Industry
Piping components for manufacturing plants
Every factory runs on the same services: water, steam, compressed air and cooling. The piping has to be easy to source, easy to fit and easy to maintain.
- Product ranges
- 4
- Materials
- Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel
- Product standards
- ASME B16.9, ASME B16.5, ASME B16.11
The requirement
What manufacturing plants demand of a fitting
General manufacturing plants (engineering works, automotive and component plants, textiles, metals and packaging) share a common set of utilities. Water, steam, compressed air, cooling water and fire lines make up most of the piping, and most of it is carbon steel to ASTM A234 or mild steel to IS 1239.
What matters here is availability and fit-up. Standard buttweld and forged fittings, flanges in common classes and stocked sizes keep installation and maintenance moving, and a replacement part should not hold up a production line.
Stainless steel comes in where the process demands it (wash water, coolant, chemical dosing and food-grade lines) and gratings complete the plant for walkways, platforms and trench covers.
IllustrationWhere these components sit
- Plant water, cooling water and fire lines
- Steam and condensate distribution
- Compressed air headers and drops
- Process, coolant and chemical dosing lines
- Walkways, platforms and trench covers in gratings
Specification points that matter here
- Carbon steel to ASTM A234 or mild steel to IS 1239 for most utilities
- Stainless where wash-down, coolant or chemicals are in contact
- Match flange class and facing to the valves and equipment on the line
- Forged Class 3000 fittings for small-bore air, drain and instrument connections
- State the span and load for gratings with the enquiry
Ranges for this sector
What we supply into it
The categories most often specified for this service. Every one carries the full range behind it.
- Buttweld FittingsButtweld elbows, bends, tees, reducers and caps welded end to end with the pipe, for a joint as strong as the pipe itself and a smooth, leak-free bore.View 14 products
- FlangesFlanges that make a bolted, gasketed joint at equipment, valves and spool breaks, so a line can be opened again for isolation, inspection or replacement.View 22 products
- Forged FittingsSocket weld and threaded fittings machined from solid forgings, for strong, compact joints on small-bore, high-pressure lines such as drains, vents and gauge points.View 15 products
- GratingsHot-dip galvanized steel gratings for walkways, platforms and trench covers, to carry foot traffic while letting light, air and liquids pass through.View the range
Commonly specified products
The individual products this sector orders most often.
90° Elbow (LR & SR)Buttweld 90° elbows in long and short radius to ASME B16.9, in carbon, stainless and alloy steel, with dimension tables by material and class.View specifications
Equal TeeButtweld equal (straight) tees to ASME B16.9 for three pipes of one size, in carbon, stainless and alloy steel, with dimension tables by class.View specifications
Pipe FlangesPipe flanges to ASME B16.5, Class 150 to 2500: weld neck, slip-on, socket weld, threaded, lap joint and blind, in five facings.View specifications
Socket Weld FlangeSocket weld flanges to ASME B16.5 and BS 4504 for small-bore, high-pressure lines, in stainless and carbon steel, with Class 150 tables.View specifications
Forged CouplingForged full, half and reducing couplings to ASME B16.11, socket weld and threaded, 1/8″ to 4″, Class 2000 to 9000.View specifications
Standards that apply
Scope and key points for each are on the standards reference; dimensions and pressure classes are in the Technical Catalog.
Enquiries
Need components for Manufacturing Plants?
Send the line list, the isometric or the bill of materials and a sales engineer will come back with grades, availability and pricing against the standards above.