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Piping Engineer

12/10/2012 2:49 PM

what is the maximum height we can go for a pipe to be transported ?

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12/10/2012 2:52 PM

Just a little below the lowest obstruction along the route it must take. Could you elaborate just a little?

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12/10/2012 2:55 PM

The M25 motorway is regularly used for transporting concrete water pipes - in both directions, it would seem. Why the hauliers cannot get together and save all the unneccessary mileage is a complete mystery.

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12/10/2012 3:35 PM

I have always felt that way here in the U.S. of setting up a website where the clients can use to put up a request truckers can join for for a nominal fee, so they can eliminate running a dry load.

Customers can post a RFQ, with the discription (size, weight, date, ect...), pickup/distination

The truckers would have to satisfy the requirements, insurance and permits, as well as listing their requirements as an example of certian radius for pickup/distination.

This could be hooked up with hubs, for logistics.........., so that there may not be a direct haul because a trucker may not have all the permits between states.

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12/10/2012 2:56 PM

I'd imagine that is determined by the method in which you'd like the pipe shipped. Are you using a freight train, cargo ship, or some other means? If you're buying from a manufacturer, they typically have methods of transporting the goods and can help you further. If you're shipping off your own pipe, take a look at some of the top links from this Google search and consider giving them a call to see about rates and capabilities.

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12/10/2012 3:00 PM

Undefined: "we".

It depends upon where "we" are and how "we" want to transport and assemble it.

If, for example, one were inside the Northern Line of the London Underground system and the only route were along the line, then for a pipe of circular cross section about 5ft diameter would be the limit.

If one were flying pipes inside one of the most modern freighter aircraft, then there are aircraft that can fit inside other aircraft, so the maximum diameter would be about that of a Boeing 747 aircraft.

If the pipe were to be delivered in prefabricated sections and assembled inside the tunnel, then there is no theoretical limit to the diameter, reference the two crossover caverns inside the Channel Tunnel rail link that joins England and France.

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12/10/2012 4:45 PM

This would have geographic implications. Regulations are different, depending on where on the planet the pipe is.

This would change too, if the pipe is being transported by airplane.

In the USA, the Interstate Commerce Commission and state agencies would specify the height restrictions for ground transportation.

Air transport is regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration, and, perhaps the International Air Transport Association.

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12/10/2012 4:46 PM

By road?

By train?

By air?

From where to where?

Please provide more information.

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12/10/2012 5:14 PM

In an airplane, about 38,000 feet.

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12/11/2012 5:11 AM

The mode of transportation and what is geographical feature of tht region were it would be carried depends...!!

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12/11/2012 1:31 PM

what is the maximum height we can go for a pipe(flow in pipe) to be transported ?

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12/11/2012 1:32 PM

To ship an oversized pipe section, one would employ the Super Guppy, a heavily modified C-97 transport.

NASA's contractors used to ship Saturn V (or is it IV?) sections that way....

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12/11/2012 1:41 PM

iam just a beginner here iam asking

what is the maximum height we can go for the flow in a pipe line to be transported if the pipe line is on road and the distance is about 10km pipe line and above

elaborate it please

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12/11/2012 1:42 PM

Depends on so many unknown factors you have not given that no one can answer it.

If you mean elevation, that depands on the pum[, among other things.

You should speak to a local engineer who MAY understand what you are really asking, we don't!

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12/11/2012 4:19 PM

Also, you should be doing your own research for interviews.

We won't be there to tutor you during the interview.

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