Each steam generator tube consisted of three turns, giving a greater heating surface for the number of pipe joints to be made.
They held their breath as the needle on the secondary pressure gauge rose, and watched the new pipe joints for the first sign of a leak.
The most common process pipe joint is the butt weld.
The traditional way of sealing threaded pipe joints is with hemp and jointing compound.
Under the sink--- yep, scratches on the pipe joint, they'd taken the trap out and examined it.
The British company also developed a device to test pipe joints internally.
Sweating is an alternate term sometimes used to describe soldering of pipe joints.
Because it is the lightest element, it can easily leak out of very small holes, pipe joints and even some metals.
They spent their days stopping up leaks and replacing pipe joints.
The string shot is then positioned at the predetermined pipe joint and detonated.