Orangeburg pressurized water pipe

[Ed Pawlowski]

Not their only product

flexible polyethylene and PVC also.

ORANGEBURG'S pipe package meets all your irrigation needs Complete line includes FLINTITE® asbestos-cement pipe for the larger mains, PVC plastic pipe for intermediate mains or complete systems, SP® flexible polyethylene pipe for tees and greens, and ORANGEBURG® bituminous fiber pipe for underdrains. Performance proved in the most demanding service. And they are economical?save big money on your total irrigation pipe installation costs. For details, write Orangeburg Manufacturing Co., Div. of The Flintkote Company, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10020. Dept. G2

[Diesel]

Now, that's something i'd like to see myself. :) I wonder how badly the heat for soldering would alter the diameter of the pipe end?

Oh...

Thermal properties

The usefulness of polyethylene is limited by its melting point of 80 ?C (176 ?F) (HDPE, types of low crystalline softens earlier). For common commercial grades of medium- and high-density polyethylene the melting point is typically in the range 120 to 180 ?C (248 to 356 ? F). The melting point for average, commercial, low-density polyethylene is typically 105 to 115 ?C (221 to 239 ?F). These temperatures vary strongly with the type of polyethylene.

Doesn't seem like it would hold up well at all to soldering with a propane torch...

Oxygen-fed torches use the high pressure of the stored oxygen to push the oxygen into a common tube with the fuel. An air-only torch will burn at around 1,995 ?C (3,623 ?F), less if heat loss to the surroundings is taken into account. Oxygen-fed torches can be much hotter at up to 2,820 ?C (5,110 ?F), depending on the fuel-oxygen ratio. These are the theoretical maximum temperatures, in reality they will always be less due to incomplete combustion, heat loss etc.

Yea, it's probably not going to like the soldering process.

[trader_4]

+1 Bingo

As others have said, that "Orangeburg" is the name of the company that made it, but it's obviously not orangeburg pipe and it's poly, which is widely used for pressurized water delivery.

To cap it off, he can just go get a plastic fitting that is barbed on one end, threaded on the other and use it with a hose clamp and plug or cap. Or repair it with a barbed type coupling.

[trader_4]

Plus what he has is not orangeburg pipe as the term is commonly used. It's poly pipe that happens to be made by a company called orangeburg, probably the same company that made what is called orangeburg pipe.