Medical tubes
Stainless steel medical tubes available as thin wall tubes in seamless or welded redrawn condition or as seamless thick wall tubes ('cannula tubes').
Sandvik medical tubes are available in a variety of stainless steels and delivered with cold drawn, ground, extremely polished or bright surface, depending on size and wall thickness.
Tubes for a wide range of medical applications
Sandvik's program of medical tubes covers tubes for cardiovascular and diagnostic applications, dental and surgical instruments as well as medical tubes for reconstruction, trauma and spinal use. Our in-house production of medical tubes allows for tailor-made sizes in small batches.
Sandvik grade | UNS | ASTM |
---|---|---|
Sandvik 3R12 | S30400/S30403 | 304/304L |
Sandvik 3R65 | S31600/S31603 | 316/316L |
Sandvik 316LVM | S31673 | F138 |
Sandvik High-N | S31675 | F1586 |
Sandvik 5R75 | S31635 | (316Ti)* |
* 316Ti (appearing in ASTM A240 and A479)
Size range
- Outside diameter: 0.5-25.4 mm (0.0197-1 in.)
- Wall thickness: 0.1-8 mm (0.0039-0.315 in.)
Other materials, sizes and mechanical properties are available on request.
Tolerances
Information about tolerances can be found in the material datasheet for the respective grade:
Lengths
According to customer request.
Testing
We can provide the following types of testing for medical tubes:
- Eddy Current test (on request)
- Flaring test
- Flattening test
- Mechanical test
- Microstructure test
- Ultrasonic test (on request)