Chilled-water mains, condenser-water risers and technology-cooling loops cut, fitted and welded in the shop by Section IX welders — hydrotested, tagged to the isometric and shipped to the hall that needs them next.
A data center's cooling plant is a piping project. Chilled-water supply and return mains, condenser-water loops to the towers or dry coolers, and the technology-cooling-system loops that feed liquid-cooled racks run through every gallery and hall, in sizes from 2-inch branch lines to 36-inch headers. Welding that pipe in place means scaffolds, fire watches, weather, and a crew of pipefitters competing for floor space with every other trade. Spooling it in the shop means straight runs, elbows, tees and flanged ends arrive as numbered assemblies that bolt or weld together at a handful of field joints.
FabTek fabricates pipe spools at our Hazlehurst, Mississippi plants. We cut, bevel, fit and weld carbon and stainless pipe to ASME B31.1 and B31.3 with welders qualified to ASME Section IX, hydrotest every spool to the specification, mark it to the isometric, and ship it in the order the installation schedule calls for. Spools go out loose, or built into the manifolds and pre-piped skids from the same floor.
Carbon steel mains, risers and branch assemblies with weld-neck or slip-on flanges, grooved ends or butt-weld ends as specified.
Stainless and carbon spools for TCS loops to CDUs and rack manifolds, with cleanliness and passivation to the spec.
Large-bore headers with branch nozzles, tees and reducers welded in and supported for lifting.
Generator fuel lines and glycol loops to the same code and test regime.
Flange-to-flange and groove-to-groove spools sized to the contractor's field-joint plan.
Send the isometrics and the spec; we spool to them with weld maps and test records per spool.
Central utility plants and mechanical galleries at hyperscale and colocation campuses; chiller and pump rooms; rooftop and yard piping to cooling equipment; TCS distribution to liquid-cooled halls; and the fuel and glycol systems around generator yards. Mechanical contractors buy spools to cut field labor; developers and GCs specify shop spooling to hold the schedule; equipment integrators buy spools for their skids.
| Materials | Carbon steel ASTM A53 Gr. B and A106 Gr. B; stainless 304/304L and 316/316L; copper and alloy on request |
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| Sizes | 1/2 in. through 36 in. NPS; Schedule 10 through 80 and heavier wall on request |
| Codes | ASME B31.1 (power piping) and B31.3 (process piping); welders and procedures qualified to ASME Section IX |
| Welding | GTAW root with GMAW/FCAW/SMAW fill and cap; full GTAW on stainless and small-bore as specified |
| Ends | Butt-weld, weld-neck and slip-on flanged (ASME B16.5), grooved, threaded |
| Testing | Hydrostatic to 1.5× design pressure per code; pneumatic where specified; VT, PT, RT or UT per the inspection plan |
| Finish | Shop primer, powder coat or specified coating system; stainless passivated; internal cleanliness per spec |
| Documentation | Weld maps, welder IDs, material certs, hydrotest records, dimensional inspection; ISO 9001:2015 |
| Also specified as | Pipe spools, spool pieces, prefabricated piping, shop-fabricated piping, chilled water piping, CHW spools, TCS piping |
Representative capabilities — exact ranges, ratings, and finishes are confirmed per project. Send drawings and a spec for a firm quote.
The right spool break is the one the installing crew can lift, set and join with the equipment they have in the room. FabTek works from the contractor's isometrics and field-joint plan, holds spools to transportable lengths and weights, and matches flange orientation and bolt-hole straddle so nothing has to be cut on site. Every spool is tagged to its isometric number and room, and shipments are staged by hall. Our guide to sourcing pipe spools for a data center covers what to send and how to split the scope.
Built at four production sites in Hazlehurst, Mississippi.
ISO 9001:2015 quality management, AWS-certified welding, OSHA-compliant facilities.
In-house powder coat backed by an IEEE 2000-hour salt-spray certification.
Reserved-line capacity and the automation to grow with your volume.
Yes. We fabricate carbon and stainless spools to ASME B31.1 and B31.3 with Section IX qualified welders and procedures, hydrotested and documented per spool.
FabTek Industries fabricates chilled-water, condenser-water and technology-cooling spools at its Mississippi plants for mechanical contractors, developers and equipment integrators, shipped tagged to the isometric and sequenced by hall.
Weld map with welder IDs, material certs, hydrotest record and dimensional inspection, matched to the spool tag.
Yes. Pipe racks, trapezes, anchors and guides come from the same plants and ship on the same schedule.
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Have isometrics to quote? Send them with the piping spec and the field-joint plan — we'll come back with a spool list, a test plan and a price, typically within one business day.