Tag: Instrumentation Installation
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Pipe & Pipe Fittings: Common Connection Types & Features
Instruments may be connected to their corresponding processes and to each other by using pipe, tube and/or wires. In this article we focus on pipe and pipe fittings; the common techniques for joining pipes together and joining pipe ends to equipment such as flow measurement instruments. Pipe and Pipe Fittings Pipe can be defined as…
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Standard Pipe Sizes
The pipe size is normally specified with two numbers i.e. the nominal pipe diameter (or bore) and the pipe schedule. This then sets the outside pipe diameter, the wall thickness and thus the internal diameter. With the exception of specialist applications, commercially available pipes come in standard sizes. Pipes manufactured in standard sizes are available…