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Max allowed thickness of seamless pipes

Max allowed thickness of seamless pipes

Max allowed thickness of seamless pipes

(OP)
When it comes to tolerances of the nominal thickness of a pipe, most pipespecs have this text:
"The minimum wall thickness at any point shall not be more than 12.5% under the nominal wall thickness specified."

So how much thicker than the nominal thickness is the pipe allowed to be?

RE: Max allowed thickness of seamless pipes

Depends om material specification.
E.g. for A 312 see table 3. for plus tolerance.

RE: Max allowed thickness of seamless pipes

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Thanks Ijzer, does A 106 and A 335 have a similar table, can't seam to find one?

RE: Max allowed thickness of seamless pipes

Look at the front page of your spec. It will refer you to others,your answer will be there.

RE: Max allowed thickness of seamless pipes

(OP)
Found it in A 530 Table 1, thx all.

RE: Max allowed thickness of seamless pipes

In some pipe specs the max wall is only limited by the total weight of the pipe.
Yes, in most cases you can ship sch80 in place of sch40 and it meets the specs.
Got'a love pipe.

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