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Considerations - what you need to know when choosing pipe markers:
Letter height & pipe marker size:
Legend:
Color:
Visibility & Location:
Letter height & pipe marker size:
- Outside diameter of pipe
- Length of pipe marker color field
- Size of letters
Legend:
- The legend on the marker gives the name of the contents in full or abbreviated form
- Arrows should be used to indicate direction of flow
Color:
- Colors identify the characteristic hazards of the contents of the piping system
Visibility & Location:
- Where pipe lines are located high or low, place the lettering below or above the horizontal centerline of the pipe
- Affix markers onto piping close to valves or flanges and adjacent to changes in direction, branches, and where pipes pass through walls or floors
- 25' to 50' intervals on long straight pipe runs
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A brief synopsis from the ASME and OSHA about pipe marking.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
A13.1 – 2007 Scheme for the Identification of Piping Systems
...a uniform system for the identification of piping contents has been established to warn personnel when the piping contents are inherently hazardous ...this standard has been prepared to specify the identification of the contents of piping systems on the basis of legends, it also suggests the use of color as a supplementary means of identifying the type of hazard of the material contained in the system.
Pipe markers are designed to meet or exceed ASME (ANSI) A13.1-2007 recommendations for size, color and visibility.
Click to visit the ASME website.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR 1910.253 Oxygen-fuel gas welding and cutting (d)(4)(ii) Aboveground piping systems shall be marked in accordance with the American National Standard Scheme for the Identification of Piping Systems, ANSI A13.1
Click to visit the OSHA website here.
Click here to see a Cling Tite product demonstration video on the Accuform Signs YouTube Channel.
A brief synopsis from the ASME and OSHA about pipe marking.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
A13.1 – 2007 Scheme for the Identification of Piping Systems
...a uniform system for the identification of piping contents has been established to warn personnel when the piping contents are inherently hazardous ...this standard has been prepared to specify the identification of the contents of piping systems on the basis of legends, it also suggests the use of color as a supplementary means of identifying the type of hazard of the material contained in the system.
Pipe markers are designed to meet or exceed ASME (ANSI) A13.1-2007 recommendations for size, color and visibility.
Click to visit the ASME website.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR 1910.253 Oxygen-fuel gas welding and cutting (d)(4)(ii) Aboveground piping systems shall be marked in accordance with the American National Standard Scheme for the Identification of Piping Systems, ANSI A13.1
Click to visit the OSHA website here.