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Rectangular Hollow Section

Uses of Rectangular Hollow Section

Steel hollow sections are the most versatile and reliable material. They are used for a range of building and mechanical applications. A number of the toughest and most excellent frameworks on the planet today is only possible due to hollow sections.

Cold Formed Rectangular Hollow Section is commonly utilised as an architectural area. They are generated to give great strength and weldability. Dimensions range from 50 x 25mm - 450 x 250mm. Thicknesses range from 2mm up to 20mm in the larger areas.

The tubular kind is inherently solid and efficient. It gives structures a much better strength-to-weight proportion. This is more than those making use of equivalent steel, concrete or hardwood items. 

In building and construction, this strength-to-weight ratio decreases product usage and enables higher spans. This causes lightweight, airy structures. These are aesthetically pleasing within our living environments.

Steel itself generates little waste and, what there is, can be fully reused. Steel construction is completely dry, dust-free, fairly quiet.  It needs fairly little quantities of materials to be delivered to site. Then, it lowers website building times, reducing the effect on bordering environments.

The steel tube is solid, hard and long-lasting. It can be round, square or rectangle-shaped. Steel tubes usually integrate various alloys such as lightweight aluminium, manganese, titanium and tungsten. Its adaptability offers it to a range of applications in various markets. Yearly millions of tonnes of steel tubing are produced. 

Steel rectangular tube

Steel tubing can be welded or seamless. Smooth tubes are made by passing the molten steel over a piercing pole to develop a hollow tube. Welded tubes are made from curling a rolling plate and welding the joint with each other. 

In the past, seamless tubes were stronger than welded tubes. However, breakthroughs in innovation have permitted welded tubes. These have sufficient stamina to replace bonded tubes for many applications.


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