Steel Pipe and Its Many Uses
Look around you. Steel pipe is everywhere! Anywhere you turn or look, you will see some sort of structure or means of conduit, that steel pipe is being used for. And that's not to mention the pipe that is "out of sight, out of mind" that is serving its purpose under the ground. Standard or nominal pipe sizes can be found on a pipe chart that is used throughout the industry. The Nominal Pipe Size or N.P.S. chart, gives the actual O.D. or Outside Diameter, the Nominal O.D., Wall Thickness and Weight Per Foot of each steel pipe size. If you don't know anything about N.P.S., its recommended that you take a look at the chart before buying any or doing any projects with pipe. There are basically three different types of pipe, and they differ in the way they were manufactured. There is Stainless steel pipe that starts out as a solid round and after being heated almost to melting point, a hole is pierced through the center with a tool and creates the pipe. This is k...