MILL SLOT PIPE

 

Mill slot openings are cut in the pipe with saws, as can be seen in the diagram at the below.  Pipe size , slot width, slot spacing and number of slots per foot can be tailored to meet the conditions of each well.  Lyman Pipe can have just about any size pipe slotted with whatever slot size you would like.

 

The following links contain machinists drawings and specifications for each individual slot size.  Each blueprint is accompanied with a table that gives total number of slots per foot, % of open area per foot and total open area per foot.

    .060 SLOTS

    .080 SLOTS

    .100 SLOTS

    .125 SLOTS

    .150 SLOTS

    .188 SLOTS

 

 

The TABLE OF INLET AREAS displays the square inches of inlet area per foot of any given size of perforated pipe.

These values can also be hand calculated using the following equations.

TO CALCULATE % OF OPEN AREA PER FOOT OF PERFORATED PIPE:

   

 

TO CALCULATE TOTAL OPEN AREA IN SQUARE INCHES: