This doesn't directly answer your question but this manual has specs for a good
layout for black pipe air plumbing.
http://www.harborfreight.com/manuals/1000-1999/1118.pdf
Cheers,
Kelley
At 03:01 PM 1/2/03 -0600, nicholas harteau wrote:
>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
Kelley Mascher
206-789-8935
Seattle, Washington USA
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