FAST-TRACK™ Tubing Facility 

The Timken Company's FAST-TRACK™ tubing facility offers customers a wide variety of bearing steels in small quantities to meet immediate, small-volume requirements. Your minimum order for custom-cut product can be as small as $250. It will typically be ready for shipment within 48 hours from either our Ohio or North Carolina facilities.


With more than 600 sizes of steel products on hand, we can often ship the steel immediately. Additional cutting and machining is also available, as well as special bundling, packaging and palletizing.


Talk with one of our knowledgeable steel sales representatives for recommendations on heat treating, machining parameters or other to answer any questions you may have. Count on us for an prompt reply regarding availability and ship date. We will quote per pound, per foot, per piece or per tube, depending on your need. 

 

We currently offer six grades of Timken® steel, although other grades and sizes may be available:


 

 Grade

Minimum
(inches)

Maximum
(inches)

Uses

52100

1.000 x 0.244

10.087 x 1.062

Bearings,
machine parts, tool steel 

A485-1

3.337 x 0.759

11.251 x 1.222

Bearings,
machine parts, tool steel 

A485-2

6.048 x 0.961

  9.648 x 1.108

Bearings,
machine parts, tool steel 

A485-3

3.900 x 0.888

11.250 x 1.501

 Bearings

8620

1.526 x 0.162

10.750 x 2.500

 Bearings,
machine parts, tool steel

4320

7.152 x 1.192

10.741 x 3.170

 Bearings,
machine parts, tool steel

 

Standard tubes lengths are 8 to 14 feet, depending on the tube diameter. Most product is hot rolled, except tubes smaller than 1.75" OD, which is cold finished. Tubes are stenciled with the Timken® brand name and the grade, quality, OD, wall and ID. All through hardened product is thermal treated to provide optimum machinability.

 

FAST-TRACK™ Tubing has the following certifications:


 

ASTM A295

ASTM A485

ASTM A534

AMS 6440

AMS 2301

52100

X

 

  

X

X

A485-1

 

X

  

  

X

A485-2

 

X

  

  

X

A485-3

 

X

   

X

8620

  

  

X

  

X

4320

 

  

X

  

X