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  • Vibration test

    One of the biggest problems in double wall pipe installations is vibration, particularly on marine or offshore installations. AF Pipes makes vibration tests on all the AF Flex supports, which have been…

  • Anchor for Continuous Vacuum Piping

    Vacuum insulated piping has been used for transporting Cryogenic fluids for many years now, and is the most common method for land based transportation of cryogenic fluids. The main challenges of transporting…

  • Cryogenic Testing

    We are often asked how we test our pipe supports. We have a range of test procedures to validate the design specification, including for use at cryogenic temperatures. Here’s a video to…

  • Double Wall Pipe Design, part II

    Double wall pipe design, part I, which was first issued in 2017 gave some very general methods for design of double wall pipes, and some of the common methods encountered at shipyards,…

  • Double wall pipe support types

    Double wall pipe support types – see new brochure here We have experienced an increasing number of enquiries from customers within the recent months, for different sizes and types of double wall…

  • AF Flex compact

    Now for all dimensions of double wall pipe

                          Due to popular demand, the AF Pipe flexible supports are now available in most common sizes for double wall pipe from…

  • Double Wall Heat Exchangers

    An article has been published on linkedin briefly describing the purpose of double wall heat exchangers; website page is also updated with this information

  • Ultra Compact Double Wall Pipe in Pipe

    Double wall pipe , or pipe in pipe, can result in some large space allowance for piping installations. As long as there is no limit on the amount of space available then…

  • Double Wall Component Testing

    Without going into too much detail, I’d much rather see 500,000 cycles on a test bench, than a supercomputer running an engineering simulation based on algorithms. The value of validated simulations is…

  • Double wall pipe design

    Double wall pipe design is not rocket science. However, it is more complicated than designing piping arrangements for traditional single pipe systems. In the prefect world, a double wall piping system could…