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Minicooper

posted on 24/9/06 at 02:44 PM Reply With Quote
ERW v RHS

Hello
Is there any difference in strength between equivalent box sections of ERW or RHS

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David

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big_wasa

posted on 24/9/06 at 03:02 PM Reply With Quote
Electric Resistance Welded Rectangular hollow section.

its all one thing

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Minicooper

posted on 24/9/06 at 03:32 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks
I have ERW and RHS here now and they certainly look different

I shall take a piccie and show you what I mean, maybe I'm getting the terminology mixed up

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Mark Allanson

posted on 24/9/06 at 07:28 PM Reply With Quote
Both exactly the same, generally the terminology difference in in the wall thickness, below 2.5mm is ERW and above is RHS





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John Bonnett

posted on 26/9/06 at 12:05 PM Reply With Quote
ERW is electric resistance welded and is generally thin wall section in the region of 1.6mm.

RHS is rolled hollow section not rectangular and as its name suggests is made in a different way. This has a much thicker wall thickness than ERW.

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NS Dev

posted on 26/9/06 at 12:45 PM Reply With Quote
not true, both are exactly the same, they are all formed from slitted steel strip, roller closed and resistance welded, on a slit and weld mill.

(I have worked for a few years in the steel industry, though at a seamless tube plant, and my mate installs weld inspection lines at welded tube plants)

The differences such as more and less rounded corners, and exact weld position etc, vary from one tube mill to another, and you may see bright finished welded tube (usually the thinner stuff) and grey dull finished tube.

This difference is purely that a lot of the thinner stuff is slit and welded from bright finished cold rolled mild steel sheet whereas the dull ("black" finished stuff is slit and welded from hot finished mild steel sheet.

When buying mild steel sheet I always specify CRMS up to 3mm thickness as it is much cleaner to work with and needs less cleaning prior to welding.





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Alan B

posted on 26/9/06 at 12:50 PM Reply With Quote
I've always maintained that Ron's use of the term RHS in the book has been very confusing...I guess technically speaking unless tube is cold or hot drawn (rare for square/rect) then it is more or less all electric resistance welded rolled hollow section...regardless of size...

However, agreeing with Mark..the sizes we use are generally referred to as ERW square/rect tube.....if you ask for that when buying you will have the least problems.....the RHS terminology is more used for the bigger/heavier sizes.

Edit: Just noticed NSdev's response which very much corresponds with mine......so it must be true..

[Edited on 26/9/06 by Alan B]

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kb58

posted on 26/9/06 at 01:31 PM Reply With Quote
But if RHS only describes tubing that is rectangular and hollow, it shouldn't matter how it's made...

What is DOM (drawn-over-mandrel) tubing called over there across the pond? In the US it's either called DOM or "seamless".





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Alan B

posted on 26/9/06 at 01:44 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by kb58
But if RHS only describes tubing that is rectangular and hollow, it shouldn't matter how it's made...

What is DOM (drawn-over-mandrel) tubing called over there across the pond? In the US it's either called DOM or "seamless".


True, how it's made is not relevant.

DOM, technically is not seamless...it begins as ERW and is then drawn down further and the seam becomes homogenized with the parent metal...in most instances every bit as good as seamless and often better toleranced on on wall thickness and concentricity....

Many US racing bodies will allow DOM or seamless for rollover structures.

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NS Dev

posted on 26/9/06 at 02:42 PM Reply With Quote
Also dead right Alan B, CDS or CFS are cold finished seamless, usually drawn or pilgered down from hot rolled seamless tubing.

Hot rolled seamless or hollow bar are exactly what they say.

DOM is ERW tube drawn over mandrel and through die.





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leto

posted on 26/9/06 at 06:46 PM Reply With Quote
The state of the steel is more interesting/important than how the tube was made. I suspect that there are more then one locost rolling around with suspension gear made of hardened steel, annealed or normalized are much nicer.





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Asennad

posted on 7/11/06 at 07:21 PM Reply With Quote
I thought I would tag on a question here....

I was calling around for prices on tubing. I was asked if I wanted cold or hot formed tubing. Which one should I be looking for?

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NS Dev

posted on 9/11/06 at 12:50 PM Reply With Quote
cold formed, resistance welded.





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kb58

posted on 9/11/06 at 03:39 PM Reply With Quote
Hot-rolled has a burnt crust on the surface that must be ground (not sanded) before welding. It can be used but it sucks having to grind everything first.





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