Pipe Sizes and Tolerances

Pipe Sizes and Tolerances Nominal Pipe Sizes (NPS) Steel pipe sizes are based on historical dimensions called Nominal Pipe Sizes (NPS) which standardize the nominal outside diameter (OD). Additionally, a series of standard wall thicknesses known as Schedules (SCH) was also developed years ago. The units for both NPS and SCH are dimensionless. A larger […]