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Pipe Supports India Ltd

Door No. 6
Plot No. 29 Industrial Estate
Perungudi
Chennai 600096
India
Tel:
+91 44 2496 1003
Fax:
+91 44 2496 1395
E-mail: psi@pipesupports.com

Pipe Supports Asia Ltd

26/5 Moo 9, Soi Rattanaraj
Bangna-Trad Km 18.2
Bangchalong
Bangplee
Samut Prakarn
10540
Thailand
Tel:
+66 2 312 7685-7
Fax:
+66 2 312 7707-10
E-mail: psa@pipesupports.com

Japan office
E-mail: psj@pipesupports.com

Pipe Supports Group

S.E. Asia office

E-mail: pss@pipesupports.com
China office
E-mail: psc@pipesupports.com
Taiwan office
E-mail: pst@pipesupports.com
USA office
E-mail: psu@pipesupports.com

Website www.pipesupports.com

Pipe Supports Group

Pipe Supports Limited

Salwarpe Road
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 9BH
United Kingdom
Tel:
+44 (0)1905 795 500
Fax:
+44 (0)1905 794 126
E-mail: psl@pipesupports.com

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Pipe Supports Ltd (UK)

Pipe Supports USA Inc
Pipe Supports Asia Ltd

Pipe Supports India Ltd

Pipe Supports Ltd was formed in 1968 to design and

manufacture the Comet range of pipe hangers. Now, part of
the Hill & Smith Holdings PLC group of companies, Pipe
Supports Ltd has an enviable reputation for quality,
reliability, competitiveness, engineering excellence and
financial strength. Our products have been supplied to every
continent of the world through an international sales
network dedicated to meeting its customers stringent
quality and delivery requirements.
Pipe Supports Group has a continual development
programme, resulting in the most comprehensive range of
products available from one source. To ensure the products
are of the highest standard, they are produced in a
manufacturing plant equipped with the latest technology.

Pipe
Support Systems

Through our global manufacturing presence we are able to

offer competitive prices for projects around the world.

Hill & Smith

Holdings PLC

CAT. REF. 01/08

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OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE, SUPPLYING POWER GENERATION,

OIL, GAS, OFFSHORE, PETROCHEMICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL,
CHEMICAL AND WATER INDUSTRIES WORLDWIDE

Mission Statement. We are committed to being the

premier choice pipe support company for our customers,
suppliers and employees.
Global Service. Pipe Supports Limited was formed in
1968 to design and manufacture the Comet range of pipe
hangers. Now part of the Hill and Smith Holdings PLC group
of companies, Pipe Supports Ltd has an enviable reputation
for quality, reliability, competitiveness, engineering
excellence and financial strength. Our products have been
supplied to every continent of the world through an
international sales network dedicated to meeting its
customers stringent quality and delivery requirements.

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From its origins in the heart of the United Kingdom, Pipe

Supports Limited has grown into a worldwide organisation
with manufacturing plants in the UK, USA, India and
Thailand.
The Pipe Supports Group has a continual development
programme, resulting in the most comprehensive range of
products available from one source. To ensure the products
are of the highest standard, they are produced in
manufacturing plants equipped with the latest technology.
Through this global manufacturing presence, we are able to
offer competitive prices for projects around the world.

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Hanger Design

Pipe Clamps and Ancillaries

Load Group Basis

Additional Ancillary Items

Spenco Beam Attachments

Comlin Isolation Products

Easislide Low Friction Bearings

Constant Effort Supports

Variable Effort Supports

Dynamic Restraints

Turnbuckle Load Cell

10

Cryogenic Supports

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PIPEWORK, STRESS ANALYSIS AND HANGER DESIGN

Over 30 Years worldwide experience.

Pipe Supports Limited has over 30 years experience of
designing and supplying hanger systems for power
stations, petrochemical complexes, pulp and paper mills
and other industrial installations. ISO 9001 approved,
PSL is establishing a reputation throughout the world
for its ability to accurately analyse piping stress, then
engineer, design and manufacture a cost-effective
support system.
Global design and supply solutions.
With design offices in the USA, Thailand, India, Japan
and the UK utilising the most up-to-date engineering
and design software we offer a fully co-ordinated
service: stress analysis of pipework, hanger selection,
design and detailing, manufacturing and contract
management. This service will ensure cost-effective
hanger systems, delivered in accordance with design
requirements.
Stress analysis.
We use PC-based piping stress analysis programs. These
software packages are engineering tools used in the
mechanical design and analysis of piping systems. A
model of the piping system is created using simple beam
elements and the loading conditions imposed on the
system are defined. From this input the software
produces results in terms of deflections, loads and
stresses throughout the system. In addition, they
compare these results with the allowable limits. PSL
spring hangers are automatically selected and sized
within such programs. They can analyse any piping
system for all normal and transient conditions, plus all
possible modes of operation.

Typical pipe
hanger
assembly.

Design of pipe hanger systems

To optimise this service, we have developed PSLCAD, a
bespoke package that functions within the Autocad
environment. It is designed to facilitate the selection,
drawing and listing of all standard components, spring
units and steelwork. This programme is also available
for customers to use in-house, enabling them to
maintain design responsibility, and at the same time
achieve dramatic savings in man hours.
We also offer FastDraw, a selection and detailing
program operating in MS Excel. Fast Draw provides the
facility to select and detail over 400 hanger
configurations including constant, variable and rigid
assemblies. The output includes a consolidated hanger
listing and individual support drawings, providing all
relevant dimensions and system data. The program is
available to customers and we are confident that
dramatic time savings can be realised using this
program.
For users of InterGraph, PDS and Bentley Plant Space
Design three dimensional modelling of Pipe Supports
products is available using SupportModeler by Pelican
Forge Software Corporation. www.pelicanforge.com

Production of detailed hanger drawings at Pipe

Supports Limited.

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Surveys of existing pipe hanger systems

Our engineers are experienced in surveying existing
systems reporting on their condition and making
recommendations on their correct installation and
future safe operation. Such surveys are increasingly
being demanded by utilities and safety authorities.

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PIPE CLAMPS AND ANCILLARIES LOAD GROUP BASIS

Index
114
LUG ATTACHMENT

234
ROD COUPLING

12

PC2
TWO BOLT PIPE
CLAMP

19

PC3
THREE BOLT PIPE
CLAMP

236
SPHERICAL
WASHER

41

RC4 & RC6

RISER CLAMPS

280
CUP FOR SPHERICAL
WASHER

59

FPR
FLAT PLATE TYPE
RISER CLAMP

281
DUAL FACED
ROCKER WASHER

75

PB
PIPE CLAMP BASES

230
EYE ROD

282
PLATE FOR DUAL
FACED ROCKER
WASHER

82

486
SPREADER BEAM
I BEAM TYPE

226 & 227

HANGER ROD &
ALL THREAD ROD

238
CLEVIS

83

487
SPREADER BEAM
TWIN CHANNEL
TYPE

122
BEAM WELDING
ATTACHMENT

235
TURNBUCKLE

122A
BEAM WELDING
ATTACHMENT FOR USE
WITH DUAL FACED
ROCKER WASHER

10

125
INVERTED BEAM
WELDING
ATTACHMENT

130
CEILING PLATE

7
8

11

277
LOCKNUT

274
CLEVIS PIN

278
FULL NUT

239
WELDLESS EYE NUT

9
279
FLAT WASHER

10

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