Tube beading is an important part of aircraft maintenance. Fuel Lines and vacuum lines both need them to prevent the tubing from slipping off while the engine is running. The beading provides a sealing surface against which the hose is pressed. Beading may be accomplished on machine beaders, or with the hand-beading tool.

Tube bundles usually consist of a small number of rows of tubes housed in a rectangular frame, which may be mounted vertically, horizontally, or in an including position. It is commonly used in heat exchangers. In the crossflow situation the wakes from the upstream tubes influence the heat transfer and flow characteristics at downstream tubes. Variations occur from tube to tube for the first 10 tubes, after which no discernible changes take place.

Tube Cap is drilled out and replaced with the tip of an old fine line fibre pen with the fibre removed. The tube cap is injection molded separately, allowing the cap to be metallized before applied to the tube.

Tube cleaners maintain boilers, condensers, and heaters. It removes soot and scale from straight tubes in fire tube boilers, air heaters, and other pressure vessels. It consists of an electric drive unit and accessories such as expanding brush that utilizes centrifugal force to cut through scale, and spiral steel brush that removes soot in single pass.

The process of tube cleaning describes the activity of, or device for, the cleaning and maintenance of tubes. The medium that is transported through the tubes may cause deposits and finally even obstructions. In system engineering and in industry, particular demands are placed upon surface roughness or heat transfer. In the food and pharmaceutical industries as well as in medical technology, the requirements are germproofness, and that the tubes are free from foreign matter, for example after the installation of the tube or after a change of product.