Joining Methods
Joining methods refer to both the methods and materials used to combine piping materials for specific applications. All joining methods must first and foremost provide secure, dependable, and verifiable means of combining or joining pipe or tubing materials. For any given material, there may be multiple accepted joining methods. Many joining methods are proprietary to a given manufacturer of joining materials or products. These products may have different value characteristics, such ease of installation or advanced means of verifying a quality coupling, and quality vendors should be sought to provide these products and sound advice for specification or installation. Some joining methods are specific to a piping product, such as PEX or CSST, and are therefore listed by material rather than by method.
Select from the following list of common joining methods.
Joining Method List
Adhesive Bonding
- Primarily used for fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP), adhesive bonding is a process in which...
(click for details) Brazing
- Brazing is a joining process that produces coalescence of metals by heating the components to a...
(click for details) CSST
- Corrugated stainless steel tube fittings are mechanical tube fittings manufactured from ASTM B16...
(click for details) Flanged
- Flanging maybe used for threaded or plane-end pipe. After a flange component is installed on the...
(click for details) Grooved
- Grooved pipe joints consist of two grooved pipe ends (typically roll grooved) connected with a...
(click for details) Heat Fusion Weld
- Thermoplastic pipe which cannot be solvent cemented maybe joined using heat fusion. Fusion...
(click for details) Hubless Coupling
- Also known as no-hub, hubless couplings connect hubless cast iron pipe with a rubber sleeve and...
(click for details) Mechanical
- Used for ductile iron pipe, the mechanical joining method consists of a number of components...
(click for details) PEX
- There are several types of fittings for joining PEX. The various types of fittings are governed...
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- Press joining is a form of mechanical connection for copper and steel tubing which uses a...
(click for details) Quick connect
- Quick connect fittings are manufactured for specific applications and involve some mechanism...
(click for details) Solder
- Soldering copper pipe, or “sweating” as it is called in the trades, joins the pipe...
(click for details) Solvent Weld
- Solvent welding, also known as solvent cementing or solvent bonding, is the process of joining...
(click for details) SV Gasket
- The SV gasket joining method is most often used with cast iron soil pipe. These joints are...
(click for details) Threaded
- A connection in which an internal threaded fitting and an external threaded piece of pipe or...
(click for details) Welding
- Welding is generally defined as the act of joining together two or more components by heating...
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