Acoustic Pipe

Supports

About Maineport Ltd

We are an engineering company experienced in manufacturing and marketing products and
services for U.K. and international projects in the energy and process industries.

Our customers are world class international companies who demand products of the highest
standards, and our proven ability to meet their changing and developing needs.

We are a quality-assessed firm to ISO 9001:2000: Registration No. FM14197. Our products and
services contribute to the success of engineering projects throughout the world, including major
infrastructure developments.

Products

We supply a wide range of mechanical engineering products, manufactured either in-house by

Maineport Ltd or sourced elsewhere according to our customers requirements. In house
products include:

Insulated specialist supports for high temperature and cryogenic pipe systems
Acoustic Pipe Supports
Slider Plate Assemblies
Anchor Bolts and Plates
Blinds and Spacers for pipelines
Pipe Support Components

Technical publications describing the products are available from our Sales Department.

Important Note

Maineport Ltds continuous improvement policy means that this catalogue may be updated
check with our sales department. This information is for your guidance: if you require any further
assistance, please contact our Sales Department.

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Maineport Ltd manufacture a complete range of acoustic pipe supports engineered to satisfy the
requirements of energy and process industries, covering pipe sizes from 15 to 600mm nominal
bore and temperatures from - 70C to 200C.

PIPE GRIP - Type APGR PIPE STRAP - Type APST

PIPE GUIDE - Type APGU CLIP STRIP - Type APCS
CLAMP BLOCKS - Type APCB

Features

Acoustic insulation materials are elastomer composites designed to provide excellent energy
absorption with high resistance to chemical solvents, spread of flame, heat and electrical
conduction. These materials can also help to reduce strain caused by pipe misalignment, and
prevent galvanic action or fretting between piping and supports.

Various colour coded grades are available to suit design temperature ranges.

Steel materials can be supplied zinc coated or in stainless steel grades to suit particular
applications.

All threads are ISO metric for details of bolting, clamps and design information please refer to
the Maineport Ltd Standard Pipe Support Catalogue.

Pipe Grips and guides are available in sizes to suit steel and cupro-nickel pipe specifications,
colour-coded blue for steel and brown for cupro-nickel.

For further guidance on applications and selection contact our Unitherm Division where our
specialists will advise on a solution to your specific application problems.

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Pipe Grip
APGR

M THREAD

t THICK

C CENTRES

Dimensions for steel and cupro-nickel pipes

NOMINAL M t
C CENTRES
PIPE SIZE THREAD THICK
Inches mm Steel CuNi
15 M6 10 37 32
20 M6 10 43 41
1 25 M6 10 50 46
1 30 M10 10 69 64
1 40 M10 10 75 70
2 50 M10 10 87 83
2 65 M12 10 102 102
3 80 M12 10 115 115
4 100 M12 10 141 134
6 150 M16 15 210 201
8 200 M16 15 262 262
The acoustic pipe grip comprises of a steel U Bolt covered in a profiled elastomer sleeve,
passing through an insulation block and fixed with 4 hexagon nuts tightened to rigidly hold the
pipe whilst accommodating low amplitude axial, angular and torsional movement.

TO ORDER
Specify pipe material and size, design temperature, U Bolt steel grade/coating and quantity.

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Pipe Grip
APGU

M THREAD

t THICK

C CENTRES

DIMENSIONS

Same as Pipe Grip

The acoustic guide comprises of a steel U Bolt covered in a plain elastomer sleeve lined with a
bonded flat PTFE strip, passing through an insulation block bonded to a PTFE strip. The
assembly is fixed with 4 nuts and washers accurately positioned and tightened to permit pipe
movement caused by thermal expansion, whilst firmly locating the pipe and damping vibration.

TO ORDER

Specify pipe material and size, design temperature, U Bolt steel grade/coating and quantity.

CLAMP BLOCKS TYPE APCG

Special clamp blocks are available from MAINEPORT LTD to deal with heavy vibrations at pipe
support locations. The blocks are horizontally split for ease of installation and are available with
PTFE sleeves to allow thermal movement as above. Blocks are dimensioned and detailed to
customers requirements.

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Pipe Grip
APST

L LENGTH

M THREAD

C CENTRES
Dimensions

NOMINAL PIPE SIZE C M L STEEL

Inches mm CENTRES THREAD LENGTH FLAT SIZE
8 200 258 M16 330 50 X 6
10 250 322 M20 400 65 X 10
12 300 374 M20 450 65 X 10
14 350 408 M20 480 65 X 10
16 400 463 M20 540 75 X 12
18 450 529 M24 610 75 X 12
20 500 579 M24 660 75 X 12
24 600 681 M24 750 100 X 12

Pipe straps comprise of a steel strap welded to threaded bars lined with a bonded elastomer
strip and fixed by 4 hexagon nuts/washers in a non-grip (as illustrated) or grip-type
configuration.

TO ORDER
Specify pipe material and size, grip/non-grip, steel strap grade/coating and quantity.

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Clip Strip
Type APCS

L
t

t
L
X
X

Dimensions
NOMINAL PIPE SIZE OVERALL OVERALL
WIDTH STRIP THICKNESS
WIDTH HEIGHT
Inches mm W LENGTH L t
X H
15 38 77 6 50 8.5
20 38 94 6 50 8.5
1 25 38 113 6 50 8.5
1 30 38 143 6 50 8.5
1 40 38 160 6 50 8.5
2 50 38 200 6 50 8.5
2 65 38 240 6 50 8.5
3 80 38 290 6 50 8.5
4 100 38 370 6 50 8.5
6 150 38 540 6 50 8.5
8 200 50 700 6 62 8.5
10 250 65 870 6 76 8.5
12 300 65 1030 6 76 8.5
14 350 65 1125 6 76 8.5
16 400 75 1285 9.5 100 14.5
18 450 75 1450 9.5 100 14.5
20 500 75 1606 9.5 100 14.5
24 600 100 1920 9.5 125 14.5

The clip strip is an elastomer profile supplied cut to length as tabulated to suit pipe diameter, or
in 1200mm lengths as required. The strip can either be retrofitted to existing straps (to reduce
noise and vibration or wear and galvanic action) or supplied with the matching straps Type
APST opposite.

TO ORDER
Specify quantity, pipe size and material or No. of 1200mm lengths and width W. Also available
with a bonded low-friction composite on the flat face for use as a pipe guide.