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Cylinder Pipe Guides on Shipping Floor

Piping Technology and Products, Inc. designed and fabricated cylinder pipe guides (aka spider guides) for pipes ranging from 1” to 20” in diameter with 1” to 4” of insulation.

These guides are designed to control lateral pipe movement and maintain the alignment of the piping through its axial and contraction cycles. A single piping run uses multiple spider guides to avoid a fulcrum or an imposed lateral deflection on critical components.

Components of these guides include carbon steel plates, stock clamps, angles and hot-dipped galvanized pipes. The outer shields have diameters ranging from 6" to 29-1/2". The maximum design temperature for the spider guides is 750°F.

In addition to spider guides, over 40,000 lbs. of material were supplied for this project including variable springs, constants, and miscellaneous structural items.

Spider Guides in the Field

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Cylinder Pipe Guides

Piping Technology & Products, Inc. designed and manufactured cylinder pipe guides for an energy center in Canada.

These guides, which are frequently referred to as spider guides, are designed to control lateral pipe movement and maintain the alignment of the piping through its axial and contraction cycles. A single piping run uses spider guides in number to avoid a fulcrum or an imposed lateral deflection on critical components.

These spider guides were designed for pipes ranging from 1" to 20" diameter with 1" to 4" of insulation. The components include carbon steel plates, stock clamps, angles and green-primer coated pipes. The outer shields have diameters ranging of approximately 6" to 29-1/2" with a bottom-of-angle to center-of-pipe dimensions of 3-1/8" to 15-3/4". The maximum design temperature for the spider guides is 750°F.

Cylinder Pipe Guides for a Power Plant

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High Strength Stainless Steel Pipe Guides

Piping Technology & Products, Inc. manufactured over 2,000 high-strength, stainless steel pipe guides for a liquefied natural gas facility in Trinidad.

This high strength insulation is rare and mainly used for cryogenic applications. The guides range in a variety of sizes including 4-inch to 36-inch NPS and the fabrication included carbon steel base plates and stainless steel plates, nuts and bolts.

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