Steel Pipeline Parts: Classification And Anatomy

Pipeline parts are divided into two main groups: pipeline fittings, which include valves, closures, valves, etc., as well as connecting parts, these are various tees, bends, transitions. All of them are important for laying the pipeline, because they are connecting elements and are necessary for tilting, turning, changing the direction or diameter of the pipe.

Steel transitions are complete, stamped, welded, segmented or chiseled. Differ among themselves in shape and size. They are produced in the form of a truncated cone, or have a rectangular triangle in the section . For vertical and suspended pipelines, concentric junctions are used for pipe welding. For horizontal pipelines, eccentric ones are more suitable, which eliminate stagnation and allow the system to completely drain out.

Seamless, curved bends are used to install pipelines in gas supply, water supply, heating, and others where non-aggressive media are used. To produce it, a seamless technology is used. The bends are galvanized and zinc-coated.

Flanges are connecting structural details of pipelines. Performed in the form of a ring or a square disk, which have holes for the bolts. They firmly and hermetically connect the valve to the pipelines, as well as parts of the pipes. They are also used for fixing pipes to equipment, vessels, apparatus, etc.

By standards, the flanges are divided into three types: flat steel welded, collar and steel with a welded ring. For a pipeline with an aggressive environment, only stainless steel flanges are used, with which the seamless stainless steel pipe is combined. Flat and collar flanges are similar to rings or disks that connect the pipe to the instrument in a single design. Special holes for bolts and other fasteners make this construction reliable and durable.

Steel tees are parts that are designed to change the direction or branching of the flow of the medium. They are made of carbon and alloy steel, they are used most often in the construction of industrial pipelines. Tees are divided into equal-pass, that is, those that are designed to connect pipes having the same diameter, as well as transitional - which have different hole diameters.

The plugs have a shape similar to the same connecting elements. They are attached using bolts located at the edges. This greatly facilitates the installation work and provides a high level of reliability.

Pipeline armature is a variety of devices, fasteners and parts. All of them are widely used in regulating flows of various working environments. That is why it is most often used on all kinds of pipelines, aggregates and tanks.

Today, manufacturers offer a huge selection of fittings at an affordable price. Among the proposals are various cranes, latches, gas pressure regulators, stainless transitions, bends, valves for connecting pipes. All these products are used for plumbing and other utility networks, in the gas and oil industries, in fire hydrants and other branches of the national economy.