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PT&P Designs and Manufactures 51,000 lb. load Hot Shoes for a C4 Olefins Complex in Port Arthur, TX 12/27/02 (PT&P Ref # 66339)

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Piping Technology & Products, Inc. designed and manufactured 44 shoes consisting of six guided and axial hot shoes, 10 guided hot shoes, and 28 sliding hot shoes. The materials used were calcium silicate, Marinite®, stainless steel plates, and PTFE, 25% glass filled. These shoes were designed for 8" pipe with 7" insulation with a load capacity of 5,100 lbs.

PT&P also performed load tests to ensure the pre-insulated pipe shoes can safely sustain the specified design load. See figure 2.