Tip Tools had good diagram for setting up metal piping systems.
http://www.tptools.com/statictext/piping_diagram_2003.pdf
They don't mention exactly how to secure the piping to the walls...
One useful bit is to install 'risers' so that you are drawing air from
the top of the runs, not water/air from the bottom of the horizontal
piping.
Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: nicholas harteau <nrh@ikami.com>
To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 4:01 PM
Subject: running black pipe along walls.
>
> first and foremost, happy new year!
>
> I'm going to be running some black pipe around the walls of my
warehouse
> for compressed air (thank you, shop-talk archives), but I'm
wondering
> what the best way to fasten it to the walls would be.
>
> The walls are plain old cement brick; it's going to be a decent
amount
> of pipe, probably near 200' in all. I was thinking I could hang
some 1"
> channel bar vertically at intervals along the wall and then mount
the
> black pipe onto that, the bonus being that it'd be raised up from
some
> of the other crap that's already running along the wall, and I could
run
> other things on the channel as well (I'm going to need some 220
service
> soon, as well as a run of water).
>
> Or is this overkill and I should just U-bolt it to the wall?
>
> As far as fastening into cement brick goes, what kind of fasteners
are
> we talking about? Expando-bolts into the actual brick or into the
> mortar between them?
>
> The overall project is to T the black pipe every 20 feet or so, and
then
> run flexible air tube down from the Ts (8' high or so to keep them
out
> of harm's way) into hose reels. Revision 1 would just have a
shut-off
> valve and an NPT fitting on one end to hook up to a roll-around air
> compressor. Revision 2 would include an air/oil filter and a
stationary
> compressor. I don't plan on using this air supply for painting.
>
> As far as actually assembling the pipe to be air-tight, is there a
> sealant to use on the threads, or just teflon tape?
>
>
> --
> nicholas harteau
> nrh@ikami.com
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