Wear Pads / Bearing Pads
Wearpads are used to protect process piping from wall-thinning due to contact with pipe racks and other metal structural components.
Bearing pads are used to integrate construction irregularities like rotation and non-parallel load bearing surfaces, while also furnishing a sliding surface to accommodate expansion.
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Wear Pads / Bearing Pads FAQs
Installing non-metallic wear pads is the simplest way to protect both your piping and clamps from metal-on-metal friction that could eventually lead to corrosion. You can also use a neoprene lining at the area where the clamp meets the pipe.
Wear pads are used to protect process piping from wall-thinning due to contact with pipe racks and other metal structural components. To determine the size of a wear pad, one should consider:
- The wall thickness of the supported pipe.
- Thinner wall piping requires a larger contact surface.
- The capacity of the load being supported.
- Larger load capacity requires a larger contact surface.