FAQ

Our Sales and Engineering teams can help you find a solution using our H-P stock materials and H-P standard bends without compromising quality or performance when lead time is your top priority!

The thing that makes smaller quantity custom bends more costly is that it is very time and labor-intensive to setup up a bending machine for different configurations. Each time we start a new order or make a change in the diameter, wall, or radius of a tube or pipe bend, a new set-up is needed. Larger quantities allow the labor cost associated with our set-ups to be diminished over more bends, in turn, reducing the individual piece cost.

• Opt for a more common diameter, wall thicknesses, and grade of material
  • Our engineering team can help recommend the best options!
• A custom bend solution may be overkill for your needs. Our catalog offerings provide an alternative solution for quick delivery and ease of installation in most applications.
  • If you're unsure, don't hesitate to contact us!

Yes, by placing a blanket purchase order! Blanket purchase orders allow us to give you volume discounts. 

JIT Delivery and our warehousing capabilities allow for a streamlined supply chain management solution, so you don't have to worry about storing and organizing your parts.

Absolutely! We have the capability to create variations of tube bends within our catalog selection to accommodate your project and needs.

Our Kitting Program! We combine multiple SKUs into a single SKU, simplifying your inventories while making parts easier to pick and assemble. 

Working closely with you, we can package parts in any way required:

• Disposable packaging
• Returnable, reusable dunnage
• Custom-made packaging
• Sequentially ordered packaging to simplify assembly

Below are our standard, but we can get almost
any material if requested.

• Stainless Steel:
  • A554 MT304, A269 304/304L, A249/269
    Polished OD, A554 MT316L, A554 MT439, A554
    MT409
• Aluminized Stainless:
  • ASTM A554 MT409 A463 COATING
• Carbon Steel:
  • A513 1006/1008, A787 1006/1008, ASTM
    1006/1008 A463
• Aluminized Carbon:
  • A787
• Aluminum:
  • B221/241 6061/6063 T4
  • Extensive list stocked

Oftentimes, people use the words "tube" and "pipe" interchangeably. Simply put, pipe is designed and better suited for higher pressure applications, and the tube is designed and better suited for flow applications. 

When it comes to the measurement of pipe, it is measured by the inside diameter (I.D.). On other hand, tube is measured by the outside diameter (O.D.)