Historical methods of seamless and welded steel tube-making are compared to current tube production methods for the COVID-19 pandemic-influenced steel tube market.

- Labor and steel impact from the pandemic
- Outsourcing as a reaction
- Tube chemistry comparison for SAE grades
- Tube mechanical property comparison
- Engineering parameters for the hydraulic tubing market

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unexpected shift in the availability of certain types of bulk tubing for steel fluid lines and similarly for steel hydraulic lines. This gap can be filled, perhaps at a lower total cost, by considering alternative types of steel tubing. Re-engineering of tube end connection may or may not be required. This current trend caused by the pandemic is actually just another example in the progression of tube materials from bamboo to lead, to seamless steel to welded steel, and ultimately to welded and cold-finished steel hydraulic tubing.

This session was recorded on April 12 as part of FMA Pipe & Tube Memphis 2022. Recording length is 21:05 minutes.