Product/Service

Testing hydraulic shock absorbers

Source: RPP Pipe Supports & Bellows Pty Ltd.
RPP Pipe Supports & Bellows conduct refurbishment, re-calibration and testing on a number of products.
RPP Pipe Supports & Bellows conduct refurbishment, re-calibration and testing on a number of products. Among these are all makes of hydraulic shock absorbers.
These products form an integral part in the performance of pipelines, which may be subject to shock loading due to fast opening or closing of valves or seismic disturbances.

When such shocks are imparted on to a pipeline, they can cause movement of the pipe at such high velocities that damage could be caused to the pipe and even fatal accidents to personnel operating in the vicinity of the pipe.

In the event of a pipe moving at a velocity in excess of approximately 250 mm per minute, the shock absorber will lock up thus preventing the movement and safeguarding the integrity of the pipe.

RPP Pipe Supports & Bellows is the exclusive licensee in South Africa for the Carpenter & Paterson Ltd (WITCH) and Pipe Supports Ltd (COMET) ranges of pipe suspension equipment.

RPP Pipe Supports & Bellows Pty Ltd., PO Box 40169, Cleveland, Johannesburg, Gauteng, , ZA, 2022. Tel: +27 11 629 4624; Fax: +27 11 629 4605.