Both ANSI and ASME code requires that pipes be marked to show their contents, potential hazard level and the direction of flow. In addition, having pipes properly labeled improves safety and productivity by providing employees and emergency responders with key information about the piping system and its contents. For example, proper pipe marking helps employees, contractors and vendors to quickly see where they are in a system, and understand what is happening in the system, so they can make the correct decisions, saving time and preventing accidents.
The Pipe Marking Best Practices Guide starts at the beginning, by describing how to conduct a facility inspection to identify pipe marking deficiencies. “This new best practices guide describes what is required by the codes and for efficient operations,”
The guide then goes on to describe how to make pipe markers, where they should be applied, how to remove old pipe marker labels and what is required to ensure long label life. As an addendum two one page summaries of pier marking requirements are provided. One describes the ANSI/ASME requirements that apply to most piping systems. The other shows the IIAR standards that apply ammonia piping systems.
The following is the Table of Contents for the Pipe Marking Best Practices Guide:
1. Required Tools
2. Evaluation of Facility
.....Which Pipes Should Be Labeled?
.....What Information Should Be On A Pipe Label?
.....Standard Abbreviations
3. Label Creation
.....Needed Equipment and Supplies
.....Label Creation Steps
4. Label Placement
.....Location Where Pipe Markers Should Be Placed
.....Special Conditions
.....Removing Old Labels
5. Label Maintenance
6. Addendum - Facility Inspection Form
7. One Page Pipe Marking Summary
8. One Page Ammonia Pipe Marking Summary
The Pipe Marking Best Practices Guide is available free from Graphic Products. It may be downloaded from their web site at: http://www.graphicproducts.com/
