Machinery
PIP Machinery Practices publishes Specifications and Guidelines for selecting and using rotating equipment for gas and liquid handling. Guidance is benchmarked across multiple industries to support the life cycle of rotating equipment from design to purchase and operation.
PIP Machinery Practices serve the needs of the Oil & Gas, Chemical, Mining, Paper, Food & Beverage, and other industries
Areas Include: Skid-Mounted Packaged Equipment, Centrifugal Fans, Centrifugal Pumps for Chemical Processes and Water Services, Sealless Centrifugal Pumps, Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps, Compressors, Mixers and Agitators, Industrial Process Refrigerated System, Pump Baseplates, Piping Loads on Rotating Machinery Nozzles, Non-Lubricated Flexible Couplings, Bearing Lubrication Methods, Machinery Installation and Installation Design
Why PIP Machinery Practices?
Rotating equipment practices are largely driven by best practices, not design codes and legal requirements. This can be problematic, especially for machinery that requires additional caution and guidance, such as the use and maintenance of vibration isolators.
PIP Machinery Practices fills a need in this area for trusted Specifications and Guidance, including PIP REIE686A, which has become an industry standard for Machinery Installation and Installation Design.
Examples of Machinery Practices
- Specifications for Skid-Mounted Packaged Equipment, Centrifugal Fans, High Power Vertical Centrifugal Pumps for Water Services, Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps and Compressors, Mixers and Agitators, and Packaged, Skid-Mounted Industrial Process Refrigerated System.
- Designs for ASME B73.1, Pump Baseplates, and Piping Loads on Rotating Machinery Nozzles.
- Data sheets for Sealless Centrifugal Pumps and Reliability Indicators for Rotating Machinery.
- Documentation Requirements for High Power Centrifugal Pumps for Water Service.
- Guidelines for General Purpose Non-Lubricated Flexible Couplings, Minimum and Maximum Flow Rates for Centrifugal Pumps, Selection of Rotating Equipment Bearing Lubrication Methods, Pump Selection, and Compressor Selection.
- Applications of ASME B73.1 – 2020 Specification for Horizontal End Suction Centrifugal Pumps for Chemical Process and ASME B73.2-2016 Specification for Vertical In-Line Centrifugal Pumps for Chemical Process.
- Recommended Practices for Machinery Installation and Installation Design (Supplement to PIP REIE686/API RP686) and Machinery Installation and Installation Design, Second Edition.
Machinery Installation and Design Requirements
PIP REIE686A has become an industry standard alongside PIP REIE686/API RP686 for requirements in Machinery Installation and Installation Design. The standard recommends procedures, practices, and checklists for the installation and pre-commissioning of machinery and to assist with the installation design of such machinery.