welded stainless steel tubes EN 10217-7/DIN 17457
EN DIN Type of delivery condition Surface condition
W0* d0* welded from hot or cold rolled plate, sheet or strip as welded
W1* d1* welded from hot rolled plate, sheet or strip, descaled and/or pickled metallically clean
W1A* d2* welded from hot rolled plate, sheet or strip, heat treated, descaled and/or pickled metallically clean
W1R* d3* welded from hot rolled plate, sheet or strip, bright annealed metallically clean
W0* K0* welded from cold rolled plate, sheet or strip, not pickled metallically clean. Smoother than W1/W1A, weld seam excluded
W2* k1* welded from cold rolled plate, sheet or strip, descaled and/or pickled metallically clean
W2A* k2* welded from cold rolled plate, sheet or strip, heat treated, descaled and/or pickled metallically clean. Smoother than W1/W1A, weld seam excluded
W2R* k3* welded from cold rolled plate, sheet or strip, bright annealed metallically clean
WCA l1 welded from hot-rolled or cold-rolled sheets, plates or strips, heat-treated if necessary, at least 20 % cold-formed, bright annealed, with recrystallised weld metal, descaled and/or pickled metallically clean, weld seam barely recognisable
WCR l2 welded from hot-rolled or cold-rolled sheets, plates or strips, heat-treated if necessary, at least 20 % cold-formed, bright annealed, with recrystallised weld metal metallically clean, weld seam barely recognisable
WG o grinded surface metallically bright-ground, the type and degree of grinding shall be agreed at the time of enquiry and order
WP p polished surface metallically bright-polished, the type and degree of grinding shall be agreed at the time of enquiry and order

* For tubes ordered with smoothed internal weld seams ("bead worked") letter "b" must be added to the symbol for the delivery condition (e. g. W2Ab)

stainless steel tubes EN 10216-5/DIN 17458

EN DIN Type of delivery condition Surface condition
HFD c1 hot-formed, heat-treated, descaled metallically clean
  c2 hot-formed, heat-treated, pickled metallically clean
  f mechanically or chemically descaled, cold-formed, not heat-treated metallic bright, much smoother than condition c1 and c2
  g cold-formed, heat-treated, not descaled scaled
CFD h cold-formed, heat-treated and pickled bright metallic pickled, smoother than the condition c2
CFA m cold-formed and scale-free heat-treated bright annealed, smoother than condition h
  n2 cold drawn (polished), scale-free, heat-treated, grinded bright annealed, smoother than condition m
CFG o metallisch blank- geschliffen, Art und Grad des Schliffes sind bei der Bestellung zu vereinbaren The versions h, m or n2 are generally used as the source material
CFP p bright, grinded, type and degree of grinding to be agreed when ordering The versions h, m or n2 are generally used as the source material