Monthly Archives: November 2021
Standards organizations impacting steel piping: ASTM vs. ASME vs. API vs. ANSI
Standards and industry go hand in hand. You can’t have one without the other.
Because pipe is so common among so many industries, it’s no surprise that a number of different standards organizations...
Comparing common steel pipe: A106 vs. A53
They’re the most commonly used carbon steel pipe types in industry today, and they’re very similar.
But while the differences between A106 and A53 are few, they matter a great deal in terms of when...
Welded vs. seamless steel pipe
As industrial applications have evolved and grown more complex, the piping products and systems that serve them have had to keep pace.
While many pipe manufacturing methods exist, the most prominen...
Understanding steel grades for piping procurement
Understanding steel grades for piping procurement
As industrial processes and applications have matured, industry organizations have de...
Carbon equivalency calculations made easy
Sometimes you need to figure out carbon equivalents fast, especially when you’re under a time crunch to get a pipe order in. That’s why American Piping Products is proud to offer its free online Carbo...
What is the price of 4*6 stainless steel square tube?
Stainless steel square tube is a kind of square tube material. In fact, it is a steel tube with the same length. The strip steel is processed and rolled. Usually, the strip is unpacked, flattened, cri...
API Coupling and Threads for Casing and Tubing
As we know steel pipe coupling is a short pipe or tube that with threads on both ends, used to connect pipelines. So It is a kind of pipe fittings that with threaded connection, the advantage is easy ...
Sealing performance of pressure vessel flange
Sealing performance of pressure vessel flange
1. Bolt pretightening force
Proper pretightening force can ensure that the gasket can...
Carbon steel flange pipe fittings and looping flange pipe fittings
Carbon steel flange pipe fittings and looping flange pipe fittings
Flanged pipe fitting is the connecting equipment of two large diameter pipes, usually two flanged pipe fitting pieces and several fa...
How to control the temperature in processing alloy tee blast furnace?
1. Influence on the orientation of the softening zone.The melting temperature of refractory slag is high at the beginning and the range from melting to melting is small, so the softening zone in the b...