Honed Cylinder Tubes of Various Materials

Our factory manufactures honed tubes, honed cylinder tubes, Hydraulic cylinder tubes with various types of materials. 

Hydraulic cylinder tube is known as honed tube also, it is usually made of cold drawn seamless tubes or DOM tubes, as hydraulic cylinder tubes are usually used to manufacture hydraulic cylinders body, so it is called hydraulic cylinder barrel commonly. Our factory supplies many different steel grades for hydraulic cylinder tubes, and here below are the most popular materials.

  • Carbon steel ST52, ST52.3,
  • Carbon steel E355
  • Steel SAE 4140: also known as 42CrMo
  • Steel 27SiMn
  • Carbon steel SAE 1020, Chinese 20#, C20
  • Stainless steel 304
  • Stainless steel 316

SKYLINE is a professional manufacturer & supplier of honed tubes for cylinders, our factory manufactures all these materials of honed cylinder tubes.

Size Range: I.D 32 mm to I.D 610mm; imperial size 1.25 inch to 24 inch.

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  1. Honed cylinder tubes of material ST52 /ST52.3
  2. Honed tubes of material E355
  3. Honed cylinder tubes of material SAE 1020
  4. SAE 4140 hydraulic cylinder barrel tubes
  5. 27SiMn honed tubes
  6. 20MnV6 hydraulic cylinder tubes
  7. Stainless steel honed tubes
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Honed cylinder tubes of material ST52 /ST52.3

ST52 honed cylinder tubes are honed tubes made of material steel grade ST52, and with standard of DIN 2391. St52 is equal to St52.3. Usually, this material of honed tubes is described as: cold drawn seamless honed tubes as per DIN2391 /ST52-BKS. BKS standards for the heat treatment for the honed tubing, which is stress relieved heat treatment. Here below is the specification of the steel ST52.

GradeChemistry       %YieldTensileElongationTypical Hardness
   min. Mpamin. Mpa% in 2″ sectionMin
ST52.3Carbon 0.140 – 0.180420580 15 B-80
 Si0.150 – 0.300    
  Mn 1.200 – 1.400    
  P 0.020 max    
  S 0.010 max    
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Honed tubes of material E355

E355 honed tubes are honed cylinder tubes made of material steel grade E355, and with standard of EN 10305-1. Actually steel E355 is equal to ST52 / St52.3. Usually these materials of honed tubes are described as: cold drawn seamless honed tubes as per EN10305-1 /E355 +SR. +SR standards for the heat treatment for the honed tubing, which is stress relieved heat treatment.

honed tubes E355, honed cylinder tubes st52.3

Here below is the specification of the steel E355.

GradeChemistry       %YieldTensileElongationTypical Hardness
   min. Mpamin. Mpa% in 2″ sectionMin
E355Carbon 0.140 – 0.180420580 15 B-80
 Si0.150 – 0.300    
  Mn 1.200 – 1.400    
  P 0.020 max    
  S 0.010 max    

Material ST52 /ST52.3 and E355 is also widely used to produce hard chrome plated hollow bars, which is also known as chrome plated OD tubes.

Honed cylinder tubes of material SAE 1020

SAE 1020 cylinder tubes are honed tubes made of material steel grade SAE 1020, this steel grade is equal to Chinese steel grade 20#. Cabon steel grade SAE 1020 is a low hardness and low tensile strength alloy. Honed pipes of material SAE1020 is cheaper than ST52 honed pipes and can be used for various applications. 

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GradeChemistry       %YieldTensileElongationTypical Hardness
   Min. MpaMin. Mpa% in 2″ sectionMin
1020Carbon0.150 – 0.20037548515B-75
 Mn0.300 – 0.600    
 P0.035 Max    
 S0.035 Max   

SAE 4140 hydraulic cylinder barrel tubes

SAE 4140 honed tubes are cold drawn seamless honed tubes made of steel grade SAE4140. 4140 honed hydraulic cylinder barrel tubes usually are used for applications under high pressure & heavy duty. As the tensile strength and yield strength of SAE 4140 is very high. Steel 4140 is equal to German steel grade of 42CrMo.

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Below is the chemical composition of 4140 material.
SAE 4140 /42CrMoC%Si%Mn%P%S%Cr%Mo%
Min0.360.10.65  0.750.15
Max0.440.41.10.040.041.20.35

Here below is the mechanical properties of SAE 4140.

4140 / 42CrMoYield strengthTensile StrengthElongationHardness HB
Min800 Mpa /115K psi900 Mpa /130K psi20%270 HB

Steel 4140 / 42CrMo is also an idea material for manufacturing Chrome Plated Bar. Benefit for its high yield strength and tensile strength, 4140 chrome plated bar is usually used for applications where high strength is required.

27SiMn honed tubes

27SiMn steel also can be used to produce honed tubing, though not as popular as ST52.3 /E355, this material of honed tubing is idea for some special applications.

27SiMn steel material chemical composition: C: 0.24-0.32%, Si: 1.10-1.40%, Mn: 1.10-1.40%.

27SiMn steel material mechanical properties: tensile strength min. 980 MPa; yield strength: min. 835 MPa; elongation after fracture: 12%; reduction of area: 40%; impact energy: 39J.

27SiMn honed tubes are also used for high strength applications.

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20MnV6 hydraulic cylinder tubes

20MnV6 steel also can be used to manufacture hydraulic cylinder honed tubes. It is a carbon-manganese steel micro alloyed with vanadium, generally supplied in the black hot rolled condition with a typical tensile strength range of 600 – 790 Mpa and a high typical yield strength range of 440 – 650 Mpa. 20MnV6 honed cylinder tubes usually is used for Super high strength applications.

Here below is the detailed specification of steel 20MnV6

20MnV6 Chemical Composition (Base Material)
 Min %Max %
Carbon0.16 0.22 
Silicon0.10 0.35 
Manganese1.13 1.60 
Vanadium0.08 0.15 
Phosphorous0.00 0.03 
Sulphur0.02 0.04 
Chemical compositions
20MnV6 Mechanical Property
Typical Mechanical Properties – As Supplied in the Black Hot Rolled Condition
Tensile Strength Mpa690 
Yield Strength Mpa500 
Elongation %21 
Hardness HB210 
Typical (Minimum) Mechanical Properties – Water Quenched at 925 °C and Tempered at 580 °C
Tensile Strength Mpa Min.
Wall Thickness (mm)
<20mm750
20mm to 25mm700
<=30mm650
Yield Strength Mpa Min.
Wall Thickness (mm)
<20mm650
20mm to 25mm620
<=30mm570
Elongation %
Wall Thickness
<20mm16
>20mm17
Impact
J
+20°C40
0°C32
-20°C28
Mechanical Properties
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