Piping Technology and Products
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| Private | |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Headquarters | Houston, TX |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products |
Pipe Supports/Spring Hangers Expansion Joints Pre-Insulated Pipe Supports Slide Plates and Pipe Rollers Shock / Vibration Controls Pipe Shoes, Guides & Anchors Pipe Clamps and Risers Clevis Hangers and Beam Attachments Pipe Support Hardware Saddle Supports and Coverings Hold-Down Pipe Clamps Pressure Vessels and Tanks Pig Launchers / Receivers |
| Services |
24x7 Quick Turn / Emergency Service Field Services and Installation / Maintenance Stress Analysis and Product Testing Engineering and Design Services Online Technical Webinar Presentation |
| Website | www.pipingtech.com |
Piping Technology and Products is a privately owned pipe support manufacturing and engineering company headquartered in Houston, Texas, United States.[1] Its wholly owned subsidiaries are US Bellows, Sweco Fab, Fronek Anchor/Darling Enterprise, and Pipe Shields.[2] These companies provide pipe supports, expansion joints, shock and vibration controls, and pre-insulated supports[3] to a variety of industries including LNG, chemical, petrochemical, pulp & paper, and aerospace.
History
- 1975: Durga D. Agrawal and Alan Muller entered into a partnership and established an engineering and consulting company called Stress Technology & Products. The company specialized in design engineering and computerized stress analysis, but evolved into a manufacturing and fabrication business over the next three years.
- 1978: The company was reorganized as Piping Technology & Products, Inc. and developed the constant load spring hanger design.
- 1986: Acquired Sweco, Fab. Inc., an ASME U-Stamp Shop that designs and fabricates pressure vessels, pig launchers and receivers, instrument supports, conical strainers, spectacle and line blinds, orifice plates and flanges, duct and transition pieces, bellmouth reducers and dampers / louvers.
- 1995: Acquired RM Manufacturing from RM Engineered Products of Ladson, South Carolina. Began manufacturing metallic expansion joints.
- 1997: Acquired US Bellows from Ketema LP of San Diego, California[4]
- 2003: Launched field services division and began services calls, installations and maintenance
- 2004: Acquired Fronek Group
- 2007: Received ISO 9001:2000 certification
- 2009: Received ISO 9001:2008 certification
- 2012: Received the Texas Board of Professional Engineers certification
- 2011: Launched 3D printing of Pipe supports and expansion joints to evaluate designs
- 2012: ASME defines new inspection criteria for high energy pipelines
References
- ↑ The Manufacturer, Piping Technology, From the Ground Up (retrieved 21 September 2010)
- ↑ Common Causes, University of Houston (retrieved 21 September 2010)
- ↑ Process Cooling & Equipment Magazine A Shoe That Fits, 1 July 2007.
- ↑ Kellar, William Henry: The First Twenty Years, page 108. 1998.
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