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Supporting of Pipe

Supporting of Pipe

Supporting of Pipe

(OP)
Dear All,
I need to run a 1" Galvanized air pipe in a ware house of height 9 mtr. The pipe will be running at a height of 4 mtr from the ground. My question is regarding the supporting of this pipe. Can I use a threaded rod for a length of 5 mtr to support this pipe from the ceiling? If not please suggest any alternate suggestions.

Thanks in advance

RE: Supporting of Pipe

Why not, eventho, it may look a little strange, however, I personally would look at anchoring the pipe on building or foundation walls and or columns.

RE: Supporting of Pipe

Any air movement will swing it, or even internal flows may cause lateral vibrations. It should be anchored to the wall.


RE: Supporting of Pipe

Ullas2711:
And, why can’t this 1" pipe line be hung off the underside of the roof structure, much nearer some solid structure, at about 9m? I would be concerned about vibration and about it swinging in the wind (any lateral loads) also. Alternatively, you might come up with some fairly light angle iron framework, a std. detail, a two legged “A-Frame shape” or even a three legged hanger which offered some stiffness along the length of the pipe also, much stiffer than a 5m long rod, for all of the hangers.

RE: Supporting of Pipe

The only concern I have is that, from what I can gather, the pipe will be hung from a collection of 16-foot rods with undisclosed rigidity, diameter, and endpoint restraints. The minute you open a valve in the air piping, or if the air flow through (or out of) the pipe changes suddenly, then either nothing significant will happen or else some interesting displacements / oscillations / animations will happen. So, the "Y" restraint (assuming Y-axis vertical) is easy enough to understand, but without at the very least one "X" and one "Z" restraint somewhere in the system, you might see a lot of movement that you don't want.

RE: Supporting of Pipe

I'm with others suggesting either different routing or otherwise better support/anchorage. Depending on layout, length of piping and any possible thermal variations in a compressed air line, as well as seismic or modal actions (I guess where applicable), a single rod hanger 5m long also sure wouldn't provide much lateral/sway support (and neither would just the "air" on either side of the suspended line!!)

RE: Supporting of Pipe

And when you do figure out on the installation, I would pitch the pipes so as to drain the condensate back into the receiver.

RE: Supporting of Pipe

(OP)
Dear all
Thanks for the feedback. I don't have any other points to support the pipe. The only option is to use the purlin in the roof. I have come across Gripple support system which uses cables to support the pipe. U can find more info at www.gripple.com. But not sure how effective it would be....

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