Making Pipe in the 21st Century

Kenton Dechant

Presented At: 
CanWeld Conference 2015

We often joke around the Bri-Steel pipe factory in Edmonton that the OD measurement on every pipe must be larger than the ID measurement. Of course it must! But all joking aside, pipe manufacturing is much more than making a hollow tube.

The following document will provide a brief introduction to steelmaking and the pipe schedule, a body of information discussing various modern pipe making techniques, and finally an introduction to Bri-Steel’s large diameter seamless pipe factory in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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