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Pipe Tubing
Heavy-walled Thin-walled
Relatively large in diameter Relatively small in diameter
Moderate lengths of 6 or 12 m Often comes in coils several hundred feet
long
Can be threaded Usually cannot
Walls are usually slightly rough Very smooth walls
Lenghts of pipes joined by screwed, flanged, Pieces of tubing connected by compression
or welded fittings fittings, flare fittings, or soldered fittings
Made by welding, casting, or piercing a billet Usually extruded or cold-drawn
in a piercing mill
TUBING
Tubing
Copper tubing and brass tubing are used extensively in industrial
operations.
Nickel and stainless steel are also available in the form of tubing.
Ten schedule numbers are in use at the present time (10, 20,
30, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, and 160).
Nominal Pipe Diameter
Pipe sizes are based on the approximate diameter and are
reported as nominal pipe sizes.