Steel pipe is everywhere! Anywhere you turn or look, you will observe some kind of structure or means of a conduit, that steel pipe is being used for. And that is not to mention that the pipe which is “out of sight, out of mind” is serving its purpose below the ground. <–more!–>

Conventional or nominal pipe sizes are found on a pipe chart that’s used throughout the business. The Nominal Pipe Size or N.P.S. chart gives the actual O.D. or External Diameter, the Nominal O.D., Wall Thickness, and Weight Per Foot of every steel pipe size. If you don’t know anything about N.P.S., it is recommended that you have a look at the chart before buying any or doing some other jobs together with the pipe.

There are essentially three distinct types of pipe, and they vary in the way they were fabricated. There is a seamless steel pipe that starts as a solid round and after being heated nearly to a melting point, a hole is pierced through the center with an instrument and creates the pipe. This is known as “Hot Finish Seamless Pipe”. The Skelp is invisible via a set of rollers that make it around and then as the borders come together, an electric welder makes the longitudinal seam down the length of the pipe. The last and used manufacturing procedure is”Buttweld” steel pipe. It is fundamentally the exact same process as the ERW pipe, except after being rolled up, the borders are warmed up and fused to create the pipe. A larger O.D. steel pipe can be made by rolling and welding pieces of steel plate to cylinders or “Cans” then welding them together end to end to produce the pipe.

Steel pipe is everywhere. The pipe could be fabricated for several purposes. Look at the Large O.D. Pipe being used for design constructions when traveling most any street. Just about any restaurant or place of business has an outdoor signal mounted on a rod made of steel. That is simply to name a couple of structural applications.

Besides all the structural applications, the pipe is used by the mile for potable water lines and drainage functions. Pipe used for “Casing Pipe” that’s hauled or dragged to the ground, to encase and protect utility lines beneath highways, railroads, lakes, and rivers. Nevertheless, the major use of new prime pipe merchandise is “Line Pipe” which is used in the petroleum and gas sector for the conveyance of merchandise from the rig to the refinery.

Whether or not it is reconditioned employed pipe that has been taken up in the floor after being decommissioned, new surplus pipe that was leftover from a project or mill rolling, mill deny pipe that has been downgraded because of abnormalities or failed testing or a brand new prime steel pipe product complete with Mill Test Reports to MTR’S, there is a location or use for it in our planet.

OUR FABRICATION SERVICES in Louisiana

We regularly fabricate a broad selection of goods and components for various applications and industries at our ASME code shop. These include structural, pipe, and specialty components. Check out the Louisiana pipe and steel industrial fabricators here.

Besides our turnaround solutions, we are able to provide additional plant maintenance and maintenance support solutions. Outsourcing these processes help to lower prices and improve workforce efficiency in your facilities. Find out more about our quick pipe & structural turnaround services.

We’ve got two manufacture stores, 1 pipe plus one structural about the same website, and a very large workforce which allows us to work fast and with the proper adaptability to get the job done in the shortest amount of time whilst preserving our safety criteria. We endeavor to meet deadlines beforehand.

Pipe & Steel Industrial has more than twenty years of expertise in both in-shop and onsite production.

Our specialty welders routinely retain current qualifications on all types of material and try to maintain a very low weld rejection rate.