Specialized Piping Systems

Effective and Safe Specialized Chemical Delivery and Waste Transfer Systems

Chemical delivery and waste transfer systems are a basic necessity of any manufacturing operation. Installing and integrating new piping system into a manufacturing operation or replacing existing systems is a complex design issue. Performance, regulatory and safety issues are important and need to be properly addressed and designed into each chemical delivery and piping system.

Mech-Chem Associates, Inc. engineers, designs, installs, upgrades, and inspects piping systems for a wide variety of applications including water, steam, acids, alkalis, solvents, resins, polymers, and chemical wastes. Our wide-ranging experience means that you are ensured a high-quality, effective and safe system properly designed for your applications which complies with all the applicable regulations.

Applications

Small and Specialized chemical delivery systems designed by Mech-Chem include:

  • Drum storage to operations
  • Tote storage to operations
  • Waste to drums or totes
  • Waste to wastewater treatment
      • chemical metering systemsPiping systems that handle:
      • Acids
      • Solvents
      • Caustics
      • Resins
      • Polymers
      • Other Chemicals
      • Chemical Wastes

Diverse materials of construction:

  • Carbon Steel
  • Stainless Steel
  • Specialty Alloy Metals
  • High-nickel Alloys
  • Plastics, including:
    • PVC
    • CPVC
    • Polypropylene
    • PTFE/Teflon,
    • PFA, FEP
    • PVDF (Kynar)
    • FRP (Fiberglass)
    • Lined Steel Pipes

Specialized chemical piping systems

  • Piping and pumps for drum systems
  • Piping and pumps for tote systems
  • Double walled piping systems
  • Controlled flow and metering systems
  • PLC automated systems
  • Acid/chemical blending systems
  • Temperature (heating and cooling) control systems

Safety

OSHA safety regulations are the guideline for safety concerns, but meeting your facility’s internal safety requirements is also necessary. Mech-Chem designs piping systems to fulfill regulatory safety requirements but also to ensure the highest possible protection against injury, spills, leaks, catastrophic breaks, and other safety problems.

Codes

Chemical Delivery system Like all of our process and system designs, Mech-Chem engineers and installs chemical piping systems to follow all the applicable regulations and codes. For piping systems (as well as bulk storage systems, and the testing of piping, bulk storage and secondary containment systems) these codes include:

  • API Codes
  • UL Codes
  • ASME Codes
  • B31.1 Codes
  • NFPA Fire Protection Codes
  • OSHA Safety Regulations
  • EPA Environmental Regulations