Tube Manufacture

Tube Manufacturing

Here at Hone-All, we have specialised in tube manufacture for over 20 years, including thin wall, high precision tubular components.

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Precision Steel Tube Manufacturers

Tubular components are used in practically every manufacturing industry and sector. However, the sizes, requirements and specifications vary greatly for each application.For the medical and aerospace sector, extremely tight tolerances are required, and often minimising weight is a major factor. This is in comparison to the Injection Moulding industry where extruder barrels need to be of a much more robust nature to safely deal with the pressures they are placed under. Finishes vary greatly too – automotive components often require a cross hatch finish for oil retention to reduce wear whereas in Formula 1, mirror finishes are required to reduce friction.

Tube stockists hold a huge variety of standard tube sizes but could not possibly hold every possible size as some applications call for tolerances of less than 0.02mm on the bore and outside diameter resulting in a lack of availability. The surface finish requirements also vary greatly from simply rough pipe to house or protect another component or cabling all the way through to highly polished bore finishes for hydraulic cylinders or mating part matching.

As a result, customers can often struggle to procure the exact specification they need.

Re-machining standard, stock tubes can often be as expensive as machining the tube to specification from solid bar material. This is for several reasons, straightness can sometimes be an issue and it’s extremely difficult to correct bend without sufficient material to remove and in other cases, it could be that tooling is not currently developed to machine the entire length of the bore to increase the size or improve the surface finish.

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Our knowledge and expertise gained over two decades has enabled us to develop the very best methods to achieve the most demanding of requirements. Our precision deep hole boring, deep hole drilling, honing and CNC turning machinery combined with highly skilled engineers ensures we can achieve extremely tight tolerances and excellent surface finishes on all grades of material up to 3 metres in length.

Our ability to achieve thin walls whilst maintaining concentricity is where our expertise really comes to the fore. It does mean that the customer has to invest a little more at the start of the process as there is a minimum wall thickness you can work with when deep hole boring.

Therefore it is always advisable to start with a larger diameter material and machine it stage by stage to ensure any movement in the material is minimised as this is where tolerances can become compromised.

Customers or applications sometimes call for a stress relieving process too and this can often assist but certain materials cannot undergo this process due to how it can impact the integrity of the material composition.

We have successfully machined tubular components ranging in length from 20mm to 3000mm with bore sizes from 3mm – 300mm and firmly believe we are the first choice for any bespoke, precision tubing which you simply cannot source from a stockist.

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Testimonials

“We have used Hone-All as a sub-contractor for a number of years and during this time we have nothing but praise for the service , quality and delivery they provide. We would highly recommend using their services to anyone.” - Alan Donn PM Services Ltd

“A great team of people to deal with at Hone-All Precision, always professional and always understand what the requirements are no matter the complexity needed. Their quotations are very easy to understand and very clear in the scope they will supply. Excellent quality of product that is delivered. A great company to work with as a supply partner, and nothing is ever too much trouble... Can do attitude!” - John Toshack General Manager

“Please can you pass on a huge thank you to all those involved in turning this job around in such a short timescale; It has been a pleasure working with you.” - Lara Green Senior Buyer, Esterline, Racal Acoustic

“Hone-All have been a valued supplier to Cardan Precision for many years. Excellent quality of work, very easy to deal with, and always willing to take on the challenges we throw at them!” - Joe McFall

“We at NSP engineering have always found Hone-All a joy to work with. The quality of their work is first class and the lead times usually very good but the best thing we find is they are very approachable & easy to talk to they are always willing to help as much as possible but never mis-leading on what and when they can deliver. We would recommend Hone-All Precision to anyone.” - Kevin Barber

“Hone-All have always been very helpful and professional in dealing with orders from us at JVD Engineering Ltd. I would highly recommend them as a valued supplier. Customer service & communication is spot on.” - Matthew Abraham-Thomas

“From initial contact all the way through to completion of the task, the team at Hone-All have been second to none. They have been professional throughout, clear with their communication and understanding of our requirements. On top of this, the part they manufactured was exceptional!! I know that going forward we at Stead and Wilkins will look to use them in the future and would happily recommend them to others” - Paul McGrath

“Hone-All is a fantastic company managed by true professionals who have never let us down in all the years we have known them, excellent quality and customer service 10/10” - Pete Wood

"The team at Hone-All were dedicated until each and every last detail had been completed, updating us with their progress on an almost daily basis which generated confidence at Prodrive that these particular parts were under control." - Gary Fielding Head of AT Operations - Prodrive

"I always follow the press releases on Hone-All with great interest as I find all information about your company very informative and interesting." - Stuart Thornton MD Thornton Engineering

"I would like to say if all companies were as conscientious, informative and professional as Hone-All the industry would be a lot better place." - Dave Wright

"It was extremely refreshing to walk into a supplier that cares about their customers and especially to see a solid effort made by everyone to ensure that the whole experience is positive." - Chris O’Sullivan Delivery Project Leader, BP

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