Welding defects can be defined as unacceptable imperfections during the welding process. Any unacceptable deviation with respect to set technical and design requirements in the welding process is...
Category: Engineering Materials
Types of Pipe Fittings and Components for Piping, Pipeline, and Plumbing Industry
Pipe Fittings are defined as the piping components that help in pipe routing for directional changes, size changes, and branch connections. Piping Elbows, Piping Reducers, Tee Connections, Olet...
Threaded Connections are widely used for small bore piping having nominal diameters NPS 2 or smaller. This is the oldest pipe-joining method and is still highly popular. Threaded pipe fittings are...
Butterfly valves belong to the quarter-turn rotational motion valves family and are used primarily to stop, regulate, or start the flow. The term "butterfly" in a butterfly valve is actually a disk...
Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI) is one of the most widely used non-destructive inspection methods for locating surface or near-surface defects or flaws in ferromagnetic materials. MPI is basically...
Minimum Design Metal Temperature or MDMT is the lowest temperature that a piping system with specified material and thickness can withstand. While designing piping systems (equipment) in cold regions...