When it comes to piping connected to vibrating equipment, it’s important for it to be supported by resilient ceilings or from the floor that they are mounted on. In some cases support tools are used such as spring hangers, and these enable the support of heavy loads with a strong resistance against vibration, noise and corrosion. This would be ideal in many applications for additional structural support and safety. Here are commonly used pipes and how their role impacts vibration isolation.
As a general rule of thumb, the closest pipe supports to the vibrating equipment should have a static deflection mount system used. When pipes are passing through a wall, a minimum of 1 inch should surround the pipe and the hole in the wall and be stuffed with fibrous material and caulked to avoid the pipe touching the wall.
Vertical pipes through a building shouldn’t be located next to acoustically critical areas. If this is necessary, pipes should be mounted from the wall, at least 10 feet away, using low and high frequency materials.
Pipes used around cooling towers should be supported along their full length between the cooling tower. Resilient mounts should have a static deflection of at least ½ inch. In critical applications, such as water pipes or waste lines, isolation can be achieved with the use of thick wrappings and felt pads upto ½ an inch thick. When steel spring isolators are used, it should be in conjunction with neoprene isolators.
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