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Stub-in

English translation: branch connection pipe welded directly into main pipe run

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English term or phrase:Stub-in (branch connection)
Selected answer: branch connection pipe welded directly into main pipe run
Entered by: juvera

20:06 Jul 30, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
English term or phrase: Stub-in
Welding Details of
Branch Connections (Stub-in)

What does "Stub-in" means here?

TIA!!!
Jianming Sun
Local time: 20:48
method of branch end welded into main pipe
Explanation:
It is a name of a specific type of connection method.
It is not a question of it being prepared in adwance.

Stub In:
It is the term for a branch of pipe welded directly into the side of a main pipe run. It is not a fitting. This is the commonest and least expensive method of welding a full size or reducing branch for pipe 50 mm NB and larger. A stub in can be reinforced.
www.svlele.com/project/fitting.htm

Other types: Weldolet, Elbolet, Cross, Lateral, etc.
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juvera
Local time: 13:48
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5 +1prepared in advance
Dina Abdo
5method of branch end welded into main pipe
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stub-in
prepared in advance


Explanation:
means that branch connections won't need much work to be done later, but their position in which to be installed was already prepared.

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Dina Abdo
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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stub-in
method of branch end welded into main pipe


Explanation:
It is a name of a specific type of connection method.
It is not a question of it being prepared in adwance.

Stub In:
It is the term for a branch of pipe welded directly into the side of a main pipe run. It is not a fitting. This is the commonest and least expensive method of welding a full size or reducing branch for pipe 50 mm NB and larger. A stub in can be reinforced.
www.svlele.com/project/fitting.htm

Other types: Weldolet, Elbolet, Cross, Lateral, etc.


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