Stainless Steel Corrugated Tube – CATS System

Tubo inox vs. tubo cobre
Stainless Steel Corrugated Tubing vs. Copper: Technical Comparison Chart

Copper has been the go-to material for plumbing, heating, and air conditioning systems for decades. It is reliable, well-known, and available at any hardware store. For many applications, it remains a valid option. But the industry is changing. Air-source heat pumps, solar thermal systems, and installations in increasingly confined technical spaces present challenges that rigid…

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Errores que invalidan una instalación de tubo corrugado inox
Mistakes That Compromise a Stainless Steel Corrugated Pipe Installation: What We See on Site and How to Avoid Them

We have been distributing the CATS system in Spain and advising installers before, during, and after installation. Most of the problems we encounter are not due to equipment failures. They are installation errors that could have been avoided with the right information before starting. Some become apparent as soon as the job is finished. Others…

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Cómo doblar tubo corrugado inox sin perder caudal
How to Bend Stainless Steel Corrugated Tubing Without Losing Flow: Technique, Bend Radius, and Common Mistakes

The first question that comes to mind when an installer works with corrugated stainless steel tubing for the first time is always the same: How far can I bend it without compromising the cross-section? That’s the right question. The difference is that stainless steel corrugated tubing does not behave like copper. Its structure of parallel…

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