Round bar under pipe shoe
Round bar under pipe shoe
(OP)
In some areas of my plant, a round bar is attached with pipe rack or pipe support. The pipe shoe is put on this round bar. My senior informs that it is for the smallest contacting area between pipe shoe and pipe support. Is this a good design practice? I worry that the water will accelerate the corrosion in this area. Please comment.
RE: Round bar under pipe shoe
However, the standards on your job will govern what you do.
RE: Round bar under pipe shoe
Particulary in steam lines, being velocities very high, the chances of pipe movement and thermal expansion are more. shoe is a sliding joint and it will act as a stress reducer in the pipelines. As there is only a line of contact at shoe and round bar joint it is obviously good. But care has to be taken to properly support the pipe rigidly for specified lengths elsewhere. With line contact chances of corrosion will be less when compared to area contact.