Beehive strive to offer our customers the best product for the requirement to ensure they get both a product which performs as we say it will and also consistently beats lower specification coils in longevity tests.
At Beehive, quality is one of the key aspects of our success and whilst other coil companies may look to offer lower specification copper tubing (which may have a shorter life in the field or give less performance than promised), Beehive strive to offer our customers the best product for the requirement to ensure they get both a product which performs as we say it will and also consistently beats lower specification coils in longevity tests.
We have copper tubing available in diameters from 0.6 mm up to around 200 mm, all manufactured to EN12735-2, EN1057, EN12449 plus ASTM B68 and ASTM B&43 specifications.
Our tube cleanliness and surface quality is to EN723 or ASTM B743-95-14 and JIS H 3300 on request with certification to EN10204/3.1B with full traceability through our production and source production facilities.
We have several types of tubing available and are constantly working with our tube suppliers/manufacturers to develop improvements wherever possible as can be seen with the latest generation of enhanced inner profile tubing which gives a significant increase in performance with pressure ratings up to and including trans-critical CO2 selected in accordance with BS378 and IACS Req. 2011.
The original tube used throught the industry when we first started back in the 1960's was 5/8" OD tubing. This still has a great use today in certain applications such as large chillers or passive chilled beam systems where a high fluid flow rate is required.
Our 5/8" tubing can be supplied in several configurations as detailed below:
Note - 5/8" OD = 15.88 mm (approx)
This is a versatile and well used tube which comes in a large number of configurations, internal finishes and wall thicknesses making this suitable for most items in the industry from standard refrigeration evaporators and condensers to high pressure CO2 trans-critical systems.
Our 1/2" tubing can be supplied in several configurations as detailed below:
Note - 1/2" OD = 12.7 mm (approx)
We introduced 12 mm to our range to be used for cost saving against the more standard 1/2" tube we offer. This can sometimes be achieved with little variation on performance whilst giving slightly cheaper production costs. This tube can be used on most standard refrigerant or water coil designs.
Our 12 mm tubing can be supplied in several configurations as detailed below:
This is another versatile and well used tube which comes in a large number of configurations, internal finishes and wall thicknesses making this suitable for most items in the industry from standard refrigeration evaporators and condensers to high pressure CO2 trans-critical systems.
Our 3/8" tubing can be supplied in several configurations as detailed below:
Note - 3/8" OD = 9.525 mm (approx)
Please contact our sales team on 01638 664134 for more information.
Beehive have heavily invested in new tooling to enable us to offer a new range of 5/16" tubing for coil blocks to help give our customers the broadest selection available!
Our 5/16" tubing can be supplied in several configurations as detailed below:
Note - 5/16" OD = 7.9 mm (approx)
This new tubing can be more efficient than current 3/8" tubing depending on the application - so is not only more advanced, but works out cheaper in comparison!
Please contact our sales team on 01638 664134 for more information.
We are pleased to introduce our 7 mm tooling - Quad7. This new plant is based on our already tried and tested 'C' fin layout, but now with enhanced 7 mm tubing to ensure optimum performance and potentially offer cost savings when compared to the larger tube versions of the same product.
We offer the following 7 mm tubing configurations at present:
Please contact our sales team on 01638 664134 for more information on Quad7!
Jacky Clayton - Advanced Air UK Ltd“Advanced Air UK Limited have an excellent longstanding relationship with Beehive, the two companies having now worked together for 20 years. During this period, Beehive have helped us to develop new products in our FCU range which have allowed AAUK to increase our manufacturing portfolio and widen not only our own but Beehive’s customer base.”
Paul Hopwood - Chiller Experts Ltd"Blown away by receiving good old fashioned telephone calls which were both helpful and productive and speaking to actual people. A massively refreshing change. Both coil orders supplied to an excellent standard with last minute modifications to end plates of first order. Delivery made by Tim was friendly and helpful in both instances. Well done. We'll be using you again for sure. Thank you!"
Neil Sharland - ENGIE"I just wanted to let you know that the coil is back in and working perfectly, the work you have done is perfect I’m well impressed from start to finish of this job. If we need you again, I will be in touch and I will be recommending you to my colleagues,
Once again thank you great job!"