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Pipe, Valves, Flanges, Fittings

These components are the nuts and bolts of plumbing systems.

This section looks at the various types , how they are made, what they are used for, and how they are assembled.

• A pipe is a tube for transporting liquid or gas.
  
  
• Fittings are connections for joining pipe, changing directions, or reducing the size of lines.
  
  
• Flanges are steel rings designed to join two sections of a piping system, or to a pump.
  
  
• Valves are mechanisms to regulate or control liquid or gas within a pipe.
  
  

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    ASTM Reference Library (material and manufacturing specifications)

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