Corrosion, Stress, Wear and Thermal Concerns in Pipe Support
Corrosion, Stress, Wear and Thermal Concerns in Pipe Support
What contributes to pipe support failure—and how have we designed our products to withstand them? Friction at load points, temperature, and improper installation are all covered.
Loads act on piping systems in three main ways: point, distributed, and coupled loading. Never fear! These stresses can be alleviated with pipe supports.
Wear is an erosion process that occurs through surface contact. The rate of wear can be affected by stress, temperature, and the type of contact or material.
Liquid Metal Embrittlement (LME) occurs when normally ductile metals experience a drastic increase in brittleness after exposure to certain liquid metals.
Creep does not always cause damage, but must be accounted for in high temperature or high stress instances, or when using materials with a low melting point.
Stainless steel will not easily corrode, rust, or stain like carbon steel but is not completely resistant to stains and is vulnerable in certain environments.
Metal dusting is a type of corrosion that occurs at high temperatures (300-850 °C) most commonly when iron, nickel, or cobalt is exposed to an environment with high carbon activities.
Tribocorrosion is the breakdown of a material due to both corrosion and wear – an irreversible transformation of materials or their function as a result of both mechanical and chemical or electrochemical interactions between two surfaces in relative motion.