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Spiral Finned Tube

Welded Spiral Fin Steel Pipe

Welded spiral finned steel tubes for industrial heat exchangers, boilers, waste heat recovery & drying equipment with high heat exchange performance.

What is Spiral Finned Tube?

Spiral finned tubes are high-efficiency heat transfer elements designed to maximize external surface area while maintaining compact equipment geometry.

The fins are helically wound around a base tube, significantly increasing the effective heat transfer area without enlarging the core footprint. This configuration enhances heat exchange performance, reduces gas-side flow resistance and lowers overall metal consumption.

The base tube is typically manufactured from carbon steel, stainless steel, copper or aluminum. Fins can be produced from the same material or from a higher-conductivity alloy such as copper or aluminum to further improve thermal performance.

In most designs, fins are tension-wound onto the tube to ensure intimate contact and long-term mechanical stability under thermal cycling and vibration.

Welded spiral finned tube finished bundles in factory

Mass production welded spiral finned tubes for boiler and waste heat recovery equipment

Our factory adopts full-automatic high-frequency spiral fin welding production lines. The fins are tightly fused with base tube without gaps, low contact thermal resistance, stable structure under long-term temperature fluctuation, no fin shedding risk. This series finned tubes serve as core heat transfer elements for multiple industrial thermal equipment under medium-high temperature working conditions.

Main Production Types & Structure

Product Type Manufacturing Craft Core Advantage Applicable Working Temp
High Frequency Welded Spiral Finned Tube Continuous strip fin high-frequency resistance welding Strong bonding, low thermal resistance, cost effective ≤450℃
Wrapped Spiral Fin Tube Aluminum strip mechanical winding & locking Light weight, excellent heat conduction, low price ≤250℃

Standard Technical Parameters

8mm ~ 16mm adjustable
Parameter Item Standard Range
Base Tube Material ASTM A179 / A210 Gr.C, carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel
Base Tube OD 16mm ~ 76mm customizable
Fin Material Carbon steel strip, aluminum strip, stainless steel strip
Fin Height
Fin Pitch 4mm ~ 12mm customizable per ash content
Single Tube Length Max 12m, fixed cutting available

Core Product Advantages

Performance & Reliability
  • High Heat Transfer Efficiency
    Spiral fin enlarges heat exchange area; capacity improves 2–4× compared with smooth tubes.
  • Reliable Welding Bond
    High-frequency welding prevents fin loosening under repeated cold–hot cycles.
  • Customized Design
    Fin height, pitch, tube length and material are adjustable for varying flue gas ash levels.
Operational Advantages
  • Anti-Fouling Flow Structure
    Spiral flow reduces ash accumulation and lowers soot-blowing maintenance frequency.
  • Wide Temperature Adaptability
    Welded construction remains stable under flue gas temperatures up to 450℃.
  • Compact Equipment Layout
    Fewer tubes required to achieve equivalent heat load, significantly saving equipment footprint.
Applications of Spiral Finned Tubes

Applications of Spiral Finned Tubes

Spiral finned tubes are widely used wherever extended surface area is required to compensate for low gas-side heat transfer coefficients, improving thermal efficiency and reducing equipment size.

Power & Energy

  • Air Preheaters: Recover waste heat from flue gas to preheat combustion air.
  • Economizers: Preheat boiler feedwater using exhaust gas enthalpy.
  • Waste Heat Recovery Units: Capture and reuse heat from exhaust streams in power and cogeneration plants.

HVAC & Refrigeration

  • Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers: Cool process fluids using ambient air.
  • Condensers & Evaporators: Facilitate heat rejection and absorption in refrigeration cycles.
  • Air Handling Units: Provide heating or cooling in ventilation systems.

Industrial Heat Transfer

  • Shell-and-Tube Exchangers: Enhance tube-side or shell-side performance with finned tubes.
  • Chemical & Petrochemical Processing: Enable precise temperature control in reactors, heaters and separators.
  • Food & Beverage Processing: Support hygienic heating, cooling and pasteurization duties.
  • General Industrial Dryers & Ovens: Improve convective heat transfer in air or gas streams.

Production & Quality Inspection

All spiral finned tubes follow strict full-process quality control:

  1. Raw base tube PMI chemical & mechanical performance inspection;
  2. 100% visual check for fin welding gap, break and surface scratch after forming;
  3. Eddy current NDT test for base tube internal defects;
  4. Sampling hydrostatic pressure test according design working pressure;
  5. Full set EN 10204 3.1 MTC test reports supplied with each shipment.
Spiral Finned Tube for Heat Exchanger
Frequently Asked Questions
High-frequency welded spiral fin tube has metal fusion joint, high temperature resistance up to 450°C, no fin falling off; aluminum wrapped fin tube is low cost, only suitable for below 250°C low temperature air cooling equipment.
Yes, we adjust fin height (8~16mm) and fin pitch (4~12mm) based on flue gas ash content and heat transfer demand of your project.
We supply ASTM A179/A210 carbon steel, alloy steel and stainless steel base tubes to match different temperature and corrosive flue gas environments.
Mainly used for air coolers, industrial boilers, waste heat recovery boilers, material drying furnaces and flue gas cooling heat exchangers.
Our high-frequency welding forms complete metallurgical bonding between fin and base tube. Under normal temperature fluctuation cycles, fin shedding will not occur.
Each batch provides complete EN 10204 3.1 material test certificate, and we support SGS/BV third-party inspection upon request.
The maximum finished single tube length reaches 12 meters, and fixed-length cutting can be processed according to customer heat exchanger drawings.
Spiral airflow reduces ash dead zone accumulation. Cooperated with regular steam soot blowing, it can keep stable heat transfer efficiency for a long time.
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