目前不銹鋼管有兩種制造管子的方式:無縫鋼管(seamless)、焊接或是電阻焊接(electric resistance welding,ERW)。
無縫鋼管是用擠型或是輥式穿孔方式+冷軋或冷拔相結合制造。
焊接或電阻焊接管(Electric resistance welding)是將金屬片折彎成管狀后,在邊緣部分焊接接合,因此在管的側面會有焊接縫。
中國不銹鋼管標準:
GB/T14976-2012 流體輸送用不銹鋼無縫管
GB/T14975-2012 結構用不銹鋼無縫鋼管
GB/T12771-2012 流體輸送用不銹鋼焊接鋼管
GB/T12771-2012 機械結構用不銹鋼焊接鋼管
GB/T 31928-2015 船舶用不銹鋼無縫鋼管
GB13296-2013 鍋爐、熱交換器用不銹鋼無縫鋼管
GB/T3639-2009 冷拔或冷軋精密無縫鋼管
GB/T21833-2008 奧氏體-鐵素體型雙相不銹鋼無縫鋼管
GB/T21833.2-2020 奧氏體-鐵素體型雙相不銹鋼無縫鋼管
美國不銹鋼管標準:
ASTM A312 無縫和焊接奧氏體不銹鋼公稱管(Standard Specifification for Seamless, Welded, and Heavily Cold Worked Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes)
ASTM A213 無縫鐵素體及奧氏體合金鋼鍋爐、過熱器,熱交換器管(Standard Specification for Seamless Ferritic and Austenitic Alloy-Steel Boiler, Superheater, Heat-Exchanger Tubes)
ASTM A269 無縫鐵素體及奧氏體不銹鋼泛用管(Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service)
ASTM A270 無縫鐵素體及奧氏體不銹鋼無菌管(Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Sanitary Tubing)
ASTM A511 無縫鐵素體及奧氏體不銹鋼結構管(Standard Specification for Seamless Stainless Steel Mechanical Tubing)
ASTM A513 電阻焊碳鋼及合金鋼結構管(Standard Specification for Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon and Alloy Steel Mechanical Tubing)
ASTM A554 焊接不銹鋼結構管(Standard Specification for Welded Stainless Steel Mechanical Tubing)
British Standard 1387:1985 用于螺紋和套筒鋼管和管子的規格,適用于焊接及配合BS21的管螺紋(Specification for screwed and socketed steel tubes and tubulars and for plain end steel tubes suitable for welding or for screwing to BS 21 pipe threads)
ASTM A790標準規范無縫和焊接鐵素體/奧氏體不銹鋼管(Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Ferritic/Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe)
ASTM A789一般用途無縫焊接鐵素體和奧氏體不銹鋼管(Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Ferritic/Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service)
歐洲不銹鋼管標準:EN10216-5(無縫鋼管壓力用途-技術交付條件-第5部分:不銹鋼管)
俄羅斯不銹鋼管標準:G0ST 9941-81 冷(溫)加工抗腐蝕無縫鋼管
日本不銹鋼管標準:JIS G3446-2017 機械和結構用不銹鋼鋼管、JIS G3459 -2017 管道用不銹鋼管