ASME SA182 Stainless Steel Tubesheet 316L / UNS S31603 / 1.4404 Tube Plate

ASME SA182316L / UNS S31603 / 1.4404 Stainless Steel Tubesheet / Tube Plate

Tubesheet also know as Tube Sheet or Tube Plate,which is to drill a hole slightly larger than the outer diameter of the tube on the circular steel plate. Tubesheets are used for supporting and isolating the tubes in a boiler or heat exchanger.It is a round steel that fixes the tube and seals the medium in the heat exchanger. A fitting that inserts and welds the pipe to fix it. The accuracy of tube sheet processing, especially the tube hole spacing and tube diameter tolerance, verticality, and smoothness greatly affect the assembly and performance of the chemical equipment listed above. 

Equivalent Grade of stainless steel 316L

One of the most common heat exchangers in service within industrial process applications is the “Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger”.
They are available in many shapes, sizes and have been used in industry for over 150 years. In this exchanger group are various
sub design types: Fixed, U-tube and Floating tubesheet. Variations of all can be denoted as type “E”, “F”, “G”, “H”, “J”, “K” or “X”.
The main applications are where high pressure/temperatures are key considerations. Loosely, general designs consist of the or an
outer shell in which resides a tube bundle (these can be configured as finned, plain etc) sealed at each end by a tube sheet which
isolates the tubes and the outer shell.

Shell & tube heat exchangers have the capability to transfer large amounts of heat at low(er) costs. This, in principle, down to both

design simplicity and effectiveness – large tube surface for reduced weight, volume of liquid and importantly floor space.

Application

Water works, Shipbuilding industry, Petrochemical & Gas industry, Power industry, Valve industry and general pipes connecting projects etc.