Spool in petrochemical piping and refinery:
Spool in industrial piping is used as prefabricated parts for easier installation and assembly of gauges and other components connected to it. Spool in petrochemical piping is a set of pipes with different lengths at both ends of the pipe. The flanges are attached, so the flanges can be aligned with each other and assembled with screws.
The use of spools in piping pipelines is mostly used in petrochemical piping and refineries, which require an accurate and error-free piping system. In petrochemical piping, fluids and gases need to be transferred from one point to another, and this transfer system requires There are many communication components.
Advantages of using spools in petrochemical piping:
Making spools in piping pipelines has many advantages, as spools compensate for the space and location constraints of refinery and petrochemical sites. Pipe and reduce work force and working time.
Prefabricated spools are used to save time and have an efficient and effective piping system. If spools are not used in piping pipelines, welding of pipelines requires more time and the welder to connect pipes, fittings and components. Continuous piping must change its position.
Why is spool used in piping piping prefabricated?
In order to reduce the construction costs on site and achieve higher quality in the products made, prefabricated spools are used. In piping pipelines, a flange connection is used to connect the spools to each other.
Spool construction is done by factories that have the appropriate infrastructure and necessary approvals to build spools. Companies specializing in spool construction have precise and special equipment and facilities determined by the customer in order to make quality products.
Advantages of using a spool in piping
-In controlled workshop environments, work management is easier to achieve high quality.
– Production of spools according to the tolerance of the map and reduction of rework and waste, due to the high accuracy obtained from suitable workshop conditions.
– The construction of the spool in the workshop environment is not dependent on weather conditions and this factor minimizes the delay in construction.
– The biggest advantage of making spools in workshop environments is using the least labor force compared to making spools in petrochemical sites.
– Production of spools in bulk in the workshop environment due to the reduction of manufacturing costs compared to manufacturing spools on site.
Reduce construction and assembly time in spool production and prevent wastage of time, cost and labor.
Making spools in the workshop requires less investment in manufacturing and testing equipment. Ultrasonic tests, radiography, PMI, MPI, hydrostatic test are used for better and more efficient spool piping.
– In order to achieve the least amount of rework on the site, we need to do more controls on welding parameters that this control is better done in controlled workshop environments.
Disadvantages of using spools in piping :
The use of spools in piping pipelines has numerous advantages, but one of the disadvantages of using spools in piping pipelines is that they are not assembled on site. This leads to problems in installing spools. A small mistake in making spools leads to Lack of assembly on the site.
When this happens, pressure tests and re-X-rays on the weld should be performed and the weld re-performed.
