'Green' length on a pipe
'Green' length on a pipe
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Hello!
This is just a general question rather than a problem or issue I'm having.
We had a discussion in the office yesterday and the term 'green length' was being used over and over again. We are calling off pipe lengths on drawings and we need to include some extra length, which is being termed as green length.
.....the question is, why is it known as green length??
Like I said, its a very trivial question, but I just don't know why its known as green!
thanks
Craig
This is just a general question rather than a problem or issue I'm having.
We had a discussion in the office yesterday and the term 'green length' was being used over and over again. We are calling off pipe lengths on drawings and we need to include some extra length, which is being termed as green length.
.....the question is, why is it known as green length??
Like I said, its a very trivial question, but I just don't know why its known as green!
thanks
Craig





RE: 'Green' length on a pipe
Cheers,
g.
gbangs
TC 8.3.3
NX 8.5.3.3 MP11
RE: 'Green' length on a pipe
Nothing to back this up but is plausible to me....
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RE: 'Green' length on a pipe
g.
gbangs
TC 8.3.3
NX 8.5.3.3 MP11
RE: 'Green' length on a pipe
If you were building a structure you would have a similar room for adjustment on certain members.
I'm open to other derivations of the term
Remember - More details = better answers
Also: If you get a response it's polite to respond to it.
RE: 'Green' length on a pipe
g.
gbangs
TC 8.3.3
NX 8.5.3.3 MP11
RE: 'Green' length on a pipe
RE: 'Green' length on a pipe
connection between "wood" and "pipe" is possible : if You google "continuous stave wood pipe" You will find a lot of amazing docs (1850 - 1930 approx)
RE: 'Green' length on a pipe
RE: 'Green' length on a pipe
RE: 'Green' length on a pipe
different direction entirely..
@robyengIT: Very interesting! Quite! Thx!
gbangs
TC 8.3.3
NX 8.5.3.3 MP11
RE: 'Green' length on a pipe
Nice pun!
Aren't fire hydrants referred to as "fire plugs" by folks on the US East Coast? http://www.firehydrant.org/info/hist-fp.html That's meaningless in today's steel and plastic world, but clearly it's a grandfathered in phrase. I've never heard of "green length" myself, but that's ok, and the wood reference seems to be sensible.
RE: 'Green' length on a pipe
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