If you have pipes in your facility, they need to be properly identified and labeled.  Whether they are just water and heating pipes, or you work in an oil refinery with thousands of pipes, they need to be labeled.

A Best Practices Guide for pipe marking is now available.  It provides the information you need  to ensure your pipes are labeled to meet codes and standards.  Starting with a facility inspection, the guides provides comprehensive pipe marking information. This includes describing what should be on a pipe marker, to how to make pipe markers and the locations where they should be applied.  It even describes how old pipe marker labels can be cleanly removed without damaging the underlying surface.

The following shows the Table of Contents for the Pipe Marking Best Practices Guide:

• Required Tools
• Evaluation of Facility
  …..Which Pipes Should Be Labeled?
  …..What Information Should Be On A Pipe Label?
  …..Standard Color Coding
  …..Standard Abbreviations
• Label Creation
  …..Equipment and Supplies List
  …..Label Creation Steps
• Label Placement
  …..Locations Where Pipe Markers Should Be Placed
  …..Special Conditions
  …..Removing Old Labels
• Label Maintenance
• Addendum – Facility Inspection Form
• One Page Pipe Marking Summary
• One Page Ammonia Pipe Marking Summary

The Pipe Marking Best Practices is available as a free download on the Graphic Products’ web site.