pipeworks
Building's water system
Pipeworks refers to a system of pipes, especially an elaborate or interconnected network: The building's pipeworks needed complete replacement.
The term often appears in industrial or architectural contexts, describing the plumbing, drainage, or ventilation infrastructure of a structure.
In music, pipeworks can mean the pipes of an organ collectively.
Flow-controlling mechanisms
- fittingsAttached functional components
- jointsSkeletal connection points
- elbowsArm's middle joints
- flangesProjecting rims for attachment
gaskets · P-trap · couplings · manifolds · risers · mains · laterals · spigots
Industrial purification facility
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- headersTop-of-page identifiers
- condensateGas turned to liquid
feedwater · petroleum · cooling · furnace · distillation · compressor · welding · fabrication
Underground waste conduits
- mainsUtility distribution infrastructure
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
- municipalOf city government
underground · city · network · grid · transmission · pressure · metering · junctions
valves
Flow-controlling mechanisms
flanges · gaskets · P-trap · couplings · manifolds · risers · mains · laterals · spigots · unions
refinery
Industrial purification facility
condensate · feedwater · petroleum · cooling · furnace · distillation · compressor · welding · fabrication
sewers
Underground waste conduits
- mainsUtility distribution infrastructure
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
municipal · underground · city · network · grid · transmission · pressure · metering · junctions · routing
rank
Position in hierarchy
bellows · console · manual · pedal · voicing · tuning · metal · wood · diapason · bourdon