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  2. Piping - Wikipedia

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    Process piping and power piping are typically checked by pipe stress engineers to verify that the routing, nozzle loads, hangers, and supports are properly placed and selected such that allowable pipe stress is not exceeded under different loads such as sustained loads, operating loads, pressure testing loads, etc., as stipulated by the ASME B31, EN 13480, GOST 32388, RD 10-249 or any other ...

  3. Piping and plumbing fitting - Wikipedia

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    Piping or tubing is usually inserted into fittings to make connections. Connectors are assigned a gender, abbreviated M or F. An example of this is a "3 ⁄ 4-inch female adapter NPT", which would have a corresponding male connection of the same size and thread standard (in this case also NPT).

  4. Threaded pipe - Wikipedia

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    The seal provided by a threaded pipe joint depends upon multiple factors: the labyrinth seal created by the threads; a positive seal between the threads created by thread deformation when they are tightened to the proper torque; and sometimes on the presence of a sealing coating, such as thread seal tape or a liquid or paste pipe sealant such ...

  5. Does Thread Count Really Matter? - AOL

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    These bedding experts say there’s so much more to picking the perfect bed sheets than thread count alone.

  6. Street elbow - Wikipedia

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    A regular elbow has a hub or female-threaded connection on each end, so it can join two male pipes. Instead, a street elbow has a female fitting on one end and a male fitting on the other. The advantage of the street elbow is that it can be connected directly to another fitting without having to use an additional short connecting piece (a pipe ...

  7. National pipe thread - Wikipedia

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    National Pipe Taper Fuel (NPTF, also called Dryseal American National Standard Taper Pipe Thread, defined by ASME B1.20.3) is designed to provide a more leak-free seal without the use of PTFE tape (often referred to by the popular brand name "Teflon") or another sealant compound. NPTF threads have the same basic shape but with crest and root ...

  8. British Standard Pipe - Wikipedia

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    These standard pipe threads are formally referred to by the following sequence of blocks: the words, Pipe thread, the document number of the standard (e.g., ISO 7 or EN 10226) the symbol for the pipe thread type: G, external and internal parallel (ISO 228) R, external taper (ISO 7) Rp, internal parallel (ISO 7/1) Rc, internal taper (ISO 7)

  9. Vapor barrier - Wikipedia

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    Polyethylene plastic sheet, 4 or 6 thou (0.10 or 0.15 mm), 0.03 US perm (1.7 SI perm). Advanced Polyethylene vapor retarders that pass the ASTM E 1745 standard tests ≤0.3 US perm (17 SI perm). Asphalt-coated kraft paper , often attached to one side of fiberglass batts, 0.40 US perm (22 SI perm).