Re: compressed air vs. screwed pipe

From: <Christopher>
Date: Tue Sep 25 2001 - 17:27:00 EDT

> Flange?

All the disadvantages of welded and threaded connections plus gasketing. But indispensible in some applications. Proprietary quick acting clamps are good too, but pricy and heavy in bigger sizes

>I thought we were talking about Air lines.
Sounded like we were talking about why welding is or isn't better than something else.

> Fortunately my company specializes in making Code welds with
>qualified welders.

Unfortunately other companies don't.

>Nice website

Thanks. The web site needs updating badly. The baby pictures are 3 years old

> have you switched to OS X yet?

Haven't switched yet--I need ADB for the dongle on my FEA software. And I'm pretty nervous about changing OS without a compelling reason. It'll be fun to see how many UNIX apps get compiled for the OS X. I hope there's some FEA software among them.

>Which ConAgra plant did you do work for?
>They are one of our largest clients.

Milan. I got referred by an outfit here in Minneapolis who does some of their refrigeration piping.

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