Steering
Jansen Steel Tubes produces welded and welded-drawn precision steel tubes and profiles for steering systems made of standard materials as well as high-tensile materials. The applications in steering construction are very critical to quality. The tubes' tight tolerances and very good reshaping properties ensure a smooth component production. The use of modern high-tensile materials allows further weight savings by reducing the wall thickness while maintaining the component's strength.
Tube requirements
- Excellent formability
- High torsional strength and durability
- Excellent welding properties
- High geometrical accuracy
- Excellent surface condition
Material properties
- High torsional strength and fatigue strength
- Excellent reforming properties
- Homogeneous strength properties and ductility
- Excellently suitable for welding
- Potential to reduce wall thickness
Structure
- Homogeneous, fine-grain structure in weld seam and basic material
- Minimised surface decarburisation of inner and outer surfaces (< 100 μm)
- Very good weld seam quality
- Very good reforming properties
Geometry
- Minimised fluctuations in wall thickness and inner/outer diameter
- Minimised deviations in straightness
- Minimised deviations in concentricity and axial run-out
- Minimised eccentricity
- Specific tube end processing: sawn/brushed; chamfered, completely processed/chamfered
Surface
- Excellent surface condition
- Minimised surface flaws (adhesions, scratches, dents, etc.)
- Minimised corrosion protection, optionally specific corrosion protection
