RFS Hydraulics — Creating Opportunities

HomeProducts › Pipes and tubes

Six lines, from 4 mm to 190 mm.

Stainless steel tube and pipe, hydraulic steel tube, copper pipe and pancake coils, and Eaton Walterscheid Walform tube. Specified on size, material, standard and finish — all four are on every card below.

6Product lines
4–190 mmSize range
6 mStraight mill lengths
6Catalogues to download

The six lines we stock

Size, material, dimensional standard and finish on every card. Straight lengths are supplied in 6 metre mill lengths; cut lengths quoted on request.

Tube and pipe are not the same thing. Tube is specified by outside diameter and wall thickness — so a 1/2" tube measures 1/2" across the outside. Pipe is specified by nominal bore and schedule, and the nominal size is neither the inside nor the outside diameter. Getting this wrong is the single most common reason a quote has to go back and forth.

Getting the specification right

Which line suits the duty, and the four things we need in order to quote it.

Which line fits the job

  • Instrument and process runsstainless tube in TP316/316L. Choose the finish on how clean the service has to be: AP for general work, bright annealed or 320 grit where surface matters.
  • Flanged or threaded pipeworkstainless pipe to A312, sized by nominal bore so it mates with standard fittings and flanges.
  • Hydraulic powerhydraulic steel tube. E355 takes the higher working pressure; E235 is the softer, more formable grade.
  • Water, gas and refrigerationcopper pipe in straight lengths, or pancake coils where you want a continuous run with no joints.
  • Compression-joint assembliesWalform tube. The profile ring is formed into the tube on the machine, so specify the tube and the DIN 2353 fitting together.

What to send us

Four things and we can quote without going back and forth:

  • Size — OD and wall for tube; nominal bore and schedule for pipe.
  • Material and grade — TP316L, E355, copper, and so on.
  • Standard — ASTM, ASME, DIN or JIS, if the job specifies one.
  • Quantity and length — total metres, and whether you want 6 m mill lengths or cut lengths.

Working from a drawing or a bill of materials? Send it as it is — a product specialist will read the sizes off it.

Send your list →

Catalogues

One catalogue per line, with dimensions, wall thicknesses and tolerances. Direct PDF downloads — no form, no email address.

Who makes what

  • Dural — stainless steel tube, stainless steel pipe and hydraulic steel tube. Every length is marked with its heat number along the length, not just on the bundle tag, so a mill certificate can be matched to the length in your hand.
  • AF Hydro — copper tube in straight lengths and copper pancake coils.
  • RFS — the Walform system: the tube, the seals and the forming machines.

Before you download

  • The three Dural catalogues are large — 11 to 40 MB. Worth doing on wi‑fi rather than mobile data.
  • They open in a new tab. Nothing is gated: no form, no sign‑up, no email address.
  • Sizes and wall thicknesses are in the catalogue; stock and price are not. Send us the sizes and we will confirm both.

All 6 in the catalogue library →
Every catalogue we hold →

Send the sizes, the grade and the total metres.

One length or a full bill of materials — priced by a product specialist within two working hours.

Request a quote on WhatsApp