Fittings and Special Components
The Tubacex range includes the design and manufacture of butt welding fittings, tube bends, elbows, tees, reducers and caps (both seamless and welded), complementing the wide offer of tubular solutions by IBF and TTA companies. Furthermore, IBF offers a wide range of special parts (manifolds, laterals, special reducers…) The Tubacex Group´s fitting and special components extensive production program is suitable for all kinds of projects. The range offered is one of the widest in the industry: Materials covered include a wide range of grades, from carbon steel to titanium, focusing on Stainless Steel and High Nickel Alloys – as described for trepanned pipes. The Tubacex Group maintains a high stock level in finished and semi-finished products, as well as base materials, to provide full flexibility and an extremely competitive lead time.
Located in San Nicolò, Italy, the IBF fittings division manufactures fittings and special components in a range that goes from ½” to 72” NPS for a wide range of end users (Oil and Gas, Power Gen, Chemical, Petrochemical and Nuclear markets). Specialized in special and large scale pieces, cold drawn dimensions are mainly sourced from its participated company CFF.
Located in Artziniega, Spain, Tubacex Taylor Accesorios (TTA) manufactures fittings (elbows, return bends and reducers, both concentric as eccentric) mainly for the petrochemical industry, perfectly complementing the portfolio of the rest of the Group and particularly the seamless tubes for furnace applications, heaters and re-heaters. TTA size range goes from 1 ½” up to 12” NPS, in short and long radius as well as special radii.
Located in Amphur Muang-Samutprakarn, Thailand, Awaji Stainless manufactures stainless fittings (seamless and welded) in austenitic grades from 1/2” to 12” in both ASTM and JIS standards.
Product portfolio
To satisfy the growing market demand for specific customized solutions, the Tubacex Group has made its production routes more flexible, being able to provide different manufacturing options per product. Specific designs are defined and calculated by the engineering department.
The Tubacex Group’s Fittings program covers all kind of fittings (Butt welding fittings & elbows, tees, reducers, caps) from standard to special products, manufactured by hot drawing, bending or cold drawing.
The IBF technical department designs the products in compliance with all applicable Standards/Codes (ASTM, ASME, API, EN, UNI, BS, DIN, NORSOK, GOST, etc.) to satisfy all customers’ technical requirements by means of the best design software. The technical department also supports production, designing heavy tools (e.g. dies) to be used during the manufacturing process.
In addition to fittings, special components such as laterals, manifolds, tees, stress joints, weldolets are manufactured at IBF fittings and special parts division, with a clear trend to a more particularized design.
Manufacturing range
Seamless from 1/2” to 44” Welded from 1/2” to 72” Hot drawing, bending and cold drawing processes
Large OD &
ID tubes
Large OD &
ID fittings
Special
components
Machined components
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