Joining Pipe

Plant Engineering Magazine

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

<<Pipe joints can be permanent or mechanically joined, allowing disconnection. Permanent joints involve welding or crimping metal pipe and cementing plastic pipe. Joints that can be taken apart include threaded, flanged, and coupled designs. Flanges can be loose, threaded, or welded to pipe ends and are used on metal and plastic pipe.>>

Notes on Pipe

The Gizmologist's Lair

Oddly, there is nothing about a ½" pipe that is ½", be it copper, iron, or PVC. The outside diameter of copper is 5/8", and the inner diameter is either 0.527", 0.545", or 0.569", depending on the series. So-called ½" iron pipe is 0.840" outside diameter and 0.622" inside. PVC is the same outside as cast iron, but it is 0.608", 0.528", or 0.480" inside. If no dimension is ½", why call it ½" pipe?>>

Piping Systems Applications

Copper Development Association, Inc.

This section contains minimum recommendations for the materials, joining methods and installation requirements for specific piping system applications and indicates which of the options in article 3.3 are acceptable for each system.>>

Distribution Piping

Minnesota Rural Water Association

<<Of the many types of pipe in use today, no one type fits all conditions of service. A knowledge of the different types of pipe will allow the operator to select the one that best fits the installation.>>

The Copper Tube Handbook

Copper Development Association, Inc.

Glass Lined Piping Systems

VITCO Corporation

<<30 years experience has proven the long term durability of the glass lined system. The major cost savings which result from elimination of costly cleaning operations easily justify the relatively low initial cost differential for installation of this system. In short, the unique characteristics of the economical Glass Lined System has made it standard for Wastewater Treatment facilities and is leading to development of new products and end uses to solve wide ranging problems relative to lubricity and resistance to corrosion, abrasion, temperature and thermal shock.>>

Concrete Pipe FAQ

Concrete Pipe Association of Australasia

History of Plumbing in America

PlumbingWorld.com

<<Boring Business: Early settlers knew nothing of lead or iron pipe - they knew only to build with wood, the country's bounty. Water pipes were made of bored-out logs, preferably felled from hemlock or elm trees. The trees would be cut into 7 ft. to 9 ft. lengths, their trunks around 9-10 inches thick. Wooden pipe laid below ground created several problems, however, especially in larger settlements or towns. Uneven ground below the joists would cause sags in the log where water would stagnate, infest with insects, and generally leave a woody taste. The borers themselves were colorful characters who usually traveled in pairs from town to town bringing news and gossip of the area as they went about their job. With a five-foot steel auger between them, a handle at one end, they would fix the log by eye, size it up with a point of the ax, and drill or bore out the center. Ramming one end to make a conical shape, they would jam the logs together in a series, using a bituminous-like pitch or tar to caulk the joists. Sometimes they would split the log and hollow it out, put it together, connect the logs with iron hoops or get the blacksmith to caulk the logs with lead.>>

Cast Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings Handbook

Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute

NAPF Standards

Iron Pipe Information