
Understand why pipe supports are required and how to choose and optimize supports for critical and non-critical piping before pipe stress analysis, including insulated versus non-insulated systems, for long-term reliability.
Plan pipe supports as attachments to transfer loads and control movement, protecting piping systems. Select appropriate support types and locations to reduce stresses and manage thermal movement for routing.
Classify pipe supports as rigid or resilient, learn adjustable supports, and distinguish primary versus secondary supports. Explore support types by attachment, insulation, and function—rest, guide, line stop, and anchor.
Examine the types and roles of pipe supports in oil and gas piping, including rest, guide, hold-down, saddle, trunnion, anchor, and dynamic supports, with load and stress considerations.
Determine pipe support span using charts and tables by considering material, pipe diameter, service, insulation, configuration, valves, vibration, and temperature, ensuring regular spacing and guide spans.
Explore a pipe support philosophy to determine support and guide spans, place trunnion and clip supports, and apply line stops and neutral point ideas for non-critical lines.
Learn pipe support optimization rules to minimize structures, route near supports, locate near neutral points and concentrated loads, manage vibration with hold-downs, and maintain proper spacing and access.
Explore the pipe support standard and special pipe supports, detailing how standard supports and selection criteria guide drawings and load capacities, while special pipe supports are designed after stress analysis.
Learn to design pipe supports with thermal displacement near expansion loops, adjust standard lengths from 300 with increments, and use adjustable supports near rotating equipment to ensure proper alignment.
Pipe Support Engineering for Industrial piping systems includes the supporting philosophy for pressure piping systems mainly process piping, power piping, and utility piping.
The intent of this course is to make piping designers and engineers aware of the basics of Pipe Support Engineering. Having the knowledge of Pipe support design skills will create an edge for all piping engineers who are looking for challenging opportunities in top companies for high salaries.
Pipe support engineering is one of the major parts of the piping design which plays a vital role in project cost optimization. This course is designed in such a way as to give in-depth knowledge of pipe support engineering and design. The major topics that are discussed here are:
Role of Pipe Supports in Piping Design
Types of Pipe Supports
List of Pipe Supports
Pipe Support Spacing or Span
How to Support a Pipe
Pipe Support Optimization Rules
Pipe Support Standard and Special Pipe Support
Pipe Support Engineering Considerations
Taking up this course will add a new technical skill to the life of piping engineers. The concepts explained in this course are suitable for various industries like oil & gas, petrochemical, refinery, chemical, pharmaceutical, water treatment, liquid, and gas processing industries.
Who can attend this course?
This online piping support engineering course is suitable for:
Mechanical Engineers
Piping Engineers
Pipeline Engineers
Piping Design Engineers
Beginners and Junior Piping Engineers
Piping Designers
A fresh mechanical engineering graduate who is planning to work in piping design engineering
Mechanical engineers seeking opportunity in piping design engineering
Piping construction engineers who are interested to learn pipe support design