Power / Process Piping
Putting Over 70 years of Experience to Work for You
Started as a plumbing and piping organization in 1946, W. Soule has over 70 years of experience executing complex and unique piping fabrication and installation projects for industrial applications in many processing industries including food, pharmaceutical, chemical, energy & power and oil & gas.
Experience
All of our welders have passed our W. Soule welding certification program and many have additional specialty certifications and experience welding to multiple codes and standards. See examples below.
Tooling & Logistic Support
Whether working in our 125,000 sq. ft. of shop space or on location, our nimble tooling and logistic teams keep crews equipped with the materials they need to keep projects moving to meet deadlines.
Quality & Safety
Quality and safety are paramount in our work and it shows in the ethics of our teams. To meet our customers’ needs for product cleanliness we regularly work to the following passivation and electropolishing standards: ASTM A967, ASTM A380, AMS QQ-P-35, ASTM B912 and ASTM BPE.
Industry Involvement
As active members of the Pipe Fabrication Institute, W. Soule strives to enhance the codes and standards of the industry and implement them in our work. Our employees hold various leadership positions in PFI and are involved in research to set new standards.
Examples Of Our Piping Work
Work Experience
- Clean-in-place piping
- Clean rooms
- Double wall pipe
- Engineered pipe supports
- Field installation
- High-purity gas & water systems
- Jacketed pipe
- Large bore pipe
- Oxygen service piping
- Passivation
- Post weld heat treat
- Skid mounted systems
Materials
- AL6XN
- Aluminum
- Aquatherm
- Carbon steel
- Chrome
- Duplex stainless
- Hastelloy
- Incoloy
- Inconel
- MDPE/HDPE
- Other exotics
- PVC/CPVC
- Stainless steel
Weld Procedures
- API 1104 oil & gas industry piping
- ASME B31.1 power and B31.3 process piping
- ASME PP power piping stamp
- AWS D1.1 structural steel welding
- AWS – FCAW (flux-cored arc welding)
- AWS – MIG/GMAW/MAG (gas metal arc welding)
- AWS – Orbital welding
- AWS – SAW (submerged arc welding)
- AWS – SMAW (shielded metal arc welding)
- AWS – TIG/GTAW (gas tungsten arc welding)
O’Meara Wins Apprentice Pipefitter Welding Competition
Congrats to our own Norm O’Meara IV who recently won the Michigan United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Apprentice welding competition.Read More