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Tubes are more precise than pipes in manufacturing and are used in delicate
applications and are processed through hot and cold drawing.

Pipes are manufactured with larger sizes as compared to tubes and have a
more manufacturing tolerances than tubes in thickness and dimensions.

In the area of metallurgy, GTC/Vitkovice In production engineering, metallurgy is concerned with
provides supplies of various shaped forg- the production of metallic components for use in
ings, castings, hoops and ingots in a wide consumer or engineering products. This involves the
range of steel grades according to customer production of alloys, the shaping, the heat treatment
specifications. Long-term experience, know-how, and the surface treatment of the product. GTC task
and support for research and development in the as a leading metallurgical company will achieve
field of metallurgy to enable utmost fulfillment of balance between material properties such as
most demanding customer requirements. weight, strength, toughness, hardness, corro-
sion, fatigue resistance, and performance in
temperature extremes as well as costing,
Metals And Metallurgy economic advantages and competition.