Re: New at Piping Design Central: Machinery Grouting

From: <Paul>
Date: Sat Mar 06 2004 - 14:21:00 EST


> > This reminded me of the old "Top of Concrete" vs. "Underside of
> > Baseplate" issue. T.O.C. used to be (and maybe still is) a common
> > abbreviation on engineering drawings. But top of concrete is not
> > important - what is important (for piping installations) is the
actual
> > elevation of the underside of the machinery's baseplate, because
> > levelling grout exists between the top of concrete and the underside
> of
> > baseplate. The thickness of the grout can vary. Anyone have any
> > additional comments on this?

Since Steve didn't send me the promised crayons, the following is only in black and white:

<a href="http://www.pipingdesign.com/drawings/plantdesign2.jpg">http://www.pipingdesign.com/drawings/plantdesign2.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.pipingdesign.com/drawings/plantdesign1.jpg">http://www.pipingdesign.com/drawings/plantdesign1.jpg</a>

Please also excuse the linework/writing. Since CAD I have lost all ability to be coherent without a computer.

Paul Received on Sat Mar 06 14:21:00 2004

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