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Metal pipe weight calculator

Weight per length and total weight of round pipe or tube from its size, wall and material.

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MaterialSets the density. Carbon steel is 7,850 kg/m³.UnitsInches and feet, or millimeters and meters. Changing it converts the sizes below.Outside diameterMeasured across the outside of the pipe. A 4" NPS pipe is 4.5 in (114.3 mm).Wall thicknessSchedule 40 for 4" NPS is 0.237 in (6.02 mm).Length of each pipeIn feet or meters, depending on the units chosen. Pipe often ships in 20 ft or 21 ft lengths.Number of pipesHow many pieces of this length.

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Weight tolerance (% plus or minus)The plus or minus weight tolerance your pipe specification or mill certificate allows.Price per foot or meter ($)Your price per foot (imperial) or per meter (metric), the same units as the length above.Pieces per bundle (pieces)How the mill or yard bundles this size.Truck payload (lb)What your truck can carry: 80,000 lb gross on the Interstate [1] less the tractor and trailer weight.Hand-carry limit per person (lb)The most one person should lift. 51 lb is the NIOSH load constant under ideal conditions [2]; real lifts allow less.Pipe contentsFull of water shows the weight for a hydrotest, hangers and supports.

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Press Calculate to see the weight per length, the weight of each pipe and the total.

The pipe on the hookGantry, scale and the rest of the orderNeedle: the weight of one pipeThe drawing follows your numbers as you type: the pipe's size, its wall, its length and the pieces waiting on the stack. Press Calculate and the hoist lifts one piece clear; the weight per length, each pipe and the total appear here, worked out by the tool.

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The weight range the mill tolerance allows, the water-filled weight, bundles, trucks by legal payload, hand-carry crew and the material price. Numbers in the result and in the plain-words read point here.

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23 CFR 658.17, WeightCode
Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School)
The federal weight limits on the Interstate: 80,000 lb gross vehicle weight, lower where the bridge formula requires it. Your payload is that limit less the tractor and trailer.
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NIOSH Lifting Equation: calculating the recommended weight limitGuide
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
How the recommended weight limit for a manual lift is worked out, starting from the 23 kg (51 lb) load constant and cut down for reach, height, distance, twisting, frequency and grip.
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Water: density, specific weight and thermal expansion coefficientData
The Engineering ToolBox
Water density by temperature: 999.97 kg/m3 at 4 C and 998.21 kg/m3 at 20 C. The water-filled weight here uses the 20 C value.
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ANSI schedule 40 steel pipe dimensionsData
The Engineering ToolBox
Outside diameter, wall and weight per foot for schedule 40 steel pipe (4 in: 4.500 in OD, 0.24 in wall, 10.79 lb/ft). Use it to check sizes and the answer.

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