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PIPING SUPPORT DETAIL TRAINING

SESSION (DAY-III)

PIPING DEPARTMENT
SIPS – Chennai, India
By M.VELMURUGAN
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PIPE SUPPORTS

 PRINCIPLE OF PLACING SUPPORTS

 MARKING OF ISOMETRICS
 SECONDARY STEEL CALCULATION
 SUPPORT MTO

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PRELIMINARY SUPPORT STUDY OF ISOMETRIC

CONSIST OF:
 CHECK FOR FLEXIBILITY & SUPPORT FEASIBILITY IN PIPE
ROUTING IF NOT, SUGGEST RE-ROUTING.
 CLASIFICATION OF SMALL BORE & BIG BORE LINES
 PROCESS & UTILITY LINES CLASIFICATION
 ANTICIPATING LOADS / STRESS BUILD-UP IN PIPE
 NOZZLE LOADS

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Flexibility Analysis
Critical Lines(Stress Analysis) and Non Critical Lines form the part of
the Flexibility Analysis
Based on the Stress Criteria, the lines are normally divided into 3
Levels
 Level – 1 - Non Critical lines, only sagging and Loads due to
self weight and weight of fluid is considered.
 Level – 2 - These are critical lines, manual calculations are
sufficient to decide the support locations.
 Level – 3 - These are highly critical lines, calculations are
performed using Caesar.
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Material Specification
There are Metallic and Non Metallic Pipes, select SUPPORTS
accordingly.
Commonly used metallic pipes are
 Carbon Steel
 Stainless Steel
 Alloy Steel
 Galvanized Steel
Commonly used Non metallic pipes are
 FRP & PVC
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Insulation
Based Insulation shoes are selected. Different type of shoes are
available to suit conditions. The different types of Insulation are as
follows:
 Hot Insulation
 Cold Insulation
 Personal Protection Insulation

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Principle of placing Support

 Study near by Primary structure for pipe support
 Study of secondary steel required to place support
 Consider Client Pipe support span
 Consider Client Support standard
 Consider Special support requirement

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Principle of placing Support

 Consider variable shoe heights for slope line
 Consider min of 50mm weld gap between any two weld
 Consider Fix point at control valve station
 Consider adjustable support at pump suction line
 Consider maintenance space around pump

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Principle of placing Supports

 Consider R. Pad for higher load on Dummy /Trunnion

 Consider R. Pad for higher load / corrosion on pipe
 Consider Safety valve support (Open/Closed circuit)
 Consider Support near expansion bellows
 Consider Thermal expansion In column / piping

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Principle of placing Supports

 Consider Thermal expansion on horizontal vessel

 Consider expansion on Pipe rack
 Consider Group / Common support
 All battery limit lines on Pipe rack shall be anchor
 Consider Spring at heavy load & Displacement

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Principle of placing Supports

 Consider temporary support during maintenance

 Avoid support structure on access way
 Avoid support structure on matl. Handling space
 If support loads are more than 1-Ton verify with civil
 If Support frame exceed 1.5m height verify with civil

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Principle of placing Supports

 Provide Insert plate & foundation detail to civil

 Provide loads on Structure & Floors to civil
 Co ordinate with Civil for support modeling interface
 Co ordinate with Equipment dept. for vessel interface

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Marking on Isometrics
Marking a support on an Isometric refers to the assigning of a position
number for the support and denoting a distance from any reference point.
All supports should have a position number for the easy traceability of the
support.
eg., R1_01C-4506
Where R1 – Denotes the Type of support
01C – Denotes the Area Code and
4506 – Denotes the position number.
There are different types of support numbering and Coding which vary
from project to project.
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Sample Isometrics

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Sample Isometrics

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Secondary steel calculation

This is an excel sheet program we used to calculate secondary steel
sizing and load developed at the connecting point of primary member.

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Secondary steel Calculation sheet

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Support MTO
The Support MTO (Material Take Off) is the List of Support Materials
to be procured for that project.
Generally the support MTO is issued in 3 Phases,
 Special support MTO
 I st MTO
 Intermediate MTO
 Final MTO.

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SPECIAL SUPPORT MTO

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SPECIAL SUPPORT MTO

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SPECIAL SUPPORT MTO

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SUPPORT MTO DATA SHEET

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SUPPORT MTO

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FINAL SUPPORT MTO

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