DavidMBrown
Civil/Environmental
- Jul 24, 2002
- 10
We have installed some aboveground jet fuel piping. It is 1.5" Schedule 40 304 stainless. For larger diameters we have always welded pipe but this time we decided to thread it. Now, all the joints are leaking, some worse than others.
Is there any reason not to be threading this pipe? Is stainless resistant to threading for some reason? If so, we would either replace all the pipe with welded, or perhaps simply weld the pipes to the fittings.
Or is it probably just operator error? Our supervisor thinks he may have simply not made the threads deep enough. Then we could recut all the threads and try again.
Is there any reason not to be threading this pipe? Is stainless resistant to threading for some reason? If so, we would either replace all the pipe with welded, or perhaps simply weld the pipes to the fittings.
Or is it probably just operator error? Our supervisor thinks he may have simply not made the threads deep enough. Then we could recut all the threads and try again.
