DRIFT Options:
API Pipe Drifts
API Casing Drifts
API Valve Drifts
Custom Drifts Available
Drift Tape 50' in-stock
Pipe Pigs
Available in: Urethane, Steel, Aluminum, UHMW or Teflon
API Drifts
Drifts are used regularly in a variety of industries for testing pipes, casing, tubing, and valves for roundness, straightness, burrs and other defects. Drifting is a process in which a closely tolerance drift or pig is passed through the pipe, or tubular that will go through smoothly only when the internal tolerances are proper and without friction or heavy resistance.
The method of testing tubulars like pipe and casing is a simple method of inserting a lightweight cylindrical drift into one end of a section of pipe. The cylindrical drift should have a circumference within close tolerance of the internal pipe diameter and have a friction free outer surface structure for contacting the inner pipe wall. Once inserted into tubular operators can then pass the drift through the section of pipe with either air, fluid or pull via drift tape moving the cylindrical drift through the section of pipe being tested. It should be able to pass through from one end to the other without issue would indicate whether the pipe is within specified tolerance without indentations, being out-of-roundness, bends or burrs.
Industrial Screen and Maintenance is the original Polyurethane API Pipe Drift manufacturer. Company founder, Robert (Pete) Miner patented the design in 1980. Since then we’ve been manufacturing and improving the drift design shipping to clients around the globe.
ISM manufactures a wide assortment of drifts that include; API Pipe Drifts, API Casing Drifts, and API Valve Drifts. These drifts can be ordered from a variety of materials; steel, aluminum, Teflon, UHMW or our preferred material Cast Urethane.
API, American Petroleum Institute is the governing body that develops standards for the Oil and Gas Industry. Our API Drifts are manufactured to meet all API Specifications, ensuring our customers get a quality product for each and every order.
Check out our API Drift Options or Click on the RFQ for a custom Drift
Benefits of API Polyurethane Drifts
- Lightweight & Cost-Effective
- Excellent Impact Resistance
- 95A Urethane 10x Wear Life
- High Solvent, Fuel & Oil Resistance
- Won't dent or ding critical surface areas
- OD is machined within + .005” for extra wear, unless specified
- Hollow Steel Core for Extra Support
- Extended wear life
API Drifts- Most Common SIzes In-Stock
Polyurethane Material Advantages
| vs Plastic | vs Rubber | vs Metal |
| Impact and abrasion resistance | High tolerance to oil, oxygen and greases | More flexible and easier to mold |
| Elastomeric memory | Cut, tear, and high abrasion resistance | Quieter to operate |
| More durable and impact resistant | Wider hardness range | Abrasion resistance |
| Low temperature resistance | Ozone resistance | Lightweight & easily moldable |
| Radiation resistance | Radiation resistance | Corrosion resistance |
| Cold flow resistance | Castable | Impact resistant |
| Thick section molding | Colorability | Non-conductive |
Types of Cast Urethane Products
A urethane molded product is a custom product designed for applications that require abrasion resistance and durable material. Our proprietary urethane blends make for a stronger and more versatile product to outlast metal, rubber, and plastic.
- AbrasionBlock
- Centralizers
- Urethane Covered Bearings
- Urethane Pads
- Chute Linings
- Wear Pads
- Urethane Heavy Duty Cast Iron Wheels
- Pump Impellers
Cast Urethane Product Specs
A urethane molded product is a custom product designed for applications that require abrasion resistance and durable material. Our proprietary urethane blends make for a stronger and more versatile product to outlast metal, rubber, and plastic.
Range of Shore Hardness
Shore 00
10,20,30,40,50,60,70
Shore A
10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,95
Shore D
40,50,60,70,80
Why Work with ISM?
Made in the USA
Custom Quality Projects
Longevity Over 50 Years
Family Owned Business
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Industrial Screen and Maintenance is the premiere supplier of urethane parts and components for industries all over the world. We differentiate ourselves by providing the most rapid response possible to quotes and inquires.