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	Subject - HY-CON Satinless steel pipe lctrc789 I don't know if any of you have experienced the use of HY-CON stainless steel piping for wire runs yet but we are currently using it in a pahrmacuetical company.. I/O cabinets for VFD s and discreet and analog circuits are being pulled through this stuff. It comes in sizes 3/4 to 5 inch that I have seen so far and it looks similar to the same type of stainless steel pipe that pipefitters use but we do not orbital weld this stuff and you actually glue it with loc tite glue. The 90 s are a short radius and they do not pull wire with steel tapes they have to use fiberglass tapes for wire pulling, the couplings they use for this stuff actually sticks out inside and causes problems. To my knowledge this is used widely in England and Ireland and the company we are working for has a lot of equipment that comes from Sweden... Very new to me we had to take some classes and seminars today for this stuff. karlwayne We put in some stainless last year at a Coke plant, but it was exactly like rigid ('cept for the price) I wonder if the price is the reason why you're installing this particular type? lctrc789 No it is not the price we have and are installing 198 modules made in Sweden, these modules are pre fabbed and sent in this way and we intsall all the particulars for the plant... The reason we are using HY-Con is because this is the way these were bid for finish installations, this is not your standard stainless steel conduit, it looks just like stainless pipe that pipe fitters use, the difference is we glue our joints and do not use orbital welding... In 24 years I have never seen this, I have ran stainless coduit before this is not bendable by a bender, it is pre bent and polished and shipped out that way. We have to us 45s and 90s and 30s and do a lot of glueing for this application. lctrc789 Just another quick note on this stuff we are the only contractor at this time in the US that is using this stuff and we have guys taking classes and learning the use of this... Normally it is used in Sweden, Ireland, and England and is here in the US as a supplement to finishing this job per Specs... blackrd I understand there is now on the market copper water pipe fittings that you glue onto your sticks. Havent seen it yet, but I read about it. The gluing of conduit reminded me of it. lctrc789 That only makes sense, some of the miracle glues they are coming up with today, this stainless pipe once it is glued you have to heat it up and tap it to get it undone, and it is very difficult to undo if it sets to long.... I have never seen this before very new to us and we have employees who have been in the trade for 40 years and some from around the globe..With 300 plus electricians on this job including the 12 that came in from Sweden LOL