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Pipe Support Structure

Pipes are inseparable components of industrial facilities which produce all the products we use in our daily life. In this article, we talk about one of the relatively less known type of structures, pipe supports, which don’t get the attention they deserve as other structures but by no means less important, as they carry and hold pipes safely in their place. Although at first a pipe support system may look rather straightforward, a lot goes into designing and building them. The loads that must be considered are:• Dead Load – the weights of the piping insulation, any attached components and of course the pipe support structure itself.• Live Load – […] Read More