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Threaded Pipe Installation 1

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algerrl

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Where can I find the minimum and maximum installation torque for NPT threaded pipe? Is there a pipe-fitters manual somewhere? I need this for the design of the threaded body/adapter joint on our threaded-end ball valves.
 
I don't know if there's a standard or not, but I'd suggest a higher design torque level than that.

If I were able to fracture your valve with the amount of torque I could exert through a good pipe wrench's teeth, with a handle of arbitrary length, without stripping the outside surface off the pipe, I'd speak ill of your valve.



Mike Halloran
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DeAngelo Marine Exhaust Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
 
Check the "Piping And Fluid Mechanics Engineering" forum for thread 378-5045 "Torque For NPT Connections". Measured torque doesn't come into play, for a variety of reasons.
 
Threaded fittings do not necessarily coincide with pipe wrenches. I often buy hex nipples or threaded fittings with wrench flats.

John
 
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