Stainless steel pipes are divided into two major series: decorative stainless steel pipes and industrial stainless steel pipes.

Decorative stainless steel pipe: Usually, the outer wall will be a bright pipe, hence its name. Decorative stainless steel pipe is used for decorative purposes. Due to the different production process from industrial stainless steel pipe, the price also varies greatly. The production process commonly used for decorative stainless steel pipe is welded stainless steel pipe.

 Industrial stainless steel pipe: Usually, the surface of industrial stainless steel pipe is acid washed pipe, with a small amount of black skin pipe. Industrial stainless steel pipe, as mentioned above, belongs to industrial use. Because stainless steel pipe has good acid alkali resistance and corrosion resistance, the anti-corrosion material commonly used by large chemical production enterprises is stainless steel pipe. The production process of industrial stainless steel pipe is one-time forming, which belongs to seamless stainless steel pipe.

Industrial stainless steel pipes are widely used as pipelines for conveying fluids, such as in various industries such as petroleum, natural gas, water, gas, steam, etc.

 Overall, industrial stainless steel pipes of the same material are more expensive than decorative stainless steel pipes1/3, only due to production cost issues and cumbersome craftsmanship.

 (Article sourced from: Stainless Steel Pipe Information Network)