Advantages and Applications of Carbon Steel Pipe

Carbon steel pipe is one of the most popular piping materials in the world. And for good reason: it has many advantageous characteristics.

Let’s take a look at some of those characteristics and the applications that they make carbon pipe particularly well suited for.

Shock Resistance

Carbon pipes have a tremendous ability to withstand shocks and vibrations. While other materials may succumb in such environments, carbon pipes are able to maintain their integrity and performance in even the most jarring conditions.

This makes carbon pipes and welded carbon pipes particularly useful in the transportation industry. Pipes laid under roadways can experience extreme shocks and vibrations from the heavy traffic above. Carbon pipe, with its ability to withstand shock, is a great choice for such situations.

Tensile Strength

Carbon steel can endure very high pressures. This gives carbon pipes an excellent carrying capacity, meaning that, pound for pound, they can carry more than most pipes comprised of other materials.

Its high tensile strength not only makes carbon pipes a great solution for high-pressure applications, but also for projects where your budget may be tighter than usual. Their high carrying capacity means that thinner carbon pipes can be used to get the same job done that only thicker pipes of other materials could handle. This, in turn, means your material costs can be lower.

Safe and Easy to Work With

Many piping materials must be treated with preservatives, glues or pesticides, which means they must be handled with caution. However, carbon pipes and welded carbon pipes don’t need these treatments.

Not only does this make them safer to work with, it makes them better suited for use in home projects–you certainly don’t want to introduce dangerous chemicals into your house. Furthermore, carbon pipe can also withstand disasters like tornados and hurricanes better than some other pipes, which also makes them a good choice for home projects.

 As you can see, carbon pipe has a number of advantages that make it well-suited for a variety of projects. Contact us today so we can discuss how it might work well for your next project.

The Advantages to use Galvanized Pipe

Galvanized pipe is pipe that has been coated with a layer of zinc. This coating protects the pipe from corrosion and rust, leading to increased longevity and enhanced reliability.

The zinc is often applied via a hot-dipping process, literally lowering the intended material—whether it is steel, aluminum or another metal—into hot zinc. This coating protects the pipe by corroding first when the pipe is out in the field, allowing the metal underneath it to stay intact and usable for a longer period of time.

Here are a handful of great reasons why you should choose galvanized pipes:

Inexpensive Protection

Galvanization is often less expensive than other ways of protecting metal from corrosion. This is due to the fact that other methods often require intensive labor. Labor costs have risen steadily, which means the costs of these methods have risen as well.

ASTM Galvanized Pipe Standardization

The ASTM has standards for many different types of galvanized pipes. This means that when you buy an ASTM galvanized pipe, you can count on its quality and accurately predict its performance and lifespan.

Fewer Repairs

Because galvanized pipes are resistant to corrosion, you don’t need to repair them as often as other types of pipes. This saves time and money, especially if your pipes are located in areas that are difficult to reach.

Simple To Inspect

You don’t need sophisticated equipment to inspect galvanized pipes. Rather, the integrity of their coatings can be checked by the human eye, and their thickness can be measured with straightforward processes that won’t damage the pipes.

All-Over Protection

Zinc coatings provide cathodic or sacrificial protection, meaning that even if small parts of the zinc layer have been scratched or damaged, the exposed metal underneath will still be protected. Furthermore, galvanization protects the parts of your pipe that are usually problematic—the corners, recesses and nooks. Other processes of protecting pipes don’t offer this all-over protection.

If you have any questions or are considering galvanized pipe for your next project, please contact us. We’ll get back to you quickly with the information or quote you need.

Advantages and Application of ERW Steel Pipe

ERW pipes definition:

Electric resistance welded=ERW

ERW pipes and tubes are used in various engineering purposes, fencing, scaffolding, line pipes etc. ERW pipes and tube are available in various qualities, wall thicknesses, and diameters of the finished ERW pipes. 

Advantages

As only the edges are heated, the tube possesses dean accurate surface.

Applications:

1. Electric resistance welding can make tubes in sizes up tp 0.4 metre diameter. 

2. Tubes can also be made from steels having around 0.3% carbon.

Major factor is economy and especially in low pressure application.

ERW Pipes application:

Water pipelines

Agriculture & irrigation ( Water mains, sewerage systems, industrial water lines, plant piping, deep tube-wells & casing ERW pipes)

Gas pipe lines (Pipe lines for natural gas)

LPG and other non-toxic gas

The SW is meant for shallow water applications in a canal, natural stream, culvert, or ERW pipes

Four Things to Know about Carbon Steel Pipe

The first thing to consider about carbon steel pipe is simply what it is. Carbon steel pipe is pipe comprised of carbon steel. But what is carbon steel? Here’s how the American Iron and Steel Institute defines it:

Steel is considered to be carbon steel when no minimum content is specified or required for chromium, cobalt, niobium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, vanadium or zirconium, or any other element to be added to obtain a desired alloying effect; when the specified minimum for copper does not exceed 0.40 percent; or when the maximum content specified for any of the following elements does not exceed the percentages noted: manganese 1.65, silicon 0.60, copper 0.60.

Simply, carbon steel is steel in which the main alloying component is carbon. Interestingly, most of the world’s steel falls into this category.

What are the different types of carbon steel pipe?

Carbon steel is classified according to how much carbon has been mixed with the base element, iron.

Ultra-high carbon steel is comprised of between 1% and 2% carbon.

High carbon steel is .60%-.99%

Medium carbon steel is .30%-.59%

Low carbon steel is .16%-.29%

Mild carbon steel is .05%-.15%

As a general rule, as the carbon percentage in carbon pipes increases, the steel becomes stronger and harder. However, its ductility decreases.

What are some advantages of carbon steel pipes?

Carbon steel pipes have many benefits. Here are a few:

Shock resistance. Carbon steel pipes can withstand great shocks and vibrations.

Safety. Some materials need to be treated with preservatives, glues or pesticides in order to protect them. But this also can make them hazardous to handle. Carbon pipes don’t require such treatments, making them safer to work with.

Tensile strength. Carbon steel can endure tremendous pressures, meaning that thinner carbon steel pipes can carry the same capacities as thicker pipes made of other materials. This, in turn, makes carbon pipes more cost effective.

What are some of the applications?

A few of the many applications for carbon pipes include:

Transportation. Carbon steel’s resistance to shock makes it suitable for water mains and pipes placed beneath roadways that experience the jarring vibrations of heavy traffic.

Homes. Because carbon steel doesn’t need to be treated with chemicals or pesticides, carbon steel pipes are safe to be used in homes. Furthermore, carbon steel is resistant to fire and stands up well in hurricanes, tornados and lightning.

United States domestic hot-rolled markets remain stable

United States domestic hot-rolled coil prices have maintained a steady trend, many market

participants do not worry about the domestic hot-dipped galvanized coil and Al-Zn coil prices will be likely to fall.

Although some market participants believe that the spot market may show signs of softening in the 3rd quarter, but others think may be delayed until the end of the year.

Currently, United States hot-dipped galvanized G30 with thickness of 0.012” prices are at US$1091-1113/ton or US$990~1010/short ton, ex-factory prices in the Midwest.

What is the difference between a Pipe Bend and an elbow

Pipe elbows and pipe bends are both very common pipe fittings products which are used to change the flowing direction in a piping systems. Some times they are interchangeable, but not same.

A pipe bend means a piece of pipe which are bent to some angle to join two pipings.  They can be nearly any bending radius and angles . Pipe bends are commonly produced on site to meet a specific need by hot induction bending or cold bending. A elbow means a specific pipe bend as per the standard ANSI/ASME B16.9 (or EN 10253, or other pipe fittings standards). Commonly the elbows have a bending radius of 1.5D or 1D (Here the D means nominal diameter of this bend) ,which are called “Long Radius elbow (LR elbow)” or “Short Radius elbow(SR elbow)” . and the angle of an elbow is 45 degree or 90 degree usually, some times there are also custom-designed elbows which are 30 degree,60 degree ,180 degree or other angles.

The pipe bends should be as per the standard of  ANSI/ASME B16.49 which did not specific the bending radius and angle , the regular pipe bend radius are 2.5D, 3D ,5D ,7D or 8D , but it can be any other bending radius according to the design need, and bending angle can be in any degree, 5 ,10 ,15, 90 degree or any other. People said “All bends are elbows but all elbows are not bend”, it is not true . Actually “All elbows are pipe bends but not all bends are elbows”  is more reasonable.

ERW Piping

ERW or Electric Resistance Welded pipe are used for many different applications, as it is the most readily  available and economical type of mechanical tubing. There are two different types or processes to create ERW  tubing. You have, CREW or Cold Rolled ERW and you have HREW or Hot Rolled ERW. With each type of Electric  Resistance Welded pipe, there are different steps that go into creating the tubing, as well as different uses for  each ERW tubing after it is created.

ERW pipe initially starts out as a flat pieces of steel, and then rolled into a tube shape. Without overlapping, the  seam is then welded using a process called “Electric Resistance”. You may now understand where ERW tubing gets  its name! During the process of creating ERW tubing, the piping may either be hot rolled or cold rolled, which has  a drastic change on the outcome of electric resistance piping. Also created from the electric resistance welding  process is DOM tubing.

HREW or Hot Rolled ERW is rolled at high temperatures. The high temperatures allow the HREW tubing to be  formed easily. Because the process causes the HREW pipe to be more malleable, it reduces its strength compared  to CREW piping. Because the strength is less than that of CREW tubing as a result of the high temperatures, HREW  is usually cheaper than that of CREW.

CREW or Cold Rolled ERW follows the same process as hot rolled ERW, except it is done at room temperature. As  a result CREW piping has a stronger yield strength than HREW. Creating these pipes at room temperature makes  the lattice structure withing the steel tighter, along with a smother surface. Because of the strength and  smoothness of CREW piping, it is much better to work with that HREW, as it has a greater tolerance.