The 1 types · side-by-side
Distributor-facing reading. Each row gives best-for, key trade-off, capacity, price band, and how many of SPC's tier slots carry an option at that product type.
Product type
Best for
Key trade-off
Typical capacity
Price band
Brands SPC carries
Modular Aluminum Piping Push or clamp joints · no thread, no weld, no rust
Plant-wide air mains — fast install, no corrosion.The plant header conversation — extruded aluminum pipe with mechanical O-ring joints replacing legacy black iron. Installs far faster, doesn't rust the bore, leak-tight at install and over time, reconfigurable in place. The compressed-air retrofit that pays for itself on the electric bill in 18-36 months.
Premium materials cost over black ironHigher material cost than black iron, repaid in install labor, leak elimination, and lifetime energy. Pressure rating tiers down as diameter increases — confirm per-diameter rating against system pressure. Each brand's series covers a specific slice of diameter and connection-method axes.
~20-200 mm diameter · 230-300 PSIG typical
Push-to-connect or clamp-to-connect
Push-to-connect or clamp-to-connect
$$ – $$$
3 / 5 · Aignep + AIRpipe + AST TruLink
Reading the brand bench column — the bar shows how many of SPC's tier slots carry an option at that product type. Modular aluminum piping benches three brands — Aignep, AIRpipe, and AST TruLink — each series covering a specific slice of the diameter and connection-method (push-to-connect vs. clamp-to-connect) axes. <b>The spec driver is per-diameter pressure rating against system pressure</b>, since the rating tiers down as diameter increases. This is the plant-header retrofit conversation against legacy black iron, pitched on total cost of ownership, not material price.