Since many years, Van Leeuwen has built up a wealth of knowledge and expertise in pipe, tube and bar steel products for tucks and buses. The road transport has never been so complex as before. Consumers rely on quick response, no delay in time end low fare’s. Trucks are engineered to drive more than 1.000.000 km’s without any problem. In this market every eurocent counts, a three day’s breakdown of a truck can result in a year without profit. The driveline is most crucial for a truck and this determines the costs per kilometer for the owner. Van Leeuwen is the partner to understand the needs in this market through it’s long experience with market leading OEM’s.
We have been successful by working for and with the automotive industry. The products should be reliable, with low maintenance and high output: quality machines demand quality steel of Van Leeuwen Automotive!
We supply customers with innovative products or even turn-key solutions and we can be partners in the development process. The flexibility in logistics stands for relying on our own vast network of suppliers and stocks, enabling last-minute deliveries to fulfil variations in our customers’ material demands.
Pipe and tube material for trucks and buses is used in a large variety of applications. Some examples are:
- Hydraulic cylinder tubes and bars
- Exhaust tubes
- Shock absorbers
- Tube and suspension assemblies
- Axles
- Camshafts
- Linefeed pipes
- Frames
- Air-conditioning tubing
- Drive shafts
- Steering shafts
- Chassis components
- Spreaders
- Crane arms
- Spray arms
- Conveyer belts
For these applications we are able to supply many quality standards and Van Leeuwen’s partnerships with well known international mills allow us to gain from a broad size range. Below you can find an overview of the most standard used products within the industry.
Products
Click on the products to view more specifications: Tubes
- Ball bearing tubes Ovako 803/ 824/ 825 (link)
- Mechanical tubes Ovako 280/ 20MnV6 (EN 10297-1) (link)
- Welded cold drawn precision tubes (EN 10305-3) (link)
- Welded cold drawn precision tubes (EN 10305-2) (link)
- Seamless cold drawn precision tubes (EN 10305-1) (link)
- Seamless cold drawn hydraulic line pipe (EN 10305-4) (link)
- Seamless cold drawn seamless cylinder tubes (EN 10305-1) (link)
- Welded cold drawn cylinder tubes (EN 10305-2) (link)
- Stainless cylinder tubes (link)
- Seamless hot rolled cylinder tubes (EN 10210) (link)
- Hard chrome plated tubes (EN 10305-1) (link)
- Welded cold rolled precision square profiles (EN 10305-3) (link)
- Welded cold rolled precision square profiles (EN 10305-5) (link)
- Welded cold rolled precision rectangular profiles (EN 10305-5) (link)
- Welded cold rolled precision ellipse oval profiles (EN 10305-5) (link)
- Welded cold rolled precision flat oval profiles (EN 10305-5) (link)
- Welded cold rolled precision special profiles (EN 10305-5) (link)
Bars - Hot rolled bar material 34CrNiMo6-V/M (link)
- Hot rolled bar material 280 SBM / 520-M (link)
- Bar material (in drawn condition) ETG (link)
- Peeled bar material (link)
- Centreless ground bar (link)
- Hard chromium plated bars (link)
- Nickel chromium plated bars (link)
Components (link) - Bearings
- Rod ends
- Forged parts
- Special components