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Graphic Products Offers Free Pipe Marking Guide
Beaverton, OR - February 1, 2006 -
A free pipe marking guide, showing the ANSI A13.1 pipe
marking standards, is available from Graphic Products,
Inc. These are the pipe marking standards that apply
to most locations including manufacturing facilities,
restaurants, hotels, offices, and retail stores.
This free guide shows, at a glance,
the minimum required size and color for pipe marking
labels. Based on the outside diameter of the pipe or
pipe covering it gives the minimum length of the label,
the required label color, and the minimum size and color
of the text printed on the label. It also lists the
recommended locations where pipe markers should be used.
Identifying the purpose of a pipe,
it's contents, and the direction of flow is important
information. The primary purpose of a pipe marker is
to help emergency response personel "in identification
of hazardous materials conveyed in piping systems and
their hazards when released into the environment."
(ANSI A13.1-1996) This is why pipe markers should be
placed such that the contents of the pipe and direction
of flow can easily be identified from every possible
direction from which someone might approach the pipe.
In addition, proper pipe marking helps
your staff, contractors and vendors to quickly see where
they are in a system, and understand what is hapening
in the system, so they can make the correct decisions,
saving time and preventing accidents. For example, a
power industry study found that 54% of errors are a
result of inadequate or missing labels. (Electric Power
Research Institute Study. "Effective Plant Labeling
and Coding," NP-6209) Proper pipe marking is an
important component of reducing errors.
The Graphic Products pipe marking
guide is available either laminated or unlamined. It
is suitable for use as a desk reference or a wall chart.
It may be ordered online by going to their web site
at: http://www.graphicproducts.com/free-gifts/pipe-guide.html,
or call them at 1-800-788-5572.
Graphic Products has been a leading
label printer and supplies dealer since 1970. They are
the manufacturer of the DuraLabel 4TTP label printer,
and they carry a wide variety of labelers made by other
manufacturers. They stock label printer brands such
as Brady, Kroy, Brother, K-Sun, Dymo and Varitronics.
They also stock a complete selection of labeling supplies,
including specialized supplies such as glow-in-the-dark
labels, chemical resistant labels and low temperature
labels. They even stock supplies for discontinued label
printers. Graphic Products specializes in fast, same-day
shipping to meet their customers’ just-in-time
delivery requirements.
The Graphic Products' web site is
located at: http://www.graphicproducts.com/
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