So if you are putting together sanitary process lines that don’t require BPE type surface finishes or merely require 304 stainless steel do have to use ASME PBE fittings if you want orbital welds? Often not. We have studied standard sanitary weld fittings and hope to bring some clarity as to their suitability to be orbitally welded.

Today we want to take a look at sanitary tubing and bring some clarity to an issue we get asked about often. What is the difference between standard 316L stainless steel sanitary polished tubing and 316L ASME BPE marked tubing?

Most of the off shelf ASME BPE fittings used in the biopharmaceutical industry are made from welded tubing. So if your fittings are made that way, why go to the expensive of buying seamless tube to connect to it?

In Europe and the UK, the term sanitary piping defines the plumbing used to convey potable water systems as well as wastewater generated downstream of those water systems, i.e. the plumbing used to bring water into your house and the associated waste plumbing.

We are asked this question a lot.  In everyday conversations, the words tube and pipe are often used interchangeably and [...]

No single article could explain the entire world of process piping and fittings.  It is a huge matrix of pipe [...]