Pipe: n, A hollow cylinder or tube used to conduct a
liquid, gas, or finely divided solid. B. A section or piece of such a tube.
The above is the dictionary definition for pipe. It uses the word (tube) to describe pipe. This use of the word tube can and does cause
confusion among people new to the piping profession. Although pipe and tubing may look somewhat
alike they are different. In the process
plant engineering, design, material supply and construction business we
actually have two different items. As a
piper you must know and be able to recognize the difference.
Pipe and tubing are both product that are used everywhere in
the process plant construction industry.
Pipe is made of all sorts of materials - galvanized steel, black steel,
stainless steel, chrome-alloy steels, aluminum, copper, cast iron, concrete, glass
and plastics such as ABS, PVC, CPVC, polyethylene, and polybutylene. Pipe is also made as concrete lined steel,
plastic lined and glass lined.
Tubing is also made in many of these same materials.
Tubing
The question:
"What is the definition of Tubing?"
My answer:
Tubing (in the USA) is sized by the O. D. Tubing in
the UK and other parts of the world have a
different O. D. than the size name. Tubing
of all sizes and wall thicknesses can be fabricated or assembled using fittings
or bends.
The "Specifications" section of the www.pipingdesigners.com website has
many charts and tables to show you what you need to know about tubing sizes.
USA
Tubing is normally "cold drawn" seamless with the
O.D. the same as the size designation (i.e.: 1" inch tubing has an O. D.
of 1 inch). You can get different pressure ratings of 1" tubing by
changing the wall thickness. Thus the I. D. is smaller. Tubing normally comes
in twenty foot lengths or in coils. Tubing is normally joined with compression
type tubing fittings.
Do a search in the box to the right. this has been covered many times before.
milo
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People here do't have the basic intelligence to search the threads and like kids come running to the forum asking the questions.
And a few of our fellow CR4s (can be seen by checking the previous posts) ask questions that are too basic to be asked.
People should understand that forums are not the areas where you clarify your doubts arising in the classrooms. For that you arr supposed to ask your professor then and there or are you too shy/conceited to ask questions ?
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Your reply is harsh and a little rude. If a person cares enough to post a question on a forum he expects a reply from someone who cares. No one forces a reply from a member on the forum. You should only reply, if a topic is of interest to you. If no one shows an interest in a particular question or topic, the questioner will learn this and soon mature to ask 'brighter ' questions, worthy of your time.
you get sick or boring it is ur problem not the questioner, we r here in CR$ to learn somthing not to replay to the questioner that we are boring or sick from their qeustions.
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