2.5 9 434 417 1760 0.709
14 3 8 507 487 2400 0.814
14 3.5 7 576 553 3220 0.906
14 4 6 641 616 - 0.986
15 1 13 188 171 590 0.345
* 15 1.5 12 282 249 980 0.499
15 ± 0.08 11 376 323 1250 0.641
15 2.5 10 409 393 1690 0.771
15 3 9 478 460 2120 0.888
16 1 14 176 160 540 0.370
16 1.5 13 264 234 820 0.536
* 16 ± 0.08 2 12 353 305 1170 0.691
* 16 2.5 11 386 372 1470 0.832
16 3 10 452 435 1920 0.962
18 1 16 157 143 510 0.419
* 18 1.5 15 235 210 780 0.610
* 18 ± 0.08 2 14 313 274 1040 0.789
18 2.5 13 392 335 1320 0.956
18 3 12 409 393 1830 1.110
20 1.5 17 212 191 570 0.684
* 20 2 16 282 249 920 0.888
* 20 2.5 15 353 305 1220 1.079
* ± 0.08
20 3 14 373 358 1450 1.258
20 3.5 13 426 410 1720 1.424
20 4 12 478 460 2080 1.578
22 1 20 128 118 370 0.518
* 22 1.5 19 192 174 590 0.758
* 22 ± 0.08 2 18 256 228 850 0.986
22 2.5 17 320 280 1040 1.202
22 3 16 385 329 - 1.406
25 2 21 226 202 670 1.134
* 25 2.5 20 282 249 920 1.387
* 25 3 19 338 294 1050 1.628
± 0.08
* 25 4 17 394 379 1520 2.072
25 4.5 16 437 420 1780 2.275
25 5 15 478 460 2120 2.466
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28 1.5 25 151 139 450 0.980

* 28 2 24 201 182 620 1.282
28 2.5 23 252 224 770 1.572
± 0.08
28 3 22 302 265 920 1.850
28 4 20 403 343 - 2.368
28 5 18 434 417 - 2.836
30 2 26 188 171 620 1.381
30 2.5 25 235 210 770 1.695
* 30 ± 0.08 3 24 282 249 920 1.998
* 30 4 22 376 323 1250 2.565
30 5 20 409 393 1580 3.083
35 2 31 161 147 470 1.628
35 2.5 30 201 182 620 2.004
* 35 3 29 242 216 720 2.367
± 0.15
35 4 27 322 281 960 3.058
35 5 25 403 343 - 3.699
35 6 23 419 403 - 4.291
38 2.5 33 186 168 550 2.189
38 3 32 223 200 660 2.589
* 38 4 30 297 261 970 3.354
± 0.15
38 5 28 371 319 1350 4.069
38 6 26 390 375 - 4.735
38 7 24 446 429 - 5.352
42 2 38 134 124 390 1.973
* 42 ± 0.2 3 36 201 182 580 2.885
42 4 34 269 238 850 3.749
50 ± 0.2 6 38 338 - - 6.511
70 ± 0.3 7 56 - - - 10.875

Contact us
Gandhi Special Tubes Ltd.
Registered Office :

201-204, 2nd Floor, Plaza, 55, Hughes Road, Next to Dharam Palace, Mumbai – 400 007. Maharashtra,
India.

Help Line : + 91-22-2363 4179 | +91-22-2363 4183

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